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05 - I5 Bridge to Bonneville Dam Fishing Reports
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By: Dillpepsi123
Posted: 5/16/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well i got to wintler park about 3 o clock. I went to the spot over by the houses just like zbo had talked about and i caught one 8 pound carp. Fun fight !!! I used a barbless hook so he was cleanly r...
By: lskiles
Posted: 5/17/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/17/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Wintler Park about 8:00 this morning and fished until 11:00.
There was a guy who had been there since about 7:30 and he had three or four fish on his stringer but he did not know what the...
By: zbo
Posted: 3/16/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
well i went to the columbia river today to try and catch some sucker fish because i love pulling those in for some reason...... i did not however catch any suckers. i was using worms and i had a 3 hol...
By: Pat Campbell
Posted: 5/17/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2007
Hot Spots: 0
As the shad numbers are going up, we thought we might be able to catch one or two just below Bonneville Dam. Instead we caught one after another with some being good size. My son released one small ...
By: Pat Campbell
Posted: 6/4/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Continuing to fish below Bonneville Dam for shad. Most everything jig-wise works. Try letting the smaller sized jigs drift in the areas of counter currents. When the line suddenly tightens up - win...
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 6/19/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/19/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I went shad fishing for my first time from 7:30 to 9:30 pm. I used red and green shad darts, jig heads, and small spoons. Shad fishing isn't as idiot-proof as I had hoped. The first half an hour I was...
By: Fisherman_max
Posted: 7/31/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
went to a supposed honey hole for northern pike minnow right past the bonneville dam with my step brother and my uncle the night of the 30th. my uncle had heard from a friend that the pike minnow are ...
By: Rippasher06
Posted: 8/24/2009
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the river with the kids and my dad. Decided to throw in my line. Fished six hours with hook and bait but all I did was snaggn' rocks with the gear I had. ran out except one I was savn' for ...
By: jechicdr
Posted: 6/18/2018
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/18/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Shad were hitting well below Bonneville Dam. I probably could have hit 100 fish had I not been retying and casting for my kids. They had a blast catching 2-5 lb Shad. Chartreuse was best color but ...
By: san
Posted: 6/18/2017
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing for Shad. It was raining and a little windy the whole time. Forgot my boots, so my feet were soaked.
Treacherous decent down the wet rocks. Still learning how to catch'em. Lost so...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 5/21/2021
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Only 2000 to 3000 shad going over the dam daily but thought I'd give it a shot. Fishing started out slow in the morning with low flows but got better as the current picked up later in the day. By 1 PM...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 6/9/2021
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2021
Hot Spots: 0
So I decided to head to Bonneville for the first time to fish for American shad with my friend Warren. We arrived around 5:45 in the morning to meet 100-200 of our closest friends. I noticed that peop...
By: brianmonticello
Posted: 6/24/2021
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/24/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Drove down to the dam from Seattle, and boy was it worth it! Fish almost every single cast. I decided to film a little challenge where I put the Shad dart up against a crappie jig to see which could c...
By: igotfishon
Posted: 6/12/2022
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Finally, made the annual trip to Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River to target Shad in the middle of the month of June. I fished on the Washington State side below Bonneville Dam. The weather was not...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 7/8/2022
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/21/2022
Hot Spots: 0
I headed down to Bonneville for some American shad fishing. The fishing was lights out, non-stop action. 1/16th ounce Chartreuse crappie jig heads got it done. Shad fishing is so much fun! Tight lines...
By: igotfishon
Posted: 6/22/2023
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/15/2023
Hot Spots: 0
With the Shad run at its peak, I took a trip to Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River to fish. I fished on the Washington State shoreline.
See video below:
By: brianmonticello
Posted: 6/9/2020
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/5/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Pretty fun weekend at the bonneville dam! Was my first year going out for shad, and I had learned some lessons (snagging constantly) the hard way, but overall caught a lot of shad and had a lot of fun...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 4/9/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Well my 2018 Lower River Springer Season is in the books! We fished the Portland area from April 2-6th, catching fish every day! The fishing was a bit tougher than in past years due to the fish comi...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 3/28/2021
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/28/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Early Spring Chinook fishing will test even the most seasoned veteran! The run seems to be late this year and fish are just now starting show up in decent numbers. We fished the Portland area from ...
Posted: 9/10/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/10/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We had a great morning with lots of bites and a quick limit. I was running vip and hildebrandt 3.5 spinners in pink and green behind pro troll flashers. The leader length has been best at 36 inches an...
Posted: 8/27/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/27/2019
Hot Spots: 1
We fished today right below Bonneville dam. It was s consistent morning averaging a bite an hour yielding a limit of nice kings for my customers. We trolled using pro troll flashers and 3.5 spinners. ...
By: REELTIMEGS
Posted: 6/26/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We have been averaging 10 to 15 hook ups per day mostly Summer Chinook with some Steelhead mixed in when targeting the Chinook we have been fishing the I5 area of Portland trolling herring with lead d...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 4/20/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/20/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I just wanted to give a quick update on the Spring Chinook season below Bonneville Dam. This weekend is the last opportunity to fish for Springers in the Columbia below Bonneville Dam, and as of this...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 4/25/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Munden's Rising Son Adventures finished the Lower Columbia Spring Salmon season with a bang! In two days of fishing we were able to battle 13 fish and put 8 in the box! A few wild releases and a few...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/14/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Aaron and I are at Ed Iman's "Fish Camp 2015" where we get to see new products from outdoor recreational companies and fish the mighty Columbia. It's a fun event we've participated in for several year...
