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By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 5/4/2009
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I wanted to extend my hand in friendship to site member Bluefin Loui for taking the time to meet me for an awesome day of fishing. We met up at Coulee City park and hit one of my favorite Bass ponds f...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/12/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/10/2008
Hot Spots: 0
My partner and I fished the steemboat area from 10:30 am untill 5:00 pm. We caught smallmouth ranging in size from 8" to 3 lbs. Probably caught 20+ fish. Weather was overcast and cool with light boat ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/23/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/19/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Started to fish for walleye, but after two that were 23" and four smaller ones, the bite slowed by 9 AM. We tried for bass around Steamboat rock and took some dinks, mostly on power grubs and 1/8 oz....
By: bassendave
Posted: 5/29/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/24/2008
Hot Spots: 2
banks lake jamboree update
hi i just got home from the 37 annual banks lake jamboree i caught a lot of under size smallmouth and a my first ever walleye on day 1 on day 2 i caught 2 keepers that w...
By: themusicman5
Posted: 9/22/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/17/2007
Hot Spots: 0
We stayed at Steamboat for a couple of days, hoping to catch some Walleye. Caught a few, but not big at all. Mostly trolling. But decided to try the bottom with worms. Caught several nice smallmou...
By: oahe80
Posted: 6/29/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/22/2007
Hot Spots: 0
What a lake! I NEVER tire of fishing here. The weather was o.k. The few clouds made it comfortable weather to fish. The morning was very windy but, although it made it somewhat difficult to maneuv...
By: joebass
Posted: 8/9/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/9/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Great day at Banks!
Launched at Northrup Point and headed to the west side of Steamboat. Dropping jig-heads x 4" Pumpkin Lizards and bam bam! It was hot all day. Surprised me as I caught the big...
By: robberelite96
Posted: 6/1/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/27/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing was awesome. Caught 40+ fish between 2 of us. Biggest pushing 5lbs and lots of 3+. Used tubes, grubs, and drop shot. Lots of fish on beds but also a lot over shallow rock once the wind picked ...
By: bassmasterderek
Posted: 8/27/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Sparky and I headed to Banks lake on Friday. Tried to prefish a little before our tournament the next morning. Major winds were on the water. Sparky helped keep the boat on spots with the big motor ...
By: allanwalker
Posted: 5/3/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Banks all day inthe wind. Fished from Steamboat to the north end. Marked a lot of fish but would not bite. Picked up 2 nice rainbow in Devils Puch Bowl on a white spinner. Whis I could figure ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/3/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished banks all day I know the lake well and have caught many walleye i found them but could not for the life of me get them to bite tried all colors did pick up a nice smallie throwing a jig spinner...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/16/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for the entire weekend, and for numerous species of fish.
LowVW and I left the Everett area on Thursday right after work. We arrived at Steamboat Rock state park around 7 and immedi...
By: fishnislife
Posted: 7/27/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Banks this weekend for vacation with some friends and took along some gear. Got out on the water Sat. morning at 5:30am and fished until 8:30am. Hit up a couple of points along the rocky banks...
By: Lundegard
Posted: 6/8/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/4/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Two boats with two of us in each boat. Went after bass and did very well, until the wind got too difficult to maneuver. Water temp 54-55. Weather NE winds to 15, with heavy rain. All bait types wor...
By: lowvw
Posted: 6/10/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 6-2 to 6-7 over at Banks w/ Snohobassguy. Spent the majority of the time bass fishing and a couple of mornings out for walleye in the punch bowl. First time over there with the new boat so...
By: afk
Posted: 8/1/2010
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/31/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the lake around 9:30 & off around 5:00. Fished the million dollar mile east bank. First ever Walleye for my sons two buddies. A perch colorred baitfish blade & green or yellow beads with a nigh...
By: gcbcaddis1
Posted: 8/17/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Was on Banks early and stuck quite a few smallies lot's of dinks and a few in the 2 pond range. Bonus fish was my first walleye. Now I understand what all the fuss is about, those are some good eating...
By: boogerman800
Posted: 6/9/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Let me start by saying I moved here from alaska last summer. So bass fishing is new to me.I have been on roosevelt and had good luck but all were really small. So I have read and seen pics of the bass...
By: y2says
Posted: 6/9/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Sunday and Monday and fish didn't react to any fast moving baits. Water and air temp dropped with a cold front that came through. Still we were able to catch fish, but had to work hard at it....
By: eightballsaul
Posted: 6/15/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Banks Lake for 4 days. Two boats and 6 people fishing on and off all weekend. The fishing was fair. We could catch dinks all day every day but the bigger fish were a little tougher to find.
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By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 6/26/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I headed up to Banks with my Crop adjuster boss man-Clark Sandoz.The day was a beauty too. Fluffy clouds, a cool breeze and just plain pleasant weather. We portaged my John Boat on the eastern side of...
By: Fishin Musician
Posted: 6/30/2009
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I haven't posted for awhile, so here's a late one. Major and I got out on Banks Saturday and found some walleye in the south end of the lake. It was tough fishing, took most of the day to catch 6 and ...
By: medic1
Posted: 7/15/2009
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/13/2009
Hot Spots: 3
We stayed at the state park at Steamboat Rock Sunday night through Wednesday morning. Spent Monday and Tuesday on Banks lake fishing. I would have to say that overall it was a 3. It was the first t...
By: RJD
Posted: 7/27/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Between the wind and the rain fishing on Banks was HOT! My daughter and I were into smallies and walleyes Friday evening and Sunday morning. Nothing real big but plenty of rod bending action. Best ba...
By: Lundegard
Posted: 4/4/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Our plan was to try Banks on Thursday 3/31, but weather warnings for high winds caused us to postpone for Saturday 4/2 which looked better. At 4 am Saturday I checked the forecast again, and although...
