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Title: Drano Lake Springers
Post by: Gentrys on April 29, 2025, 07:34:24 AM: Just got back from 2 days down at Drano Lake. Fishing is getting good! Buddy and fellow Hunt WA member is now guiding down there and elsewhere here in WA for salmon and steelhead. Look him up: Logan with Bonkers Guide Service
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Post by: trophyhunt on April 29, 2025, 07:48:53 AM: Awesome!
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Post by: Buckhunter24 on April 29, 2025, 07:54:03 AM: Looks like a great time.

I've always wanted to throw my boat in there, little concerned I'll drag my line through everyone else and cause the world's biggest rat nest.
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Post by: Gentrys on April 29, 2025, 08:29:01 AM: Buckhunter, it happens to everyone down there. Probably about 100 boats down there on Sunday morning, fishing in tight quarters. Not uncommon to get your gear tangled with guys on another boat, especially when you get a fish on. My advice...go down there and fish on someone else's boat the first time and get a feel for what it's like. It's a shi_ Show for sure. I'd never want to captain a boat down there. My buddy Logan does a great job of it, but there's no way I'd be running a boat there. There's always a handful of guys that don't know what they're doing that make it even tougher for everyone else. And if it's windy, like it's been the last few days, it really tough. Fishing weekdays (except closed on Wednesday) and in the evenings is less chaotic. I saw maybe 30 boats out on the water Sunday evening, which isn't bad at all on Drano.
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Post by: metlhead on April 29, 2025, 01:01:55 PM: Never fished it but always wondered why folks troll that pond. Seems if everyone anchored and hover fished or bait under a float there would be much less chaos. Prolly way more fish hooked also
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Post by: Mfowl on April 29, 2025, 03:55:59 PM: Nice fish! Looks like good times! :tup:

Quote from: metlhead on April 29, 2025, 01:01:55 PM
Never fished it but always wondered why folks troll that pond. Seems if everyone anchored and hover fished or bait under a float there would be much less chaos. Prolly way more fish hooked also

It's definitely a troll show for the springers down there. You can troll the main lake largely away from the crowd but bites are fewer and further between. The summer steelhead get fished on anchor with bait/float setups and fall Chinook get hover fished with bait.
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Post by: Stein on April 29, 2025, 05:21:21 PM: It's one of the more crazy spots, kind of like if they allowed you to troll with bumper boats at the Sportsman's Show trout pond.
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Post by: castie2504 on April 30, 2025, 08:57:25 PM: That’s one hell of a day!
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Post by: Limhangerslayer on April 30, 2025, 09:42:38 PM: Quote from: Mfowl on April 29, 2025, 03:55:59 PM
Nice fish! Looks like good times! :tup:

Quote from: metlhead on April 29, 2025, 01:01:55 PM
Never fished it but always wondered why folks troll that pond. Seems if everyone anchored and hover fished or bait under a float there would be much less chaos. Prolly way more fish hooked also

It's definitely a troll show for the springers down there. You can troll the main lake largely away from the crowd but bites are fewer and further between. The summer steelhead get fished on anchor with bait/float setups and fall Chinook get hover fished with bait.
we’ve always figured main lake isn’ta good anymore because most the biters are being taken out by the armada in the bowl.
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Post by: shadowless_nite on May 05, 2025, 12:28:51 AM: Anyone know if they're hitting any from the bank? Been debating on making the drive over.
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Post by: Klickitatsteelie on May 05, 2025, 06:56:28 AM: I did not see anything caught off the bank this past weekend
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Post by: Mfowl on May 05, 2025, 08:28:38 AM: Quote from: shadowless_nite on May 05, 2025, 12:28:51 AM
Anyone know if they're hitting any from the bank? Been debating on making the drive over.

The way the fish are pouring over the dam it is about as good of an opportunity as there will be. Maybe bring the brass knuckles too!... :chuckle:
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Post by: Gentrys on May 05, 2025, 02:59:03 PM: We saw 2-3 get caught by the bank fishermen each day I was there.
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Post by: Woodchuck on May 20, 2025, 09:59:57 AM
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Post by: Dan-o on May 20, 2025, 10:14:13 AM: Wow, they made a crazy haul!
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Post by: Sandberm on May 25, 2025, 09:27:44 AM: Quote from: Woodchuck on May 20, 2025, 09:59:57 AM
I just came here to post that video.

Wow! Did they find a lot of treasure! There is a guy we watch on one of the streaming services that does the same thing in different spots and it is fascinating what he finds. Lots of sunglasses and I phones, trash of course.

One of my hobbies is to walk along the banks of rivers and lakes where the wind washes stuff up into concentrated areas and find "treasure". Lots of bobbers, some PFD's, caps etc. Once, at Lower Monumental dam on the Snake i found a sign for a resort in Hells Canyon. It's hanging in my garage.
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Post by: metlhead on May 25, 2025, 10:00:01 AM: While waiting for tide on lower Columbia duck hunts, I will walk the sloughs. I have a few buckets of Kwikfish and SpinGlos from the adventures