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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam Fishing Reports

By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/9/2011
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Made the drive to the Columbia just had to take a shot at sturgeon fishing. Launched at Wind Rver and fished the mouth for three hours and would move every half hour or so. No sturgeon just a 6lb su...
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By: Toni
Posted: 1/30/2011
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I was invited to go fishing today. It was a series of firsts. First time fishing this year. First time fishing the Columbia river. First time fishing for sturgeon. First time this year to get skunked...
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Posted: 9/28/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Another day in front of the White River on the Columbia river. This time Aaron and I trolled with a guide, Herb, from Ed Iman's Fish Camp. We started the day using chartruese kwik fish wrapped with sa...
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Posted: 9/28/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got to fish for chinook outside the entrance of the White River with Aaron, Ryan, and Steve Leonard of Steve's Guided Adventures. Perfect conditions, a bit of a breeze which settled down in short orde...
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Posted: 6/1/2010
Species: Shad
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My Father and I have always loved catchign shad at the Bonneville Dam. Some years we drove all the way from Tacoma and caught nothing. The hardest part was getting there at the right time when the m...
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By: SsendaM
Posted: 2/22/2010
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
From recent reports at this pool we did'nt do so well but I'm no longer a sturgeon virgin and came home alive so I can't complain. Fished by "the dip" in front of White Salmon River mainly. Most were...
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By: Jacob
Posted: 2/12/2010
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Took the bass boat down to the columbia with a couple friends to try out some new stuff we learned from the guide. The weather was horrible, rain and wind that was way higher than what was predicted o...
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By: Jacob
Posted: 2/9/2010
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Took my little sister and a buddy out with a guide for some sturgeon action. fished from 8 to around 12 in one hole and caught upwards of 70 fish between the three of us, the smallest being about the ...
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Posted: 9/21/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We started out from Drano Lake at approximately 8 a.m.. We left the lake for the Columbia River and the wind was absolutely horrible, as was expected. We anchored just outside the entrance to Drano La...
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Posted: 5/20/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Drano Lake Saturday the 16th and did very well. Went 15 for 15, didn't loose a fish. Caught 4 adults and the rest were perfect 5-7 lb jacks. Caught mostly on trolled prawn spinners, herring and...
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By: bigbads10
Posted: 5/16/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/16/2009
Hot Spots: 0
fished drano friday and saturday for salmon and had no luck. my dad did catch a 42 plus sturgeon trolling a herring and that was really fun. had fun with fam and 8 month old daughter. got some great p...
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Posted: 9/29/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well me and my brother woke up at 4 on Saturday and drove to the Bonneville dam from the Vancouver area. We started out near the fish ladder fishing with sand shrimp on the bottom. Than we moved farth...
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Posted: 9/15/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/15/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I got to fish with Louis McMinds of EZMarine and angler Tim Garrard on the Columbia river just below the dam. We anchored in 70 feet of water and used fresh salmon belly carcasses as our bait. The bit...
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Posted: 9/9/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Met 2 friends and fished for Chinook on Sunday (7th) and Monday (8th). The hot bite was on at dawn and dusk. Statistics are as follows: Sunday in the a.m.: 1st fish - 20 lb chinook, (chrome) hook...
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