

Anglers may keep up to four of these per day. Only the harvest of adipose- clipped jack chinook is now allowed downstream of Orofino Bridge and in the North Fork Clearwater River.

While some fish are 12 to 14 inches, every trip produces at least one bragging-size cutthroat.

Omak Lake is hot for Lahontan cutthroat. Last week, it was producing 10 fish an hour for anglers trolling Kingfisher Lite spoons in glow-green color. Colyar Ledge continues to provide good action in the morning for small macks. Kokanee fishing on the west shore in 100-110 feet of water below the Yacht Club has improved recently on Lake Chelan. Recent net-pen releases can be bothersome. Lake Roosevelt anglers trolling in Swawilla Basin are catching trout on Kekeda flies in orange and chartreuse/orange at about 15 feet over 100-foot water. Anglers trolling Wooly Buggers say all fish are over 18 inches. Rainbow fishing in upper Coffeepot Lake is good. The same Wedding Ring setup as used at Diamond is enticing rainbow to 4 pounds.Īnglers fishing at the confluence of the Little Spokane are catching a lot of small trout. Clear Lake has been giving up fast limits of trout, many over 16 inches.ĭavis Lake in Pend Oreille County is best fished from a boat. West Medical bank fishermen are doing well with chartreuse PowerBait, and trollers are using Wedding Rings tipped with worms. Most trout are 12 inches, but there are 14- to 16-inchers too. Yellow PowerBait or corn has been most effective recently. Tree 11 on Williams Lake is the go-to spot for still fishermen. Worm and marshmallow “sandwiches” are an excellent choice. Trout and kokaneeĪt Sprague Lake, Bill Blosser reports the phenomenal fishing for big rainbow continues. Green drakes and golden stones have been getting the fish, but don’t ignore stimulators. Most of the Coeur d’Alene drainage is fishing well. Look for slow current lines or concentrate efforts along the banks in back eddies. Troll deep with leeches or buggers or try dragonfly patterns along the weeds. Most of these were recently stocked with 9- to 11-inch rainbow.įloat tubers on Amber were all catching fish this week. to noon: Bonners Ferry, Snow Creek Pond Calder, Calder Pond Enaville, Steamboat Pond Harrison, Harrison Marina Mullan, Lucky Friday Pond Post Falls, Post Falls Park Pond Priest Lake, Priest Lake Golf Course Rathdrum, Rathdrum City Park Sandpoint, Round Lake State Park Coeur d'Alene, Ponderosa Springs Golf Course (7 a.m. Volunteers will be helping people with equipment and advice at the following locations in the Panhandle region from 9 a.m. Potential solutions implemented over the past two weeks do not seem to be resolving the issue, which weakens the fish. Juvenile sockeye salmon have been taking a beating somewhere in the vicinity of the mid-Columbia River’s McNary Dam, or at the dam itself, losing a lot of scales as they head toward the Pacific. His father did well also, but I caught mostly northern pike and white bass. Jon put on a walleye-fishing clinic each day, catching numerous fish over 5 pounds. I had the pleasure of fishing in Devils Lake, North Dakota, last week with Al Rettmann and his son, Jon, both of Spokane. This tool would be a good addition to any tackle box. The process was the same, but each hook had to be removed separately and a wire cutter was needed to separate them. Until recently, I had never had to deal with an imbedded treble hook. I have removed single-barbed hooks relatively painlessly from human flesh by looping a piece of fishing line around the bend of the hook, pressing down on the end of the shank and using the looped line to jerk the hook out through the entry hole.
