MarDon Resort Fresh News – April 9th, 2025

MarDon Resort Fresh News – April 9th, 2025

It’s not as easy as “shooting fish in a barrel” but it is definitely more fun! This Saturday

April 12th is Washington Bowfishing Association’s Youth Night Shoot. These youth

shooters will take aim at putting a dent into the massive Carp population on Potholes

Reservoir. For more info or to sign your youth up for a fun filled night of cruising thru the

shallows with lights as bright as the sun, harvesting Carp for chance at some great

prizes, contact the WBA thru Facebook or email washingtonbowfishing@hotmail.com

Channel Cats – Its that time of year when the Channel Cats move up into the shallows

of flowing water to take advantage of the warmer water and easy meals. Anglers are

having great success finding Cats over 10lbs nightly in the Frenchman’s Wasteway and

the Lind Coulee using cut bait or chicken livers sitting on the bottom.

Walleye – Soda Lake anglers are still finding limits of 14 to 16 inch walleye trolling

Mack’s Slow Death Smileblade worm harness in 15 to 25 FOW @ 1 to 1.2 mph.

Reports of a few Walleye being caught up the Lind Coulee are starting to come in.

While fishing in the Lind Coulee focus on 12 to 20 FOW where the water is moving.

Anglers in the Coulee are catching walleye trolling and using jigs.

Crappie – Anglers are starting to find Crappie scattered thru out the Dunes. To target

these slabs, work your boat through dunes looking for areas with heavy cover. Once

located throw 2” swim baits along the cover to entice a bite.

The current water level on the Potholes Reservoir is 1045.19 feet – Rising 0.58 feet this

past week. Water temperatures range from 46 to 52 degrees depending where you are

on the Reservoir. As always for more info or help choosing tackle, stop into our fully

stocked tackle shop. We also carry ammo, boating and hunting accessories and are

open 7 days a week all year or call the MarDon Resort Tackle store for current

conditions and fishing information at 509-346-2651

Picture: Wyatt Harmon from Yakima hold his 14lbs Channel Cat