Freshnews January 18, 2018

Eric Fossand, his wife and son with a nice bunch of mallards after a Duck Taxi trip.

Pic2:The David Hendricks party with a limit of Canadian Honkers.

Bill Hosko from Ellensburg has hunted with MarDon for many years and is 85 years young. Bill shows a 10lb. Honker from a Royal Slope hunt.

Young Bill Hosko shows a Canadian Honker with a band!

MarDon Fresh News – January 19, 2018 

The current water level on the Potholes reservoir is 1042.76 feet. The water temperature on the main lake is 37 degrees. The main lake is ice free. The sand dunes are still covered in 4 inches of soft ice. 

Fishing: Not many anglers fishing this past week, but the mild temperatures forecasted for the next several weeks provide a great opportunity to get out and winter fish in some comfortable weather. Fish the deeper humps off the dunes and the humps just northwest of Goose Island to Crab Creek. Blade Baits are the top producing bait. Fish the main lake humps in 30-45 feet of water. The face of the dam is still producing walleye on swimbaits and Blade Baits. Fish 20-30 feet of water next to the dam. Now is a great time to drop shot for smallmouth on the face of the dam as well.

Hunting: Duck hunting has been very good this past week. The birds are here- but are becoming educated!  Several limits of mallards have been taken. Goose hunting in the fields has been outstanding. Hunters have been doing well on both honkers and smaller birds.

 Call the MarDon Store for the latest hunting and fishing info at 509-346-2651

MarDon Fresh News – January 12, 2018 

The current water level is 1042.30 feet on the Potholes Reservoir. The water temperature on the main lake is 34-35 degrees. The main lake remains ice free, but the dunes and the back half of Lind Coulee are still iced over.

Fishing: We’ve received several positive reports from walleye anglers this week. Angers are picking up 3-4 walleye per trip on average with angler getting his limit.  Fish the deeper humps off the dunes and the humps just Northwest of Goose Island to Crab Creek. Blade Baits are the top producing bait. Fish the main lake humps in 35-50 feet of water. The face of the dam is still producing walleye on swimbaits and Blade Baits. Fish 20-30 feet of water next to the dam. 

Hunting: The duck hunting improved a bit over this past week. We’ve had reports of good numbers of mallards coming in as well as teal. Several hunters have limited on green heads.  Goose hunting in the fields has been productive this past week. Hunters have been doing well on both honkers and smaller birds.

 Call the MarDon Store for the latest hunting and fishing info at 509-346-2651

Pic1: Spud Brown, Kelly Brown, Mason Meseberg, Josh Mathis, Cash Brown, Mike Meseberg and Clyde Foster enjoyed a limited goose hunt on Royal Slope with Levi Meseberg.

Pic2: Christine Powell from the Tri Cities shows her first Goose with Meseberg Adventures!

The Powell Party with their limit by 9:30 am!

MarDon Fresh News – January 5, 2018 

The current water level is 1042.10 feet on the Potholes Reservoir. The water temperature on the main lake is 32-33 degrees. The main lake is free of ice, but the sand dunes are approximately 85% frozen.

Fishing: No fishing reports this week, but now is a good time of the year to be out fishing for walleye. Fish the deeper humps off the dunes and the humps just Northwest of Goose Island. Blade Baits are the top producing bait. The face of the dam is still producing walleye on swimbaits and Blade Baits. Fish 20-30 feet of water next to the dam. 

Hunting: The duck hunting been a bit tough again this week.  Goose hunting in the fields has been productive this past week. Hunters have been doing well on both darker geese as well as Snow Geese.

Happy New Year form all of us at MarDon Resort! 

Call the MarDon Store for the latest hunting and fishing info at 509-346-2651

The Jeff Bowers party of Chehalis with a nice bunch of geese from the fields!

A great hunt with Kipp and Eileen Burns and their sons. They got 24 dark geese and 14 Snow Geese