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By: 8theB8
Posted: 8/1/2009
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to try once more. I refused to leave smelling like a skunk! ha ha
Launched this time, and acting on some intel from a fisherman at the gas station...who wasn't trying to sell me a chartrues...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 8/1/2009
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got a wild hair and ran to Potholes resevoir for some multi-species fishing! Haven't been over there in about 10 years! Got to Mar-Don Resort at about 9am and got a camp site and a bite to eat then la...
By: Nelly1
Posted: 7/25/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished potholes last week.
Trolled a green hotlips plug off medicare beach and got hit hard, the trout went 5.3 pounds.
Caught a few smallies off goose island with a swimbait, the one i posted bein...
By: gpc
Posted: 7/21/2009
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled back in lind coulee from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm friday. It was really slow for us. We missed a few hits on worm harneses, but that was it. Marked A LOT of fish 38' down in 50' of water.
Also tri...
By: headhunter2
Posted: 7/20/2009
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished potholes from 29jun - 03 july. Mostly went after walley with bottom walkers with worms on a walley rig. Got a 29" 6.5 lb on a red walley rig with worm north of the state park in 35' of water....
By: bassguy
Posted: 7/16/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry no pics, but did spend the day at Potholes, fishing was tough for large mouth, only got a few and lost one nice one, smallies were easy to come by though with small grubs. Seemed like every cast...
By: BigTangle
Posted: 7/6/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
This was my first trip to Potholes, but it definitely will not be my last. I've heard this place is a solid fishery and now I see why. I didn't catch many fish, but I still had a blast. After a few ho...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/5/2009
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I remember now why I quit fishing in lakes that allow jetskis. There must be some thing about riding one that allows the rider to become rude and uncaring, after about 9:30 they ruined the fishing for...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/4/2009
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Date(s): 6/26-28/09
Conditions: Calm and Sunny
Wind: Variable 3-10mph
Ambient Temp: 85F
Water Temp.:72F
Moon Phase: 32% waxing
Location Fished:
Winchester Wasteway Channels, Face of Dunes, C...
By: roadracerrick
Posted: 7/1/2009
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
fished friday and saturday without a bite. was n ot going home skunked again stayed till monday. sunday we finally found them and caught 8. one 24" and 2 @ 23" the smallest was 15"
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/22/2009
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My friend Gary and I just spent 3 days fishing for walleyes on Potholes. I would love to report that we had a great trip and caught lots of fish. Unfortunatly the fishing was pretty tough.
We fi...
By: PAYohann
Posted: 6/17/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The Potholes Res, fishing with 2 friends, started around 10 AM. After snooping around the sand dunes we went trolling but the wind came up so we just let the wind blow us across the lake in front of t...
By: Giarc
Posted: 6/7/2009
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
OK round two this time I uploaded the photos. Really it was a great time on Potholes.
By: Giarc
Posted: 6/7/2009
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well finally I caught my first Walleye of any size, not one but 2 within 5 minutes of each other. They were 2 lbs each and measured app. 21 inches. In addition we nailed 3 large small mouth bass. F...
By: nastyboy324
Posted: 5/31/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/31/2009
Hot Spots: 0
i took my buddy bass fishing for his first time ever, and my first bass trip this year.we didnt get out on the lake till about 10am, started out in the dunes sight fishing largemouth, i have never see...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/26/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Spent 3 days at the potholes and did very well with the smallies. Not so good for Walleye though. Overall a great time spot fishing. Weather was great and the water was high. Fished the submerged rock...
By: Captain Nemo
Posted: 5/26/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well, it was a rough weekend at the Potholes for me. First, it took about an extra 5 hours to get there due to traffic on the pass. Then, I launched the boat and my little girl smashed her thumb bet...
By: y2says
Posted: 5/21/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Som and I went to the Potholes Reservoir and fished it Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday was tough with heavy winds and big waves, but we managed 6 smallies. We were 1 of 2 boats on the lake that day. ...
By: 2000subaru
Posted: 5/17/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the morning with Tdot, and my friend Nate in the dunes. Blew a couple hours in there looking for the perfect spot to start fishing, Tdot used some 3G technology and BAM! perfect location via G...
By: 2000subaru
Posted: 5/17/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2009
Hot Spots: 1
Fishing was just fine. Weather was better than asked for, water was cooler than expected. Plenty of beds located, but not any smallies on them. Temps were 54 to 60 with decent visibility. Caught m...
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 4/20/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took my fiancee Pamela over to check out Mardon Resort for her very first time. We pulled in at round 5:30 while the Bass club was weighing in thier catch. Man, those guys had some real sows! The bigg...
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 4/19/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/19/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took my fiancee up to MarDon Resort (for the first time ever for her) and got to see the local Bass club Tounament weigh in at 5:30 p.m. Man, those guys were weighing in some really big pre spawn Larg...
By: blood&water
Posted: 4/9/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We started out in the coolie arm knowing that the water temp was very cold.(low 40's) with that in mind we started out fishen bout 20-25 feet of water. We had a few light strikes. then we headed tw...
By: YellowBear
Posted: 9/28/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/27/2008
Hot Spots: 0
We got out on Potholes yesterday and the fall bite is heating up.
We caught Smallmouth, Largemouth, Bluegill and Rainbow Trout.
Best bait of the day was a 3.5 inch Sweet Beaver on a 1/16th oz jig w...
By: JoeC.
Posted: 9/17/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Had 3 nice afternoons/evenings (Sun, Mon, Tues) fishing Potholes this week. Water level was very low, much lower than my last trip in June, and the lake is having a very strong algae bloom. The area...
