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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: SkookumHntr on February 05, 2011, 04:16:06 PM

Title: Rufus Woods?
Post by: SkookumHntr on February 05, 2011, 04:16:06 PM: -Planning a weekend trip to the lake this month and was checking this site for some pointers! We will be set up to troll, plunk, and chuck spinners! Just dont know what to use where? Thanks for any pointers :hello:
Title: Re: Rufus Woods?
Post by: ribka on February 06, 2011, 01:06:34 PM: Flat fish, spinners, rapalas. I fly fish and use streamers and wooly bugggers.

If you bait fish cannot let go. Have to keep them.

Guys up there are receiving fines for C&R' ing with bait
Title: Re: Rufus Woods?
Post by: agchawk on February 06, 2011, 01:12:12 PM: Quote from: ribka on February 06, 2011, 01:06:34 PM
Flat fish, spinners, rapalas. I fly fish and use streamers and wooly bugggers.

If you bait fish cannot let go. Have to keep them.

Guys up there are receiving fines for C&R' ing with bait

Not trying to thread-jack but why the fines for catch-and-release? I'm assuming it's because of possible hook damage and releasing fish that would eventually die and go to waste.

Just curious, I am almost an exclusive catch-and-release guy (I do keep the ones that I don't think will make it for the same reasons) and was just wondering what the logic was behind the regulation.
Title: Re: Rufus Woods?
Post by: Button Nubbs on February 06, 2011, 02:51:26 PM: I may be wrong but I thought you could let them go with bait but it still counts as part of your limit.
Title: Re: Rufus Woods?
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on February 06, 2011, 03:22:57 PM: Quote from: Button Nubbs on February 06, 2011, 02:51:26 PM
I may be wrong but I thought you could let them go with bait but it still counts as part of your limit.
I believe Button Nubbs is correct. Once you release two (the limit) and keep fishing you are technically over the limit if fishing with bait.
Title: Re: Rufus Woods?
Post by: daddysprad on February 06, 2011, 04:13:53 PM: Check out this site. It's the one I use when I go down. You can look at the time of year and see how they did and they have a bunch of bait choices. I do know that the water needs to be moving through the dam for the fish (trout) to bite which I think is on weekdays(?). Also, don't forget your walleye stuff.
http://www.washingtonlakes.com/ReportList.aspx?id=305&t=1 (http://www.washingtonlakes.com/ReportList.aspx?id=305&t=1)
Title: Re: Rufus Woods?
Post by: alanger on February 07, 2011, 05:52:26 PM: goodluck