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By: T-Bone
Posted: 3/10/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful day, but very slow fishing. I did catch one; a steelhead of about 15" - 16". However, I had no other bites. I talked to one other bank angler…No bites and no fish. A number of boats out toda...
By: T-Bone
Posted: 4/17/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well I only had one bite, but I did catch one heck of a fish…A very wide, mint bright 21" rainbow of 5lbs.+. I was fishing by myself and the fish gave me a heck of a fight on UL gear. A very nice East...
By: Landshark II
Posted: 4/21/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
After 2 weekends with high winds we were finally able to get onto Sprague Lake. Was a sheet of glass @ 8:00 AM put in. Started with the regular rippin minnows and the red/white flies tipped with worms...
By: joshrem
Posted: 4/30/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Windy as heck and the waves made our lures pop , kept seven, lost four at boat. Many more hits and ticks.
Great day in the the wind....out for four hours.2 rainbows , 5 clipped "steels"(up to 18"!!!!...
By: Landshark II
Posted: 5/5/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The weather couldn't have been better when we hit the lake at 8:00 AM. Had 4 planters hit in the first 2 hours and they were released to grow bigger. Couldn't get any of the steely's to hit all of the...
By: mschulman
Posted: 3/29/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Got to Sprague Lake about 6:30am and started fishing. First time fishing the lake but neighbor says it's got big trout. A couple of boats out already but looked to be Bass fishing. Trolled Apexes and ...
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 11/5/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/4/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Ran up to Sprague Lake yesterday to test a new color-scheme for the 2.8" and 3.9" OG1 lure. (These lures have a narrow strip of fluorescent pink or fluorescent orange running the length of the exterio...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/8/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
It has been a long time since we fished Sprague Lake and decided to give it a try this morning. The new dock was pulled from the SW launch but looks like a great addition. We started pulling rippin ...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/10/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Al and I headed back to Sprague after a decent day there Tuesday. I commented on the lack of forecasted wind on the drive over only to find big whitecaps on our arrival. Started out with a quick fis...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/18/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The usual trio headed to Sprague again with optimism despite the weather forecast. The wind was present on our arrival and with the temp 28 it was brisk on the water. We offered perch Kekeda flies, ...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/22/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/22/2016
Hot Spots: 0
CF and I headed to Sprague without Al today. We had lines in the water by 7:30 and trolled Kekada perch flies and perch rippin minnows on the west end of the lake. Last week we killed them in the s...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/28/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/27/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Adhering to the rule, don't leave fish to find fish, the trio returned to Sprague. Fortunately the wind was not bad today and we found the fish in a biting mood immediately. We offered rippin minnow...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/30/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The number of fish we boated the last 4 trips to Sprague had increased each time so it was inevitable that a decline was coming our way. It doesn't mean we willing accepted it and we tried hard to cr...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/2/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My wife has been pretty understanding. I keep telling her Sprague is going to freeze over soon so I only have 1 or 2 trips left until ice keeps me home. Al and I made our third trip there this week....
By: fishindoc
Posted: 12/5/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Al and I headed back to Sprague with high hopes again. It was a chilly 18' as we pulled into the launch with no ice on the water. Water temps 34.5-38.4 today so with the forecast the ice will be the...
By: T-Bone
Posted: 4/9/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
TOO MUCH WATER! A large and ? deep puddle on the WDFW access lane blocks safe access to the boat ramp and the parking area...Decided driving through standing water to not be a wise choice. Both resort...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 10/16/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to Sprague today hoping that the cooler weather would improve the fishing after getting skunked there a couple of months ago. We had lines in the water by 7:30 and within 20 minutes we were re...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/1/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/31/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The usual trio headed to Sprague today. I was glad to have the canvas and heater as we saw a low of 21* enroute. We had 5 lines in the water by 8:00, 2 off a planer board and 3 long lined out the bac...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/7/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
A stomach virus got my fishing partner this morning so I headed to Sprague solo today. I decided to try the unimproved launch on the SE corner of the lake. Fortunately another fisherman ahead of me s...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/10/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
It was back to the usual trio today. Fortunately the forcasted fog cleared by the time we reached Sprague Lake but the road was quite frosted the last 15 miles to the launch. We had our lines fishin...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 11/20/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/20/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My son Cullen joined the normal suspects for an outing to Sprague this morning in the rain. It took about 15 minutes for the first rod to double over. After a nice fight a solid 24" RBT was netted a...
By: Part-Time
Posted: 12/6/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Well the Tin-Guppy made her first voyage on Sprague Lake. The wind was stronger than we had hoped for so that called for a little more effort but overall it was a pretty nice day. It was my first time...
By: T-Bone
Posted: 1/29/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/29/2018
Hot Spots: 0
This is my Public Service Report...The West end of the lake is still iced over; including the Public Launch. However, the East end of the lake has open water; including the "Pay At The Can" launch jus...
By: Aaron
Posted: 5/1/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/31/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Wanted to target the not so recently planted Steelhead in Sprague Lake. Over the course of 2 days my friend Noah and I trolled over the entire lake in search of them, and had very little to show for i...
By: T-Bone
Posted: 5/8/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/8/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Well after being spoiled by the good fishing for huge rainbows a couple of years ago; I have to declare this late Winter/Spring a BUST. Today after several SKUNK trips, I did manage to catch one, but ...
