TheChadFishes Posted May 12, 2008 Posted May 12, 2008 Hello, I am brand new to the sport of bass fishing. I live north of Spokane, and am looking for lakes. I live close to Eloika lake, heard good fishing to be had there. Liberty, Newman, Long lake all sound to be good lakes. Was wondering if anyone has any info on good lakes around Spokane. Also is a fish finder necessary to locate bass? I am looking at the humminbird 240 for my 12' aluminum boat. Also if anyone would ever like to teach me to bass fish that would be great. Thanks. -Chad Quote
Get Offme Fish Posted May 12, 2008 Posted May 12, 2008 Welcome aboard. I too just recently found this site an it has a lot of great info. I am over in N. Idaho and have limited knowledge of spokane Lakes but from what I have heard Eloika, Newman and Long are good starts. I would sugest 2 good resources; there is a book out that provides info on all WA. lakes(directions, types of fish & some other details) that you can find at Hastings, Boarders and even Joe's Sporting Goods. The other is washingtonlakes.com. This is a great site w/ info, fish reports and even topo maps of most WA lakes. Good Luck Quote
BassResource.com Administrator Glenn Posted May 13, 2008 BassResource.com Administrator Posted May 13, 2008 Long Lake is a great lake. You're also 1 1/2 hr drive away from Banks lake and Lake Roosevelt - both fantastic fisheries. Sprague lake is closer, and USED to have excellent largemouth fishing, but they killed it off last October. Might want to wait a few years on that one. But go down I-90 another 40 mins from Sprague to Moses Lake and/or Potholes and you'll be in smallmouth/largemouth heaven. 2 excellent lakes! Hope that helps! Quote
TheChadFishes Posted May 13, 2008 Author Posted May 13, 2008 I will definitely have to try to get out to some lakes. Thank you to all who responded. Fish on! Quote
Crank Addict Posted May 13, 2008 Posted May 13, 2008 Hi Chad, Welcome aboard! Glad to see yet another Spokanite join the club. Eloika is a great lake and should really start to be heating up soon. When the spawn gets going I have always had luck in and around the dollar pads and near any grasses. Not to mention its a good sized lake for your set up. I've read some other suggest some great fisheries to you but with a smaller boat I would approach some of them with caution. With our winds it's not hard to be blown right off of the bigger lakes. I used to have a small set up like yours and the nice thing about them is can take advantage of some of the smaller lakes that some of the big boat avoid or can't get too but still have some great fishing. Bonnie Lake south of Cheney is one that comes to mind. There are quite a few small lakes in the Cheney area that area great; Downs and Chapman are a couple. Closer to you: Jump off Joe can be fun. Also Long lake has quite a few launches and has both Smallies and Largemouth. Quote
bassmaster3000 Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 Very few people from here. I would suggest a spinnerbait for eloika slow rolled right as it hits the water. this is a VERY weedy lake. If you have a kid under 15, bear lake is a small lake that has some hhhhuuuuggggeee LMB's and Channel cats. Newman is really good for worm or jig fishing in the south east corner. you will find a small creek like area with lillypads on both sides. caught a few nice ones out of there. back to bear lake, recently caught a nice 4 Lber out of there that was safely caught and released. Long lake is a good lake for SM and LMB. Fish with a small perch colored shad rap, white spinnerbait, or 4 inch powerworm with a black body and a chartreuse tail. also, for smallmouth, there are 2 really nice spots on lake roosevelt. one is at porcupine bay, (fish in summer), the other is hawk creek harbor. these are 2 nice spots. one piece of advice is to go to washingtonlakes.com. they have reports for different lakes in washington and also rivers in all different counties. One person who would be good to talk to on there is spokanebassman. He has a lot of really nice reports from liberty lake where he caught either 5lb SM or 6 LB LMB. These are all lakes that are really good. One more spot for river fishing is actually, well, i can't tell you the exact spot, but one spot at plese flats down the trail on the spokane river. i've caught some SM and 1 LM out of there. One time my dad and i went there and he was fishing for trout. he was reeling one in and about an 8 Lber and a 5 Lber come up and follow it to shore. One more spot b4 i forget is actually Clear lake at Dans landing. you can be reeling in a 12 inch trout, and a 10Lb bas comes and sucks up 1/2 of it!!! been there done that. when i went to release the trout, after i put it in the water, i noticed that it had some bite marks and was missing a lot of scales. well anyway, hope this helps!!! Quote
Millern289 Posted April 6, 2017 Posted April 6, 2017 On 5/12/2008 at 4:28 PM, Get Offme Fish said: Welcome aboard. I too just recently found this site an it has a lot of great info. I am over in N. Idaho and have limited knowledge of spokane Lakes but from what I have heard Eloika, Newman and Long are good starts. I would sugest 2 good resources; there is a book out that provides info on all WA. lakes(directions, types of fish & some other details) that you can find at Hastings, Boarders and even Joe's Sporting Goods. The other is washingtonlakes.com. This is a great site w/ info, fish reports and even topo maps of most WA lakes. Good Luck Greatly appreciate your input! for shore fishing, what kind of lures work best in these areas? Quote
GORDO Posted April 10, 2017 Posted April 10, 2017 Long lake is an amazing fishery for smallies. Its rare to get largemouth out of there but when you do, they are always big. Also, the occasional pike is a nice treat. I dont personally care for Eloika in the summer but spring time is a good place to be. Newman is fantastic year round and thats a small, manageable lake. If you dont know the drop shot, you need to get familiar. Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted April 11, 2017 Super User Posted April 11, 2017 On 4/6/2017 at 7:32 PM, Millern289 said: Greatly appreciate your input! for shore fishing, what kind of lures work best in these areas? 6 hours ago, GORDO said: Long lake is an amazing fishery for smallies. Its rare to get largemouth out of there but when you do, they are always big. Also, the occasional pike is a nice treat. I dont personally care for Eloika in the summer but spring time is a good place to be. Newman is fantastic year round and thats a small, manageable lake. If you dont know the drop shot, you need to get familiar. 9 minutes ago, Darren. said: Welcome aboard! And there it is - another one from the archives 2008. Might not be the most up to date info though. A-Jay 1 Quote
Super User Darren. Posted April 11, 2017 Super User Posted April 11, 2017 Just now, A-Jay said: And there it is - another one from the archives 2008. Might not be the most up to date info though. A-Jay LOL, I'm caught not checking the dates! 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted April 11, 2017 Super User Posted April 11, 2017 4 minutes ago, Darren. said: LOL, I'm caught not checking the dates! It's like an epidemic or something ~ Either way I bet he appreciates the warm welcome - 9 years late. A-Jay 1 Quote
Super User Darren. Posted April 11, 2017 Super User Posted April 11, 2017 1 minute ago, A-Jay said: It's like an epidemic or something ~ Either way I bet he appreciates the warm welcome - 9 years late. A-Jay I'm in a welcoming mood tonight! 1 Quote
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