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By: lonnie197272
Posted: 7/27/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Another day at banks and another 50+ fish day. The big gals where there again I just couldn't land them broke two 26" off at the boat then got to looking at my NEW line I put on and it had Knicks abou...
By: lonnie197272
Posted: 7/24/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Banks today, got on the water at 8am and fished the slides. Was hoping for a repeat of last trip with the shiver minnow but they didnt want that this time. Didnt get a fish jigging at all. So went...
By: BigWallysGS
Posted: 7/24/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
It is actually pretty amazing at the number of walleye that are in Banks Lake this year. Limits have been the norm on all of my trips.
The crankbait bite has been fast and furious for the first co...
By: CCTMark
Posted: 7/14/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went with Glenn to Banks on Sunday to chase some eyes. We started at the south end near the islands and only managed 3 dinks. They were holding in 25-30 FOW and hit our worn harnesses fairly lightly. ...
By: lonnie197272
Posted: 7/13/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went up to Banks on Friday to test a theory I had and it was right. I didnt put a spinner on until around noon and all of the 22-26" eyes were caught casting to shelves after I marked the fish. I use...
By: BigWallysGS
Posted: 7/12/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
If you have kids and want to get them on fish, Banks Lake is the spot to hit. The walleye action is basically not stop for fish running 15-17 inches with walleye up to 22-24 inches being taken as well...
By: hewesbob
Posted: 7/8/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
We(Evie and I) fished Banks from 7-3 thru 7-6 every chance we could between wind events and 100 plus degree heat. We stayed at Coulee City park(what a zoo on a holiday weekend), with the wind blowing ...
By: fishindoc
Posted: 7/7/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I headed to Banks Lake this morning with my son and 2 grandsons. The boys don't have a lot of fishing experience so I thought the abundant walleye would keep their interest up. I set them up with li...
By: BigWallysGS
Posted: 7/4/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
As of July 1st the slot limit on Banks Lake has permanently moved to the 12"-22" and 8 fish per day limit. Limits are now the norm, not the exception.
The size of the walleye have been from the ta...
By: kokanee1
Posted: 6/25/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/21/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Okay this is a 3 day report form June 21-23. Went to Banks lake with some friends. Planned to fish hard, tube and get the guys up on water skis when it got hot out. Arrived Sunday around noon and s...
By: buc
Posted: 6/19/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Banks was on; jigs 23' green watermelon lots of small ones @ first then found em' on rock slides average 16 to 18 "s. bigger fish are together. back soon for more freezer pack n.
New July limit w...
By: yearofthecraig
Posted: 6/19/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/14/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Fished Banks Lake from Steamboat north for three days. Smallmouth were very hard to find, but got one of note in the shade off of Steamboat, casting a sinking Rapala along the shore. The 15inch wall...
By: hewesbob
Posted: 6/13/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Just got home from three days at Banks. Wednesday the 10th we caught 70-80 sub legal walleye, all were 12-15 inches also nailed a 4 1/2 pound small mouth and 8 perch in the 9-10 inch range. Thursday w...
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 6/3/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Spent some R&R at Lake Chelan with the wife, then my son and I ran over to Banks for one day. We rented a boat from Coulee Playland, and hit the areas of the lake that had been recommended on this sit...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/1/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/30/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Aaron, Rob, and I got to fish with Jordan Osborn of Upper Columbia Guide Service for a day of walleye fishing on Banks Lake. We met at 5:30am and hit the water running. It was a gorgeous day with ligh...
By: Aaron
Posted: 6/1/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/30/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Had a fantastic (if not crispy) outing on Banks this last Saturday. Drove under a heck of a storm on the way to the lake. Lightning, major wind and rain.
Had planned to stay at the Steamboat Park ...
Posted: 5/26/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/23/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Went to check out Banks Lake with my now Fiancé! Well, there are TONS of small walleye and medium sized perch to keep you busy and steal tons of worms! Found the nice keeper Walleye in 15 to 25 feet o...
By: Larry3215
Posted: 5/24/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/18/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Spent most of last week at Banks targeting walleye and bass and hoping for some , whitefish and burbot. Banks is full to the brim and they are still pumping in lots of water. Water temps at the north ...
By: lsnelso2
Posted: 4/27/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/25/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Had a great weekend fishing Banks. Caught a few but had to work pretty hard to find them, I think the cold front that rolled through over the weekend slowed the bite down a little bit. I was able to c...
By: BigWallysGS
Posted: 4/10/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Not only are the walleye cooking on Banks but so are the smallmouth bass. The smallmouth are currently relating to water depths of 3-10 feet and are clobbering crankbaits. Today we hit numerous smalli...
By: BigWallysGS
Posted: 4/10/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for Thursday, April 9th. The walleye bite is strong right now on Banks Lake. But wow the fish are spread out and are in various depths. Yesterday we caught walleye in depths as deep as ...
By: callplatinum
Posted: 4/6/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/5/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got to rate it for what it is... I'm perfectly happy with my little trip.
No time this weekend to fish, had lots of chores. But managed a couple of hrs Sunday afternoon. Put in at Coulee City about...
By: callplatinum
Posted: 3/30/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I'd like to give it a higher rating. But part of me sez to give it a lower rating.
I fished from like 9:30am till nearly 4 pm.
I caught atleast 40 walleye. One I think I could have passed f...
By: callplatinum
Posted: 3/28/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/28/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Slept in and listen to the wind blow today. About 10am I figured I'd give it a try.
Launched at Steamboat, ran out to Barker Flats, way to windy. So I ducked back in behind Steamboat.
Picked up...
By: callplatinum
Posted: 3/28/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/27/2015
Hot Spots: 1
I gave this trip a 5 because it was truly a blast.
Dumped the boat into bank at the mid lake launch, not an easy task, water is way down! But it's only a 17.5 boat so no problem.
Ran up the la...
