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By: MGTom
Posted: 2/7/2020
Species: Other
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/7/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Trico or midge? Ha Ha. Mill creek's closed anyway but here's one of our bucolic little streams in full rage. They are diverting water to Bennington Lake and evacuating upstream, so far everyone is OK....
By: MGTom
Posted: 2/2/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/2/2020
Hot Spots: 1
Super day fishing at Blue lake once we figured out what the fish wanted. We started out with spoons and spinners, and tried them at different points in the day with no luck. My son also tried worms un...
By: MGTom
Posted: 1/25/2020
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/25/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Went to WDFW area on the lower river for about 3 hr and fished the spot just above the old RR at Zangar before we had other commitments. Flow was up at about 1200 cfs and water was 44 degrees. Past PI...
By: MGTom
Posted: 1/20/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/20/2020
Hot Spots: 1
Wow. I'd give today 5 stars except I went looking for steelhead but didn't find any. I did have a surprisingly good day of trout fishing today. I fished at the Mead Ranch area on the opposite side of ...
By: MGTom
Posted: 1/2/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/2/2020
Hot Spots: 1
Tucannon Trifecta Today! Had enough football TV yesterday so went fishing today. Did some catch and release trout fishing in the Wooten Rec. Area from the hatchey bridge down to the Tucannon Road near...
By: MGTom
Posted: 12/31/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/31/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Dayton in Columbia County and fished the main stem of the Touchet River this morning between the highway 12 bridge and the confluence near 4th st.. The water is really low, about 75cfs. The te...
By: MGTom
Posted: 12/22/2019
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/22/2019
Hot Spots: 1
We spent a beautiful morning fishing the lower Walla Walla today. Having scouted it out last time we gave it a more serious effort today. The weather was great, mostly sunny, 45-50 degrees, no wind. T...
By: MGTom
Posted: 12/19/2019
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/19/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Went and fished several spots below the town of Touchet on the Walla Walla today with my son and his friend. We didn't see any fish but it turned out to be a really nice day of fishing, weather was pl...
By: MGTom
Posted: 12/15/2019
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/15/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to see what the Tucannon River was like today. Water is cool, low and clear. Flow about 90 cfs. Did not see or encounter any fish. Didn't even see any other fisherman on the whole lower stret...
By: MGTom
Posted: 11/23/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/23/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Went to get some fresh fish for dinner before the football game tonight. Having caught several largemouth lately started with a crawfish plug. Then I threw some spoons and spinners. No hits. The water...
By: MGTom
Posted: 11/16/2019
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/16/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I've been getting antsy waiting for the rain to bring the steelhead in so I decided to hit the reservoir. Set out to target trout but couldn't get them to hit. They were jumping in the middle and I co...
By: MGTom
Posted: 10/9/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/9/2019
Hot Spots: 0
After 5 fishless trips to McNary this fall we were beginning to think the boat was jinxed. This trip took all the sink off, or put some on! My son and I pulled out of the launch by the museum about 7:...
By: MGTom
Posted: 9/21/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/21/2019
Hot Spots: 0
This is more FYI than fishing. Fished at Wallula along the railroad this morning. This is trespassing, and I shouldn't of been there. I met the UP Railroad Police today. He told me that if you walk ac...
By: MGTom
Posted: 9/11/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/11/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Left out of Umatilla at 6:30 and fished until 11:00. No fish caught, however today seemed more fishy than last week. We marked fish in a couple spots, saw some surface activity from the salmonoids, an...
By: MGTom
Posted: 9/5/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/5/2019
Hot Spots: 0
What a disappointment. Had been watching the numbers come up so we thought we would give it a go, and had high hopes of salmon for dinner. The Umatilla launch is only about 55 minutes from Walla Walla...
By: MGTom
Posted: 8/21/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/21/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Fished out of Lyons Ferry this morning. Found lots of bass and a few perch in various spots. Today we found the fish to be in the deeper water, about the 10-15' mark, with some up to 20' deep. All nea...
By: MGTom
Posted: 8/15/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/15/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Fished out of Charbonneau Park for a couple hours with my son and granddaughter today. Went looking for those smallish ones because they provide the constant action for the little ones, Todays ticket ...
By: MGTom
Posted: 8/7/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/7/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Set out from Lyons ferry at 8:00, targeting walleye, with no action. A little late but tried a couple hours anyway. Bottom bounced 1/2 of Mack's inventory. Worked from the grain silos to just below te...
By: MGTom
Posted: 8/3/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/3/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful morning on the lake. Fished from 6:30 - 8:00. Although the water is a bit warm, we found the fish we caught the other day to be quite firm and tasty, so we went back for more. The largest ca...
By: MGTom
Posted: 8/1/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/1/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Haven't been able to get out all summer, had a bad case of shingles then watched the grandkids while our newest one came into the world. Went out to the lake with my wife for a little while, what a be...
By: MGTom
Posted: 6/19/2019
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Went with my son, daughter in-law and grandson to fish for shad below ice harbor dam today in his new thunder jet. We caught a few, kind of slow, but as none of us had done this before we were pleased...
By: MGTom
Posted: 6/16/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/16/2019
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I went back to Bennington today. Fished 7:30 to 8:30 with a limit. Again fished 1/2 a crawler 5.5' deep below a slipflot. Fat 10-12" stockers, with the big ones having white meat vs the no...
By: MGTom
Posted: 6/15/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/15/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 7:;30 until 9:00. Caught 9 nice fat stockers 10-11". Fished 1/2 a night crawler on a size 8 baitholder hook 4' below a slip float, and lowered down to 6' by 9:30. Constant action. We were ...
By: MGTom
Posted: 5/27/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Made the 10 minute drive from town up to the lake with my wife this morning. Fished from 9:30-12:00 and caught 5. Early was better, last 45 min slow. Some people were leaving when we got there, and ha...
By: MGTom
Posted: 5/5/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/5/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Saw the hatchery truck head up the road Thursday so the wife and I went to see if we could get some dinner. The lake was still 5-6ft above normal elevation and quite off color due to the spring floods...
