Fun at Banks Lake

[Russ McDonald]

I've talked to skillet a lot, cool dude, full of good info.

[zike]

Great fishing at Banks lake, in 3 days we caught 165 walleyes and a few were keepers.  Five to be exact and the biggest was 16 1/2. The mosquitoes were biting good too. We then went to Roosevelt and the fishing was not so good. The water temp was 83 degrees on Sunday.

[Ripper]

Oh man, the skeeters were relentless. I only fished one evening, the rest of the time was mornings and days only.

[bearhunter99]

Good looking fish!

[lokidog]

Great fishing at Banks lake, in 3 days we caught 165 walleyes and a few were keepers.  Five to be exact and the biggest was 16 1/2. The mosquitoes were biting good too. We then went to Roosevelt and the fishing was not so good. The water temp was 83 degrees on Sunday.

Wow!  That's a lot of fish but the percentage of keepers seems very dismal. 

[Angry Perch]

 
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Wow!  That's a lot of fish but the percentage of keepers seems very dismal. 
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That will all change tomorrow!

[zike]

Its sad, I had reservations for another 3 days but I decided to bag it. We fished a number of different spots and different depths. We started with smile blades and went to hard blades. I even tried plugs with no luck. We fished all around Steamboat rock and Barker Canyon. Maybe it was better at the south end of the lake.

[Bill W]

The average weight of the fish entered in the May walleye derby was 2.5 lbs.  Mind you that these fish were culled for the heaviest bag weight.   I think they didn't fish in the small fish areas but skipped around until they found bigger fish.