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Posted: 11/29/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Rufus this week continues to be Productive...It is a dido of last weeks techniques except for today we caught most fish on copper and gold spoons...Trolled the can line to start the days off with a n...
By: Big D
Posted: 11/29/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
SEARCH FOR THE SPLIT TAILED TROUT
On the water at 9:00 am with father in law. Water temp 50 degrees. Air temp 40ish. Very nice day with a high overcast sky. Trolled the can line and that side of the ...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 11/30/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Another great day on Rufus Woods, And the fishing was good too.
Put in at the lower launch around 10:30ish, and Went up to the lower pens. Bites were steady with good numbers of fish being caught by ...
By: mothug33
Posted: 11/30/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Made the trek up to Rufus Woods with my brother Jake on Sunday. We launched in between net pens and were on the water at 7 am. We had little luck at the upper pens so we went down to the lower ones....
By: Malottguy
Posted: 12/7/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/6/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fun but slow day with my kid at Rufus Woods. With a normal morning bite.
As for bait we where using Chartreuse Power Eggs(2) up on the line just touching the eye of the hook (we use size 4 ...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 12/7/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/6/2008
Hot Spots: 0
High Adventure on the Famed RUFUS WOODS.
Launched at Bridgeport corps boat launch around 10:30ish, and Went up to the pens to start fishing. No current at the pens, flat water, And slow fishing. Seve...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/7/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/7/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well, the weekend is over and all is great. The fishing on Rufus the past few days was great as usual but the catching was slower Saturday .
Friday we could not keep the fish off our hooks. The ...
By: mothug33
Posted: 12/9/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/6/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to Rufus Woods on Saturday Dec. 6th. We fished the two net pens below Nespelem. Started fishing the upper pen and we had no luck. Fish were jumping all around us but we were only able to ...
By: outdoor chris
Posted: 12/16/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Does Rufus Woods have big fish???? YESSSS!!!!
The big fish are definitely in now and biting better than ever!! Boy oh Boy....do I ever love the cold weather!!
My wife and best outdoor part...
By: mothug33
Posted: 1/1/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Happy New Years! The Triploid slayers were at it again up at old Rufus Woods. We left Medical Lake at 5:30 am and were on the water by 8 am. We took to the "boat launch" at the tribal headquarters ...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 1/3/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
First day of RW fishing in 2009.
Launched at Chief Joe launch around 10ish and headed up to the lower pens. was a beautiful run, Snow, no traffic, Snow, beautiful scenery, and did I mention Snow.
Co...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 1/5/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Another fine day on Rufus Woods.
The day broke clear and sunny AND COLD.
Waited until temp was approaching 10 or so the hooked up the boat and headed to RW.
When we arrived at the launch (Chief Jo...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 1/9/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Another limit for the smoker.
Went to RW this afternoon, hit water around 1130, motored up to the lower most pens to get a few tripps for the smoker.
Trollers were catching fish with spinner style ...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 1/10/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
A Snowy day on Rufus Woods.
Hit the water around 1000, and headed up river, Once again saw Waterfowl galore, Deer on the hillsides, and Eagles.
Fished the lower most pens today, caught "several" fi...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 1/11/2009
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hello everyone
I've had several inquires on how we use the squid.
We just slide the body on a jig and go for it. We prefer a 1/16 oz jig head, and it is sometimes difficult to find a hook big enough...
By: tmac03hog
Posted: 1/11/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well this is the second posting. For some reason my first report did not post? My wife and I arrived at RW around 6:30am to fish it for the first time. The weather was chilly in the mid 20's and overc...
Posted: 1/11/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well it has been a wild ride the last few weeks with the snow and flooding on the westside but I am glad to say that I managed to get to Rufus on Saturday..
The fishing was great but the catching w...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/11/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/9/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well headed out to the infamous rufus woods alllllllllll the way from renton WA.. Showed up to the lake around 10ish, nice clear day and a little chilly, just what i was looking for. Started with a c...
By: DannyP
Posted: 1/13/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hi all, Went to Rufus and arrived on Friday afternoon. There were 7 in our party and we brought two boats for a weekend stay at "Cabin by the river." The cabin is great as well as the hosts. Had no...
By: jdawg
Posted: 1/15/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Great weekend of fishing on magical Rufus Woods. Headed up to the mighty Roof last weekend with the magnificent seven talked about in earlier posts. Sorry for the delay in posting Blufin I've been bu...
By: Malottguy
Posted: 1/17/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the lake a little slow at times but well worth the cold wind blowing straight down the river. Daughter caught two trips about pound and a half each and I caught two one trip right at five...
By: Salmonking
Posted: 1/19/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We are finally home after our three day trip. A BIG Thanks to Blufin (Lewis) for helping fix my boat. That definitely save the trip in itself. I was able to but some faces to names, as mentioned Blufi...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 1/20/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Did trips to RW Thursday and Saturday. Thursday typical day with fish cooperating well. Fished at the lower most Pen area, limit taken home. Brown plastic squid with metalflake, and Black and yellow ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/20/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rufus off the bank at the net pens near Nespelam on Saturday. My brother and I got there around 10 AM and stayed til 3:30 PM with only one 4lb. 12oz. rainbow to the net. Didn't see any triploid...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 1/22/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Another cool day at RW.
Cindy and I went fishing on RW today, We tried four different spots, and caught fish in three of the four spots. We had to go deeper and slower today to entice strikes.
The s...
