Author Topic: Lake Lenore (Read 5397 times)

ctwiggs1 · « **on:** March 16, 2021, 01:27:27 PM »

Headed over this weekend - any recent trip reports? Taking the kids and thinking about looking for some local haunts for some bait fishing as well. Maybe the docks in Coulee city or something like that. Any advice is appreciated on both fronts - never fished Lenore and never bank fished Banks

jackelope · « **Reply #1 on:** March 16, 2021, 01:53:46 PM »

Are you fly fishing Lenore?

ctwiggs1 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 16, 2021, 02:00:56 PM »

Quote from: jackelope on March 16, 2021, 01:53:46 PM

Are you fly fishing Lenore?

Yep

Moe the Sleaze · « **Reply #3 on:** March 16, 2021, 02:08:04 PM »

Report I read about a week ago said Lenore was slow-ish, but fishers were catching enough 18"+ Lahontan Cutthroats to keep things interesting.

ctwiggs1 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 16, 2021, 02:09:47 PM »

Quote from: Moe the Sleaze on March 16, 2021, 02:08:04 PM

Report I read about a week ago said Lenore was slow-ish, but fishers were catching enough 18"+ Lahontan Cutthroats to keep things interesting.

Do you know what they were using? Seems like the majority of what I see is slow stripping woolly buggers or soaking black chironomids under indicators.

jackelope · « **Reply #5 on:** March 16, 2021, 02:18:45 PM »

Chironomids. Try to stay awake.

boneaddict · « **Reply #6 on:** March 16, 2021, 02:56:46 PM »

I’ve wondered how it was since the big Russian poaching ring thing happened.

Dan-o · « **Reply #7 on:** March 16, 2021, 04:24:27 PM »

Quote from: boneaddict on March 16, 2021, 02:56:46 PM

I’ve wondered how it was since the big Russian poaching ring thing happened.

I was wondering the same.

Those guys dredged a lot of trout out for there.

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 16, 2021, 04:46:07 PM »

Little Pathfinder and I hit it last weekend. Was warm, sunny and calm (historically, I have not done well on Lenore under those conditions). Was slow all day until the last hour of daylight. Both nights we picked up fish on big (like size 4 and 6), black sparkle leaches dragging them through the shallows on the north end. Some guys picked up a few on chronimids during the day, but mostly it was slow. Fish until it is pitch dark. We were picking up fish until late.

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 16, 2021, 04:47:59 PM »

Little Pathfinder hooked a fish and fell and busted his face on a rock. Blood everywhere, but he landed the fish.

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 16, 2021, 04:51:59 PM »

FYI; No small fish at all. The smallest we caught was still over 20 inches. Cutts in Lenore are all pretty good fish, but usually you can count on picking up a couple in that 15-17 inch range. Seemed like fewer fish than normal, but bigger.
NO hatches by the way. Hardly saw a rise all day. Water was about 47 degrees.

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 16, 2021, 04:55:47 PM »

Quote from: Dan-o on March 16, 2021, 04:24:27 PM

Quote from: boneaddict on March 16, 2021, 02:56:46 PM
I’ve wondered how it was since the big Russian poaching ring thing happened.

I was wondering the same.

Those guys dredged a lot of trout out for there.

The lake has never really recovered from that. It was a while ago, so I am not sure why. Local guys seem to think that WDFW just hasn't made it a priority. I did notice that signs up all over the lake are written in 3 languages now: English, Spanish and Russian....

Jake Dogfish · « **Reply #12 on:** March 16, 2021, 04:56:11 PM »

Thanks for the report!

I caught one off the shore there back in the day. Cool fish.

boneaddict · « **Reply #13 on:** March 17, 2021, 08:13:16 AM »

Thanks for the report!

Now that’s a battle wound. Nicely done

Dan-o · « **Reply #14 on:** March 17, 2021, 08:25:59 AM »

Love the wound and the fact that it didn't slow him down.

ctwiggs1 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 17, 2021, 08:41:36 AM »

Thanks for the trip report. I highly doubt I'll get more than a few hours (3 young kids - it is what it is), but I'll report back on how it went.

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 17, 2021, 09:09:44 AM »

Quote from: ctwiggs1 on March 17, 2021, 08:41:36 AM

Thanks for the trip report. I highly doubt I'll get more than a few hours (3 young kids - it is what it is), but I'll report back on how it went.

If you can only do a couple of hours, do the last two hours before dark... Black Wooley Bugger or Sparkle Leech at the North end. Good luck

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 24, 2021, 12:55:00 PM »

Quote from: ctwiggs1 on March 17, 2021, 08:41:36 AM

Thanks for the trip report. I highly doubt I'll get more than a few hours (3 young kids - it is what it is), but I'll report back on how it went.

How did your trip to Lenore go? Was anything hatching? Any fish rising yet...?

Thinking about heading back up there soon.

ctwiggs1 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 24, 2021, 01:14:44 PM »

Sadly... it didn't work out. We drove right by it several times and just couldn't make it happen. Life with 3 young kids. Just one of those trips where nothing really went the way we planned.

Sorry to get you guys hyped up for a report. Looks like the Lahontans remain on my bucket list.

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 25, 2021, 07:10:17 AM »

Quote from: ctwiggs1 on March 24, 2021, 01:14:44 PM

Sadly... it didn't work out. We drove right by it several times and just couldn't make it happen. Life with 3 young kids. Just one of those trips where nothing really went the way we planned.

Sorry to get you guys hyped up for a report. Looks like the Lahontans remain on my bucket list.

Was anyone fishing at the north end?

ctwiggs1 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 25, 2021, 07:12:03 AM »

Periodically over the weekend I’d see 1-2 people from the creek north.

highbuckklr · « **Reply #21 on:** March 25, 2021, 01:02:52 PM »

Been a long time since I fished Lenore (Back in the early 90's). Was always best right before dark. But back then we would catch and release about 50 a day.

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 26, 2021, 01:29:04 PM »

Yup. That was back in the day. Not like that anymore.

This is about 1985-ish

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