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By: scottpratt
Posted: 6/27/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
After reading the OutdoorChris report I had to get on the Rufus Trout. Hit the water at noon as 3 boats were pulling out of the water. They all had limits of 4+lb trout but only one over 7lbs. I knew ...
By: jjyoung86
Posted: 6/27/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with a couple buddies on the boat yesterday evening at Rufus Woods. Fished about 300 yard from the net pens where you camp and caught a 2.5 pound rainbow within 20 minutes of launching using...
By: spinnerbait89
Posted: 7/27/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Rufus early Sunday morning. I've fished here often, but this is my first time to fish it during the summer months. Hit the water with my dad and his neighbor who are both newcomers, and we heade...
By: Fishalot
Posted: 7/20/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well we decided to hit up Rufus Woods,after fishing the morning at Banks for bass wich was not bad either. Hit 5 smallies there all on top water swim baits"Zara Spook",the bass were all 2-4lbs, So onc...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 11/22/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well, we did it. made the big trek over to RW on Friday night after work. I took Trout Magnet, my brother and our very GOOD friend Dug.
Hit the second set of net pens first off from Seton Grove Bo...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 11/22/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
had to give one more shout out report. I don't care who you are. This is a big trout!
Good job Dan.
By: steelhead64389
Posted: 11/16/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Rufus Woods over the weekend with my friend and we experienced rather slow fishing on both days. We did manage to catch our limits for both days, but we tried all different methods and caugh...
By: spinnerbait89
Posted: 1/31/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We had to work for them today, but patience and persistence paid off. We were tied up inside the first set of net pens all day. All fish were caught on 1/8th ounce jigs tipped with worms. Color did...
By: touchet2
Posted: 11/30/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Only the third time fishing RW and launched at Seatons Grove and headed for the first set of pens. Not much action there so we headed down the the second set of pens. Met Blfin Loui for the first time...
By: charlie h.
Posted: 12/17/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hi Guys
Slow day on Rufus today , I was the only boat on the lake at the pens . Saw a few guys bank fishing , didn't see any caught while I was there . My fishing partner caught his first Tripp today...
By: spinnerbait89
Posted: 12/23/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rufus with a couple of buddies on the 20th and 21st. The fishing wasn't very fast-paced, but the fish were huge! We fished exclusively at the upper most pens. We spent time trolling the flat...
By: fishinwes
Posted: 2/18/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing with the fishin fever crew. Windy day but caught some fish. Fished from 9:30 until dusk.6 fish for 4 people. Not bad for a windy day. Biggest fish was about 15#
By: mothug33
Posted: 2/28/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got the green light from the wife to go to Rufus Woods today!! "REGULATORS MOUNT UP"!!
Got Jake the Snake and Dave aka Mr. Pabst Blue Ribbon to try and our hands at the big trips and savory walli...
By: fishinwes
Posted: 3/7/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Friday and Saturday. We boated 4 fish each day most were in the 4 or 5 # range. one was about 12# and one about 10#. Fishing black jigs from pump #2 up to pump #4 mostly.We did spend about an ...
By: atroutfisherman
Posted: 5/20/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/19/2010
Hot Spots: 0
From the Desk of the Troutfisherman, area host for the day park and boat ramp at Chief Joseph Dam.
This will surely get your fish oil (adrenaline) moving! The boat was out about 4 hours, returni...
By: Alanger
Posted: 6/14/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
So we made another excursion up to Rufus Woods for Thursday-Sunday afternoon. It was the best weekend ever, caught and released many on Rapala's, flatfish, spoons, and we ended up with the big ones wi...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 6/18/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
"Another day of "catching" on Rufus Woods. Cindy and I headed up to RW, and launched at the Corps launch right above Chief Joe dam around 1:30. Water temps were 58-61* and air temp around 78*. Light ...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 6/19/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
BOATS, BOATS, AND more BOATS. Then add a few more. WOW. It was like a scene from the West Side. Bosts lined up to launch, boats lined up at the "single" dock. But everyone was polite and patient, so ...
Posted: 2/8/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Dave Matulka of Cle Elum and fishing partner John Jensen of Easton were nice enough to go fishing with us up at Rufus. Conditions were difficult. Surface temps under 35 and low flow. The air temp w...
By: Fishalot
Posted: 3/28/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the upper pens with bait. had a blast fishing wasnt all that hot and heavy but the fish were all 5 lbs or bigger.used power bait all the fish were caught on the drop off right next to the bank ...
By: Big D
Posted: 2/13/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I had a chance to get some North Idaho family members out on Rufus Woods today. My sister in law and her boy friend showed up Friday night with rods in hand wanting to go fishing. They real...
Posted: 2/15/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Andy and Jeff took lifelong friends and fishing partners Albert Stubbs and Paul Batton fishing up at Rufus. With very cold water temps and not much flow they decided to motor up to the lower pens and...
Posted: 2/17/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Pete Cunningham was nice enough to fish with us today. With cold surface water temps and low flow, it was a day to motor up to the lower pens and get some powerbait down there. The bite was steady. ...
Posted: 2/26/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well, with the weather front moving in, it was challenging to say the least. Mike Flotrie of Ferndale and fishing partner Traci Todd of Blaine were nice enough to come fish with us. With a stiff upl...
By: Gmww
Posted: 7/8/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Greetings all. This is my first post. I finally fished Rufus Woods for Triploid trout. This was a four day fishing vacation. Our first day was in the afternoon by the fish pen. Using a boat we co...
