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By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/26/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/25/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The Packernut and I decided to give the pike a weekend off while we went to chase a few walleyes at Banks Lake.
We were on the water around 7:15 am and had out first fish in the boat by about 7:30...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 8/24/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/24/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The normal trio arrived at Coulee City this morning to find a strong NW wind howling and good sized rollers and whitecaps. We headed north by road and found the wind equally strong at the Northrup Ca...
By: Walleye Be Damn
Posted: 8/13/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/12/2018
Hot Spots: 0
After fishing Kokanee on Deep Lake, we put in at Coulee City Park and headed across the lake. We trolled in 18-35 F.O.W. using bottom bouncers and slow death hooks and other home made spinners and pla...
By: WaterSwatter
Posted: 7/10/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
slow is the word.. ohhh.. don't forget the wind..
headed out Friday morning around 8am from coulee city.. weather report was wind was spose to pick up as the day went on. fished all the "hot spots...
By: LordoftheFlies
Posted: 7/1/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Somewhat slow walleye bite out of Steamboat Rock, The wind kept gaining thru out the day, we finally were blown off the water by 4pm
Caught most fish 18ft - 28ft depth, kept changing colors of slow d...
By: WaterSwatter
Posted: 6/25/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/23/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Finally made it to Banks again as I assumed fishing would be slowing on the Spokane river side.. it was a good call. We launched at Coulee City around 7:30 as usual for our 1st day of fishing.. it wa...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 5/25/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I had the privilege to fish the walleye derby last weekend with Brad from Mark's marine on their new Lund walleye boat. It is equipped with all the "goodies" including the iTroll with Hunt for the k...
By: WaterSwatter
Posted: 5/18/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/12/2018
Hot Spots: 0
walleyes haven't started as yet it appears on banks.. fished south end Saturday throwing the tackle box at them with no luck.. I expected slow.. yet never seen it so slow on banks.. launched out of N...
By: atroutfisherman
Posted: 5/5/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Mowed the lawn on Wednesday because Thursday the winds were supposed to lighter making a better day to fish. First time out in the boat for my wife, Judy. Maybe the last time! Ha! Ha! We trolled B...
By: ifish4ever
Posted: 5/1/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/29/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Since Roosevelt boat launches are all dry, decided to hit Banks Lake with a couple of buddies. We launched at Steamboat Rock State Park and ran across to Barker Flats. Fished from 5 to 60 fow pulling ...
By: bowlguy
Posted: 4/27/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/25/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the South end of Banks Lake on Wed., and came up empty. Lovely day, and they say you go for the boat ride and the fish are extra. Several other boats also were skunked. Graphed a few fish, ...
By: hewesbob
Posted: 4/21/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/20/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We fished Banks Friday 4/20, wanted to try out some new gear we tied up. This time of year can be extremely unpredictable about where the biting walleye are located. We started out early morning fishi...
By: DAR
Posted: 4/14/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Banks for Smallmouth Bass. Only caught one. But the trout were right up on shore acting like bass. Hooked over 20 between two of us. All around 18". Casting tubes was very effective. Water t...
By: Fallen Outdoors
Posted: 4/9/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/7/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The Fallen Outdoors had their second annual Veterans walleye event. We all started out the morning launching and heading out to baker flats. Weather in the morning was tough, lots of rain and wind wit...
By: WashingtonGS
Posted: 4/9/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We started at the north end of Steamboat State Park in 60 FOW. We caught a few smaller walleye in the 12.5 -15” range. We moved to southern end of Barker Flats where we picked up a few bigger fish. Mo...
By: DAR
Posted: 3/31/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/31/2018
Hot Spots: 0
4 walleye, 2 perch and a burbot . All caught at 50-60 feet of water. My 85 year old mother got the burbot. Barker Flat area.
Posted: 3/12/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/10/2018
Hot Spots: 1
I caught a big case of spring fever! There is only one way to fix the sickness! I spent the weekend fishing walleye at Banks Lake. We launched at the day launch. There is still some ice building up on...
By: haverman83
Posted: 12/16/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/8/2017
Hot Spots: 0
(*Editor's Note - the 5 star rating is for Rufus, not Banks)
Well this report is a total change from my last one on banks just a few weeks prior where we just couldn't keep the walleye off the hoo...
By: haverman83
Posted: 11/27/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I'm going to just make this short and sweet a few buddies and I fished banks for walleye fri thru sun and all I can say is we killed them smallest fish probably 3lbs but almost all of our 25 to 30 wal...
Posted: 9/26/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/22/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Spent the week fishing for walleye, smallies and perch - stayed the week at Steamboat (Steamboat gets a 5 rating). Monday 9/18
started windy with white caps and rollers, so took the hint from the Cra...
By: CoyoteCrazy
Posted: 9/10/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/9/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Made our first trip to Banks. I have wanted it for years. Took the wife's pontoon boat, and 6 of us headed over. Launched around 8, wind was horrendous. Tried to hide from it in a couple small coves w...
By: Don Wittenberger
Posted: 9/7/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/4/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My friend Tom and I fished Banks Lake from Sep. 4-6. Dense fog-like smoke from wildfires shrouded the lake. We could not see the opposite shore. We fished for smallmouth on the west side of Steamboat ...
By: wallmama
Posted: 8/23/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
launched boat and headed middle of lake, pulled flicker shad #7 at 1.7 mph, north wind 8mph, depth 15-24 FOW, water temp 67-71, caught bunch of SM, only kept one 16", fished only 3 hrs, caught 3 eyes,...
By: hewesbob
Posted: 8/22/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Walleye fishing was great, the eclipse not so much. We put in at Coulee City park about 7:00 am and headed north to mid lake. We fish this area about 3 or 4 times a week and have been doing fair but n...
By: boyscoutman
Posted: 8/16/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/11/2017
Hot Spots: 0
caught a bunch of smallies and one small walleye my first one was using small single hook crank bait switched to a black rooster tail, and caught a 2 pounder.
