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By: 23dannyg
Posted: 9/9/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We stayed at the Cabin by the River over the Labor Day Weekend. They have an excellent spot to stay while fishing Rufus Woods - we had a great time. We fished the net pens and caught our first fish tr...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 11/1/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well it was a cold foggy morning that burned off quick and the fishing was quick too. First cast 5.8lb trout in the boat. Another 3lber in the boat on Toms next cast and we were jigging for a few hour...
Posted: 9/28/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Sandy and I liked the drive up, the quick fish and the scenery back down, we decided to see if we could duplicate the previous days results. We did! It was a beautiful 50 minute boat ride from the S...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 11/5/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
First time out using Bottom Bouncers. Cindy and I have been wanting to do the walleye thing in the Upper Rufus Woods after reading reports for several years. I asked some of the members for some ins...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 10/23/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry there are no Pics. Cindy and I had the day off, so up to RW we went. We launched at the corps launch (Chief Joseph) and headed up to the lowermost pens. The surface water temp was 60* at the ...
Posted: 1/10/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The plan (mine...) was to run to the lower pens to dunk some bait and slaughter quick limits. The fish Gods rewarded my arrogance by giving me the toughest bite I've had this season. We had a tough ...
Posted: 1/24/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/24/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Bob Robelia of Chelan Falls was nice enough to bring his son-in-law and 2 grandkids out with us on Rufus for some triploid rainbow fishing. The goal was to catch limits of triploids as quickly as pos...
Posted: 12/2/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Took Yakima writer, Rob Phillips, his son Kyle and my good buddy Al Brooks up to the lower pens to work on some technique with Jeff. Ended up catching fish on rainbow dough bait. Early, the current ...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 12/17/2011
Species: Perch
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Rough Day on Rufus Woods. Cindy and I had a few hours to spare, so up to RW we went. Today we were going to target the Yellow Perch. As we have caught some really nice Yellow perch randomly in the pa...
Posted: 12/18/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Al and his buddies for a day up at Rufus to catch some triploids. They worked the lower net pens with bait and jigs. Jig fishing was more successful. The old casting standy, Worden Lures ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/7/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff & Brian took writer John Kruse and his group up to Rufus for some triploid fishing. It was pretty tough sledding, but they got some fish on jigs and couple on bait. On Rufus, some days, you jus...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/29/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had some free time today, so Cindy and I headed up to Rufus Woods. Got on the water 1030-1100 and fishd for a couple of hours. We launched at the Corps launch at the lower end, and ran up to the cabin...
By: paintermott
Posted: 2/6/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
15 degrees out all day. Really cold, but powered the 12' Livingston with a 15hp merc on up to the net pens at Tim's Ranch. I limited but, my brother got skunked. The next day, he caught one and I caug...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 3/2/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I launched at the Corps launch and went up to the Lower most pens. I mooched down along the sides of the pens allowing the current to drift the boat, and no bites. I then fished around right below the...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 4/8/2012
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Since we had Friday off, Cindy and I made a trip over to Seaton's grove to try for a Walleye. We got on the water around 10:30-11:00. The current was running pretty high, so we fished the eddies and b...
Posted: 1/3/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We ran a trip up to the lower net pens to celebrate the New Year. The trip up was kooky with heavy fog. At times visibility was well under 50 feet. As soon as we got there, the fish cooperated. Li...
Posted: 1/11/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to the Duckworth gang for going to Rufus with us on a breezy day. Getting up to the lower set of pens was easy. The bite was on early then tailed off later in the day as the harsh breeze blew...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/30/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I gave Saturdays rating a 5 star just because it was such a great day to be out on the river with my all time favorite fishing partner, my wife Sherie! Of course, a day out on the boat would not be c...
By: mud shark
Posted: 6/15/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
man we were just killing the fish all week at rufus woods fishing was hot for us up at the upper pens in between the pens and the shore i cant wait to go back we were just casting out a olive ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/4/2012
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had a good day out on the water again. With most anglers heading north to the net pens, to try to slaughter the Triploids, I find myself being one of the few angler's fishing the walleye. Remember it...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/10/2012
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day of fishing on Roofus Woods!! a friend of mine came down from Spokane with his 5 year old daughter. With the weather not being very agreeable, we decided to fish for a little while.
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By: Trent
Posted: 2/20/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/16/2013
Hot Spots: 1
We camped out along the river near the middle net pens. Brought plenty of firewood, had killer campfires and roasted Costco dogs. The fishing was really tough for us the first three days. Saturday we ...
By: Alaska316
Posted: 11/4/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/2/2013
Hot Spots: 1
After hearing bad reports on Rufus. I had to just try it. What I found was no one fishing the first net pens on Saturday. Anchored up close to the pens. 100ft away to stay legal. Using power bait whil...
By: Alaska316
Posted: 12/29/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/28/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Weather has been getting colder, so I figured I'd give Rufus a try. Had to also break in the new rods Santa brought me. 9'6 Lami..... Wait, I am losing focus. Got to the First set of pens. The ones cl...
By: bob
Posted: 8/13/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We stayed at Bridgeport state park Monday and Tuesday nights. Fished the lower lake Monday evening. Got nothing. Went up to the upper pens Tuesday morning and fishing was slow. Managed to get our two ...
