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Posted: 10/1/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/30/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Howard Amen Park at around 6:30 am. Picked up a couple Jacks in the first 30 minutes or so until sun up, and a few good hits but no hookups. Had no action on the river for about 3 hours an...
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Posted: 9/9/2007
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/9/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lower Yakima around 0800 hoping to do a little Salmon fishing now that its open. Ran a silver spoon on the top, hoping to mimic shad or small herring to no success. The sad thing was, I coul...
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By: Rainchild
Posted: 6/15/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/14/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Location was just before you get into the canyon a few miles down from the Rosa dam. Parked off the road and over the railroad tracks down the rocks and right at the bank. No luck what so ever but i...
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By: tluedeke
Posted: 6/5/2014
Species: Catfish
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/5/2014
Hot Spots: 1
After my major meltdown yesterday, I thought about the puzzle of handling heavy current and rocky/snaggy bottoms all day (I've never fished salmon/steelhead/whitefish in rivers, and have no idea how y...
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By: panfisher
Posted: 12/30/2013
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Gordy and I fish'd in the Yakima Canyon the first part of the day with 1 trout and no whitefish caught. We went to Harrison Bridge and even though this spot is heavily fish'd we managed 16 Whitefish u...
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Posted: 7/6/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went for 2 hours to a slough I knew of from the past. I call it 2 fish slough (no idea what it really is called) because 9 times out of ten that's what I catch there. It didn't disappoint. 2 Largem...
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By: tluedeke
Posted: 5/30/2013
Species: Catfish
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/25/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Took the boat out Saturday evening because many people had been telling me how fantastic the mouth of the Yakima was for channel cats. At first, I got a bit lost in the Yakima Delta, having turned in...
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By: MaxHedon
Posted: 7/2/2012
Species: Catfish
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the Yakima fishing for channel catfish. We were fishing out of Richland, using sucker meat on the bottom. My wife and I got nine total from 2 - 10 pounds. My wife also got a smallmouth...
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Posted: 5/6/2012
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Disregard the Benton county listing on this report. The Yakima river flows through a handfull of counties, and the website only lists it under Benton county. Anyways, not much to report... Spent so...
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Posted: 5/10/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
5/9/11 Guides day off - Rory Fished with my Dad and a buddy upriver and had a very fun day. Fishing was not easy, we had to work for our fish, but were rewarded generously when they were hooked. Of t...
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Posted: 5/17/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Yakima river is blown out......will keep you posted as conditions change. The Evening Hatch 5 Great Rivers, 2 Cool Lodges, 1 Little Fly Shop Guiding Anglers Since 1988 509.773.3460 Office -...
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Posted: 5/31/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/31/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We ran some trips this past week and had boats out this Memorial weekend. Great fishing and good catching were had on the upper river and in the farmlands. As of today the river is at just over 3000 c...
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Posted: 6/18/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
6/17/11 Man, our river looks, feels, and is currently fishing great! Golden stone adult patterns are turning fish in the afternoons on the right days, and nymphing select "summer like" zones is acc...
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Posted: 7/22/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Nymphing lately in the lower canyon has been good to great. Pat's stones, lightning bugs, king princes, and caddis pupa patterns have made the show lately. Today caddis fishing in select zones at dark...
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Posted: 11/28/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Day off, weather was looking somewhat better than previous days so i decided to make the trip out to the upper yakima off of the Bullfrog Rd exit. Outside temp was about 33-36 degrees at times, no win...
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Posted: 12/4/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/4/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Finally had my first float down the yakima river canyon today. thanks to the help and recommendations from the guys at Reds. no clue as to what i was really doing as i've never river floated before bu...
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Posted: 4/11/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
4/9/11 The week 'Blow Out' is slowly leveling out. We are definitely on track in the Upper River - Teanaway river and up - good to go. The Farmlands and the Lower Canyon are looking better daily ...
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Posted: 4/18/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Ringer road Mile Marker Twenty on the 17th with a couple of 'new to fly fishers'. Pretty windy and big water still, but overall solid fishing and catching. Hooked a dozen + in a short afternoon...
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Posted: 4/26/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
4/26/11 - Over the last 4 days the river has dropped and fished worthy. Nymphing has been the tactic. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, San Juan Worms and a Stonefly nymph have been the ...
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Posted: 5/5/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
5/5/11 - Fishing remains good - We have seen some bumps in water levels but nothing out of the ordinary! 5/1/11 - Guide Report - Above Cle Elum Pats stones, Bitterroot Skwalas, Golden Chubby Chern...
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Posted: 11/25/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/25/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to the Yakima today next to the KOA in Ellensburg. It was freezing about 25 degrees with no activity at all. Our line started to collect ice because of the temperature. Will go back next year...
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Posted: 3/27/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Yesterday, me and buddy Brian hit up the YaKima River for a little fly trip. The water was about 4-5 ft of visiblilty and a bit chilly. Sun was out in full force, but that damn wind bothered us all da...
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Posted: 4/4/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/29/2010
Hot Spots: 3
Aaron and I went out for a day trip with Keven Samuelson, a guide for The Evening Hatch Guide Service for a day of fishing and video shotting. As our luck would have it, a front moved in and the Seatt...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 4/5/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/29/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Keven Samuelson of The Evening Hatch Guide Service took Mike Carey and I for a day trip down the Yakima. The weather was somewhat miserable, but the fishing was fine! We caught fish off and on all day...
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Posted: 5/31/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/31/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Was my first sucessful fly fishing trip. started from the WDFW Boat Launch in S Cle Elum area along Hwy 970. Rained on and off but wasn't going to stop me from fishing. Started with nymphs, which i ha...
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