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By: wallmama
Posted: 3/25/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/25/2017
Hot Spots: 1
A lot of boats on the lake. Barker flats, Coulee play land, all over. A beautiful sunny day, a little windy, 8-12mph chop, fishing was slow,. I only managed boated a few egg filled perch. Talked to o...
Posted: 5/7/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Banks all week, Sunday 4/30-Friday 5/5. Water temp started at 47deg and Friday was 51-52. Clarity was very good. Walleye
spawn was/is still on - thru back the girls, kept some/few boys. Pesky ...
By: motley
Posted: 4/23/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Took the kids to Barker flats on Banks and the fish were hanging in 50 ft. Water temp was still chilly. Used Slow death roll rigs pink worked the best. Caught four biggest was caught by my youngest da...
By: sprecman
Posted: 6/9/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing at 0530 on Barker Flats trolling worm rigs, changing colors often. Caught a nice 19 inch walleye on a chartreuse spinner and the a 18 inch walleye on a chartreuse smile blade. All in a...
By: NWDRIFTER
Posted: 6/11/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Banks for a few days with my son and his other fishing buddy for Walleye and Bass. Walleye fishing was decent on Barker flat. Averaged about 2 fish an hour. Slow Death with a green Smile Blade...
By: Lee Howe
Posted: 6/19/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Patty and I fished Banks Saturday and Sunday, camping at Coolee Playland. Flat water surprised us since Friday the wind was fierce. Water temp still cold at north end 58 and around 64 in the main la...
By: mschulman
Posted: 8/3/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Left Northrup docks at Banks Lake around 7:00 am and hits the flats. Fished in water from 13 ft thru 31 ft using slow death rigs in a few different colors, but none seemed to get the bite going. Caug...
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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...
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: 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: FishinNut
Posted: 1/26/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/26/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Banks Lake today and the fishing was great. Got there late. Launched at the Coulee City launch and started fishing about a half mile out at around 10AM. 10 minutes after I got my line out I...
By: afk
Posted: 4/8/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/6/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I participated in the TFO event on Banks this weekend. I had the honor of taking a Veteran out to catch his first Walleye! Fishing was tough. If not for my buddy Mark along to help, I would have blan...
