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By: Markin' Fish
Posted: 6/17/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/14/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Bass and Bows at Banks
Fished Banks from Wednesday to Friday for bass and did some bow fishing for carp. The weather was sporadic with rain and wind mixed in the three days. Biggest bass of the t...
By: BassSlayer1981
Posted: 3/20/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went over east of the mts. sunday night and came home today 3/20 for some hiking and trout fishing at banks lake like I do every time this year. March and april are pretty hot for trout fishing on ban...
By: bottom feeder
Posted: 11/26/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
My friend and fishing buddy, Connie, fished off the boat launch at Banks Lake for two days and caught 7 nice pigs about 5 to 6 lbs. These boys were fat, and really tested our 8 lb. test. Put about th...
By: bottom feeder
Posted: 12/9/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
My lady friend and I tried to connect with fish Friday at Rufus Woods at Chief Joe but nothing shakin there, but a different drive for both of us at Grand Coulee. A enjoyable day sight-seeing and fis...
By: TheKing83
Posted: 6/14/2012
Species: Crappie
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing around 5am starting Wednesday fishing for crappie and bass I've had some good luck last year over on south side of lake. but this year its been hit and missed. I fished cpl more days morn...
By: BassSlayer1981
Posted: 4/8/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great time on Banks like always. The trout are biting like crazy from the shores. Fished 3 days and caught plenty of big bows. Fished the Coulee city marina area at mid afternoons and evenings. ...
By: RC
Posted: 2/10/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Banks lake at the North end at Coulee Playland off their dock. (Great People). Fished with slip weight to 6 feet of 6lbs test leader to a nite crawler and white mellow. In 5 hours caught 8 Rain...
By: fishingboy
Posted: 8/20/2009
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to banks for 9 day instead of 10! caught tons of bows bass wallies, some carp, sculpins, crayfish, perch! I had too much fun with the fam! i Love THIS PLACE!
!!~TIGHT-LINES~!!
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: Fishin Musician
Posted: 3/31/2009
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Tried Banks Lake from shore in several locations Saturday morning. Worm and marshmallow was the bait of the day. Sometimes my brother would switch things up and suspend a worm under a bobber. We start...
By: fishingboy
Posted: 8/25/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/19/2008
Hot Spots: 3
When to banks for 9 days from coulee playland resort. Been there for 6 years. fun place to be. Caught some walleye, trout, perch, smallmouth bass, crayfish, bullheads, and huge 18 inch largemouth bass...
By: davedavey
Posted: 2/4/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/1/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing at banks lake. Fishing from the shore. Got my limit in 1.5 hours. the strike was on as soon as i got bait in the water. I posted a video under the video section and lake section. Just l...
By: atroutfisherman
Posted: 1/19/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/19/2019
Hot Spots: 0
First fish of the New Year! I have made 7 trips to fish this year and I finally got this nice 16" rainbow! It was still and foggy this morning so I made the trip to the Coulee City marina. Fished ...
By: atroutfisherman
Posted: 4/10/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Banks lake from shore for about an hour and a half. Caught one beautiful male Rainbow 17 inches long. the bite died and the sun was getting hot so we went shooting!
By: igotfishon
Posted: 12/15/2023
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/10/2023
Hot Spots: 0
So I heard white fish when smoked, they are delicious. Lake white fish at Banks Lake are one of the biggest in Washington State and hard to catch from shore. This sounds like a good challenge so grab ...
By: lowvw
Posted: 8/26/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/23/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Banks for a three day weekend-8/21-8/24 with Snohobassguy. Fished all day. Caught a lot of small fish. For every fish over a pound landed 5 or 6 under 12". Fished plastics from 10'-40' dependi...
By: Fishin Musician
Posted: 9/15/2008
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Banks with my brother 9/13-14. The fishing was awful! I don't know what's happened to this lake, but we only caught 2 walleye all weekend, with one of them being a 16 1/2 inch keeper. We fished...
By: guyara
Posted: 9/30/2008
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
It was a beautiful fall day to be out on Banks Lake. We were fearful as we arrived around 8 am and drove past the end by coulee city. The wind was a howlin!!! But, by the time we reached Steamboat Roc...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/18/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/17/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Slow fishing. Weather was great until we were blown off at 1:30 PM. Six people fishing for 5 hours and not a single bite. Tried many different spots with no fish. Worst I've ever seen Banks lake. At t...
By: lowvw
Posted: 5/18/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Spent 5 days over at banks w/ Snohobassguy and all the little rug rats 5-13 to 5-17. Spent the early mornings on Roosevelt by the dam trout fishing, only landed 4 in 3 mornings but the fish were all b...
By: crappiekiller101
Posted: 4/19/2009
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/19/2009
Hot Spots: 0
well fished from thursday until today, sunday. the water temperature was only 46.8 most of the time. i fished on the backside of steamboat rock in about 50 feet of water on satureday we caught 1 nice ...
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 4/24/2009
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I finally got my chance to make the 3 hour drive up to Steamboat Rock State Park on Banks Lake to fish for Crappie...I am so glad that I made the trip! I put in at the Park around 8:30 a.m. and immedi...
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 4/26/2009
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Here's my follow up report for Bank's Lake crappie. Adam Barnes and I made it up there to Steamboat Rock State park to fish the inlet bay known as the "Poplars" because the area is surrounded by all p...
By: f1sh1nf00l
Posted: 5/31/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
This was my first time fishing Banks, and it definitely wont be my last. My buddy D was kind enough to let me back seat his boat. Fished Saturday 11 am - dark, and Sunday from 5:30 am- noon. Used plas...
By: lowvw
Posted: 5/4/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Snohobassguy and myself did a quick weekend trip in the tubes to prefish for our 5 day vacation back to banks here in 8 days and counting. Got in late friday night and fished for about an hour and pic...
