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The b'LAWg - Dave Law's Fish Stories

The b'LAWg - West Medical Lake Lunkers

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  • Saturday, May 18 2013 1:49 AM EDT2013-05-18 05:49:56 GMT
    KHQ.COM - It's not going to be quite as warm this weekend as last, but it's still going to be great fishing weather.
    KHQ.COM - It's not going to be quite as warm this weekend as last, but it's still going to be great fishing weather.
  • Friday, May 10 2013 10:42 PM EDT2013-05-11 02:42:29 GMT
    It's that time again! Fishing season is underway and you know what that means... it's time for Dave Law's Fishing Forecast.
    It's that time again! Fishing season is underway and you know what that means... it's time for Dave Law's Fishing Forecast.
  • Wednesday, August 1 2012 3:50 PM EDT2012-08-01 19:50:40 GMT
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    For this week's fishing segment we took a little trip to Fish Lake, located just a few miles west of Spokane and outside of Cheney.
    For this week's fishing segment we took a little trip to Fish Lake, located just a few miles west of Spokane and outside of Cheney.

It's a beautiful spring day on West Medical Lake and I'm trying to hook into one of the 2150 large trout plants within this serene, 230-acre body of water. It's surprising to see just a few fishermen and boats out for such a nice day. Apparently, word is out that the fishing is slow and requires a little patience to net one of those lunker rainbows. My day turned out better than expected! I got several strikes fly fishing nymphs, fought & lost a few big, acrobatic & pissed-off rainbows...but proudly capped my day with a 4 pound/21 inch lunker. Woo-Hoo! Bait fishermen were also getting a few nice ones in the 2-3lb range using green colored Powerbait (rainbow is also a favorite). Observations & Tips: The water temperature was fairly even throughout the water column (58° on the surface to 57° at 33ft). Trout stomach contents revealed loads of chronomids and emerald-green damselfly nymphs. Several of those nymphs were clinging to the side of my boat when I loaded it on the trailer. So, for now…"go green" on West Medical Lake.

2 days later: I'm out on a one-fly fly-fishing contest and registered to fish with a black /red colored woolybugger. After 2 1/2 hours in the float tube, only 3 hits and one fish lost. Altogether, I saw 4 fish landed amongst the crowd...fishing was a bit slow. In hindsight, I should have taken my own advice and "gone green." Who knows…It worked earlier?

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  • Dave Law's 25 years of forecasting experience has taken him around the world a time or two.
    Dave Law's 25 years of forecasting experience has taken him around the world a time or two.
  • Leslie Lowe is our weekday evening forecaster for KHQ Local News.  In addition, she can be seen forecasting the weather on SWX.
    Leslie Lowe is our weekday evening forecaster for KHQ Local News.  In addition, she can be seen forecasting the weather on SWX.
  • Blake is a Washington native and graduated from Washington State University in 2009.
    Blake is a Washington native and graduated from Washington State University in 2009.
  • Amy's interest in weather came at a very young age. What started off as a fear of storms turned into a passion for weather and forecasting.
    Amy's interest in weather came at a very young age. What started off as a fear of storms turned into a passion for weather and forecasting.