Last Sunday and Monday my friend, his wife and 3 yr old son stayed at Steamboat and had a pretty decent days of fishing.  Fishing was tough at times, but we still had a few quality fish.  Water temp were in the low 60's with overnight low temps in the low 50s.  I don't know if it was the lower temps or full moon that slowed down fishing, but I was I was told by other fishermen out there that fishing was a lot better a week earlier.  Biggest largie was at 3lbs with a number of 2lbers and largest smallmouth was 2.5lbs. 

2.5lb smallie

  Great pictures and some nice fish!! Thanks for the report.

Looks like myself and the 3 boys will be headed to Banks Lake on July 10th for a week of camping/fishing.  Plans changed from BrownLee Reservoir to here when a buddy of mine backed out of the trip.

I've never been to Banks so this should be fun, I always enjoy learning new water and hope I can keep the kids busy enough with fish to keep them from fighting

The club normally stays at Coulee Playland for tournaments, correct?

Thanks Larry, I reserved this morning so I am all set.  I'm hoping for a week of good fishing!

The boys and I just returned from four days of fantastic fishing at Banks.  We spent more time chasing the walleyes than we did bass but the biggest smallmouth of the trip was 4 1/2 lbs.  We ate as much fish (walleye and perch) as we wanted to and even brought home some walleye fillets for the wife.

All in all, was a good time and the weather held up with no rain!

Sounds like lot of fun Andy I have not gone east yet this year