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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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I got this limit of rainbow in less than two hours on my first visit to Lake Roosevelt. I fished from shore at Spring Canyon Park. The trout averaged 15 inches.
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Here is a boat on Lake Lenore in about as calm of weather I have ever seen. There were two boats trolling for Lahontan cutthroat.
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Here's a nice walleye that Rollie Schimitten caught on Rufus Woods. It hit a spinner and nightcrawler trolled in 30 feet of water.
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It would have been a great day to be on Fish Lake. Not a breath of wind, and this is a great time of year to troll flies for rainbow, triploids and big brown trout.
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I discovered a new fishing access above Chief Joseph Dam on Rufus Woods. There is a toilet, parking area and fire box on the bank below. You can reach it by turning left on Murphy Road.
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This is one of two hatchery steelhead I caught while floating the Grande Ronde River with Guide Brian Nielson, BJ Guide Service. I also caught and released a small king and a wild steelhead.
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