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Here I am inspecting the launch that is just above the Monitor Bridge. There was about six inches of snow on the road, but it was melting fast.
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The first fish of the day at Rufus Woods was landed by Greg Cramer of Leavenworth. This one hit a purple Apex fished at just twelve feet on the downrigger.
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Denny Rudek from Moses Lake had a great time fishing with me at Rufus Woods Reservoir recently. This is one of two nice triploids he caught while trolling near the cans.
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It took Chuck Largent just 20 minutes to get these two triploid rainbow at Rufus Woods. He was trolling a purple Apex along the can line.
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Here are two Lake Roosevelt trout in the frying pan. I just coat them with Panko and fry them in olive oil and butter until they turn this golden brown. Yum!
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I got this triploid on a small fly fished with a Wiggle Fin Action Disc behind a small dodger. I put this rig down just 12 feet, and trolled at 1.7 up river and 2.2 downstream.
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Jerry Gutzwiler holds up a dandy triploid that he caught with me at Rufus Woods. Were trolling shallow along the can line at the bottom end of the reservoir.
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An angler steers a large rainbow to his net on Rocky Ford Creek. The ice-free stream offers good fly fishing through the winter. I recently visited Rocky Ford and my first fish measured 27 inches!
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Ice fishermen are still getting good catches of perch on Fish Lake, near Lake Wenatchee. These anglers found a Swedish Pimple trailed by a Glo Hook to be very effective for the fat perch.
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The lower bridge on Rocky Ford Creek is chained and locked to discourage anglers from using it. I don't when they plan on getting it repaired so anglers can reach the lower stream.
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