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By: Malottguy
Posted: 7/9/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My daughter and I got to fish Rufus again with our good friend BluFin Loui and it was a great time.
Weather was nice until the wind picked up at he end of the day. We fished mostly jigs but also tr...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/10/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I have in the Tonasket area for the last ten days. I fished Rufus Woods five of those days. This report will be of my last day of fishing. The previous days fishing were just as good as this day. ...
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: 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: touchet2
Posted: 12/12/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
COLD!!! Bill, Clay and I launched at Seatons Grove on Thursday and headed down to #2 set of pens. River was really ripping and water temp was 47 degrees. We were into fish right off the bat with a bla...
By: mav186
Posted: 4/19/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Place Fished: Rufus Woods
Accommodations and Contact Information: Sky Deck Hotel 509-633-0290
Date(s): 4/15/10
Weather Conditions: Mostly Sunny
Wind: Light
Ambient Temp: 63F
Water Temp...
By: mav186
Posted: 4/19/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Place Fished: Rufus Woods
Date(s): 4/16/10
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Wind: Light
Ambient Temp: 70F
Water Temp.: 42.7F
Water Clarity: Avg
Moon Phase: 6% Waxing
Location Fished...
By: mav186
Posted: 3/22/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Place Fished: Rufus Woods
Date(s): 3/18 &19/10
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Wind: up to 20mph
Ambient Temp: 60F
Water Temp.: 39F
Water Clarity: Avg
Moon Phase: 8% Waxing
Locatio...
By: afk
Posted: 2/6/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Today I had the opportunity to fish with the legendary Blufin loui! I cannot begin to say enough as to what a kind, knowledgable, gracious host he is. The water temp. was approx. 38 degrees & air temp...
By: Ganno
Posted: 2/20/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/19/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished RW on the 17th to the 19th .We started on the first day at the lower pens fishing black jigs near the shore no current to speak of and the bite was not what you would call great.We did get a fe...
By: outdoor chris
Posted: 6/29/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Friday I went fishing solo as everyone I know was either working or didn't have the time. Did the usual, put in first thing in the morning went to the lower pens to try some new things but the fish w...
By: outdoor chris
Posted: 7/8/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Ol' Rufus does it again.....gives up some nice trout. We had a special guest on the boat today from Idaho. Mark came over to see about the fishing at Rufus. He is now a tried and true believer!! ...
By: outdoor chris
Posted: 6/23/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/19/2009
Hot Spots: 0
If I ever got divorced, I would marry this lake!!!
My best fishing partner and I, Sherie, started out at Bridgeport at first light, there were some clouds and we had a few very minor sprinkles a fe...
By: Big D
Posted: 5/3/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Today was the shortest day ever for me on Rufus Woods. I drove one and a half hours to the lake. I launched the boat at 6:30 am from the corps boat launch and motored up to well #3. Tied on a New & Im...
By: couleeflyfisher
Posted: 3/7/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Bridgeport about 10:00 a.m., rowed the drift boat uplake across from state park. Caught a nice trip' on a marabou jig and switched to fly rod. Between the 3 of us probably brought to ha...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/2/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Just another great day on this lake!! Started first thing in the morning, put in at Bridgeport State Park and motored up to the first set of net pens, fishing there was tough and the wind was just ho...
By: HammerinHonkers
Posted: 9/20/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/20/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well I hit up Rufus last weekend and it was not all that great. We hit up the net pens with a ton of other people and the action was slow. We caught a few smaller fish, nothing bigger than 5 pounds....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/22/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/20/2008
Hot Spots: 0
A Banner Day At Rufus Woods!!!
3 of us set out from Bridgeport first thing in the morning. It was nice to be the first boat up the reservoir as the very first bit of morning light was starting ...
By: outdoor chris
Posted: 10/6/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
How do you say..."Super Hot!!?? Its spelled Rufus Woods!!
Three of us were fishing Friday and Saturday and we did loose count several times, but the best guess as to how many we caught over the t...
By: outdoor chris
Posted: 11/10/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/7/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Rufus Woods fishing is so hot the water is about to boil !!! 200 - 250 fish per day.
3 of us went fishing at Rufus Friday and Saturday, we caught over 450 fish in those two days!! Friday we cam...
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: blufin loui
Posted: 11/30/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My fishing partner had to work today (Sun), so I Hooked up to the boat and made a run to the RW for a quick fishing trip.
Got on the water (seaton's grove) around 0900ish, and was off the water aroun...
By: Big D
Posted: 1/18/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Rufus Woods, Some days…You eat the bear and other days the bear eats you or should I say the "FISH" eats you. Last weekend my wife decided that four months of remodeling our new home plus working full...
By: igotfishon
Posted: 1/28/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/26/2023
Hot Spots: 0
We heard of this fishery many years ago and was on our fishing bucket list. A place fishermen dream of. Where triploid trout are sized of footballs and rival salmon when smoked. We finally made the ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/15/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Julie and I decided it was time to give Rufus a try. We packed or gear and grub, loaded the car topper, hooked up the trailer and off we went. We spent 3 cold windy days on Rufus fishing for hours w...
