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By: The Quadfather
Posted: 3/12/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/12/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I was fishing in Kittitas county at another lake, when I decided to reach out to another NWFR member to ask for a recommendation for any lakes near Ellensburg. Thanks Joe, for the heads-up on Mattoo...
By: rtk
Posted: 5/22/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing was excellent at Mattoon lake on Sunday! My wife and I caught our limits in less than an hour. It would have been faster but we missed a lot of bites. We used Powerbait with a water filled cas...
By: rtk
Posted: 5/1/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing was really good at Mattoon lake for my wife and I yesterday. First, you have to get your bait up off the bottom. Weeds are beginning to grow. We used a casting bobber with powerbait and a 3 1/...
By: coopaloop323
Posted: 4/26/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My brother and I dumped the boat into Mattoon at 6AM sharp on saturday morning. Weather wasnt too bad. Fish started biting right off the bat. We couldnt keep the small ones off. Bite was hot until abo...
By: Juniah87
Posted: 4/19/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Lots of action at Mattoon. No quality fish, but there are lots of them, and they are hungry! I landed 20 fish in approximately 2 hours of fishing. 17 bluegill averaging around 4 to 5 inches each, 2 la...
By: ElginFishing
Posted: 3/27/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Mattoon trolling Elgin Fishing God's Tooth spoons. God blessed with 15 fish (14 trout and 1 bass). The Silver shiner and Frog patterns set at the slower action worked the best but caught fish...
By: rythefisherman
Posted: 8/9/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Mattoon lake with my grandparents this week. Caught lots of perch and small bass on worms, and flies. The dock is the best place to fish. I fly fished and my grandparents used worms and a bobbe...
By: spindog
Posted: 7/7/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Matoon with the wife my Lab and a 1448 Grizzly. The boat launch is extremely slippery, good thing for 4x4.
I walked up to the lake s edge looking around, sizing up launch and wondering if I w...
By: typoole88
Posted: 5/19/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well the weather here in Ellensburg was windy as usual, and even a little rainy but I decided to head out to Mattoon anyways. It worked out well for me because my favorite spot was wide open. I threw ...
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 4/20/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I finally got a chance to hook up my good friend Tao Peng from the West side of the mountains to fish for Crappie at Fio Rito North, but other than Tao's 2 pound bass on his first cast, muddy water co...
By: mrem27
Posted: 7/25/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Just had to post this.... Thought it was funny.
By: PokeyPrasch
Posted: 6/10/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at 9, it was too windy to use the pontoon so I fished from shore. Despite the wind there were a lot of people fishing and I was quickly crowed out being the only one not still fishing with a ...
By: Yakivegas
Posted: 3/24/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water about 10 am.Started out slow.Made the first pass around the lake without a bump.I had started out with a cultiva mira shad.Then I saw a few fish sippin bugs off the surface,so on goes my...
By: kwik
Posted: 3/18/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Cold and windy but we persevered. I wanted to take the boys out for the first trip of the year. Had some decent action nothing large just stock trout but its fishing. Good day fishing I can't wait til...
By: PokeyPrasch
Posted: 3/17/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Rolled in at about 9:30, I'd never seen Matoon with so many people. Fished from shore for about 3 hours, had a follow on a Texas rigged vibra grub, and had a small trout buck off of the same set-up b...
By: PokeyPrasch
Posted: 10/8/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at about 8:30, walked the edge of the lake almost the entire distance around. I caught more than 10 LMB, the biggest at 11". I used a drop shot the entire day, it seems to be the only thin...
By: trout-killa
Posted: 9/15/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The fishing for bass is slowing down, they are becoming lethargic. only caught a few monster 5 inchers. The trout however has picked up, and they've grown! My dad caught 2 fish using powereggs. One wa...
By: trout-killa
Posted: 8/20/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Caught 4 bass around 9" and a dozen more not worth noting on an original floating rapala and a pumpkinseed sunfish on a roostertail. My dad caught 2 trout bottom fishing, both around 10".
By: trout-killa
Posted: 8/13/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Best day bass fishing of the year, caught a few on small curltail grubs in the beginning, Then changed to a floating rapala- that was the ticket. Caught alot of bass. Nothing huge but caught fish cons...
By: PokeyPrasch
Posted: 8/13/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
A friend and I arrived at about 10:30. The water was quite green, I decided to leave the pontoon in the car.
Fished from the dock for 30 minutes, caught 3-4 LMB dropshotting a Powerteam Melon tickle...
By: trout-killa
Posted: 8/3/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Caught about 10 bass today. All babys except for one small 8 incher. Used a plastic curltail grub, yelllow and white worked the best (The water clarity is down a bit, hard to see any other colors." Ca...
By: trout-killa
Posted: 8/2/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Caught about 15 bass off and around the dock. The size ranged from mega dink to a little over 9". Nothing big or anything, but alot of fun. Only fished for bass for about an hour.
By: Ezlivn89
Posted: 6/13/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Was using a spoon to catch these fish. I was there for about two hours, caught about 18 fish all about twelve inches, released them all unharmed. Some monester triploids are hanging around the dock fo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/17/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished off the bottom from shorewith power bait, lots of weeds. Pretty slow, about a fish per hour, 11-12 inch. Lots of fish on the surface, boat would be good option. Otters felt right at home.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/5/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on Mattoon! I have had very good success with the broodstock. Ive landed 11 on the ice and kept 8 so far, which are in the freezer waiting to be smoked! Jigs or worms seem to be the most pro...
