The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has produced another excellent, short video on fishing Lake Roosevelt, this on one shore fishing in the winter.
Filmed in January, the video includes several tips and how-to advice on fishing the lake, which is stocked with 750,000 rainbow trout a year.
Rather fish from your boat? Check out the latest boat ramp and lake level information.
D’Wayne Darlington with Hurd’s Guide Service displayed a couple of good-sized Kokanee on the dock at Crescent Bay Sunday, fish he guessed weighed close to 5 pounds each.
The land-locked salmon have reportedly been biting, but regional anglers have been frustrated as many boat launches on Lake Roosevelt iced over during the recent cold weather. Crescent Bay was one of those that remained open.
Darlington said Tuesday (1-24-17) the Kokanee and now rainbow trout are hitting.
“Once you find a good group of them, it’s like hammer time,” he said. “It’s non-stop.”
The guide said he was catching Kokanee between Lincoln and Keller Ferry last weekend, including a 6.1-pound fish. He predicted that someone would likely break the state record of 6.25 pounds sometime soon.
Looking for a great hike?
Consider taking the Candy Point Trail to Crown Point, an overlook with a grand view up and down the river.
Here’s our post about it, the first of several to come on local hikes.
Kids were having a blast Saturday at a water park at the Festival of America quite different than the one festival organizers had planned.
Many features were basically waterless to meet new conditions imposed by state and county health authorities.
