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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: touchet2
Posted: 11/30/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Only the third time fishing RW and launched at Seatons Grove and headed for the first set of pens. Not much action there so we headed down the the second set of pens. Met Blfin Loui for the first time...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 12/5/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
YAAAAA HOOOOO!!! Cindy finally caught her personal best Rufus Woods Triploid, and Her FIRST trout over 10 pounds. It was a chilly 27 degrees when we launched at Seaton's Grove and motored down belo...
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: Fishalot
Posted: 7/20/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well we decided to hit up Rufus Woods,after fishing the morning at Banks for bass wich was not bad either. Hit 5 smallies there all on top water swim baits"Zara Spook",the bass were all 2-4lbs, So onc...
By: gpc
Posted: 7/21/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Launched the boat at Rufus at about noon on Saturday. We were only able to fish for about and hour before the wind booted us off the lake. At the pens I had about a 10lb trip on, but lost it at the bo...
By: spinnerbait89
Posted: 7/27/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Rufus early Sunday morning. I've fished here often, but this is my first time to fish it during the summer months. Hit the water with my dad and his neighbor who are both newcomers, and we heade...
By: aguynamedmike
Posted: 7/31/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Made my trip to RW out by chelan last weekend and I didnt plan it very well, thought where we'd be camped would be where the pens were but it wasnt and they were 25 miles up the resivour.
Still had a...
By: dave g
Posted: 8/11/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We've been coming to rufus for a good while now, but just this year have we checked out the pens seriously, so we stayed up at grand coulee and launched out of seatons cove , about 20 min upstream fro...
By: northfork
Posted: 4/22/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/19/2008
Hot Spots: 0
This lake is really in Okanogan county. Started the trip looking to catch Walleye but had trouble with the kicker so anchored up and threw lures and jigs. Friday fishing was fair by Rufus standards. M...
By: beerman1981
Posted: 4/23/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/23/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Today was my first attempt at Rufus Woods Lake. I left Yakima and drove 170 miles through rain, wind, downpours and more rain. I had heard that the net pens were tricky to find, and that is true. O...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 4/5/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
A great day on the water, but didn't catch many fish. Ended the day with 5 fish caught and released, with the largest estimated around 2.5 - 3#. Fished various spots on the lower end of lake using ji...
By: Fish On!
Posted: 6/7/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I haven't hit RW in ages, so I headed on over to the north end and gave it a couple hours. 90 degrees and sunny made the fishing a bit tough. Water was the highest I've seen and really ripping. Col...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 6/7/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake around 0900 and fished till around 5:00. Wind, rain, and sunshine made for a well rounded day. We fished up to the Cabin Hole above Pump #3, and several spots below. Picked up trout all a...
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: Anonymous
Posted: 6/15/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/14/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I talked with a Game Warden at the corps boat launch just prior to launching my boat today (Sunday 14 June) at noon and he confirmed that Pacific Seafood lost 32,000 triploids from their pens in the 4...
By: flyfishinkid
Posted: 6/22/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
fished rufus woods for a weak straight and didn't catch a thing. used everything in my tackle box, flatfish, woolybuggers, powerbait, weddingring, and even the pellet fly didn't work. This lake has to...
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: scottpratt
Posted: 6/27/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
After reading the OutdoorChris report I had to get on the Rufus Trout. Hit the water at noon as 3 boats were pulling out of the water. They all had limits of 4+lb trout but only one over 7lbs. I knew ...
By: jjyoung86
Posted: 6/27/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with a couple buddies on the boat yesterday evening at Rufus Woods. Fished about 300 yard from the net pens where you camp and caught a 2.5 pound rainbow within 20 minutes of launching using...
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: Big Smooth
Posted: 4/6/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well it was a fun trip. Fished Rufus on Friday and Saturday and got to see both ends of the lake.
My truck was acting funny on Friday so I choose the short trip to the east end of the lake. We trolle...
By: dirty.dan4
Posted: 4/7/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My father, little brother, and I spent the weekend on Rufus Woods. On Saturday we trolled for about half the day running wedding rings below a flasher and didnt get a bite. We trolled all around the...
By: Ganno
Posted: 4/8/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Started at Timms ranch 7.30 in the morning. Fished jigs along shorline up to the lower pens and then back to the launch ramp. We managed fourteen fish for three people fishing. All released to fight ...
