March 2014 Blog Posts (7)

  Every once in a while, I get to see something very special.  OK, my idea of special may be a bit twisted, but thats how it goes.  Most would agree that a new State record is special, right?  Well, how about one that should'a been?  This yellow perch was 13 3/4 long, obeasely fat, and thats all we will ever know.  Had the angler taken a girth measurement, some photo's from the top down, and bottom up, it may have made no difference that the fish was released.  To the anglers credit, he…

    Its coming soon, that some times perplexing shift from winter patterns to the early spring stampede.  Many say that water temp. is the key to major movements, others say it's the weather.  My experience leads me to suspect there are other, stronger factors.  Why, let me explain.  I have watched wintering smallmouth areas on Banks lake for more than 15 years, so I will use this as my reference, other waters may act differently, but I'll stick to what I know.  There seems to be a 6 to 7…

  This last weekend (21st-23rd), we had more action on Banks!  The walleye were on the move, with more small fish showing up at the boat.  Depths ranged from 28 to 55, but the majic seemed to be at 45ft give or take a few feet.  Some anglers had very good days, check out the Macks lures site for some cool in the water photos.  Some perch were also in the mood to bite, sometimes mixed in with the walleye, I'm thinking that may be a dangerous place for a perch to be.  Water temps slipped a bit…

  Today Banks lake made 40 degrees for the first time this year!  In the last few days, many rainbow have joined the fry pan club.  Barker flats surrendered 7 nice walleye to spinners/walkers and a few more to blade baits.  Two nice smallies, 2-3lb also had to try the blade, with a few missed hits, the number may have been higher.  No bass were harmed in the testing of that tactic!  Trout are still in the top 10 ft, the bass around 28ft, and the walleye from 30 to 55ft.  The lake is near…

Besides Limit Out Marine, Nixons, and the others found on this site, Does anyone know of good dealers that have used bass boats for sale?  Google hasn't really gotten me any where, and craigslist is hit or miss.  It would be awesome if there was a list of all new/used boat dealers in Washington and Oregon posted somewhere. 

Thanks

RHawes

As I posted yesterday, Trout fishing in the area is very good!  Shore anglers at Lake roosevelt are hitting fish on orange and garlic power bait.  On Banks, a white anise mellow with a crawler seems to do better.  For those trying for Triploids on Rufas, things have been a bit slow.  Standard power bait and jigs are catching a few, try some larger spinners from shore worked stop and go during the "slack" water times.  When current is up, look for seams and eddies where fish stack up to…

If you havent heard of this event yet, no surprise!  This is our second year, and we hope it will be a great one!  The Triple Fish Challenge will test your skills in the pursuit of Rainbow, Smallmouth and Walleye.  Each angler may wiegh in one of each species, and the awsome prizes are given for the largest fish in each spieces, and the largest string of all three!  There are two classes of competion, youth (14 and under), and adult. The lucky angler with the biggest 6 fish combined wieght…