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By: blufin loui
Posted: 3/27/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got back up to RW. Cindy and I launched at the corps launch at the lower end of the lake around 8:30 or so. water temp running 39*. We headed upriver to the lower pens, tossed the usual assor...
By: Fishalot
Posted: 3/28/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the upper pens with bait. had a blast fishing wasnt all that hot and heavy but the fish were all 5 lbs or bigger.used power bait all the fish were caught on the drop off right next to the bank ...
By: Malottguy
Posted: 4/3/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had a friend up from Arizona so took him to my normal spot on Rufus. Fishing was not hot, but I lost one and he caught one. It was his largest ever rainbow at 8.77 pounds so he was estatic about that ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/8/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hello to all, a newbie here to share a recent trip to Rufus. I was there for 10 days through Memorial weekend. I am avid fly fisherman and have been fishing Rufus for about 16 years now. One of my f...
Posted: 6/10/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Today I had an afternoon off so decided to head up to Rufus Woods with Mr.Bluefin Loui to try our luck on a Fatboy Triploid Rainbow..
Launch at the Army Corp. Launch and ran up lake and fished Across...
By: afk
Posted: 6/13/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I let my boys sleep in. We got on the water 12:00 noon. We trolled various flies without sucses. switched it up & got hit on Needle fish. Frog color or metalic perch were the winners. Both of my boys ...
By: afk
Posted: 6/13/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Picture courtesy of my son helping me resize! And yes they are moving a little water!!!!!!!
By: wagnbrnr
Posted: 6/14/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
went to Rufus for four days of fishing , our best day was Friday the 10th . trolled with flys mostly , so we were able to do catch and release . plenty of fish to be caught that day . i would give you...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/17/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Two buddies and I had two incredible days fishing R W. We fished Wed. and Thurs. The water levels were high with fast flows. We fished black jigs and the current seems and back eddys for fast actio...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 6/18/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
"Another day of "catching" on Rufus Woods. Cindy and I headed up to RW, and launched at the Corps launch right above Chief Joe dam around 1:30. Water temps were 58-61* and air temp around 78*. Light ...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 6/19/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
BOATS, BOATS, AND more BOATS. Then add a few more. WOW. It was like a scene from the West Side. Bosts lined up to launch, boats lined up at the "single" dock. But everyone was polite and patient, so ...
By: platypus22
Posted: 6/22/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I heard from the guys at Sportco in Fife that the fishing on R.W. was good. Wow....calling it "good" is almost laughable. I had planned on fishing Banks Lake, but I figured we were close enough to R.W...
By: donnadzitall
Posted: 6/27/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After hearing over the years and then again just last week about the hot fishing at Rufus Woods, my husband, daughter and her hasband and myself decided to take a Sunday and just road trip it (4 ...
By: Malottguy
Posted: 6/28/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I haven't posted a report in a long time so figured I would make my Rufus report for the last three days. To start it seems it does not matter the color of bait or artificial you use as these fish are...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/30/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
sorry for the late report but went to fish Park lake last weekend but the wind was howling on Saturday morning so decided to take the hour drive up to Rufus Woods and hit the bank below the net pens. ...
By: Malottguy
Posted: 10/30/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Did a early season trip to fish behind Cheif Joseph Dam and only had a couple bites. Tried different powerbait colors and the bites came one Fl Red nuggets with Charteause eggs.
Was good to sit and...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 10/3/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Woooo Hooooo, October is here and cooler weather to follow. Man I love this weather. Sunshine (eastside anyway) moderate temps, and fall is upon us. Cindy and I took a trip to Rufus Woods to explore t...
By: afk
Posted: 10/12/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well as the old saying goes, If it don't fit don't force it. I guess I need to wait for lower water temps. I launched at the Corps. launch at 9:00 & pulled off at 5:30. Had an enjoyable cruise up to t...
By: Big D
Posted: 7/18/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I got my boat back from the shop (New Computer in the 115 Yamaha) can we say BIG $$$$$$.$$ I decided to head up to the upper pens this morning because I hadn't made it up river that far and I wanted t...
By: GoingtoFish
Posted: 8/21/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry for the late post. The family goes to Entiat every year for a week. I was finally able to talk the wife into letting my son and I go up to Rufus for a couple of hours. We didn't leave the cabin ...
By: dave g
Posted: 9/17/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
wow. really surprized this is the first report here since my last one a month ago. we fished both saturday and half a day on sunday and the catching was a little slow, but still productive (as you ca...
By: dave g
Posted: 9/17/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
here's some pics to go with the report. i've been messing up uploading them the past few times. these guys were like a couple of book ends.
By: dave g
Posted: 9/21/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/19/2009
Hot Spots: 0
well we did the same trip this weekend as we did last week. not alot has changed in the past week except it is getting noticably colder in the morning. water temp is still around 65*. saturday starte...
By: dave g
Posted: 9/22/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/19/2009
Hot Spots: 0
here's some pics of our catch to go with the my report for 9-19-09. i keep getting brain farts while trying to upload :)
By: blufin loui
Posted: 9/25/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
YAAAAA HOOOOOO!!!
Back on the water Again. Put in at the Corps Launch above the Chief Joe Dam ( Water temp 69-70F), and headed up river to the Lower most set of Pens. Several boats trolling and ...
