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By: Ganno
Posted: 6/14/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
A friend and I left Olympia at 4 AM on Fri. the 12th. Picked up another buddy in Fife and where of to R.W. Arrived at our launch site at 9.30. Launched at Timm Ranch just below just below the first ne...
By: steelhead64389
Posted: 11/10/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Rufus Woods from Wednesday afternoon through Saturday afternoon. 11/4-11/7. The fishing on Wednesday started out with a bang going up the shoreline closest to the first pumping station. I ho...
By: Ganno
Posted: 11/23/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Had some work to do on the cabin in Tonasket,fished Okanogon River for about an hour each day Thursday and Friday with not a bite.Really wanting to feel a tug on the end of my line before heading home...
Posted: 11/30/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Rufus Woods and Lake Chelan have been real good catching for me over this reporting period. Rufus Woods has produced good numbers of Triploids in the lower 15 miles of the reservoir and we are pickin...
Posted: 12/18/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Rufus Woods and Lake Chelan both have been Great Catching over the last week! Trolling Flies on the surface and casting Spoons and spinners to the shorelines have been a blast at Rufus. Lake Chelan La...
By: Mcfisherson13
Posted: 1/17/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/17/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We made it to Bridgeport at 0645, made a left turn off the highway just after crossing the bridge below Chief Joseph Dam, and just about got sideways! The Highway was fine but with out being treated, ...
Posted: 12/14/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Quick trip to Rufus Woods to get our limits for the Smoker! Hit my lower lake spots to get Quick limits using Spoons and the Joe Fly. Back home early!!!! Smoker is loaded and Smoking away..Thanks Bobb...
Posted: 11/14/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We hit Rufus Woods today for some Triploid Rainbow Action. The Joe Fly and Spoons produced. We caught and released a bunch and ended with 3 person Limits!!!! We found fish hiding in the weed beds clo...
Posted: 11/15/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Rufus Woods Reservoir was outstanding catching for us today. We got into some real Slab Rainbow between Pumps 2 and 4 today! The Joe Fly caught the Big fish today at 9lbs. 1 oz. and the Spoons casting...
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...
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 ...
Posted: 3/27/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Rufus this morning at Daylight. We fished until 8:30am and were back at the Launch by 9:00am with our Limits and back home at 9:55am submitting a report WL.com at 10:00am...Biggest today was 5 lbs...
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...
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...
Posted: 11/13/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well Jeff and Brian took the Cato Brothers out on Rufus again. What a difference a day makes! The bite came on strong. Worden Lures Super Roostertails caught some fish, but working jigs was best. ...
By: woodfish24
Posted: 12/9/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Tough, tough, tough fishing out of Seatons Grove, upper end of Rufus. Water temp at 48 degrees, little flow. 3 days of hunt and peck, not a big fan of squatting by the pens so more work for me. Few fi...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 9/30/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/30/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Cindy and I was curious about the fishing in the lower end of Rufus Woods Lake, so this Morning we hooked up the boat and headed north. Put in at the Corps launch above Chief Joseph dam around 0900 an...
By: Ganno
Posted: 11/21/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/19/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Put the boat in at ten AM between the two upper pens and motored to the upper pen. Fishing a 1/16 oz black jig down stream behind the pens. First cast two hits on the retrieve but no hook ups my reac...
By: Ganno
Posted: 3/12/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Must have been behind the hatchery truck for fishing was incredible. Fishing black 1/16 oz marabou barbless jig produced fish after fish. Fish were one and one-half pounds to two and a half pounds, no...
By: fishdoc
Posted: 1/18/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well, after a 2 year absence, I finally made it back to Rufus. Things sure have changed a lot in regards to the fishing regs and spots. First off a big thanks to Blufin and Malott Guy for the info a...
By: Ganno
Posted: 1/28/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I fished 24th 26th and 27th and had to work hard for all the fish i caught. I put in at Timm ranch and fished my way up towards the lower pens fishing a 1/8 oz black jig.Water temperature was 34 degr...
By: Malottguy
Posted: 12/30/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My daughter and I had the privilege to fish with Blu Fin again and it was a great time being out with such a great guy. We made a run to the lower pens from the Corps launch and started off very cold ...
By: Big D
Posted: 11/15/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I took my son on his first Rufus Woods trip today. He is freshly discharged from the Air Force after several trips to the Iraqi desert. We put in at the Corps boat launch at about 10:30 am and headed ...
By: Ganno
Posted: 11/16/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Timm Ranch boat launch at 8 AM nobody there no boat trailers or anybody fishing from shore.made me wonder about my decision to fish R.W since not many favorable reports have been posted fro...
