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By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/13/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 3/10/2006
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Started from Bridgeport ST park Friday 09:30. Trolled around the dam and up river 1 to 2 miles. Hit 1 small trout on X-4 flatfish (green pirate) in the morning. Hit 2 Trips between 5 to 6 lb around 2p...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/4/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2006
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Tried the "Pens" today. A 30 mile boat ride for little action. My fishing partner got skunked and I got 1 Triploid of about 4 pounds on an Orange plug behind a small dodger. Of the several people we s...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/7/2006
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/4/2006
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My neighbor went out trolling and reported back to me that the fishing was really slow. He was out four hours and didn’t even get a hit. He’s fished this lake a lot and knows all the gimmicks. At this...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/14/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2006
Hot Spots: 0
5lb. "trip" caught on a Rapala Lure. Trolled the banks for 2 days. Fellow fishing buddy caught a native fish, about 3 - 3.5 lb., but sent it back into the water.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/18/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/7/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Left midnight on Tuesday, 6/6/06, for Rufus Woods Lake getting there by about 5:30 that morning. I've always wanted to fish it, but never had a chance to try it. Its the lake where state record rainbo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/5/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Just spent a week at Rufus Woods, very hot weather and not so hot fishing. Early mornings at the net pens was good for trout.
We never did find any Walleye.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/15/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/8/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Well finally got disgusted with the salmon fishing at the Brewster pool. It reminded me a lot of last year when all the water was getting spilled over the lower dams for the fish due to the judges ord...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/20/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 11/20/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing 11-19-16 at Rufus Woods. I finally caught a fish here. It was about 3 Lbs.My brother in law Greg caught 2 fish slightly bigger than mine. We were using rainbow power bait and marshmellows...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/6/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 12/6/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rufus Woods for 3 days. Cold, but when the fog burned off, beautiful. Caught 2 limits. Best fish was 8.5 lbs. Afternoons slow as the current picks up. Also got a walleye at 17 in. yielding...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/10/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 12/9/2006
Hot Spots: 0
The weather was perfect for winter fishing; cold with light snow fall. The bite was average with the three in my boat catching our limits of triploids from 5 to 8 lbs. If you are having problems findi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/11/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 12/9/2006
Hot Spots: 0
This is the third trip this year (of many to come) and we had an exceptional day with the three of us in our party limiting. Our fish ranged from 5 lbs to 8-1/2 lbs. These fish are great fighters, a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/15/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 1/13/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Can you say cold. Probly not cause it was so cold your lips would freeze together but the fish didnt care. My buddies and I fished the net pins saturday and sundy with a little success biggest fish ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/19/2007
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Rating: 1
Fished: 2/17/2007
Hot Spots: 0
After a kick but day on Chelan putting the smackdown on Mackinaw,we decided to give Rufus Woods a try.Having had much sucess on Roosevelt in the past we figured it would be fairly simple,but it was no...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/25/2007
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Rating: 2
Fished: 2/2/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Brrr. (5 guys + 2 boats) X 3 days = 4 trout. Not red hot. Trolled plugs, spinners, spoons, stillfished some.
Caught 3 fish off the bar by the net pens. All 3 on rapala plugs,5-10 ft down. 2 were 6# ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/6/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 3/6/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rufus Woods on the Reservation side well down stream from the net pens. Sat. only caught a 4lb triploid between the 5 of us. Sun. was a different story with three of us limiting out on triplo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/26/2007
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Rating: 5
Fished: 3/24/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great time fishing with my family. We all caught lots of fish. Check out the 20 pound 29 inch Carp.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/21/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/20/2007
Hot Spots: 0
This was our third trip to Rufus.They say 3rd time is the charm. YEP! They are right. These nice Triploids, 3 lb. & 12 lb. were fooled by Bob F. of Woodinville, Wa., trolling the J-7 jointed Rapala or...
By: Goldrigger1
Posted: 11/8/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I live in Snohomish but, I went to Rufus Woods because they've closed our rivers. Thought I would try fall walleye and triploids. It was a good choice. Caught my limit of football shaped triploids for...
By: Steelheadin360
Posted: 1/3/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/31/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Received a report of some decent Kokanee fishing on Rufus and decided to check it out. Decent was an understatement. Not knowing how to fish this lake I started out doing the basic Kokanee thing. 25 f...
By: bedawes
Posted: 1/12/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/12/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Went out and tried my luck shore fishing at Bridgeport State Park on Rufus Woods. It was my first time out there. I knew I would likely have little to no action from the shore, but I needed to get out...
By: afk
Posted: 11/10/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/9/2013
Hot Spots: 1
I managed to slip in an hour of fishin' after doing some work at my mothers place up the Okanogan. I launched at the Corps. launch around 3:50. I opted to fish with barbs for the short amount of time ...
By: bob
Posted: 6/28/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I went to Rufus Woods on Monday the 24th. We stayed at Bridgeport st. park . We fished Monday afternoon around the lower lake and caught a few smaller fish. On Tuesday morning we ran up to...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 3/31/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Found the bed at the Motel to be really comfortable and so I slept in this morning. Didn't get down to the net pens until about 8am. Already 6 people there plunking PB but no fish on the shore yet. ...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 12/3/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
First time out in quite awhile, but things came together and Cindy and I put the boat in the water around 11-1130 AM. Headed up river to the lower most pens and fish around them casting jigs, spinners...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 1/28/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After appointments in wenatchee this morning, Cindy and I headed up to Rufus Woods in the afternoon. Our plan was to make a run up to the pens, and catch the afternoon bite. When we arrived at the low...
