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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...
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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, ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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By: Conradlam
Posted: 5/24/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/24/2020
Hot Spots: 0
The fish were far and few between. The ones we did catch were fat and well fed.
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Posted: 6/10/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out Saturday morning with the fam for the trout derby not knowing what to expect.(First timer) My dad landed the first nice one, an hour later I caught one that we knew would put us in the runn...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/23/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/22/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Beautiful day to be out on the water. Was our first time fishing at Sprague lake, started out windy, with lots of fish on the fish finder. Ended up with water like glass and not much action. I caug...
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By: Kfedka
Posted: 10/31/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/27/2008
Hot Spots: 1
Got to the lake after 3 pm left before 6pm. First hour no bites, the last two hours couldn't keep the fish off the bait! Used pink marshmallows and a small piece of worm to cover the hook. Would reco...
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Posted: 11/8/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Despite the Rain, we fished Sprague for the first time since the Treatment. Caught several 1.5lb rainbows trolling dodger and flies near the surface. We may have done better working baits along the ...
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Posted: 5/21/2012
Species: Other
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/19/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Four anglers one novice. Two boats. Target species, anything but Trout. We spent a good amount of time cruzing the south bank with the trolling motors looking for fish in the shallows. One boat st...
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By: bwh1971
Posted: 5/19/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/18/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 8am to 2:30pm Had a great day... Caught several perch, 1 nice... Rainbow 20plus inches, 5 pound Tench, 1 channel cat . All in all it was a great day on the lake...
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By: buc
Posted: 8/22/2019
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/16/2019
Hot Spots: 0
30 or so bass biggest around 3 lbs snails all over the boat ramp dead and alive and green slime throughout . I would'nt eat anything from here! real fun for catching; parking is minimal so get the...
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Posted: 6/24/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
First time here, When we put in some people on the shore caught a 2+ pound LM so I prepared myself for a good day. Launched off the west end hitting up some lillys as we circled behind bird...
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Posted: 6/15/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I guess I must admit that the Bass have finally started to show up. I caught a few that were actually quite large (6+ pounds), a few that were mid 3 pounders, one that was 12.5" and a couple that wer...
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