Winter fishing Spokane area

[cumminsbassguy]

Went out to silver for a few hours yesterday (01-13).   Snow cover was gone, about a half inch of water on top with 3-4 inches of good clear ice. A couple holes in the ice by the cracks.    Found little fish.    In 16 f.o.w. no big ones yet

[JJ79]

With recent weather, ice is probably melting to an unsafe thickness

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[cumminsbassguy]

Yup, its all going to me melted now. Which sucks, because I really enjoy ice fishing haha

[Ridgeratt]

Yup, its all going to me melted now. Which sucks, because I really enjoy ice fishing haha

So now it's time to beach fish Roosevelt or float it.

[Henrydog]

Last weekend Jan 31st, Hog Canyon was ice free the 1st 3 feet around perimeter of lake, but the rest of the lake had 3-4" making it unfishable.  Dumbed the boat in Rock and it was non stop 12-14" planted steelhead.  We where using full sinking fly lines 8" leader using woolly's and egg sucking leaches.

Also trolled with cowbells and wedding ring caught 2 browns mid lake

[Skillet]

Hog Canyon has always been like that in milder winter years - I assume it is because the rocks heat up from the sun and melt the ice away from the shore.  There is usually a "footbridge" of some sort scabbed together to get people out on the ice though - or used to be. 

[high country]

We've been CRUSHING the burbot and kokes in Roosevelt. Don't miss out!

[benhuntin]

We've been CRUSHING the burbot and kokes in Roosevelt. Don't miss out!

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[quadrafire]

That Rock Lake fishery is pretty cool right now. Be interesting to see how long it lasts. My son and I went both days this weekend and caught easy limits. I fly fished one day and had a blast. White wooly  bugger seemed to work as good as anything in the stream below the bridge.  A red devil spoon was the bomb for my son. The guys in boats seemed to be doing well but don't know what they were fishing.