Greg: Roosevelt - 4/13/23

My first open water trip of the season was Thursday. I launched out of Seven Bays with a lake elevation on Roosevelt of 1240 feet. Porcupine and Ft Spokane were high and dry. There were only 6 boat trailers in the parking lot, and I saw very few anglers fishing. The bite was slow and finding keeper sized walleyes was difficult for me. I ended the day catching 14 walleyes, but only 3 were worth keeping (15, 16, and 18 inches). The rest of the fish I caught were in the 10 to 12 inch range. The water temperature in the Spokane Arm was as high as 47 degrees and stained. Above Porcupine Bay, visibility was 2 feet or less. On the main lake, the water temperature was 42 degrees with water clarity of 6 feet or more. Air temp was about 50 degrees in the afternoon with partly cloudy skies and a 10 mph wind from the southwest.