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By: Lundegard
Posted: 7/7/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished mostly the south end, that being from the Mile south. Caught 12 for the day, 7 keepers, for two of us. Two nice perch as well. Fished the mid lake area without a bite. No depth produced unt...
By: 4petie5
Posted: 8/9/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Sunset was epic and the lake was quiet. Started fishing around 5:00 am South of Steamboat. Fish started biting around 8:00. Slow troll with spinner about 12 inches off the bottom. Hit two walleye ...
By: Lundegard
Posted: 9/19/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We wanted to see if the fish were stacked up in the drawn-down lake. Normally this time of year the walleye bite is pretty good on Banks, so we thought that the skinnier water would increase our odds...
By: sjrose24
Posted: 4/17/2012
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Tried Out Banks this sunday and fished Barker flats west of steamboat. trolled wally pops with a bottom bouncer between 20 and 30 ft with no luck. Seems like the fish were more concentrated in the dee...
By: Lundegard
Posted: 5/15/2012
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Given the stable warm trend of May weather, and a recent trip of fair success, my usual walleye partner and I decided on a trip to Banks, since I had a work-schedule change and could therefore go duri...
By: magnum4469
Posted: 7/23/2012
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/21/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Got on the water about 8 am fished till 2pm and had eight strikes and landed five walleye. Most were 16+ and one over 18, fairly productive morning. The fish hit several different rigs tipped with ni...
By: Running L
Posted: 4/9/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the 3 species tournament both Saturday and Sunday. We had fished the previous weekend as well. All 4 days were very tough fishing. We would chart lots of fish but could not come up with any o...
By: BigWallysGS
Posted: 3/29/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/29/2014
Hot Spots: 2
Walleye fishing on Banks Lake is very, very good right now! Most keeper size walleye are running from 18-22 inches with some larger females thrown into the mix that we have been releasing. The walle...
By: afk
Posted: 3/31/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We launched at Northrup at 08:00 & came off a little before 17:00. Beautiful spring day. We caught fish from 55-28 Ft. out in the desert. We tossed back a dozen or so eyes that needed to grow. Variety...
By: BigWallysGS
Posted: 5/11/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/10/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Walleye fishing on Banks Lake is picking up steam. My clients and I boated 9 walleye over 20 inches this weekend on Banks with others in the 16-18 inch range. Banks also has an unbelievable amount u...
By: allanwalker
Posted: 6/2/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/31/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Lake or River Fished: Banks Lake
Target Species: Walleye
Date(s) Fished: Saturday May 31, 2014
Weather Conditions: Sunny and Clear
Wind: ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/2/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Day ½(late) through Day 3:
After fishing Cle Elum with Mark we drove to our next destination, Banks Lake. Target Species: Walleye. We met up with Aaron and fished Saturday evening in the Punchbowl....
Posted: 6/9/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Barker flats is producing lots of fish, many under the 16" min size but there are enough 16-19" fish to stay interested. Slow death and smile blades in 25-35 feet. Oh and this 31" 11 pounder too.
R...
By: BigWallysGS
Posted: 6/12/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
The walleye bite on Banks Lake is beginning to pick up steam again. Had an afternoon guide trip on Wednesday, June 11th. We were able to land 12 keeper walleye in 3 hours. The fish ranged in size f...
By: wmaxwell48
Posted: 6/16/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2014
Hot Spots: 2
Banks Lake was as advertised by all we had talked to and gathered our intel. We got 5 boats on the water and all managed to bring home at least 1 keeper. One young fellow, Jerimiah by name, brought ...
By: esew
Posted: 6/24/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the weekend on Banks Lake looking for the famed walleye bite and we were not disappointed. We trolled the area around Steamboat Rock State Park using bottom walkers and night crawlers. I had rea...
By: BigWallysGS
Posted: 6/24/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Walleye fishing on Banks Lake has been hot and cold. One day its limits of 17-24 inch fish, then the next day its a couple of keepers and a bunch of undersized fish. The bigger walleye have really be...
By: BigWallysGS
Posted: 6/18/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Walleye fishing on Banks Lake has been very consistent over the past week for walleye in the 17-23 inch range. Technique is all dependent on the weather conditions. If it is windy, we have been smas...
By: BigWallysGS
Posted: 7/25/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/25/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Walleye fishing at the south end of Banks Lake produced limits of walleyes to 26 inches today. The key today was pulling crankbaits in the morning in low light conditions and some wind in 14-18 feet ...
By: clawman
Posted: 8/8/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Early morning bite. By 10:00 am it was pretty much over but until then WOW great day. Trolling jointed Rapala with orange belly near weeds. Caught 3 eyes 26-28" 3 eyes 20-22" and several 3 lb smallmou...
By: BigWallysGS
Posted: 8/11/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Walleye fishing at Banks has simply been awesome this summer!! Today the walleye were flat out smashing crankbaits at the south end of Banks near Coulee City. The walleye were in water depths of 14-18...
By: wallmama
Posted: 9/2/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/31/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry no photo. Had a great time on south end of Banks lake. Pretty new to me, always fished north end of the lake!!!just followed shoreline on east side . trolled 2 mph, flicker #7, 9, perch, caught ...
By: Red beard
Posted: 9/11/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Alright. First report in a while. Just returned from 5 months working in alaska, so straight to steamboat rock for the annual 10 day vacation with family and friends. Weather was great. Fishing was ev...
By: Zagdogg007
Posted: 9/16/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I was able to fish both the 11th and the 12th. We trolled walleye magic behind a bottom bouncer near the million dollar camp site and caught nonstop Walleye. 3 keepers. An 18", 19", and a good fightin...
By: wallmama
Posted: 9/22/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/21/2014
Hot Spots: 3
WT: 64-70 F, northern wind <= 5 mph, lake level was very low; 5-6 ft lower than full pool, water was stained, weeds are dying: cabbage are dead, Millfoil Ok,
Fished flats on north and middle section...
