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Anglers have plenty of elbow room at Hog Canyon

Two anglers in a small boat had Hog Canyon Lake all to themselves in late March. The winter fishing lake's fishing season closes on March 31. Access to the lake and shore is on land managed by the U .S. Bureau of Land Management west of Spokane south of Interstate 90 near Fishtrap Lake. (Rich Landers)
By Rich Landers richl@spokesman.com(509) 459-5508

FISHING — As I was hiking the rim above Hog Canyon Lake on Sunday, I looked down on the water to see two fishermen looking very small as they trolled their lures in the chop.

A few anglers were fishing with little success from shore at both ends of the lake, but these two men were in the only boat on the 53-acre lake.

Minutes later I saw them hook and land a trout that played hard and looked big in the net even from my distant vantage.

The winter-season lake closes to fishing at the end of the month.

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Outdoors Blog." Read all stories from this blog