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Conditions are holding steady since the previous update.
No current fishing signal — we don't have enough recent reports or flow data to score this water yet.
Large Columbia Basin reservoir with warmwater and trout fly-fishing opportunities.
A quick view of the latest report, gauge, hatch, and fly data available for this water. Missing observations are left unreported rather than estimated.
No hatch observations were included in the latest reports. No current fly recommendations are available.
Recent reports mention Shallow flats.
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Banks Lake location
47.6700, -119.0600
No gauge data available.
No flow data available.
Bellingham Confluence
Banks Lake hosted the Schmoots Clooper carp fly fishing tournament in mid-July, with carp and bass both caught. The steep rocky shorelines produced large, aggressive smallmouth bass, and carp were found on the shallow flats.
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