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By: Dorsal Fishing
Posted: 1/8/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/8/2022
Hot Spots: 2
Took us three spots to find the fish but we really got into them once we found where they were. Pink power bait on the bottom was the ticket, no surprise there. I wish I could have got some going on a...
By: dluders
Posted: 11/26/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/26/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Since this was the first Friday after Thanksgiving, a good crowd of fishermen/women fished the area "Winter-Only" lakes. The weather was ideal (41 deg. F., high overcast, little to no wind, no rain, ...
By: Eagle Claw
Posted: 12/15/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/15/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Lake had some ice on it at the ramp and beyond. We hiked back a ways on the east side. Started fishing around 9:00, but nothing in the first hour. Switched to egg/worm orange and caught 5 by noon. Onl...
By: dluders
Posted: 11/27/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/27/2020
Hot Spots: 1
Fourth of July Lake was PACKED for opening day of the winter season. I arrived at 5:35 AM (1.5 hours before sunrise), and there were already 15 vehicles in the parking lot. By the time I hiked t...
By: Parrikd189
Posted: 3/25/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/25/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Giving a five start based on the quality not quantity. Got to the lake about 6am. Hiked about a quarter of the way down the lake and cast. Not a ton of action but did land my PR at 25” and 4lb 13.7oz....
By: RedderShredder
Posted: 3/10/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/10/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the parking lot around 7am and only found one other group that had the same idea as us. Hiked along the east side just past the narrows and set up camp. The water was up a little but still fair...
By: linty
Posted: 11/24/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went to 4th of July for the Black Friday winter opener. Parking lot was full, more cars than I have seen in 10 years. Hiked down to the narrows mid-lake. No rain, but the wind was whipping. We tried w...
By: flydoc
Posted: 3/20/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Nice grey morning, light rain. Past the town of Sprague which was almost under water. Viking Drive In has deep water on three sides.
The lake was very full, looking good. Unfortunately, the lake w...
By: DustyBre15
Posted: 2/13/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/12/2017
Hot Spots: 2
Went out about 12:30 this was the first time I've been there,, didn't relieze how far ya to walk to find water depth deeper than 6 feet. Lol to my surprise I had to walk a ways out..needless to say ,...
By: bornagainbozo
Posted: 1/28/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/28/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I went out to Fourth of July lake today expecting the ice to be off, but we were wrong. The lake had gained 6 inches of ice from the last time I went. We fished the narrows from 8:00 A.M....
By: Spokanetoot
Posted: 12/26/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We have been waiting for ice reports, there hasn't been many for our area. But I'm here to tell you there is good ice at fourth of July. That's about all I can tell you though.
We are not very famil...
By: raptor662
Posted: 12/24/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Finally made the trip out to Fourth of July Lake yesterday with pretty good success. Fished from about 10:30am to 3:00pm and the 2 of us landed 3 fish. Smallest was 16 inches and the other 2 came in a...
By: bornagainbozo
Posted: 12/19/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We headed out to Forth of July lake at 8:00 A.M. The wind was very bad and the temperature was around 27-30 degrees. The first couple hours we had no bites, except one that my buddy had. We decided to...
By: linty
Posted: 11/26/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/25/2016
Hot Spots: 2
My son and I hit Fourth of July Lake on Black Friday. About 30 vehicles in the parking lot (much better than the mall). The weather wasn't bad for November - a bit windy and got sprinkled on a couple ...
By: Big tuna
Posted: 1/27/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fished fourth of july got too fishing around 8 am till 1 pm.
Not a single bite seemed almost fishy given the fact that we slayed them four days ago. We were way in the back of the lake.where not to m...
By: bornagainbozo
Posted: 1/21/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I went out to Fourth of July and saw that the lake was still covered with some ice. The ice was not fully off the lake yet, but I think it will all be gone by Saturday. Saw only two people there that ...
Posted: 1/18/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to see how Fourth of July was holding up after the weekend rain. Not surprisingly we were the only ones on the lake. Three of fished from 9 am til noon. We got on the ice about halfway down t...
Posted: 1/16/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Went a little closer to home today for some ice fishing. There was about 4 inches of ice on the top half of the lake. Fishing was spotty we landed 4 rainbows (8"-21") in about 4 hours. Fish were caug...
By: tsyseun1
Posted: 1/8/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/4/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Just a catching trophies out here.
By: BigT
Posted: 12/20/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/20/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went to check the ice conditions on the lake and found out still not enough to venture out onto. So we fished the shore at one of the few open water spots at the narrows. Worm and white marshmallows s...
By: linty
Posted: 12/17/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/12/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Went to Fourth of July last Saturday. 7 cars in the lot at 8 AM. Hiked down to mid-lake, no ice. The water level is pretty low. We caught 3 rainbows - the last one was almost 21" and 4.5 lbs. All on p...
By: buc
Posted: 12/15/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/13/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Green garlic PB was the ticket two of us limited in an hour. 19" was biggest four cars inn lot when we got there. Good to get out and walk....
By: slayallday627
Posted: 3/31/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/31/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Great way to end the last day on this winter fishing lake. My dad and I both got our limits with 5 each. Bites were consistent throughout the day, about a bite every ten to twenty minutes. Fish came i...
By: slayallday627
Posted: 3/23/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing at 7 am. First fish came within five minutes. Next fish came 10 minutes later (18 incher). Hiked all around the lake fishing in multiple areas that were past the "first narrows". At ce...
By: Eagle Claw
Posted: 2/26/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/26/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Headed out to the lake and got their about 9:00, I hiked back on the east side to about mid-lake. Floated orange power bait off the bottom and about 20 minutes had a nice 16" rainbow. I threw it out o...
