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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/24/1997
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/24/1997
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We camped on the south shores of this lake Friday and Saturday nights. There were a lot of fish jumping but I could not tell what they were (definitely not trout). I cast some of my bass and other war...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/13/1997
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/13/1997
Hot Spots: 0
Every time I travel to Eastern Washington I am struck by the barren landscape that greets me, and yet I am drawn to it at the same time. I took my two boys on a weekend trip of fishing, swimming, and ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/24/1998
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/24/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Stayed in Electric City on our yearly fall trip to Banks, and
launched at the Rest Area launch on Thursday. Beautiful weather,
lake pretty much to ourselves -- I think we saw about 3 or 4
other bo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/22/1999
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/22/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Day trip to Banks Lake, Beautiful weather,
lake pretty much to ourselves -- I think we saw about 6 or 7 other boats all afternoon. Fished north east side for walleye early. Caught one nice one in...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/27/1999
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/27/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Went to mid lake and fished the pigeon hole. Caught 5 nice sized bass in about 3 hours, only got 2 in the boat. Biggest was 3-3 1/2 pounds. They hit on a floating lure, one was brownish the other o...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/31/1999
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/31/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Myself and my brother arrived at Banks at noon for our first outing
on that lake. Instantly my brother landed a beautiful 16 inch rainbow followed by a 3 pound smallmouth trolling a gold colored rap...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/6/1999
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/6/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry if I repeat!First day Osborn bay two l pound bass . 2nd. day, Devils punchbowl.White spinner bates.11 bass.to 2-1/4lbs.outside rocks.3 day Slug!! in Osborn. reeds. 6 l pound bass. 4th day Bark...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/25/1999
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/25/1999
Hot Spots: 0
My long anticipated trip to Banks Lake was great. After leaving rainy Seattle behind, my sons and I arrived to mild (70's) sunny weather. We set camp and hit the water in search of walleye and bass. W...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/1/1999
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/1/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out to Banks on Thursday before the long weekend. Caught
two bass the first night in about 2 hours. The rest of the weekend was lousy for fishing. In many hours of fishing the next 3 days, ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/10/1999
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Fished mid-lake again. Straight out from launch on other side of lake. Caught 4-5 nice sized bass in about 2-3 hours. Fished from 6-9 pm. Used top water gear. No wind, nice temp, great time.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/22/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/22/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Water temp. 54d. very high winds on sat. only high winds on sun. Sat. my son and I caught 3 largemouth over 12 in. - 3smallmouth over 12 and 2 smaller smallys. On sun. we caught 2 large smallmouth ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/21/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/21/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 7 a.m. to noon, catching many Smallmouth and 1 Largemouth bass up to 2 lbs. Most fish were shallow, within 6 feet of water or shallower, in rocky areas/beds. Largemouth was caught on a C...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/4/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/4/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Banks on Sunday and fished for smallys did fairly
well. They aggressively were hitting on topwater rapala's and
grubs, pumpkinseed were favorable. Averaged about 1 walleye a
day with one...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/8/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/8/2000
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Fishing great, catching so,so. Fished Osborne Bay
first daimio DAY! Sluggo's brown or Ten. shad.
Fished in the reeds. Used "J" hook center hooked
lost first 3 bass. Changed to gamagatsu wide gap
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By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/18/2000
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/18/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Drove over to Banks on Sunday, set up camp and let the kids swim all afternoon. The water sure felt cold to me! We went out in the evening to the ledge on the south point of Steamboat and started fish...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/24/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/24/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Banks Lake for the first time and had a great time. Will definitely be back. The fishing was awesome. Lots of bass if you know where to look. (Hint: Big Rocks!) Didn't do to well with the w...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/13/2001
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/13/2001
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We fished Banks lake last Sunday and this Saturday. Both days we got on the water at 6:am.
Last weekend right off the bat I caught a 19" 4 pound rainbow.
We then went after bass. Fished for abou...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/20/2001
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Banks as we always do in Mid-May and had better luck than ever. Five of us, fishing catch and release, caught about 25-30 bass on Friday and Saturday. The majority were over a pound, and 6 we...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/27/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/27/2001
Hot Spots: 0
My brother Ed and I were staying at our dad's on Blue Lake. We went to
try out Banks. We launched at 0600 from Coulee Playland and proceeded
straight across the lake towards the other side. I rig...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/27/2001
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/27/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Myself and my son fished at Banks Lake for 4 hours and we caught 1 lousy Carp. We did not see anybody catch a fish except us.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/28/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2001
Hot Spots: 0
I hit the launch at Coulee Playland about 0600 by myself. I started
fishing for walleye right away. I was using a red wedding ring
with a yellow blade and a worm chaser. I did not catch any thing...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/22/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/22/2001
Hot Spots: 0
I just got back and only landed six fish, one was four pounds, two more were 2 pounds, and the last two were about a half-pound. The last two were caught off the dock at the boat launch. The other 3...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/26/2001
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/26/2001
Hot Spots: 0
First time fishing Banks lake and I didn't do too bad. Caught 2 smallmouth one of them a 4 pounder. Fishing was very slow as the result of a cold front that had moved through earlier. Largemouth f...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/2/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/2/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Friday and Sunday of Labor Day weekend and had pretty good luck with the Smallies. Group of 5-8 of us caught and released 3 fish over 2 lbs and 10-15 more over l lb. Lost three others that we...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/7/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2002
Hot Spots: 0
MY FRIEND HOWARD AND I WENT OUT OF STEAMBOAT ROCK STATE PARK ABOUT 8:00 AM.
FROM THE BOAT LAUNCH JUST GO NORTHEAST TO THE COVE. THIS AREA IS POPULAR FOR
WALLEYE. ABOUT 20 MINUTES I HAD WHAT FELT LI...
