Nine mile boat launch?

[fishindaddy]

Does anyone know if there is anyplace on nine mile to launch a small aluminum boat where you can actually back the boat down into the water?
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[ocean]

There was but with the high water it might be hard to get to.Fuzzyfisher would be the one to know.Also it gets really muddy in there with the melting snow and you can get stuck very easily.Maybe fuzzy will chime in and give you updated info.I know he ice fishes it.
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[mrs.pikeman]

I'm not the fuzz but I'll chime in. There is two places that's possible to launch a boat. One is just inside the gate and up over the dike to your right. This one is a little tougher to launch because you are coming off the dike with not much gravel. Lot's of clay. The best one is to hang a left inside the gate. Travel south west along the bottom of the dike until the road you are on comes to the dam. As soon as you are at the top of the hill the boat ramp is to your right. Lot's of gravel. You might need a 4x4 depending on how heavy your boat is. Or where the water level is. Just remember once off the dike there is alot of sticky clay. But it can be done. I'm gonna miss 9-mile. My biggest to date out of 9-mile is 9 pounds. Rainbow. Good Luck. Pikeman GO FISH P.S. if your asking there is no cement boat ramp.
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[ocean]

You really caught a bow that big there?I didnt know they had many fish in there.Gonna have to try it in my toon this summer.
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[mrs.pikeman]

YEP 9 POUNDS AND ABOUT 4 OUNCES TO BE EXACT. I HAVE ALSO CAUGHT AN 8 AND A HANDFUL OF 6 POUNDERS. ABOUT 18 YEARS AGO. CAUGHT THEM IN THE CHANNEL. TROLLING FLAT FISH. THOSE WERE THE DAYS. I HAVE ALSO WATCHED A GUY FROM THE BANK CATCH 2 CAT FISH ONE WAS 21 POUNDS AND THE OTHER WAS 32 POUNDS. I SUSPECT THE CAT FISH CAME OUT OF GUNNISON RES. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF STERLING. FROM THE BUCKET BIOLOGISTS. PIKEMAN GO FISH
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[fuzzyfisher]

hey pikeman that's a nice fish out of 9 mile.. i to have cough a 9 lbs rainbow out of there.. but my fish was cought in the late 70's trolling.. it's a fun lake!!

the last time i was by 9 mile was 2 weeks ago.. i got to come home for 3 day's so took 1 of them 3 days to take me boy's down to redmond and hit some pike!! looking at 9 mile as i went by looked to me like is was full or near full... looking like a good water year again this year!!
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[Kent]

Hey Ron, did you happen to find any Pike in Redmond? It has been slim pickens down there for the past few years.
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[fuzzyfisher]

yeah with the 4 of us fishing we cought 3 fish.. and missed about 5 other good takes... 2 of the fish were around 1 lb.. the other was about 4 lbs. nothing of any size but for a quick run of fishing for me and my boy's not to bad..
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[fishindaddy]

Thanks for the information. I ended up just going without the boat on saturday, and took the hole family. We tried off the dike for a few hours with no bites. I think from what I've seen that the north end has more vegetation and probably more fish. Anyway, I did end up catching one spawning male rainbow that I could see from shore off the east dike, he was 22 inches and I released him, but he was fun to catch. It looks like there are still some decent size fish in there. Now that I know where the better boat dock is I'll take the boat next time.
Does anyone know how long those rainbows spawn before they get back to their regular routine?
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