Northwest Fishing

MarDon Resort Fresh News – May 14th, 2025

Feeling Lucky? Want a chance at winning a Brand-new Skeeter Bass Boat? Well, the Nixon’s Marine 2025 Big Bass tournament held on May 17th is your chance. This tournament offers hourly pay-outs for big fish and each hour’s big fish winner gets a chance to win the Skeeter. Also, there will be additional prizes and drawing. This is one of the most popular and most fun tournaments of the season. Don’t miss out, sing up today.

Big, Big, Bluegill – Anglers are reporting larger than average Bluegill being found and caught in the dunes. One of these large Bluegill may be the new state record caught by Chad Halvorson, it weighed in at 2 pounds 6oz. Chad spotted this monster Bluegill while pre-fishing for the walleye tournament and caught it on a 2-inch swim bait. Anglers are also catching bluegill limits on jigs tipped with worms.

Walleye – Anglers are reporting good numbers of walleye being caught. Most anglers are trolling bottom bouncers with a Macks Slow Death rig or Wallypop worm harness in 10-12 FOW @ 0.9-1.1 mph along weed lines. If you’re not into trolling, you can throw jerkbaits or swimbaits targeting the same areas. With the water being this high the Walleye are spread throughout the reservoir.

Bass – Bass fishing remains very good. Anglers are reporting 50 plus fish afternoons. Most of these bass are in the 1-2 pound range with a few over 3lbs mixed in. Top water fishing is starting to pick up as well. For larger bass look for areas with good cover and fast escape routes in 8 to 10 feet of water. Try using Jigs tipped with a creature style bait, Punch Rigs, and Texas rigged 5 and 6 inch Senkos.

The current water level on the Potholes Reservoir is 1046.43 feet – Rising 0.72 feet this past week. Water temperatures range from 63 to 67 degrees depending on 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 ... See MoreSee Less