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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla) Fishing Reports
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By: Fallen Outdoors
Posted: 4/24/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The current was really fast at 2.5-2.7 mph today and water was a little high a dirty. We started the morning launching at Mary Hill state park. Ran across and drifted a few times managed to pick up on...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 4/18/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
This weekend we were able to take a break from the Spring Salmon and run a couple walleye trips! What a great time we had! The fishing was excellent and the weather was pretty decent overall! We la...
By: KMC
Posted: 5/6/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing was pretty slow. Picked up 6 on worm harness in about 30 FOW. Good day though no wind to speak of.
By: Roosterpie
Posted: 5/14/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/11/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Walleye fishing was good. Caught several nice eaters. Seemed green Wally Pops worked best for me with 1 oz. bottom bouncer. Water that was a surface temp of 60 or better and depth about 15 feet seemed...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 5/29/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/26/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Even with the high flows on the Columbia, there are still plenty of walleye to be had! I had a group on Saturday that specifically wanted to walleye fish these conditions! We were able to work hard...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 6/11/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We started our summer walleye trips off with a bang on Thursday! The weather was calm and we were able to fish effectively for the first part of the day. Action was great with our boat landing 30 wa...
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...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 6/13/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/12/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Yesterday i had my youth fishing camp out and was able to get two groups of kids on over 100 shad, walleye, and even some kings! Fishing is great in the river right now, and if you can find a nice day...
By: REELTIMEGS
Posted: 3/17/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/16/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Caught 36 using bottom walkers and work harness.
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 3/19/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/17/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Saturday was the type of walleye action I like to expect in March! I was able to do some scout fishing with great friends and we found a good number of fish in some new water! We harnessed in deeper...
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...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/29/2018
Species: Shad
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/23/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Late report...
Last weekend I got to fish with Jacob Munden of Rising Son Adventures for a future NWFR TV episode on shad fishing the Columbia River. Joining me were Rob and Hillary Holman and Rob ...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 7/11/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/11/2018
Hot Spots: 0
With the heat, we did a quick morning trip and made sure we were off the water by 12 noon! Today, plugs were the ticket. We were able to get 15 nice fish and off the water early! We were trolling p...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 3/11/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/9/2019
Hot Spots: 0
We started our walleye season off Saturday with some great fishing in the John Day Pool. We did a mix of plug fishing and bottom walker/harness fishing to find our fish. All our fish were nice 3-4 l...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 3/20/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/16/2019
Hot Spots: 0
We had some clients this weekend that were interested in targeting some pre-spawn trophy walleye in the Columbia! For the most part, our bigger pre-spawn fish are females that are full of eggs. Earl...
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...
By: Filletaway
Posted: 9/19/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/18/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day with Aaron Peterson of Peterson's Northwest a Fillet Away Ambassador. We were trolling at Drano, both in the lake and in the Bowl. We ran both spinners and super baits, all behind a P...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 5/30/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/25/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Our summer walleye fishing is going great this year! We ran trips over Memorial Day weekend and found a good bite in the John Day Pool! We caught our fish harness fishing deep and plug fishing some ...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 6/4/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/1/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Another steady weekend of walleye fishing on the Columbia for Rising Son Adventures! We fished the John Day Pool both Saturday and Sunday!
The flows were all over the board this weekend and really c...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 6/10/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/9/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Munden's Rising Son Adventures had another really good weekend fishing the Columbia. With the decreased opportunities for salmon and steelhead, we are seeing a lot more pressure on the water for the ...
By: MGTom
Posted: 9/5/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/5/2019
Hot Spots: 0
What a disappointment. Had been watching the numbers come up so we thought we would give it a go, and had high hopes of salmon for dinner. The Umatilla launch is only about 55 minutes from Walla Walla...
By: MGTom
Posted: 9/11/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/11/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Left out of Umatilla at 6:30 and fished until 11:00. No fish caught, however today seemed more fishy than last week. We marked fish in a couple spots, saw some surface activity from the salmonoids, an...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 9/24/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/21/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Now is a transition time for us as we target Fall Kings. I like to start fishing the Hanford Reach the 3rd week in September, but some years depending on conditions, the fish lag behind a bit and I w...
Posted: 3/13/2020
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/13/2020
Hot Spots: 0
We fished the Biggs junction area today on the Columbia river. The Walleye bite was a little hit and miss. We fished for about 4 hours and picked up 6 nice fish. We started pulling crankbaits with no ...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 3/16/2020
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/14/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Munden's Rising Son Adventures started our Spring Walleye trips Saturday! The weather was not Spring like at all, with snow, rain, and wind that cut right through the warmest coats! Even with the po...
