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By: downriggeral
Posted: 1/7/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Met up with Ron and Daniel and headed to Seven Bays to fish Roosevelt. Also called Fish Dawg (Bryan) and he expressed interest in meeting us at Roosevelt. He, of all the crazy stuff, left the Tacoma...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 9/27/2017
Species: Albacore Tuna
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Many thanks to Fish Dawg for arranging the tuna trip. It ended up being a father son trip. Bryan (FishDawg) with his 77 year old father; what a champion he is. Gives me hope as time goes on in my l...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 7/16/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry for the late report. We fished both Friday and Saturday nights at Loon.
Friday Night: Got on the water around 8:30 and my brother in law Dan in my boat and nephew was in his boat with his fri...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 7/3/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/2/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Friend Bill wanted to see if we could catch some walleye. We wanted to go to Fort Spokane and launch but based on reports from other friends decided not to go there because of Fourth Of July weekend ...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 6/8/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/2/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I went to the annual Men's Retreat at Kettle Falls, Lake Roosevelt and fished Friday, Saturday and part of Sunday. The weather was overall good except for some wind Sunday.
Friday; We headed out wi...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 5/29/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/27/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This is the first of two kokanee fest Memorial weekend reports. Fish dawg (Bryan) and family were camping at Potholes over the weekend so we plotted against the kokanee on Roosevelt. Just couldn't r...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 5/29/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/28/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This is the second of the Memorial weekend kokanee fest reports. So after fishing Roosevelt Saturday and the weather was so awesome why not give Loon night fishing a whirl? It's a bit early but why ...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 5/14/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and daughter went to Portland to meet up with her other daughter for a Mom's weekend out. That left me home looking at a rainy, windy unsettled weather forecast trying to figure out when I mi...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 5/1/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2017
Hot Spots: 1
We just finished up the annual Northwest Fishing Reports camp out at Lake Chelan. What a great time we all had including the Saturday night salmon fish tacos cooked again by Rseas (Randy) and all th...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 2/23/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My friend fishdawg and I planned a kokanee trip to Roosevelt for the weekend. We met at the Grand Coulee Center Lodge Motel. What a great setup; even had a space reserved for the pickup and boat all...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 1/29/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/28/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I've been trying to get my son in law Dan out for a while and we finally got the chance to Saturday. The drive down to Seven Bays was not too slippery until you started down the hill to Seven Bays bu...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 1/23/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/20/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The weather has been so COLD over here that it has put a damper on fishing lake Roosevelt. Cabin fever is setting in bad with all who fish the big "pond". Marinas that are usually ice free in the wi...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 12/12/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/11/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Friend Ron and I watched the weather reports all week wondering if we would be able to make it out to Roosevelt on the weekend. Sunday just maybe Sunday the snow would let up and it wouldn't be too w...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 11/27/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/27/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Friend Ron and I decided to head for Roosevelt today to try our luck on the Spokane Arm. Launched at Porkey Pine bay around 8:15 and put in a mixture of gear including Rapalas and perch Kekeda flies. ...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 11/4/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Went on friend Gareld's boat yesterday to try for some walleye action. We had friend Dave along too. Launched out of Porky Pine Bay around 9:00 AM. It was really warm for a November morning and the...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 10/30/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/29/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got out to Roosevelt for the first time this fall. Took Captain Dave and his father with me for a relaxed day of fishing after a busy season on the Reach for Dave. Put the boat in at Lincoln...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 9/26/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Friend Scott loves to fish the Snake at Clarkston and invited me to come down for a couple of days. Fished Saturday the 24th and Sunday the 25th. One of the great things about this fishery is easy l...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 9/19/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Another annual trip to fish the mouth of the Deschutes above The Dallas dam has come to a close. We met several fiends who also camped with us in the same park. What great times we had reliving the ...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 8/22/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Just had to get down to Roosevelt one more time before going to fish for Kings on the lower Columbia. Took friend Scott and brother in law Dan along today. Got a little bit of a late start but manage...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 8/15/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/13/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Managed to take friend Mark out for some kokanee night fishing at Loon. Got a late start seems there was a broken ground wire in the boat trailer loom...too much fun to find! Got that fixed and left...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 7/25/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/24/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Kokanee fever struck again! Can't seem to ignore those Monsta fish at Roosevelt. Captain Dave called and wanted to go down Sunday afternoon....afternoon? Are you kidding those fish don't bite in th...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 7/16/2016
Species: Other
Rating: 0
Fished: 7/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
What a great day, got to fish with Captain Dave somewhere on the mighty Columbia. We met Friday evening hoping to get out and fish the evening bite for sockeye and Chinook. Only got out for a little...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 7/12/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/9/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Well it was time to give the lake Roosevelt kokanee a break and go to our annual family camp out at Horseshoe lake. Our family has a lot up there and we really enjoy the serenity of the lake. It's a...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 7/4/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My brother in law called late Friday afternoon and asked if I wanted to go night fishing at Loon with him and my nephew Mike. Sure why not; my boat or Mike's? Decided to take Mikes so there was some...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 6/19/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
There was a discussion about kokanee fishing that went like this " Hey brother in law; heard the kokes are biting at Loon. Wanna go night fishing? Brother in law; wanna freeze to death....it's been ...
