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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/12/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/12/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Banks the afternoon of the 12th and morning of the 13th. We tried the Northeastern tip and shoreline of Steamboat Rock for walleye which had previously been somewhat productive but only caught...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/1/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 9/1/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I fished along the orange boundary markers at the north end of the lake. The fish weren't really biting. Besides our 3 rainbows, and 1 smallmouth, we only saw a few other fish caught and they were a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/10/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/10/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Got at Banks lake and it was really windy. Fished all over the lake and got 2 bullheads. Fishing at Banks Lake is terrible.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/24/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/24/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Cooks Bay on Banks Lake for most of the week. Walleye were taking most any thing the wife and I put in the water. Camped at Jones Bay, and never ventured and further than Cooks Bay since we had...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/7/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2002
Hot Spots: 0
MY FRIEND HOWARD AND I WENT OUT OF STEAMBOAT ROCK STATE PARK ABOUT 8:00 AM.
FROM THE BOAT LAUNCH JUST GO NORTHEAST TO THE COVE. THIS AREA IS POPULAR FOR
WALLEYE. ABOUT 20 MINUTES I HAD WHAT FELT LI...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/13/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/13/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Banks lake for bass on 4/13 thru 4/16. Got to the lake Thursday morning and caught 4 or 5 bass Thursday afternoon on Yo Zuri cranks before the cold front moved in. Got only 1 other strike in 3 ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/12/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/11/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Banks Lake on May 10 & 11 north of Steamboat Rock. It rained the first day, and was sunny and calm the second day. The water temperature was 55 degrees. The water had a greenish color but ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/27/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/23/2005
Hot Spots: 0
great day of fishing at Banks, lots of bass in the slot size but they are fun to fight. weather was perfect.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/30/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished banks lake during later morning. Saw huge fish jumping to bugs and insects constantly. No luck. Used eggs, spinners, spoons, and worms. All the fish turned up their noses yet the fish gave ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/31/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/31/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I took the family over to Banks for the holiday weekend. The fishing was hot! The weather even hotter! It didn't seem to matter where we fished, because the smallmouth were all over. I caught most...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/31/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/28/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Banks Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon. Went with my wife, and 10 yr old nephew. We hit fished devils punchbowl, causeway, million dollar mile, and a few secret spots as well. We caught around 50 small and l...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/12/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/31/2005
Hot Spots: 0
My fishing buddy and I fished Banks lake the week of May 31st to June 4th. Fishing was great. We picked up a few nice Walleyes and I caught three 2lb Rainbow Trout. Small mouth were abundant and we...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/20/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/18/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake around 0700 on sat the 18th of jun went straight to Barkers canyon area and dropped 3 poles with double whammies and night crawlers and trolled. had a little succcess early with a couple ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/23/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/20/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Wonderful day fishing for smallmouth bass on Banks Lake. Calm winds.
19 fish on one and one-half hours using plugs. The fish are bigger than last year.
The water is very clear, and it was easy to s...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/18/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/18/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Before I get into Banks Lk. bass fishing during this beautiful fall season Id like to report some walleye fishing my clients and I did on Rufus Woods. The fishing wasn't even close to being as success...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/26/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/23/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Banks lake for 2 days last week. Stayed at Steamboat State Park beautiful facility with a great launch. Planned on fishing for anything that was biting. We caught walleye, bass, and perch almos...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/10/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/9/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Difficult fishing due to higher than normal water level. Found a spinning reel and rod on the east side of the lake near the highway. If you lost one contact me at [email protected]. If you ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/1/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/31/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Banks with by brother at sunrise. Fishing was ok, but we got off to a slow start. After changing baits for a couple hours, we found a color that brought consistant results. We'll get 'em...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/9/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/6/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Saturday night on Bank Lake, Mile Marker 10, Good place, caught our limit in less then 3 hours, we were on a boat, used just worm and weight. Nice size BASS, gotta becareful how you pull them, ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/6/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/3/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the SW corner of banks lake Saturday evening before dinner. Hung a worm 6 feet below a bobber and cast in off the rocks. Turned to help my girlfriend's daughter get set up and my brother yelle...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/19/2005
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/17/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Didn't set the lake on fire this trip. The weather brought a front thru the night before, so the Walleye were not biting much and we had a hard time finding the bass, large or smallmouth. The son did ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/13/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/11/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished banks lake for Bass 10/06 thru 10/11 caught lots of smallies and 1 large mouth, Fish were down about 30 feet or so, Most of the fish we caught were on Grubs or robo worms texas rigged and ji...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/2/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/2/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Friday and Sunday of Labor Day weekend and had pretty good luck with the Smallies. Group of 5-8 of us caught and released 3 fish over 2 lbs and 10-15 more over l lb. Lost three others that we...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/26/2001
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/26/2001
Hot Spots: 0
First time fishing Banks lake and I didn't do too bad. Caught 2 smallmouth one of them a 4 pounder. Fishing was very slow as the result of a cold front that had moved through earlier. Largemouth f...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/22/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/22/2001
Hot Spots: 0
I just got back and only landed six fish, one was four pounds, two more were 2 pounds, and the last two were about a half-pound. The last two were caught off the dock at the boat launch. The other 3...
