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Lake Roosevelt stingy to anglers Tuesday

FISHING -- My friend, Jim, had been kicking but on Lake Roosevelt kokanee and rainbows last week, as he's done most of the times he's fished the reservoir for years.

The fish researcher at the Keller boat ramp check station said the anglers on shore and from boats were limiting in no time through the weekend.

But Tuesday, the fishing was darned tought.  Even Jim had trouble hooking more than two fish from his boat.

The researcher said she hadn't checked many fish from reporting anglers when we called it quits in the afternoon. We'd landed a total of three fish, losing a couple and going another two hours without a hit as the wind came up.

Barometric pressure must have been the culprit.  The water level was dropping during the weekend, but it stabilized on Monday and Tuesday.

Anybody else have any answers?

 

 



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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