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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla) Fishing Reports

07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: fisherman92
Posted: 5/23/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went to maryhill camping for an extended weekend targeting smallmouth. We fished the Columbia the night of the 18th and afternoon of the 19th. 4 of us caught a hand full of bass 2 walleye which was a ...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/17/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
What a great weekend! I got my walleye fix, first at Scootney, and (for this report) the Columbia River. There’s nothing like fishing with good friends and meeting new friends. I was with my friends R...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 5/16/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/14/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Walleye fishing continues to be phenomenal on the Columbia River! I am fishing the John Day pool and getting solid action every day! Jigging and trolling worm harnesses has been the go to method for...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 4/27/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/27/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Today was a fantastic day of Columbia River Walleye Fishing! We boated a total of 76 fish for three anglers. All our fish were picked up between 18-35 FOW in slower moving current. Look for points an...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 4/20/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/20/2017
Hot Spots: 0
While we wait for the Columbia River Spring Chinook run to begin its migration over Bonneville Dam we decided to take advantage of the fantastic Walleye fishing the Columbia River has to offer. Today ...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 3/30/2017
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Keeper sturgeon retention in the John Day Pool closed to retention March 30th. Despite tough river conditions and a low quota, we were able to catch several keepers and many more over/under fish! It...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 3/23/2017
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/20/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The keeper sturgeon season in the John Day Pool remains open. The quota of 105 fish is getting close to being reached. Regardless of the unfavorable river conditions, if you want a keeper sturgeon t...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 3/13/2017
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/11/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Northwest Fishing Reports and I chased keeper sturgeon again on the Columbia in the John day pool. With the low quota of only 105 fish for sport anglers, we are forced to fish for keepers even when ...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/23/2017
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I got the rare opportunity to be part of a group of anglers in pursuit of keeper sturgeon with guide Jacob Murden of Rising Son Guide Service. I say rare because there is only one area on the Columbia...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 2/6/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/4/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Winter pre-spawn walleye fishing is going strong in Eastern Washington! We fished the John Day Pool on Saturday and got into lots of 18-20 inch eater sized walleyes, as well as a few bigger 4 lb fish....
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: Goldrigger1
Posted: 10/11/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Thought I'd let people know about walleye fishing on Lake Celilo this fall. First I read Ed Iman on the shad run and how it affects the walleye. Ed says he won't fish for walleye during August and Se...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: downriggeral
Posted: 9/19/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Another annual trip to fish the mouth of the Deschutes above The Dallas dam has come to a close. We met several fiends who also camped with us in the same park. What great times we had reliving the ...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: swies
Posted: 9/12/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water above John Day @ 0700. 5 other boats out and I didn't see anything caught nor did I catch anything. Was a good trip with my son and wife. Marked a few fish but could not get them to tak...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: Asianju
Posted: 6/20/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at crow butte around 7:30am. Made the trek across the river to boardman and lines in the water at 8am. Didn't catch my first walleye until 10am. Plenty of boats around and the fishing was tou...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 5/6/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We had another great day today fishing below the John Day Dam for great fighting and even greater eating spring Chinook. We landed a total of 5 fish today, but only ended with 2 keepers. Our best ...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: thebug
Posted: 5/3/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We fished today just below John Day at Rufus and got skunked. We threw every combination from cut plug and rouge river herring, quick fish and prawn rigs with no luck. At the peak we counted 33 boats ...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 5/3/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We had a fantastic morning today on the Columbia River near John Day Dam! I only had one customer in the boat today but we went 2-4 and had our limit by 6am! Our success came on maglip 4.5 plugs in ...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: REELTIMEGS
Posted: 4/26/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We have been picking up great numbers of Stugeon, Walleye and starting to catch spring kings on sardine wrapped kwiks, mag lips and killer fish. We will be hanging in the John Day Dam pool for the ne...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 4/26/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Our Columbia River Spring Chinook season has kicked back into high gear. We started this week fishing near John Day Dam on the Columbia River. Yesterday was our first official trip and we had a fant...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: MoonsGuideService
Posted: 4/15/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This is just a heads up on springer fishing. The fish are starting to head up river. I'm headed down next week. I still have some prime dates open. This is a great fishery and I guaranty to catch fi...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: REELTIMEGS
Posted: 4/15/2016
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fished below John Day Dam for Sturgeon water was high wind was horrific but we landed 6 fish 5 undersized and one oversized. Wind is supposed to lay down tomorrow and we are going to fish half day S...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: cwbraue
Posted: 10/24/2015
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing with a coworker today on the Columbia river. He likes fishing here in the spring for Smallmouths but he had never fished here in the fall and I convinced him to go. We went to his fav...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: downriggeral
Posted: 9/15/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I made the mistake of buying a house in the middle of our usual annual salmon trip to the mouth of the Deschutes on the Columbia. I canceled the two week reservation at the park and tended to detail...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: Eyetri2
Posted: 5/21/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/20/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Crow Butte around 8:30. Half a dozen boats working an area to the east of the launch for walleye. We spent an hour tossing gear to the shore for bass. One keeper and one dink. Went across ...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 4/22/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing over the past few days in the Upper end of the Columbia Gorge has turned fantastic over the past few days. We are seeing an absolute ton of fish moving over the dams. I had quick limits the pa...
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