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By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/9/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Okay, I know this is a year old but had to post this as we are going out again tomorrow to try our luck on the Columbia for some early Springer action. We were on Ron's boat from a guide service and ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/23/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
wow slow start in morning not single fish must been three hundred boats and that know joke.then 9am boat front me gets one and land it small fish. then two min later bam rod gos nuts fish on put up go...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/27/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I am now 0 for 2 on springers but you can't catch 'em if your aren't fishing for 'em! Met the boys at the Red Lion at the Quay boat ramp at 7am and was met with a stiff south wind in our faces. We s...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 4/2/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/31/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Report Date 4/2/14
This past week we spent some time on the Lower Columbia targeting Spring Chinook in the I5 Bridge area. We primarily trolled herring and Fish Flash flashers by Yakima Bait Company...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 3/29/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
We spent yesterday getting the boat and slip all set to go, and took a few passes to make sure the boat and gear were ready to go. Today was our first full day chasing spring chinook for the season a...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 4/6/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/5/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing for me has been very good over the past week in the Portland area around Interstate 5. I have had boat limits or near limits every day for the past week. This upcoming week should continue t...
By: BARCHASER10
Posted: 4/25/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Yeah I know the C is closed for Springers. We fished the Willamette. I posted this as a C report since if I posted as a Willy report it would go under Oregon not Washington.
Fished Wed, Thurs and...
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...
By: tyee4me
Posted: 3/27/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We stayed at Red Lion Inn at on the River Jantzen Beach. This is a great location Our guide picked us up at the Hotel Dock which was 150ft from our room. We started to fish at 7am fishing next to I-5...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 3/28/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing is really starting to pick up down here in the Portland area for Spring Chinook. A fellow guide buddy and I snuck out for a little fun fishing this morning and we're handsomely rewarded with a...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 4/6/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We had another fantastic day on the Columbia River out of Portland today. I had 3 great customers and we managed to pick up 4 chrome spring chinook and we ended our day with a boat limit. We are still...
Posted: 4/16/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Got this pair on the I-5- 205 troll..had 2 others to the boat on 4 passes..hope we get another crack at them this year.
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...
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: 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 ...
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: Anonymous
Posted: 9/22/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/21/2007
Hot Spots: 0
With the Chinook Salmon season closed on the Columbia, and the Coho's are not in on my favorite river. I decided on doing some Sturgeon fishing while the season is still open. I brought along my fri...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/22/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/19/2007
Hot Spots: 0
On Friday my friend Grant and I decided to try some sturgeon fishing. With a break in the weather that day we ventured out in the morning. There were whitecaps on the Columbia and the wind was blowi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/17/2008
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
First trip of the year on the "Big C"! My buddy Grant and I did a little sturgeon fishing this morning. Weather was 35 and foggy. Water temperature was 38.8 degrees at the surface. Overall a good ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/15/2008
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Did the spring fever rush on the Columbia this morning. About 5 minutes into our run we had a take down. Unfortunately we lost the fish at the motor. After so jockeying around about a half hour lat...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/21/2008
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/19/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Another day on the Columbia for Springers. We had one take down and had one on and lost it. I forgot to set the hook. Otherwise a cold morning. I hope tomorrow's weather will be better.
Tight l...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/21/2008
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/20/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well went on on the final day of Spring Chinook season on the Columbia. We saw some fish caught and we were able to land two one 23 pound hen and one 12-15 native and was quickly released. Had to ca...
