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

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Posted: 6/22/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I have been super busy fishing away the last few days! The walleye fishing in the John Day Pool just continues to be on fire and when the wind cooperates, it has been some of the best eye fishing I c...
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Posted: 6/23/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with Rising Sun !!!!!!!!! WHAT A GREAT TIME !!!!!!!! Wind was tuff in AM but great boat work by JM kept us on the walleye while others were looking for shelter. I am being conservative when ...
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Posted: 6/29/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/28/2017
Hot Spots: 0
It seems like all my reports are the same lately!!!! Well, I guess they are! The walleye bite is phenomenal and we are averaging 30-50 fish a day! I am fishing below McNary Dam in the John Day Pool...
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Posted: 7/8/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The Columbia River Walleye bite just continues to be awesome this year! My group yesterday had their boat limits by 10 am and was able to be off the water before the heat started to hurt. The curre...
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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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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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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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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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By: Asianju
Posted: 8/6/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/5/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I decided to target some walleye at boardman. Launched at crow butte state park and made the 10 mile trek up to boardman. Used chartreuse beads and smile blades and nabbed 9 walleye with ...
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By: stor892
Posted: 2/19/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/18/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Launched out of Irrigon on Sunday morning 2/18. I like this boat launch as it is out of the wind. Fought the waves as we boated across to the Washington side, and attempted to drift, but wind coming o...
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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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Posted: 3/6/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/4/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Sunday, Munden's Rising Son Adventures fished between McNary Dam and John Day Dam on the Columbia River for walleye. The weather was cold and the fish were not too eager to bite, but we ended up find...
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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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Posted: 3/16/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/16/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day jigging Walleye! We found fish today from 60 to 35 fow. We were looking for fish to take home for dinner and we did very well. Our average size today was around 20 inches. We have ope...
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Posted: 3/17/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/16/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Caught 36 using bottom walkers and work harness.
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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...
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Posted: 3/20/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/18/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We had another fantastic day of Walleye fishing yesterday on the Columbia River. We fished the past few days in the area around John Day Dam. Both jigging and trolling are producing lots of fish for u...
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Posted: 3/31/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/31/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We started the morning launching at Maryhill State Park. The morning was slow we where seeing the guys jigging catch a fish here and there but no one was catching on the troll on the peach beach side ...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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Posted: 5/17/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We had a great day today on the Columbia River Walleye fishing. We landed the pile below with 3 rods fishing. Best colors today were chartreuse to start the morning then moon jelly smile blades when t...
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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...
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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...
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