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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam Fishing Reports
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By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/15/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/15/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I got to fish with Louis McMinds of EZMarine and angler Tim Garrard on the Columbia river just below the dam. We anchored in 70 feet of water and used fresh salmon belly carcasses as our bait. The bit...
By: Dillpepsi123
Posted: 9/29/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well me and my brother woke up at 4 on Saturday and drove to the Bonneville dam from the Vancouver area. We started out near the fish ladder fishing with sand shrimp on the bottom. Than we moved farth...
By: Jacob
Posted: 2/9/2010
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Took my little sister and a buddy out with a guide for some sturgeon action. fished from 8 to around 12 in one hole and caught upwards of 70 fish between the three of us, the smallest being about the ...
By: Jacob
Posted: 2/12/2010
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Took the bass boat down to the columbia with a couple friends to try out some new stuff we learned from the guide. The weather was horrible, rain and wind that was way higher than what was predicted o...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 2/22/2010
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
From recent reports at this pool we did'nt do so well but I'm no longer a sturgeon virgin and came home alive so I can't complain. Fished by "the dip" in front of White Salmon River mainly. Most were...
By: Toni
Posted: 1/30/2011
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I was invited to go fishing today. It was a series of firsts. First time fishing this year. First time fishing the Columbia river. First time fishing for sturgeon. First time this year to get skunked...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/9/2011
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Made the drive to the Columbia just had to take a shot at sturgeon fishing. Launched at Wind Rver and fished the mouth for three hours and would move every half hour or so. No sturgeon just a 6lb su...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/13/2011
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the bonneville pool to play with the sturgeon looking for an oversize, weather was nice the bite a little slow caught and released 3 little guys up to 20 pounds. Didn't see many boats. Wat...
By: Trent
Posted: 1/14/2013
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Enjoyed a beautiful day on the Columbia Saturday fishing with my great friend Mike and my brother Toby. Fishing wasn't red hot, and no keepers for us, but a few fish were liking the squid soaked in my...
By: Ganno
Posted: 6/16/2013
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Nice day on the water fishing with a guide that worked hard to put us on fish fished from seven AM to seven Pm At times the action was fast but the keepers were few and far and when the bite slowed do...
By: Ed J
Posted: 1/23/2016
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/20/2016
Hot Spots: 0
It was a good day on the boat, could not have asked for a better day weather wise
also got to pop someones cherry with their first sturgeon but I'm not going to say who's.
The only thing to make th...
Posted: 7/26/2017
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/1/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Angler Innovations, Inc is the western distributor of Maruto Hooks of Japan. This week we received a field report from one of our fishing guide partners who writes:
"Columbia River, dead bait on...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 7/10/2019
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/7/2019
Hot Spots: 0
We were able to fish the Bonneville Pool for oversize sturgeon this last weekend! Now is a great time to target these big fish. You can expect to catch some of the biggest fish of your lives this ti...
Posted: 7/30/2018
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/30/2018
Hot Spots: 1
With having 2 boats gives us the luxury of fishing multiple fisheries. My other boat fished summer Steelhead out of Drano lake area today and had a ton of success! He reported 18 landed and 3 limits.
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Posted: 8/13/2018
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/11/2018
Hot Spots: 1
The Chinook bite really slowed down this weekend. So we switched over to just steelhead on Saturday in one of the boats and had a fantastic day on with 14 fish to the boat. The best technique was bobb...
By: DeafHeadFisher85
Posted: 8/21/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Drano lake to fish for a couple days. The wind kept it interesting so patience was tried often. I had cured up some coonstripe shrimp last year but not much good came out of it so I grabbed a ...
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 9/1/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/31/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I got a chance to hook up with my best friend and brother Roger Mineard aka "Pacbassman" of Yakima to head down and do some Labor day weekend steelhead fishing. It's been a tough year for me for steel...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/23/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Our first day of fishing at Ed Iman's yearly "Fish Camp", a gathering for guides, outdoor product reps, and writers. Aaron and I fished with Nolan Morgan, an Oregon tournament bass angler. Nolan knows...
Posted: 6/1/2010
Species: Shad
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My Father and I have always loved catchign shad at the Bonneville Dam. Some years we drove all the way from Tacoma and caught nothing. The hardest part was getting there at the right time when the m...
By: Westside Angler
Posted: 6/7/2014
Species: Shad
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
1st trip to Bonneville this year - fished from 7am - 2pm down the rocks at the "Combat Zone". No issues with the folks other than some late arrivals trying to pry their way in on some tight spots.
A...
By: Westside Angler
Posted: 6/15/2014
Species: Shad
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 6 -10am, approx. 100 yards down from the Dam, the crowd was not too bad - plenty of space to fish, weather was windy at times w/ a little drizzle here & there, ended up catching 20 and cal...
By: Westside Angler
Posted: 6/19/2014
Species: Shad
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/19/2014
Hot Spots: 0
*** SOMEONE LEFT A NICE ROD&REEL SETUP AT PARKING *** (found near empty parking area near Dam with lots of moistures - so must have been from Wednesday/ the day before). If you see this message an...
By: N E 1 FISSION
Posted: 6/15/2013
Species: Shad
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Left Seattle @ 0230, arrived around 0630, crowded by the dam, found a nice spot not far from the portapot. Went with brother and nephew, first time fishing for nephew. (21 yo) Brother got 28 the week ...
By: fetchitup7
Posted: 9/9/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Met 2 friends and fished for Chinook on Sunday (7th) and Monday (8th). The hot bite was on at dawn and dusk. Statistics are as follows:
Sunday in the a.m.:
1st fish - 20 lb chinook, (chrome) hook...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 8/22/2018
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/18/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Fall Chinook are starting to enter the mid Columbia! We fished the Columbia Gorge and were able to get several Kings to the boat and keep some really nice fish! As the fish start moving up river, pass...
