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05 - I5 Bridge to Bonneville Dam Fishing Reports

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Posted: 9/17/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fished all day Saturday and half day on Sunday on the waters around Camas. We jigged, pulled spinners, crank baits and fished blade baits. Only managed 6 smallmouth and 2 pike minnows. Fished 35 ft ...
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Posted: 5/27/2015
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went out fishing in the new Grady White , had to test it out for a bit. but I knew I had to get our lines wet, so with some searching, found about a 80ft hole west of Hayden island. CATCH AND RELEASE....
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Posted: 6/23/2020
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/20/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to the Columbia with some friends this weekend while the Shad fishing was really hot! Bank fished for sturgeon right above the dam, and managed to hook about 10 but only landed 3 really smal...
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By: 3D
Posted: 3/7/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/7/2008
Hot Spots: 0
After a long drive we started fishing around 7:30 am. 5 guys 15 lb smelt, some sand shrimp, and worms for the goombas on the boat. this was a spot i had fished many times before. i was counting on a u...
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By: zbo
Posted: 3/30/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I went back to my spot to see if I could hook another sturgeon....... I was always talking to my brother or not paying attention and then I would notice my rod bouncing so I would run over and it woul...
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By: zbo
Posted: 4/1/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/1/2008
Hot Spots: 0
So I went to my spot AGAIN! This time I was armed with my new rod and sturgeon fishing knowledge....... things started out slowly, but then after about an hour I got a nice bite so I set the hook a...
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By: zbo
Posted: 4/2/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
same as yesterday, only 2 suckers this time and I lost a sturgeon about 10 feet from shore. (pics are from yesterday) one with sturgeon is Melila, other is me.
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By: zbo
Posted: 4/4/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went out again with my friend Melila, got about 20 minutes of fishing in and he caught a shaker. Then it began to feel like a hurricane so we left.
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Posted: 4/5/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
well i got out there about 12 pm and settled in and casted and about 30 minutes into a sheriff pulls up and nails 2 guys for no license's and shortly after they left my 15' surf pool went nuts and i h...
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By: zbo
Posted: 5/14/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/14/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Wintler Park this evening at about 7. I didn't get anything except one bite while fishing with a worm on the bottom. There was lots of fish jumping that were small so I decided to put on my ...
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Posted: 6/30/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/27/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went out today with Lyndon and tried our luck for Sturgeon. Decided to try an old shad I had saved for the last past year and use it as bait. Within a few minutes, Lyndon had caught his first Sturgeo...
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Posted: 7/5/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
collective report from two outings. fishing the columbia river right below the I-5 bridge in my boat for sturgeon. we used sandshrimp and shad with the sandshrimp getting all the action. we have ...
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By: potato192
Posted: 3/16/2009
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/16/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Drove down to the bonneville for some sturgeon action. There were a few other fisherman fishing from the bank. No luck beautiful day no less.
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Posted: 7/19/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/19/2009
Hot Spots: 0
my grandpa my uncle and i went out on the columbia today. We got on the water at about 3:30 and started fishing at about 5. it started slow but soon started to pick up we had a couple strikes and the ...
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Posted: 6/6/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well....another spot....another disappointment. I threw EVER spinbait(green/White/light blue, Black/speckled blue, Black, watermelon) I had. nothing. So...I think I was there at the wrong time of day....
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Posted: 8/30/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I had read many encouraging reports on fishing the Columbia for Smallmouth Bass so I decided to give it a try. I chose to fish along the shore to the right of Beacon Rock State Park Boat Launch. I fis...
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By: zbo
Posted: 7/30/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Wintler and caught a nice 1.5 pound smallmouth, and my friend caught a small sturgeon maybe 25 inches or so, and a 2 pound smallie. Just used worms on the bottom about 30 yards from shore. Fis...
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Posted: 6/3/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with my cousin to try some Smallie fishing this afternoon. Started getting bites all over the place. Caught my first smallie around 5mins into fishing. Then about an hour later, I hook and la...
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Posted: 6/4/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went in search of Squaw-fish, but ended up switching over to smallmouth later today. Weather seemed nice, but for some reason...I was getting fewer bites than my previous trips. I'll be back soon. I w...
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Posted: 6/7/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/7/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went back to fish for Smallmouth today around 8 this morning. Tried using plastic worms with a drop-shot for about 1hr but didn't seem to get more than a nibble. So I went back to my usual hook and wo...
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Posted: 6/8/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went out today around 11:30. Weather was extremely nice and the water actually seemed a little shallower. decided to try out a new spot and give a couple new products a try. Got some good info from so...
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By: colton
Posted: 5/4/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well I decided to try bass fishing for the first time this year. I caught one quality small-mouth on a spinner bait and that was it. I had a great time though. I was pretty surprised i actually caught...
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By: colton
Posted: 11/8/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/8/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went of to the Columbia River for some Small-mouth bass fishing a while back. we did pretty well with 6 fish being caught. It was pretty fun
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Posted: 6/27/2011
Species: Shad
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
This is the fourth attempt at shad fishing. I always hear about how easy it is to shad fish. It might be easy in the sense that they hook themselves, but learning how to fish in the rocks is a differe...
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Posted: 5/19/2014
Species: Shad
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I was down in portland area for the weekend, I decided to try my luck shad fishing for my first time. Was fishing below bonneville dam with shad darts and jig heads. Fishing was really slow, some peop...
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