2 more trips today at Stampede
by James Netzel, JULY 16, 2022
Stampede Reservoir

2 more trips today at Stampede. Great morning bite till around 8 and hit a wall at 24 kokanee. Moved to where I would normally start for my late morning trip and quickly limited the boat. Paulina Peak Tackle crack spinners in watermelon, pink n purple, and orange. Short leaders at 8-10”. Depth was 40’-60’ otw. Speed at 1.1-1.3 If you...
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2 trips today at Stampede
by James Netzel, JULY 14, 2022
Stampede Reservoir

2 trips today at Stampede. Morning trip was faster action than yesterday. Caught em from 35’-50’ otw. Multiple doubles and triples. Paulina Peak Tackle watermelon spinner and pink lemonade hoochies 8-12” behind p lite dodgers trolling 1.1 SOG. Late morning trip started at 10am. Caught em 45-65’ otw. Paulina Peak Tackle crack spinners were tops in watermelon and pink n...
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Big moon the bite typically slows a little and it has
by James Netzel, JULY 12, 2022
Stampede Reservoir

With the big moon the bite typically slows a little and it has. About 10-15 kokanee an hour catch rate. Lol. Still great fishing with big chunky Kokanee. Still caught some in the shallows but did best in deeper open water. Paulina Peak Tackle watermelon UV hoochie still working but also caught em on pink lemonade and a watermelon spinner....
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Tight Lines Guide Service Report
by James Netzel, JULY 8, 2022
Stampede Reservoir

After a couple days off, fish still in same place at stampede and the bite has not slowed at all. Same depth, speed, tackle, colors. Same everything except it was not bone chilling cold this morning. Don’t have any morning dates available next 2-3 weeks, only late morning trips starting 9 or 10am. Still catching east limits late morning. Have a...
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Was a great bite today at Stampede
by James Netzel, JUNE 29, 2022
Stampede Reservoir

Think I need a bigger front deck to hold all these Kokanee. Was a great bite today at Stampede. 35 kokanee by 8:30am!! That’s a little over 2 hrs fishing.   Morning started off slow. Went 20 mins without a bite. Then a triple hookup and 3 fish in the net together made a mess. Lol. Then it was difficult to keep...
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These fish are growing at an alarming rate
by James Netzel, JUNE 28, 2022
Stampede Reservoir

These fish are growing at an alarming rate. Just a few weeks ago we were ecstatic with 15.5”. Now we’re getting some to 17”!!! Got boat limits early and even sped the boat up to 1.7mpj just to make it tougher to bring em in. Then I said let’s try for trout again. So we put on speedy shiners and...
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