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By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 1/27/2018
Species: Brook Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/25/2018
Hot Spots: 1
I am always amazed at the endless variety of ways different cultures catch fish across the globe. In part I believe I enjoy fishing because it allows me to have some commonality with people across the...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 1/18/2018
Species: Brook Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/17/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I had been waiting all winter to get on some big Brookies thru the ice and this lake did not disappoint. The ice was in fantastic shape with 8" of good ice and mostly frozen slush on top. I struggled ...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 1/11/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/10/2018
Hot Spots: 1
There are few fish I love more than Kokanee. While I enjoyed great success targeting these fish on Lake Chelan into November conditions were simply too dangerous to kayak fish them in December. I've b...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 1/3/2018
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/1/2018
Hot Spots: 0
In the early 2010's Yellow Perch were first detected in Curlew Lake. Since then their population has exploded. Unlike a number of our other perch fisheries these fish maintain a large average size and...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 12/28/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/28/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I've been eagerly awaiting this year's ice season. A small warm spell in November set back the season but it is finally underway. Decided to hit my local Rainbow Trout lake for this year's first ice f...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 11/18/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I had not fished Lake Chelan since this past spring. My goal was to go for a multispecies day but primarily focus on bringing home a limit of Kokanee. I launched from the kayak and jigged up a few sma...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 11/18/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Working in fishing retail usually gives me access to the latest and great reports. However, I have not heard one positive Kokanee report from Lake Roosevelt in months. This is reflected on NWFR's repo...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 10/23/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Wanted to get one last trip in on my "home" kokanee lake before it closes. As expected numerous spawners could be seen cruising the shoreline and near the surface. Hoping to avoid the "Marvin the Mart...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 10/16/2017
Species: Brook Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I've driven by this lake numerous times this summer but wanted to wait for water temps to drop into the 50's before venturing out after it's Brook Trout. Few lakes in the state support healthy populat...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 10/10/2017
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/8/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The cool weather has already got me thinking about ice fishing. I primarily target Yellow Perch thru the ice and enjoy fishing for them. This got me thinking, why not fish for them now? Last week afte...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 9/30/2017
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/28/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My earlier attempts to fish this lake were thwarted by the Uno Peak fire. Cool temps and mountain rains have tempered the fire and the USFS has reopened access to the lake. As expected I had the lake ...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 9/23/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
It was a classic fall day with periods of cool, cloudy, and wet weather mixed with glorious radiant sunshine and mirror like waters. Like many times before I found the triploid Rainbow Trout on this l...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 9/8/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
After striking out on two days fishing the Columbia River Gorge for Kings I decided to give the Brewster pool one last shot. I dropped the kayak in the Okanogan. Water temps at the mouth of the river ...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 8/23/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/22/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Didn't feel like going home after work today so took a drive up to upper Conconully after work. Lots of jetskis on the water when I arrived. I tried trolling up the upper half of the lake past the hou...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 8/18/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
After having all my Kokanee catching superpowers stolen from me on Lake Roosevelt I returned to my local lake to restore my fragile fishing ego. With only a short commute I dragged myself from bed muc...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 8/17/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Roosevelt today to prove my incompetence as a kokanee angler and completely succeeded. Marked plenty of fish and threw everything I had at them but they just wouldn't budge. A little bummed fo...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 8/17/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Got bored not catching kokanee. I had brought a long my drop shot rig just in cast the kokanee didn't pan out. The 20-30' deep flats near the dam are absolutely loaded with 1-2 lb Smallmouth Bass. I'd...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 8/17/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Got bored not catching kokanee. I had brought along my drop shot rig just in case the kokanee didn't pan out. The 20-30' deep flats near the dam are absolutely loaded with 1-2 lb Smallmouth Bass. I'd ...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 8/9/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Its your lucky day. You just stumbled upon the greatest kokanee report of all time. Only every so often are significant achievements and advancements in kokanee fishing made. Today and this report doc...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 8/3/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Drove up after work to escape the heat and set up camp at the USFS campground on the south end of the lake. Decided to do a little bass fishing in the evening and scope out the kokanee grounds for the...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 7/26/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This was my 3rd trip up to this lovely lake nestled in the Okanogan near the Canadian border. The lake was once renowned for its kokanee fishery but several years of drought and extreme heat led to a ...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 7/15/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/13/2017
Hot Spots: 1
This is a report for Ann Lake which is accessible from the same trailhead as Rainy Lake. Its an approximately 2 mile hike to the lake with most of the elevation gain in the first mile. The trails were...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 7/6/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This is really a summary of the last three days of fishing. I recently moved to Brewster and have been taking advantage of the salmon fishery on my doorstep. I have several years experience trolling f...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 5/10/2017
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Took a friend out jig fishing for Mackinaw from the kayaks. We launched from Indian Creek campground and after a couple miles of paddling marked a nice pile of Mack's in 180' of water. I dropped a Shi...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 5/7/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/7/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Launched from Honeysuckle with a stiff southerly breeze to nudge us along as we immediately began trolling north. Within a few minutes had a double on, which I converted, and then had several more bit...
