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By: ElliottM
Posted: 10/14/2022
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/13/2022
Hot Spots: 0
I've had a love-hate relationship with Potholes over the years, but yesterday was a great day. I fished for about 2.5 hours in the morning and caught two walleye, a bass that I released, and a very bi...
By: ElliottM
Posted: 6/17/2022
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2022
Hot Spots: 0
We were in Conconully 6-15-22-6-17-22 and fished unsuccessfully for kokanee in both lakes there (report submitted). In talking to other campers and locals in town, many suggested Spectacle Lake as the...
By: ElliottM
Posted: 6/15/2022
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/15/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Only had a couple days in Conconully - we were there looking for kokanee. Fished the upper lake the afternoon of 6-15-22 and the morning of 6-16-22. Caught and released quite a few healthy and decent ...
By: ElliottM
Posted: 2/19/2021
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/17/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Back again at Fish Lake with my fishing buddies for the third Wednesday in a row. I will preface this by explaining that we don't enter the ice from the Cove Resort as so many ice anglers do - we fish...
By: ElliottM
Posted: 2/11/2021
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/10/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Five of us went to Fish Lake yesterday for some yellow perch. We fished there one week ago (2/3/21) and all but one of the four of us that trip got our limits, and our friend who didn't limit out was ...
By: ElliottM
Posted: 11/3/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/29/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I wanted to try Alta Lake for kokanee before the lake closed, so I headed there by myself. I launched around 9am and started marking fish very soon after getting past the no-wake buoys, and I caught t...
By: ElliottM
Posted: 6/26/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/26/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Launched in town approximately 8:30am and saw boats by Lakeside park, so started trolling there. We marked a lot of fish and got a couple bites but no hook-ups. We saw only one fish netted and talked ...
By: ElliottM
Posted: 6/14/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/13/2020
Hot Spots: 0
My friend and I had heard about Billy Clapp lake but never fished there. Reports mention kokanee, walleye and big trout, and since my friend had never fished using downriggers nor for kokanee, we deci...
By: ElliottM
Posted: 6/12/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/9/2020
Hot Spots: 0
My first time fishing Bonaparte. What a beautiful lake! I didn't think to take any photos, so unfortunately I can't share any eye candy. I'm a huge loon fan, and there are two nesting pairs on the lak...
By: ElliottM
Posted: 6/12/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2020
Hot Spots: 0
We fished a few hours each day 6/8/20-6/11/20, and caught lots of rainbow trout. Weather was not very good - rather chilly and rainy for June. I fished for a very short while from the dock at the stat...
By: ElliottM
Posted: 5/27/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Gorgeous day to be on Chelan, but not the most productive day ever. We launched at Chelan SP and were on the water around 7:30am. We weren't marking any fish on the south side, so we headed to the wes...
By: ElliottM
Posted: 2/28/2020
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/27/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Three of us went to Fish Lake yesterday and all got our limits, although it took until later in the afternoon for all of us to get limits. We tried fishing a few spots, and found one area where the fi...
By: ElliottM
Posted: 1/22/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/20/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Monday was a tough day fishing, and all the other anglers we spoke to said the same thing. We launched at Spring Canyon around 10am. We kept mainly to the Swawilla area in the morning and in the after...
By: ElliottM
Posted: 11/25/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/20/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I fished from shore at the net pens site in the afternoon on 11/20/19 and only managed to snag gear - no fish. There were about 3 others fishing and no one else caught anything while I was there.
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By: ElliottM
Posted: 7/5/2019
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/3/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Two of my hiking and fishing buddies have fished Omak Lake a lot, primarily in late fall, but I had never fished Omak, so it took no convincing to get me to go out with them.
We left Wenatchee ear...
By: ElliottM
Posted: 12/14/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I went out to Brand'ts Landing on Rufus Woods early this morning but had no luck whatsoever. I was fishing two poles, one with shrimp and one with nightcrawlers. I had a fish on briefly on a nightcraw...
By: ElliottM
Posted: 5/10/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/9/2018
Hot Spots: 0
My good buddy John called me on the 8th to see if I could join him in trolling Beehive, and I am glad I went! John and his grandson fished Beehive the previous Friday, 5/4/18, and John said the fishin...
By: ElliottM
Posted: 8/26/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This was our first time to Curlew Lake. The comments we kept hearing is that the trout are nowhere near as plentiful as they used to be. We tried fishing from shore around the state park but there was...
By: ElliottM
Posted: 9/23/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I hiked up to Stuart Lake the day after Labor Day. We saw a few folks at the lake, but we were the only anglers. We used black roostertail spinners and caught some nice cutthroat trout. No...
By: ElliottM
Posted: 7/13/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/11/2016
Hot Spots: 0
A group of four of us - three of us fisherman - hiked up to Stuart Lake. The cutthroat trout were quite active at the surface, and we caught quite a few keepers using Rooster Tail spinners and flies. ...