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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 3/29/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/29/2019
Hot Spots: 1
We have had a good past few days with a 11 fish day today wrapping up the week. We released a handful of females ranging 5 to 9lbs and kept many great eater males that were 16 to 23 inches. My best te...
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10 - Hanford to Vernita Bridge
10 - Hanford to Vernita Bridge
By: uppercolumbiaguide
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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05 - I5 Bridge to Bonneville Dam
05 - I5 Bridge to Bonneville Dam
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 9/10/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/10/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We had a great morning with lots of bites and a quick limit. I was running vip and hildebrandt 3.5 spinners in pink and green behind pro troll flashers. The leader length has been best at 36 inches an...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 9/7/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/7/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We fished the Columbia gorge near the mouth of the klickitat and we had one boat below Bonneville dam. Both boats limited this morning with some very nice fish. Best rig was pro troll flasher with pin...
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Klickitat River
Klickitat River
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 8/27/2018
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/27/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We fished The klickitat river today out of the drift boat. What a beautiful day and a great float. We fished mostly bobber and shrimp. Medium light spinning rod with 20lb braid rigged with a slip floa...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 8/20/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/20/2018
Hot Spots: 1
We fished hard this morning for a few bites. We landed one nice king and our other boat landed one king. Definitely tougher but its just a matter of a little time before it heats back up again! We got...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 8/13/2018
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/11/2018
Hot Spots: 1
The Chinook bite really slowed down this weekend. So we switched over to just steelhead on Saturday in one of the boats and had a fantastic day on with 14 fish to the boat. The best technique was bobb...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 8/8/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/8/2018
Hot Spots: 1
We fished the Drano lake area and had a great morning. We hooked 8 kings and 2 steelhead by 10 a.m. we pulled pro troll flashers with 3.5 spinners and mini cutplug superbaits behind them. Pinks and or...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 7/30/2018
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/30/2018
Hot Spots: 1
With having 2 boats gives us the luxury of fishing multiple fisheries. My other boat fished summer Steelhead out of Drano lake area today and had a ton of success! He reported 18 landed and 3 limits. ...
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15 - Lake Entiat
15 - Lake Entiat
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 7/25/2018
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/25/2018
Hot Spots: 1
We started at Brewster today for sockeye and got a quick limit of 12 fish. But the exciting part was we moved down to chelan falls mid morning and hooked 11 kings and landed 6. Great bite today! For t...
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16 - Lake Pateros
16 - Lake Pateros
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 7/23/2018
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/23/2018
Hot Spots: 1
I know there has been lots of reports of great Sockeye fishing in Brewster. But Monday the 23rd and it just keeps going! We had 6 limits by 6:30 this morning. We are finding most fish 20 to 25ft down....
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16 - Lake Pateros
16 - Lake Pateros
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 7/20/2018
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/20/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Fishing for sockeye is nothing short of on fire in Brewster! We trolled size 0 Dodgers with 14 inch leaders. Small Pink smile red hooks and a pink shrimp soaked in graybills krill scent. We found the ...
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16 - Lake Pateros
16 - Lake Pateros
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 7/16/2018
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing is red hot for sockeye in Brewster! We had a limit of 6 fish in less than an hour this morning. Size 0 Dodgers with 17 inch leaders, red or pink beads and pink smile blades. We put this on top...
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15 - Lake Entiat
15 - Lake Entiat
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 7/5/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/5/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We fished today at Chelan falls and wells dam. The bite was very consistent on both kings and sockeye. We pulled mini cutplug superbaits behind pro troll flashers. Best colors were Seahawk green and a...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 6/18/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We fished Walleye below John day dam yesterday. The water is starting to get into the summer flows and the walleye fishing is very good. Most of our fish were in the 18 to 24 inch range and even found...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 6/12/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We fished below John day dam today. Walleye fishing was very consistent. We landed a dozen fish in 4 hours. They were good healthy fish all in the 18 to 23 inch range. We consintrated on trolling dark...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 6/7/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/7/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Drano lake this morning. There are a few fish around but over all pretty slow bite. We hooked 2 and landed 1 fish in 5 hours. We got bit on pro troll flashers with mini cutplug superbaits in pi...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 5/23/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/22/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Spring Chinook in the Columbia gorge just keep coming! The fishing has been consistently good. We had a boat both at Drano lake and mouth of wind river and both boats did well. We have been doing best...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 5/16/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/15/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Spring Chinook in the Columbia gorge is still going Good! We are getting a late push of fish over Bonneville that should keep the fishing good through early June! The best bite has been on pro troll a...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 5/4/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2018
Hot Spots: 1
We have been fishing the Columbia Gorge for Spring Chinook the past couple days. The fishing has been very consistent with plenty of action and a few limits. We have been trolling pro troll and Leo fl...
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Merwin
Merwin
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 4/12/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/10/2018
Hot Spots: 1
We fished Lake Merwin, it was a squally day with rain and sun. They are dropping the lake fast. We found a good bite closer to the west end of the lake and the fish were closer to the surface 10ft to ...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 3/12/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/10/2018
Hot Spots: 1
We fished above The Dalles dam by Biggs junction area on Saturday. It was a decent day of fishing. We landed 7 nice Walleye and had the opportunity at a few others. There were quite a few boats and w...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 2/28/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/27/2018
Hot Spots: 1
We fished Walleye in the The Dalles dam pool. I rated the day average even though we only got 8 Walleye. The water is still fairly cold 34 degrees and we worked a bit for those fish. Our biggest fish ...
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Potholes
Potholes
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 11/12/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/8/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Well, Sunday was a rare thing; just my dad and I got out on the water chasing some Walleye down at Potholes. It turned out to be the perfect father and son day with cooperative weather and fantastic f...
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Potholes
Potholes
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 10/26/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/24/2015
Hot Spots: 3
What an absolutely fantastic day we had on Potholes Reservoir catching Walleye! The fishing this time of year is fast and action packed; never knowing what species of fish you are reeling in! Of cours...
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