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Moses Lake Ice Fishing Primer
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Ice Fishermen Hoping for Repeat Of Great Fishing on Moses Lake It may seem odd, but there is a large contingent of anglers hoping for really cold weather this winter. Granted, they are an odd bunch. These are the folks that are waiting for a solid cap of ice to form on Moses Lake so they can break out their ice augers and other specialized gear to go ice fishing. The ice fishing on Moses Lake was great last year and they are hoping for a repeat this season. I have to admit that last ...
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Category: Lakes
Date: 1/17/2012
Author: Dave Graybill
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Wells Dam Columbia River Summer Kings
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As you make the turn from highway 97 to the entrance of Wells Dam just north of Chelan, WA there is a rest area and overlook of the Dam and the Upper Columbia River. I had just finished lunch and was lying on the manicured grass under one of those trees at the entrance trying to recover from our early morning launch at 4:00 am. The mid-morning sun drove us off of the water and my Dad and I decided to take a nap before heading back out onto the water for the evening bite. The need to launch ...
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Category: Rivers
Date: 1/16/2012
Author: Jason Brooks
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Washington's Lake Pateros
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Fall Fishing for Lake Pateros SteelheadLake Pateros, located at the town of Pateros, Washington. It is actually the dammed up section of the mighty Columbia River behind Wells Dam. The town of Pateros, located at the confluence of the Methow River and the Columbia River, is an ideal destination for fall steelhead anglers. Not only is the steelhead fishing quite productive, but also the Pateros area offers almost unlimited camping opportunities, motels, and great fall scenery.Fishing ...
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Category: Lakes
Date: 1/3/2012
Author: Bob Johansen
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Central Washington Winter Update
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Happy New Year everyone! I had a Holiday season full of visits with family and some old friends. I ate too much, stayed up too late and overall had a great time. I hope you all did too. As the Holidays fade away we can all get back to business, and the business of planning out winter fishing adventures. We kicked off the New Year with some disappointing news for steelhead anglers. Most of the steelhead fisheries on the upper Columbia River and some of the tributaries closed on the 2nd ...
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Category: General
Date: 1/3/2012
Author: Dave Graybill
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The Year in Review, 2011
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2011 Year in ReviewWelcome to my annual “Year in Review” report. Maybe we should call it “State of the Web Site” report. Well, our State is “Good”!The big achievement this year has to be the updating of our Forum. The old forum was buggy and causing unexpected episodes of crashing WashingtonLakes.com. Not a very good thing. Aaron got to work and coded a new forum software system which is much more stable and user/moderator friendly. As is to be expected with updates, there were some i...
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Category: General
Date: 1/3/2012
Author: Mike Carey
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Winter Conditions Chilling Central Washington!
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I can’t believe the weather we’ve had. It hasn’t snowed for weeks. It is cold, but not nearly as cold as it was at this time last year. Conditions are great for those that like to get out and chase steelhead on our rivers or triploid rainbow on Rufus Woods. I don’t think my daughter has forgiven me for taking her fishing over the Holidays and nearly freezing her to death. It will be different this year. Our available fishing areas have shrunk a bit over the past couple of weeks. The...
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Category: Rivers
Date: 12/20/2011
Author: Dave Graybill
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Washington Walleye Championship 2012
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Looking to add some pizzazz to your fishing experience next summer? Consider,then,the 2012 Washington State Walleye Championship on Lake Roosevelt out of Kettle Falls. It’s the culmination of the five-tournament Washington Walleye Circuit and encompasses the entire lake. But that didn’t scare the 2011 winners from Monroe, WA who reportedly caught their limits within 20 minutes of the Kettle Falls boat launch. Others did extremely well even closer to the launch. For those who feel more...
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Category: Lakes
Date: 12/20/2011
Author: Chuck De Bruin
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Methow River Steelhead Report
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This was an incredible week for me. It was several days of a whole bunch of good stuff, which included taping two new television shows, and getting to fish for steelhead at Pateros, just for the fun of it. In between there was a great seminar at Town Ford on fishing for steelhead, presented by Shane Magnuson. There were fish caught every day I was on the water, and people learned all about how to catch them at the seminar. On Tuesday, my fishing buddy Rollie Schmitten and I traveled to C...
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Category: Rivers
Date: 12/15/2011
Author: Dave Graybill
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Rufus Woods Triploid Trolling Techniques
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Rufus Woods Triploid Trolling TechniquesRufus Woods Reservoir is the Premier Reservoir to fish for the Largest Triploid Rainbow Trout in all of the Northwest. You see the photos and read the reports that are posted all over the Internet and you have an idea just on the information that you have read or your friend or acquaintance has explained to you, on where to fish when you make your Trek over the Mountain Passes.Arriving at your destination, the excitement level is over the top, sin...
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Category: Trout
Date: 12/6/2011
Author: Joe Heinlen
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Pateros Steelhead Update December 6th
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Boy, I could get used to all this sunshine. Coupled with warm days it makes for a great time on the water. Some anglers are out after steelhead on our area rivers and others are after triploid rainbow trout on Rufus Woods. There really hasn’t been any wind either, which makes it even better. I hope the trend holds as I have a couple of trips planned to the Methow in the coming week. I did manage to get out on the water in the Pateros area. I jumped on board Shane Magnuson’s boa...
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Category: Rivers
Date: 12/6/2011
Author: Dave Graybill
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