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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla) Fishing Reports
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By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 4/15/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/13/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Pre-Spawn Columbia River Walleye! We had a great day on Saturday, despite the gnarly Spring weather! We landed about 25 18-23 inch eater walleyes and released 5 fish over 10 lbs, all females, to spa...
By: OkumaFishingUSA
Posted: 9/28/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/18/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I had a pretty nice opportunity to fish the Columbia this past week with Rob and Hillary from Northwest Fishing Reports. With the salmon closure we suddenly had to switch tactics and change our plans...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 1/3/2019
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/1/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Happy New Year from Munden's Rising Son Adventures! We started the new year out with Keeper sturgeon fishing in the John Day Pool. Unfortunately, the fishing was not good and the pressure was as bu...
Posted: 6/27/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/27/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Recently moved from Spokane to the Tri-cities, so thought we'd (wife and i) give the big river a go - while living here a few years ago we had good luck with wallys and smallies below the 71 can to Ir...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 6/11/2022
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/11/2022
Hot Spots: 0
There is a lot of water in the Columbia right now. It is very high and muddy! This high flow makes the fishing tough when it comes to walleye! Fortunately, we have had these conditions before and w...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 4/11/2021
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/11/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Walleye fishing the Columbia is in prime shape right now! Post spawn males are staged in deep water and easy targets trolling worm harnesses slow downstream. We are targeting 35-55 fow right now. T...
By: pgfrmr
Posted: 9/21/2020
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/15/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Wanted to label this report, "Smoking hot fishin", but changed it to "Fishin in a fire fog." Had planned this trip with my buddy, Slippery Jack" for a while as the moon phase, temperatures and wind fo...
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...
By: Rising Son GS
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...
By: Mike Carey
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...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 7/13/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/13/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The last few days the walleye bite has been great! The key is beating the heat and starting early. by 10 am the bite gets tough and the heat is pretty miserable. A mix of plugs and harnesses in dee...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 8/14/2018
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The trophy catch and release sturgeon fishing continues to be awesome in the John day Pool! Today we were able to get multiple hook ups with oversize fish and many keeper size fish too! I have only ...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 7/10/2018
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Well I have not been able to report as much as I would have liked, because I have been on the water every day the last few weeks. We have been targeting walleye and oversize sturgeon and the fishing ...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 6/24/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/22/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Well I have had a busy week with trips every day this week! The walleye fishing in the John Day Pool remains great! We have been averaging 20-40 walleye a day with opportunities for twice that many! ...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 6/15/2018
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We started our summer sturgeon fishing today with some great action and lots of sore arms! The day starts with us going out and catching a bunch of fresh shad to use for bait! After we have fun doi...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 6/16/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/16/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I had a great group walleye fishing today! We were able to dodge the thunderstorms and put a bunch of walleye in the cooler! Bottom walkers and worms were the ticket in 30-40 fow. Still fishing sea...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 6/22/2020
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/19/2020
Hot Spots: 0
With the shad run thick in the river, the oversize sturgeon bite is on! I fished the morning before it got hot with fresh shad chunks for bait and was 9-13 by noon! Lots of nice big fish caught and g...
By: MGTom
Posted: 6/15/2020
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2020
Hot Spots: 0
With the shad counts up we fished out of Umatilla today and caught some shad and a walleye. The fishing wasn't fast but consistent and we kept a few. Dick Nites and Triple Teasers worked today, with a...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 2/16/2018
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/11/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Sunday was our last day of Keeper Sturgeon Fishing in the John Day Pool! We didn't find any legal fish on Sunday, but we had a ton of action and a great time releasing over and under sized fish all d...
By: Kyle Jones
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 ...
By: Kyle Jones
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...
Posted: 4/15/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This is just a heads up on springer fishing. The fish are starting to head up river. I'm headed down next week. I still have some prime dates open. This is a great fishery and I guaranty to catch fi...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 4/26/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Our Columbia River Spring Chinook season has kicked back into high gear. We started this week fishing near John Day Dam on the Columbia River. Yesterday was our first official trip and we had a fant...
By: REELTIMEGS
Posted: 4/26/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We have been picking up great numbers of Stugeon, Walleye and starting to catch spring kings on sardine wrapped kwiks, mag lips and killer fish. We will be hanging in the John Day Dam pool for the ne...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 5/3/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We had a fantastic morning today on the Columbia River near John Day Dam! I only had one customer in the boat today but we went 2-4 and had our limit by 6am! Our success came on maglip 4.5 plugs in ...
