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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam Fishing Reports

06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: kurtkettel
Posted: 5/12/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Drove down Monday morning to Drano--arrived at 10am; lake was full of boats. Wind was howling steady 20 out of the west..made trolling tough. Actually pretty good action as someone somewhere was fig...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: Ed J
Posted: 1/23/2016
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/20/2016
Hot Spots: 0
It was a good day on the boat, could not have asked for a better day weather wise also got to pop someones cherry with their first sturgeon but I'm not going to say who's. The only thing to make th...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/15/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
It was another great day in the Pacific Northwest fishing the Columbia River. Today Aaron and I again joined guide Bruce Warren (www.FishingForFunGuideservice.com) and fished outside the mouth of the ...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 9/1/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/31/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Drano Lake was very good this weekend! We picked up 7 great, up river bright, Chinook on Saturday and 12 on Sunday - averaging about a 50% bite to catch ratio. Using super baits (in Tamali and Mtn Dew...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: DeafHeadFisher85
Posted: 8/21/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Drano lake to fish for a couple days. The wind kept it interesting so patience was tried often. I had cured up some coonstripe shrimp last year but not much good came out of it so I grabbed a ...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: Westside Angler
Posted: 6/19/2014
Species: Shad
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/19/2014
Hot Spots: 0
*** SOMEONE LEFT A NICE ROD&REEL SETUP AT PARKING *** (found near empty parking area near Dam with lots of moistures - so must have been from Wednesday/ the day before). If you see this message an...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: Westside Angler
Posted: 6/15/2014
Species: Shad
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 6 -10am, approx. 100 yards down from the Dam, the crowd was not too bad - plenty of space to fish, weather was windy at times w/ a little drizzle here & there, ended up catching 20 and cal...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: Westside Angler
Posted: 6/7/2014
Species: Shad
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
1st trip to Bonneville this year - fished from 7am - 2pm down the rocks at the "Combat Zone". No issues with the folks other than some late arrivals trying to pry their way in on some tight spots. A...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 5/9/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Report Date: 5/9/14 I just returned home yesterday from the Columbia River Gorge after spending two weeks fishing in the Wind River and Drano Lake Fisheries. We had a mix of fantastic days, slow ...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: coxcrete
Posted: 5/5/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
approx. 100 boats on the wind river only seen 1 caught.
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: allanwalker
Posted: 5/5/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Spent Saturday and Sunday on the water at Wind River and after 13 hours of fishing 2 guys in the boat and three lines out zero fish to show for the effort. Threw everything we had at the fished shall...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 4/30/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I did some spring Chinook fishing off the mouth of the wind river. We started the morning pulling fish flash with cut plug herring on 2 rods, a 4.5 maglip and a 3.5 maglip (payday) (cowgirl) were the...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: Aaron
Posted: 9/20/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I had the pleasure of fishing with some great people at the mouth of the Deschutes on the Columbia River this week. We were targeting the Chinook, and the fishing was on fire! Bruce Warren of Fishi...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/19/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Our last day of Fish Camp and one more shot at Columbia Fall Chinook. Where else but at the mouth of the Deschuetes river. Aaron and I are again fishing with Bruce Warren of Fishing For Fun Guide Serv...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/18/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Another fun day on the water! Fishing with guide "Walleye Willie" (http://walleyewillie.com/, 541-993-7335) off the mouth of the Deschuetes River on the Columbia. We used standard hover techniques wit...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/17/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Ed Iman's Fish Camp 2013! Aaron and I are in Merryhill, WA at the Columbia river for this year's Fish Camp 2013, put on by guide Ed Iman ((503) 658-3753). This is a yearly gathering put on by Ed Im...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: wishing4walleye
Posted: 8/31/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/31/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I had an awesome chance to take my Mom and Dad for some Fall chinook salmon fishing on drano lake. My Dad got knee replacement over the summer and has been couped up all summer long, and he finally wa...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: Ganno
Posted: 6/16/2013
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Nice day on the water fishing with a guide that worked hard to put us on fish fished from seven AM to seven Pm At times the action was fast but the keepers were few and far and when the bite slowed do...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: N E 1 FISSION
Posted: 6/15/2013
Species: Shad
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Left Seattle @ 0230, arrived around 0630, crowded by the dam, found a nice spot not far from the portapot. Went with brother and nephew, first time fishing for nephew. (21 yo) Brother got 28 the week ...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: SilverSlayer
Posted: 5/6/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Drano Lake from the bank on Sunday. Started out plunking in the columbia and hooked a Sturgeon on a roe bag/plunking set up. After a nice fight I C&R'd the little monster. Figured it was tim...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: Trent
Posted: 1/14/2013
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Enjoyed a beautiful day on the Columbia Saturday fishing with my great friend Mike and my brother Toby. Fishing wasn't red hot, and no keepers for us, but a few fish were liking the squid soaked in my...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: The Jigmiester
Posted: 9/1/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/31/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I got a chance to hook up with my best friend and brother Roger Mineard aka "Pacbassman" of Yakima to head down and do some Labor day weekend steelhead fishing. It's been a tough year for me for steel...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/24/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Ed Iman’s Fish Camp 2011 was winding down for Aaron and me with a two day salmon-fest at the mouth of the White Salmon River on the Columbia River. This location can consistently put out lots of salmo...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/23/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Our first day of fishing at Ed Iman's yearly "Fish Camp", a gathering for guides, outdoor product reps, and writers. Aaron and I fished with Nolan Morgan, an Oregon tournament bass angler. Nolan knows...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/13/2011
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the bonneville pool to play with the sturgeon looking for an oversize, weather was nice the bite a little slow caught and released 3 little guys up to 20 pounds. Didn't see many boats. Wat...
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