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Gentlemen (and Ladies)
I just got back from a trip to a place NOT in Oregon called Sprague Lake in eastern Washington. This lake is about a 5-6 hour drive from Portland near Spokane. It is what you might consider a desert lake I suppose. This lake is rather big. Me, my brother in law and my cousin in law spent a couple days at this place after reading about it on the net. It is quite an experiment from the state of Washington DFW. They killed everything in the lake in 2007 because of warm water species overtaking it, and planted it with HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of triploid trout. This lake gets little pressure at all so these triploids have been cruising the lake eating insects and larvae for 2 years now. We stayed at Sprague Lake resort and the lady that runs it (Monica) said that we needed a landing net for these trout and I laughed and smiled a bit thinking that this was part of the sales pitch to get us all fired up. She wasn't BS'ing at all. Not bringing a net with me was my first mistake. Now, I went to this lake with my ultralight setup freshly spooled with some P-Line 6lb. This was my second mistake. So we get down to this concrete 'pier' that she claimed was the best bank fishing spot on the lake. My first glance at the water was very discouraging because it was fully bloomed with algae and the weeds in the lake were totally out of control. So I decided that I would use some chartreuse power eggs with the 'stripper-glitter' on them because I seem to have the best luck with that color in stained water. I put a cpl of them on my hook with a chunk of worm and cast into the water. I found out quickly that you have to cast a long way to get past the weeds. However, my first cast beyond the weeds made me a believer. My pole bent in half and I was spooled as fast as you can imagine. I didn't let the tenacity of this fish discourage me. I just fought it for 10 minutes and landed a 20" rainbow. These fish are shaped like footballs or chubby torpedos. This single fish fed 3 grown men with leftovers. This was not the only fish we caught by any means. We kept getting hook ups and the fish would run for the weeds and wrap you and snap you off. But we hooked and landed a total of 5 monsters. They averaged 2lbs each. Biggest was 23" and smallest was 16". The flesh of these fish is bright pink and tastes like the best steelhead I have had. We grilled it up on cedar planks and ate like kings. This is not a scenic lake by any means. It is simply a destination lake that you would go to for the purpose of catching HUGE and ANGRY trout. But don't bring your ultralight setup. Next time I go I am spooling up some braid and bringing a net. This is a NO BS trout fishery. Bring your A-game and A-gear or you will hook and LOSE 10 fish like I did.
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I just got back from a trip to a place NOT in Oregon called Sprague Lake in eastern Washington. This lake is about a 5-6 hour drive from Portland near Spokane. It is what you might consider a desert lake I suppose. This lake is rather big. Me, my brother in law and my cousin in law spent a couple days at this place after reading about it on the net. It is quite an experiment from the state of Washington DFW. They killed everything in the lake in 2007 because of warm water species overtaking it, and planted it with HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of triploid trout. This lake gets little pressure at all so these triploids have been cruising the lake eating insects and larvae for 2 years now. We stayed at Sprague Lake resort and the lady that runs it (Monica) said that we needed a landing net for these trout and I laughed and smiled a bit thinking that this was part of the sales pitch to get us all fired up. She wasn't BS'ing at all. Not bringing a net with me was my first mistake. Now, I went to this lake with my ultralight setup freshly spooled with some P-Line 6lb. This was my second mistake. So we get down to this concrete 'pier' that she claimed was the best bank fishing spot on the lake. My first glance at the water was very discouraging because it was fully bloomed with algae and the weeds in the lake were totally out of control. So I decided that I would use some chartreuse power eggs with the 'stripper-glitter' on them because I seem to have the best luck with that color in stained water. I put a cpl of them on my hook with a chunk of worm and cast into the water. I found out quickly that you have to cast a long way to get past the weeds. However, my first cast beyond the weeds made me a believer. My pole bent in half and I was spooled as fast as you can imagine. I didn't let the tenacity of this fish discourage me. I just fought it for 10 minutes and landed a 20" rainbow. These fish are shaped like footballs or chubby torpedos. This single fish fed 3 grown men with leftovers. This was not the only fish we caught by any means. We kept getting hook ups and the fish would run for the weeds and wrap you and snap you off. But we hooked and landed a total of 5 monsters. They averaged 2lbs each. Biggest was 23" and smallest was 16". The flesh of these fish is bright pink and tastes like the best steelhead I have had. We grilled it up on cedar planks and ate like kings. This is not a scenic lake by any means. It is simply a destination lake that you would go to for the purpose of catching HUGE and ANGRY trout. But don't bring your ultralight setup. Next time I go I am spooling up some braid and bringing a net. This is a NO BS trout fishery. Bring your A-game and A-gear or you will hook and LOSE 10 fish like I did.
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I need to hook fish like that. What kind of accomedations do they have? How much for the license? You didn't say,or I missed it,how long did you guys stay? 
