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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: 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: 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 ...
By: wafisherman20
Posted: 3/13/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/11/2017
Hot Spots: 3
SHORT REPORT:
Hit Rufus in search of some big trout, and we found them. Started the day at 7:30, after 30 mins of fishing, we found the fish and had nonstop action. Fished all day pulling rapala’s a...
By: hewesbob
Posted: 4/14/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Just a short report about a fantastic trip to Rufus unlike my last 4 or 5 trips. The water was extremely hi and running very fast and dirty but thanks to a fellow that showed me a new technique we cau...
Posted: 4/14/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I was up at the Rufus last night for a Quick evening trip and we managed to get limits in 3 hours...Casting Roosters to the shore in the color black is what worked best. Around pump 3 is where we fish...
Posted: 4/21/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/21/2012
Hot Spots: 1
We fished Rufus today and it was a tough go but we managed to get limits of Triploids. The Black Jigs worked best but we did get a couple on the green kastmaster. trolling flies worked too but caught ...
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: sea-nile
Posted: 5/1/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Made a run for the lower pin area on Friday morning with the wife and the dogs huddled in the cuddy to keep warm and started fishing at about 0700. My wife had her first fish on an hour later, good...
By: Big D
Posted: 5/13/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
My son & I fished the Tripping with the Triploids fishing derby on Rufus Woods today and had a great day as far as fishing together goes. We finally got into some fish shortly after noon but nothing o...
By: dave g
Posted: 5/13/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
my two buddies and i arrived in bridgeport friday to pick up our derby packages and to fish the lower end of the lake and get my boat 'rufus-ized'. we only fished for about 3 hours friday starting up ...
Posted: 5/21/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/21/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Just got back from Rufus Woods for a little change in the Routine...It was work at Rufus today but at the end we hooked and released 18 triploids today!!!!Biggest was around that 5lb mark nothing to e...
By: lohans4
Posted: 5/30/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
First time fishing at Rufus that I've been skunked. Had a couple of bites and one on and lost it, & that was it. The Colville checker said that it has been extremely slow & he had only saw 3 small one...
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 ...
Posted: 12/19/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Tim Meade and his buddies up to work over some triploids with his jiggin' technique. They caught some nice fish and had some wildlife viewing opportunities. Sight fishing like this can be ...
Posted: 12/20/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/20/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well we had a great trip up to Rufus today. We took the Pautzke crew up to the lower pens for some triploid catching. Jeff's jigging technique was very productive for some catch and release work. P...
By: Malottguy
Posted: 12/23/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My daughter Carrie and I had the priviledge of ridin along with Blufin Loui one again. As always it was an awesome time. He knows how to have fun. My daughter loves going for that long ride and when c...
By: Bodofish
Posted: 12/30/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished two days and had a great time. First day was a snow and rain off and on but for the most part just overcast. Second day was just plain old sunny and beautiful. Fished at and around the upper...
By: afk
Posted: 1/3/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I had the pleasure to fish out of my buddy Jerrys heated boat. I'd never have lasted all day otherwise. We fished it hard. Fourth boat in at the Corps. launch in the morning & last ones off! Maybe we ...
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...
Posted: 1/16/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took the Burdette clan up to the lower pens to fish for triploids. Had to climb up the lake by Braille for about half the journey due to fog. Air temps from the low teens to the low twenties ma...
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...
