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By: Aaron
Posted: 9/20/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I had the pleasure of fishing with some great people at the mouth of the Deschutes on the Columbia River this week. We were targeting the Chinook, and the fishing was on fire! Bruce Warren of Fishi...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 5/5/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Braeden (my son), his friend Jay, Jemma (my new canine fishin buddy) and I hit the lake about 4pm. We had our first limit of this years stocked trout by 4:45, and the rest of our 2 limits in the boat ...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 4/3/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/3/2013
Hot Spots: 1
After reading recent reports about the lake being open and free of ice I just had to get up there and give it a try. My friend Andrew, and my son and I trolled recently reported spots looking for the ...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 10/30/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/30/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Couldn't resist hitting Clear Lake one more time while it was open. Headed to the lake with my son after work and went straight to the northeast cliffs area. Trolled 3 polls tonight. 25' Downrigger wi...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 10/27/2012
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/27/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Got on the water about 7:30 and headed north. Started trolling the northwest side with no results. Changed the downrigger to an Apex Rainbow with worm and the other pole with a green/orange wedding ri...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 10/20/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Another horribly long and frustrating day at Deer lake. A lot of hookups, zero fish in the boat. Targeted Rainbows in the 20'-40' depths using a size 1.5 Apex Lure in Rainbow. It took hours to get 4 o...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 10/13/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived an hour behind schedule (8am). Had everything rigged and ready to go when I got there. Used a Frisky Jenny Black Ant with a bit of worm on my braided line, with a 5' leader and a small split s...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 10/7/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/6/2012
Hot Spots: 3
I think I'm finally beginning to understand this lake. Erin and I arrived around 7am. It was cold!! Frost on the windshield and fog inside the boat. Lucky for us I picked up a 4000/9000 btu propan...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 9/29/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/29/2012
Hot Spots: 3
I finally hit the jackpot on Deer! I stopped into White Elephant yesterday and picked up some Apex lures (size 1.5). One in Chrome with a reflector on it and the other in a rainbow color. They worked ...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 9/22/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/22/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Got on the water about 7:30am. Trolled the Southwest bays at about 1.7-2 mph using a black/green wedding ring with a yellow spinner and a chunk of worm. Set the downriggers to about 33'. It took about...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 9/8/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Built a new enclosure for my GoPro hoping to film some trout taking my bait but without a laptop on the boat it's impossible to make needed adjustments in the field so the footage was a waste. The fis...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 7/1/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Skunked. We trolled the north shore from the west end, through into the narrows, and back out without even a hit. We used Chartreuse U20 flatfish, red wedding rings, silver/blue spoons, and even still...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 6/24/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/24/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Had a very hard time finding the fish today. We trolled from the launch over the west side of the lake and then dropped lines to the fish. They weren't biting. We moved all along the west shore using ...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 6/22/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/22/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Trolled around the lake for a few hours using a red wedding ring with worm, and a 2" perch Rapala without luck. Decided to park it on top of the marked fish for awhile to see if I could manage to catc...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 4/5/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/29/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Keven Samuelson of The Evening Hatch Guide Service took Mike Carey and I for a day trip down the Yakima. The weather was somewhat miserable, but the fishing was fine! We caught fish off and on all day...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 3/21/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My friend Noah and I met up with Hewesfisher and his wife at the Seven Bays launch and headed directly to the mouth of the Sanpoil. We trolled various perch colored flys and plugs for a few hours with...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 5/13/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/13/2009
Hot Spots: 1
It figures that someone other than me would catch the first fish in my new boat. Dale and I fished Liberty from about 4:30pm to 8:30. This was my first time on the lake in a boat so there was a lot of...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 5/9/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The 3 of us arrived at about 6:30am and headed for the east side of the lake. We trolled up and down that side at various depths, changing speed and lures. We kept at it for about 4 hours, eventually ...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 3/28/2009
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/28/2009
Hot Spots: 2
AnglinArcher and I hot Rock lake early this morning at about 6:30. He took me on somewhat of a tour, showing me a lot of the hazards the lake has to offer. I marked as many as I could in my handheld G...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 3/14/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/14/2009
Hot Spots: 1
I decided earlier in the week that I had to get down to Rock soon because of the decent winter action and because it's relatively close to home. I picked up my friend Noah and we arrive at the lake ar...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 11/6/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/3/2008
Hot Spots: 3
Great fishing was had by all! We caught 55 triploids, and 2 perch as well! Water temp was 59 degrees all day. Air temperature was more like 45. :( When the bite was on, it was ON! Many doubles were...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 7/18/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/18/2008
Hot Spots: 3
Got on the water about 7am with both of my sons. We were into the fish by 7:30 and caught 11-13" trout regularly for the next 5 hours. Logan just had the luck today. We kept making him switch poles, t...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 5/5/2008
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I dragged my friend Noah along with me to Downs tonight to see if we could get in on some of the good bass fishing I've been reading about. We got to the lake, paid the lady $5 and proceeded to launch...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 5/3/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I just HAD to get out fishing today and one of the closest places to go when you don't want to use a boat is West Medical. I got to the launch area about 5:00 and dropped my line in on the east side t...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 4/27/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/27/2008
Hot Spots: 1
Got on the water about 6:45 with little fanfare. There were only a few others on the lake. Trolled once around the lake with no luck but then concentrated our efforts in the southwest shoreline. Water...
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