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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/19/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished carolina rigged brush hog over points and drop offs and did very well for smallmouths. Some of the fish were still on beds. We some largemouth in the shallows but not a lot and none with a lot ...
By: y2says
Posted: 6/19/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/14/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I took my cousin from Cali and brother to Banks for some smallmouth action. Neither one of them have ever caught one before. Fishing was great even with the winds at first and a slow start. Fish ar...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/20/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/16/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished hard most fo the day for 2 days caught 64 smallmouth 3 crappies 2 perch and 1 walleye. We caught a lot of bass 2-3 pounds and a few 4 pounders. This was my girlfriends first real fishing trip a...
By: CK14
Posted: 6/27/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/27/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Day 1 - the first day for us was mainly run & gun. we tried all over the steamboat rock area, the punchbowl, and barker flats. we had minimal success with only a couple over 12". we were discouraged t...
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: Anonymous
Posted: 7/9/2007
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/8/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Banks Lake Sunday 7/8/2007 from 1130am to 5pm with another angler (Terry). We both limited (5 each) on some nice Walleyes. (2) 18" (2) 19.5" (4) 20.5" (2) 22.5" and 2 released 15.5" Walleye. 1 ...
By: gcbcaddis1
Posted: 7/16/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/14/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a hot day on Banks Lake and the weather was not the only thing that was hot.
Casting lipless crank baits up against the rip rap next to the road produced well for me.
Fishing stayed hot until ...
By: Caleb Brooks
Posted: 8/3/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/2/2007
Hot Spots: 0
We got to Banks at about 11:30 am and had a slow day. That is until we went to Spider Island and Goose Island around 4:30 and started catching decent smallies constantly on perch pattern crankbaits. C...
By: CK14
Posted: 8/7/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/7/2007
Hot Spots: 0
after the potholes we went over to banks lake for a couple days and they were hitting pretty good. in the evenings you couldn't keep em off cranks and in the morning it was the same thing with dropsho...
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: Joe Heater
Posted: 8/27/2007
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/25/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Outstanding trip to Banks Lake. Arrived late Friday night so didn't fish until Saturday morning. Well worth the wait. On the water around 8:45am and limited by 10:45am. I would have to rate that morni...
By: danielt
Posted: 8/28/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/26/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished banks Sunday and caught a bunch of short fish in deeper water but ended up catching the bigger smallies in under 6ft. Drop shot, drop shot, drop shot...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/29/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/28/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 9 AM to about 2, caught a lot of smallies, a couple decent largemouth, some big perch, and a couple of dinky walleye. Bite seemed to be best shortly after we got there around 9. We found l...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/5/2007
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/3/2007
Hot Spots: 0
If you are a Walleye fisherman, you should get to Banks lake, now. Walleye fishing is unreal, the bite is on. I have been fishing this lake all year every weekend, now is the time to be there. It has ...
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: Joe Heater
Posted: 9/30/2007
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Spent Sat and Sun on Banks Lake. Walleye Fishing is still good there. It was 44 degrees and windy on Saturday, Sunday was about 50 and raining. We were bottom bouncing with crawlers. We caught 1 18 in...
By: Joe Heater
Posted: 10/20/2007
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/19/2007
Hot Spots: 0
2 day trip to Banks.
Thursday it was drizzling rain, 40's, windy, and fishing was as bad as I have seen it all year. It has been dynamite here for last few months but it was not so today. Used bott...
By: senkoboy
Posted: 10/28/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/15/2007
Hot Spots: 0
fished banks lake for several days fishing was slow for me not being the best bass fisherman in the world. fished mostly with grubs in about 20 ft of water, caught a few good sized fish but not many s...
By: tricities-sean
Posted: 1/31/2008
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/25/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Banks lake Friday, January 25th for some perch fishing through the ice. I was at the Coulee City boat basin/launch. I was on the ice at 6:45am to 12:30pm. The ice was 10+ inches thick. Bored 5...
By: Joe Heater
Posted: 3/30/2008
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
First time this year out on Banks. All the ice is gone and it felt great to be pulling bottom bouncers again. Didn't get on the water until 130pm today and when we finally found the fish we fished for...
By: ripper
Posted: 4/8/2008
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went over to Banks lake on Sat. and Sun., what a great place, this was my first trip over here. Sat. morning dawned clear and cold, about 36 deg., but it warmed quickly. Started out on Barker flats...
By: riprap101
Posted: 4/22/2008
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/19/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Banks lake on Sat. First time on this body of water. Pops and I launched on the South end. Water temp. 44, and warming the further North we traveled. Started trolling on top for bows along S.W...
By: troutheart
Posted: 5/2/2008
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a long day on the lake and not much luck. There were also probably 50 bass boats flying around the lake for the tournament. Walleye fishing was tough but we managed to hook this 19 incher righ...
By: Kfedka
Posted: 5/5/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Pulled out 6 rainbow trout averaging 18". Used worms and white marshmallows, Fished from 6 till dark. Reeled in a 16" smallmouth on a dark purple cury tail, as well as a 22" walleye on a black curly t...
By: Joe Heater
Posted: 5/6/2008
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Banks lake this past weekend.
Friday night I tried for Crappies for an hour, not happening.
Gave Walleyes a shot for 2 1/2 hours and caught 2 keepers, 1 dink and lost one other.
Saturd...
