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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/21/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Rufus Woods- Midway Pens
* I'm sorry in the delay of posting this report, but I've recovered (more info posted on the 'Cast and Blast' post)
Weather/Conditions:
Low prx system came over th...
By: Bodofish
Posted: 3/3/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Another day Rufus. Fished around the pens, the boys were working on the pens so we moved away from them. Threw everything but kitchen sink at them, the new pellet fly, squid jigs, worms, you name it...
By: Bodofish
Posted: 7/11/2009
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a week at Cabin on the River 6-29 through 7-6 and had a wonderful time. My wife and I had interlopers popping in to visit most of the week so it was a party with great friends most of the time...
Posted: 10/25/2009
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Rufus Woods was outstanding fishing on Saturday 24th..Started trolling my Beaded Wooley Buggers on the surface at and next to the "Can Line" in the lower Basin and had a few strikes but not what I lik...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 10/9/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
On the water around 7:30AM Friday. Air temp in the 40s brisk breeze, and water temp was around 60 degrees at the launch. Headed up to the lowermost pens, fished to around noon. Caught several and kept...
Posted: 11/27/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well Rufus Woods has been very challenging over this last week but I am seeing a change for the better as the water temperature gradually drops.
Most of the Triploids are feeding on snails and stickl...
By: dave g
Posted: 10/30/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
well i wasn't going to post a report, but even the slow days are a noteworthy adventure i guess. we fished rufus thursday (22nd), and most of friday and it was a couple of slow days for sure catching-...
Posted: 11/7/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I have been up at Rufus Woods for the last 3 days and Oh Boy has it been a battle with the gail winds. Did manage to get some fish to go on Kastmaster spoon in the Blue and Silver Flavor plus the Supe...
Posted: 11/18/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/14/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Rufus Woods remains challenging to get these Triploid Bows to bite.Started at the Pens and hit 7 spots down Lake to find fish..Temperature remains in the 50's ..
Cast Roostertails and spoons to the...
By: Malottguy
Posted: 1/8/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well finally got to fish with the famous or infamous blufin loui. I tell you what he not only is a great fisherman but on great guy too.
We got on the water a sometime after 8am and was a cold morn...
Posted: 12/26/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Rufus Woods has picked up now that the water Temp has dropped and the Triploid Bows are hungry..Try pitching a Roostertail by Warden Lures or a Black Rock dancer Jig by Macks Lure to be most productiv...
Posted: 1/9/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Rufus Woods this last week has been a challenge to get the Big Bows to bite. But managed to catch a few casting Super Roostertails in Black and also Trolling rapalas has been real affective when the f...
By: zaskar
Posted: 1/11/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished 8th-morning of the 10th. Stayed at Cabin by the River (it was great!). Fished the lower pens with black jigs with moderate success. The hottest jig was the black Mirabeau with green head jig...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/28/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We got to RW just before sun up,We fished all day until it was dark. At the net pens thier was about 20+ people fishing, in the 9 hours i fished i saw 6 fish caught, we tried everything from white pow...
Posted: 3/28/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan has been pumping out the Lakers very steady but this last week my focus was at Rufus Woods where we targeted the shorelines for the Triploid Rainbows..
I caught fish on Kastmasters in g...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 7/16/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Cindy had the day off, so up to Rufus Woods we went. Launched at the corps launch at Chief Joesph Dam, and arrived at the lower most pens around 0900. The ride up river was spectacular. Smooth water ...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 5/22/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
What a beautiful Day. Wife Cindy and I headed up to Bridgeport State Park to meet Julie (a friend of ours) from the west side. She had came over on Wednessday and set up at the park. We arrived at ...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 2/11/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit RW around 09:30. Headed up lake to Pump #1 area. Cast jigs and spoons, and caught a small native rainbow (c&r). Headed on up to the lower most pens. Fished there for 2 hours without a single bite...
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: 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: 11/11/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Another Successful Day at Rufus Woods!!!! The Bite was real slow the first hour then the water started to move and like a light switch the Bite came on...Trolling and Casting worked well today..Hooked...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/13/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
3 To 7 lbs Three days limited out
By: romanfishing
Posted: 10/28/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We hit the lake about 5PM after unsuccessful tries on Evergreen Reservoir and Banks Lake hoping to get limit very fast and go home to Everett. The weather was enjoyable/perfect but no current at all. ...
By: Malottguy
Posted: 7/9/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Was just a nice day to hit thew lake so good ole BluFin Loui took my daughter and I up to the lower pens on Rufus Woods. Day started off cool and comfortable. We used a couple different jigs and BluFi...
Posted: 12/28/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We fished Rufus Woods today..It was tough catching but the fishing and Company was great!!!We did manage to catch a Really nice Triploid Rainbow Trout which tipped the scales at 13lbs.
We pitched Spi...
