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10 - Hanford to Vernita Bridge Fishing Reports

By: rwiley
Posted: 9/27/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/24/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We spent four days on the Columbia fishing for fall Chinook. We fished 12 hour days and managed to catch 6 fish between two rods. Compared to previous years it was slow, and I think we did better th...
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By: Willy10
Posted: 9/24/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/13/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Vernita 9/20-9/23. I actually was able to fish with a friend a few days that very rarely has an extra seat due to large family and friends that want to fish. Thursday we went 2 /7 (17&14#) al...
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Posted: 9/24/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/24/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We continue to do well on the Hanford Reach near the tri cites. Most of our effort continues to be spent down stream trolling both brads superbaits and spinners. Our favorite blades have been the VIP ...
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Posted: 9/21/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/21/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We have been Fishing the Handford reach for the past week with great success and 4 fish limits every morning. The bite has came on a down hill troll hugging the bottom tight with pro troll flashers ri...
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Posted: 9/20/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/20/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We had a fantastic day today on the Hanford Reach near the Tri cites, WA. We did well downstream trolling both superbaits and Spinners. I really think the key to success this year is covering a bunch...
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Posted: 9/17/2018
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/16/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Yesterday was our first Reach trip of the season and it reminded me why I love the reach so much! We were fortunate to land all our bights and got our 6 fish boat limit by 11:30! The morning was de...
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By: Willy10
Posted: 9/17/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/15/2018
Hot Spots: 0
This weekend I fished the Vernita area. I started Friday about 930 fishing solo. Had 1 take down in 30 minutes. My friends called me and told me to get up to their spot. They had 2 doubles and another...
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Posted: 9/16/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/15/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with Kyle from Jones Sport Fishing. This was my seventh trip with him. We hit the water right after daylight, and trolled what I'm sure was a pretty standard setup of cannon balls, ProTroll...
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Posted: 10/6/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
We love it when a good plan comes together. Fished some water we have spent a lot of years in today and did very well! We still have some openings for this great Chinook Salmon Fishing on the Hanford...
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Posted: 9/24/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing has really started to pick up on the Hanford Reach section of the Columbia River the past few days. We are seeing some great fish in our catches and these fish are still in fantastic shape. W...
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By: Jorgec
Posted: 10/9/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/7/2016
Hot Spots: 0
After three trips to White Bluff and getting Skunked, finally had success,it sure has being a different year. we put 4 nice ones in the boat on our annual trip with my two sons. We pick up one of them...
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By: manukabay
Posted: 9/25/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/20/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This is a report for the afternoon of Tuesday 9/20, all day Wednesday 9/21 and Thursday 9/22, and the morning of Friday 9/23. Two guys & four rods, fishing the area from Ringold up through the Powerli...
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By: Jorgec
Posted: 9/25/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
White Bluff was a Big fat 0, two days, one fish lost at the boat no other action, Friday were only 16 fish reported according to the fish chequer out of 28 boats, at least there was not a long line a...
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Posted: 9/20/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/20/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing contines to be decent for Fall Chinook Salmon here on the Hanford Reach. We are still averaging 4-6 fish to the boat each day, but as every day passes more and more fish are in the area. This...
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Posted: 9/19/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Took off from the launch at 6:00 with four limits to catch! Put our seahawk superbait out in 35-40 feet of water and had our first fish landed in about 2 minutes of dropping our lines! By 2:00 we had ...
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Posted: 9/17/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
It's been a few days since we started our 2016 Hanford Reach Fall Salmon season and we wanted to give a quick update on the fishing so far. Overall fishing has been decent, but we have had to earn ou...
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Posted: 9/10/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We did a morning fishing trip and had 3 hookups on cutplugs and original superbaits trolling downstream at the ringold fishery and one on jetdiver and eggs.. On monday i went for 3 hours with a couple...
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Posted: 8/17/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
There are chinook to be caught on the Hanford reach! I was on the water at 5:00 this morning and had my super baits in the water shortly thereafter. It was shaping up to be another good morning on the...
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Posted: 2/20/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
To cap off the 2015 Chinook season I took a guided trip at Hanford which I've been meaning to do for several years. We pounded the White Bluffs hole for eight hours to squeak out eight fish, two per ...
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By: Jorgec
Posted: 10/19/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Great 2 days fishing with my 2 sons. 7 fishing total. All caught using eggs, Biggest one 39 in. Love end of season No lines.
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Posted: 10/9/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Many salmon fishermen gave up too early due to thw fact that their favorite fishing program wasn't very effective since the middle of September. The water temps have been over 63 all season. What ha...
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By: kshorey
Posted: 10/5/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I was fishing there Saturday and it was HOT, HOT, HOT in our boat at the start. I have gone every Saturday for the last 4 weeks and it was best this week. We launched at ringold and ran up to the fir...
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Posted: 9/22/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
We fished today downstream of Vernita Bridge. Fishing was good overall but we had to work for our fish. We ended with 4 nice chinook and released 2 steelhead. We started our day downstream trolling f...
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Posted: 9/21/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/20/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well we left Moses Lake at 04:00 and got to White Bluffs only to wait in line for 1 1/2 hours to launch the boat. We fished with the other 100 plus boats and didn't get a single bite. The fish were th...
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Posted: 9/8/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
One more day fishing with Don Talbot. Today we had myself, Aaron, and Gringo Pescador in the boat. Having established an effective morning bite pattern on the river, Don took us back to his fast becom...
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