Greg: Roosevelt - 9/1/2023

I enjoyed a beautiful Friday on Roosevelt as the Labor Day crowds descended on the lake. Fishing was good. I arrived at Fort Spokane around 10 AM and fished until 4 PM. I caught 13 walleyes ranging from 14 to 17 inches. The water temperature continues to be about 71 degrees. It was a bright sunny day with a light wind out of the north in the morning with very little wind in the afternoon.

More info for club members: I pulled 5 keepers from the humps on the far upstream end of Outhouse Flats in 35 to 45 feet of water. Fish in this area were clearly visible on sonar as they were off the bottom a foot or two on the humps. I got the other walleyes in the Nayborly area on points and edges of flats near the deep channel. Some of these walleyes showed up on my Humminbird, but those on steep breaks didn’t show up well. The fish at Nayborly came from water about 50 feet deep. By this time of the day, the sun was overhead and the wind was nearly calm, so that may have caused the fish to go deeper. Chartreuse, silver, and gold Smile Blades and pill floats were productive. I’m not sure there was a color preference since most rigs that I tried were effective behind a 3 ounce bottom bouncer.

The fillet station on the dock near the picnic area at Fort Spokane is nice. The fish grinders on Roosevelt are closed indefinately, so I appreciate a place to clean fish. It is easy to tie the boat to the dock and clean fish before motoring over to the launch and heading home. The fillet station is big enough for 2 people.

The fillet station about 100 yards downstream of the Ft Spokane boat launch. It is on the end of the boat dock near the picnic area. This dock used to be part of the group campsite until the NPS closed this area to camping.