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There was just one angler fishing on the ice inside the Coulee City Marina when I passed there recently. There were many more fishing on the outside of the new breakwater.
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Eric Granstrom shows off one of the rainbow we caught in the middle of a snow storm on Lake Roosevelt. This one hit an orange Rapala fished off a side planer. We caught others on downriggers.
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It was sunny and calm when I got this rainbow on Lake Roosevelt. We trolled out in the middle and got eight ranging in size from 15 to 17 inches. The top lure was a bright orange F-7 Rapala.
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I found out where all the ice fishermen are hanging out. This is a shot of Lind Coulee from Road M on the way to Medicare Beach. Fishing for perch and some walleye is good right now in this area.
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Mount Raineer was peaking over the hills in the distance when I was at Medicare Beach on Potholes Reservoir. It was a beautiful day, just too much ice floating around to allow for shore fishing.
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A trio of ice anglers try their luck on Fish Lake, with Dirty Face Mountain in the background. Ice was good on the 17th of Dec. Always check on conditions before planning to ice fish, though.
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What you are looking at are soft spots in the ice on Roses Lake. The photo was taken on Dec. 17th. There is a large area of open water at the south end of the lake, too. No ice fishing here yet.
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"Geezers Beach" is a popular spot on Lake Roosevelt for shore fishing, as you drive right to the water. A Colville Tribal license is required to fish here. It's worth it for the convenience.
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The next time I visited Lake Roosevelt the fishing from shore was slower. I did get this 22-inch rainbow from Spring Canyon Park, though. These trout all triploids and are fantastic eating.
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This angler is on his way to a limit of perch on Moses Lake. Anglers are getting a few jumbos of 12 inches or better, along with some keeper size walleye, too.
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