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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam Fishing Reports

11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: callplatinum
Posted: 10/7/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry. This may not be a real 5 star rating. But in my personal world it was indeed a 5 start day. After a successful trip Wednesday I was able to convince my wife to coming Saturday. We got our a...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: callplatinum
Posted: 10/4/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/3/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Bored stuck in doors as the wind pushes though a dust storm. So I send a text to a friend, Hey the wind is going to settle tonight and it just so happens I took the day off tomorrow. Almost instantl...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: kokocrazy83
Posted: 9/29/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/28/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I fished with my boys and brothers at Vernita on Friday. We Started 645 and left around 2pm. The fishing was good especially in the morning . We ended up with 4 adults and one jack. One adult shy of o...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: kokocrazy83
Posted: 9/15/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We arrived at the launch at Vernita at 6:30 and we were on the water fishing by 7:00. We ran 2 poles with 11 inch pro troll flashers and 3 foot leader to a hot tamale and Seahawk super bait. We stuff...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 9/9/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/8/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Since my “base of operations” will be Vernita Bridge, I will post my Chinook posts under area 11, however I bounce around and fish areas 9-12. Saturday was officially my first guided trip in the ne...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: Asianju
Posted: 10/15/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/15/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to give vernita a try even though I have read that fishing has been tough there. Launched at vernita bridge and headed upriver. Tried the Poweline area with no luck and decided to head up some...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: kokocrazy83
Posted: 10/11/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at the launch at Vernita at 6:50 am and only waited several minutes before we were able to launch our boat and start fishing. There were probably 30 boats in the King Hole and we decided to he...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: kokocrazy83
Posted: 10/1/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/1/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for Friday 9/29/17. I headed down to Vernita Bridge with my buddy for the first time hoping my research on fishing this area would pay off with some salmon. We had a flat tire on the b...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: GordyC
Posted: 11/18/2016
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Went after whitefish again Wed. at Priest Rapids. Again the weather was nice and the fish cooperated. We brought home 28. We drifted between Whitefish Island and the power lines getting most of the...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: GordyC
Posted: 11/9/2016
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
What a nice day Tuesday was for fishing. There was little to no wind on the river and the temperature was in the lower 60's. The whitefish cooperated too. The two of us brought home a total of 22. W...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 9/29/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/27/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Productive is not the word I would use to describe the overall catching down here at Virnita bridge. During a typical year it is not uncommon to watch a couple dozen fish get landed during the mornin...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: PRM
Posted: 9/29/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This was my first trip to the Hanford Reach area of the Columbia, and it was very...educational. I read about it before the trip, but I was still surprised how powerful the flow of the river can be h...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 9/16/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Well I am off to a pretty good start to the 2016 fall salmon season down here at Virnita bridge. Fishing is a little slower than I would like, but we are catching some really nice fish right now. Our ...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: Asianju
Posted: 9/5/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Spent Labor Day weekend with the old man and my older brother. Fished Saturday and Sunday above vernita bridge. We back trolled divers and superbaits in 20-25 fow. Didn't have our first takedown till ...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: Asianju
Posted: 8/28/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I decided on Saturday that we would wake up early Sunday morning and head down to the mouth of the klickitat river and try for some fall kings. That plan went to the wayside when we both d...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: Lipriper
Posted: 1/15/2016
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the water. 3 hrs 15 fish limit. Orange whitefish fly and maggots. Tried for walleye after and no luck. Worst part of the day was the dog rolling in the salmon carcasses , bad dog! He had ...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: Asianju
Posted: 12/15/2015
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
A friend of mine and I decided to target some whitefish at vernita. First time targeting these fish so researched from past posts about what gear to use. We chose egg fly patterns tipped with fake sof...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: GordyC
Posted: 11/21/2015
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/20/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Three of use went after whitefish in my friends boat today. We all had a good time, weather was prefect. Jim had the hot pole today. Every time I looked around he had a fish on. We brought back 41. ...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/18/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The 2015 chinook season for me ended this weekend with one last trip with guide Dave Grove of Captain Dave's Guide Service. I fished with Gringo Pescador and Dave on Saturday and Sunday. It was a beau...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: robholman
Posted: 10/16/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Chased after some Chinook with NWFR Inland Northwest Sponsor, The General Store Spokane's crew, and NWFR Guide Sponsor Don Talbot Wednesday. The weather was ideal. We were at the launch just after 6 a...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: Asianju
Posted: 10/12/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Took the advice from eat-sleep-and fish and decided to give vernita another try. This time, went with longer leaders and used jumbo jet divers and decided to fish a little shallower in 14-16 feet of w...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: two brothers fishing
Posted: 10/7/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Vernita Bridge fishing for salmon with Dons Fishing Service Tuesday . We started out early before sun up and were fishing by 6:30, had our first one by 6:35 nice 12 pounder. Our next one was a...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: Asianju
Posted: 10/5/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
New comer to the northwest fishing reports. Heard good reports that kings were being caught at vernita so decided to make the trip with my old man and see if we couldn't pull 1 or 2 out. Fish were rol...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 10/4/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, what another awesome day on the river. The weather down on the Columbia River has been incredible. It wasn't until I arrived in Spokane that I realized fall is upon us. It still feels like summ...
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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam
By: downriggeral
Posted: 9/30/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for Captain Daves Guide Service. He asked me to post it for him as he is fishing the Vernita area and was unable to log on. (Dave) I am having a great time down here on the Columbia...
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