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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla) Fishing Reports
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By: thebug
Posted: 5/3/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We fished today just below John Day at Rufus and got skunked. We threw every combination from cut plug and rouge river herring, quick fish and prawn rigs with no luck. At the peak we counted 33 boats ...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 5/6/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We had another great day today fishing below the John Day Dam for great fighting and even greater eating spring Chinook. We landed a total of 5 fish today, but only ended with 2 keepers.
Our best ...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 4/22/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing over the past few days in the Upper end of the Columbia Gorge has turned fantastic over the past few days. We are seeing an absolute ton of fish moving over the dams. I had quick limits the pa...
By: walleyewillie
Posted: 3/11/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We fished out of Rufus Oregon caught 25 walleye and released lots of females full of eggs. Got some nice Fish trolling smile blades and also got some on jigs.Fished between 20 to 30 ft lots of fish an...
Posted: 5/11/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry for the late report. I was busy fishing and didn't get to a computer until now. I spend last week guiding springer trips. We had a great time with limits most days. I still have some openings l...
By: walleyewillie
Posted: 5/16/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Another great day on the Columbia River, we caught lots of Walleye and Bass even got some Sturgeon to bite.
Most fish were caught on smile blades lots of colors were working this week. We did some bl...
By: rojomojo
Posted: 5/26/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Made it out earlier in the morning, it's definitely an early bite. Dad brought in a 4 lb walleye within the first 5 minutes. Bite continued to be well on silver smiley blades and green/red spoons. Fin...
By: phishphool
Posted: 6/13/2014
Species: Shad
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished below McNary Dam just up from the boat launch on the Washington side. Anchored in 15 feet of water and ran chartruese, red and pink shad darts behind de-hooked magnum wiggle warts. We had 4 p...
By: walleyewillie
Posted: 6/14/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished out of Rufus Oregon, we did get some wind today but did not hurt the bite which was off and on throughout the day. Most fish caught on Smile blades and wedding rings today, silver and green wor...
By: wishing4walleye
Posted: 6/30/2012
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Thought I would finally give back to the website... Went to the butte all day on wednesday the 27th. good weather, light wind, hardly any people. 3 boxes of worms later... 1 walleye, a ton of perch...
By: SsendaM
Posted: 8/19/2013
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Took the trip from CDA, ID to Mcnary Dam for the weekend with the intention of landing a oversized Sturgeon and we did just that. I found some shad floating down the river a few weeks ago after work,...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/14/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with Tournament pro Michael Gibney and Dennis Clay for smallmouth bass. We spent the morning casting mainly rattletraps. I was using blue, Dennis had perch. Michael uses swim baits, surface lur...
By: Tie1on
Posted: 6/19/2020
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/18/2020
Hot Spots: 0
SHAD - Took my catching buddy out for a few hours to get some shad because it makes GREAT crab bait. Counts over McNary were looking pretty solid so we anchored up below bridge in about 16 feet of wat...
By: segler999
Posted: 8/6/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/6/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Am I the only one getting consistently skunked for walleye below McNary? In years past I easily boated a dozen 'eyes in 4 hours, released all but two. This year, however, the walleye action below Mc...
Posted: 9/15/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/15/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Not yet for me - saw three caught between 7-730 then screen went clear and saw no more caught - left the water about 11. About 15-16
boats all trolling big flashers and the usual terminal stuff. No n...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 6/25/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/22/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Hey folks! I just wanted to give a report on the John Day Pool walleye fishing for the last week or so. I have been busy and on the water every day. The fishing overall has been a bit tougher then ...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 4/17/2021
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/17/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Post spawn walleye bite is on fire in the Columbia. Fishing for post spawn males will be good from now through the summer. It appears there is a good hatch of year and a half old fish from 16-18 inc...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 5/29/2021
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/29/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Great weather this weekend on the Columbia! Fishing was great using harnesses and jigs both. We were still targeting fishing deeper water from 40-65 feet. Fish were spread out a bite due to the slo...
By: Kyle Jones
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...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 4/2/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/1/2019
Hot Spots: 0
We have been fishing hard over the past week and getting into plenty of action on the Columbia River for delicious Walleye! This year we are not catching the numbers of fish we have the past few year...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 4/14/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/13/2019
Hot Spots: 0
To say that the past few days have been a challenge would be an understatement. Due to recent heavy rains the flows on the Columbia River have changed greatly in the past week. As I write this the r...
By: fisherman92
Posted: 5/23/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went to maryhill camping for an extended weekend targeting smallmouth. We fished the Columbia the night of the 18th and afternoon of the 19th. 4 of us caught a hand full of bass 2 walleye which was a ...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 5/31/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
After a long Spring Salmon season, I was eager to get my clients out for some of the hot walleye action that is taking place on the Columbia! With the temperature climbing on Monday, I took my group o...
By: tricities-sean
Posted: 6/1/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/1/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Very windy day made it tough going. Had to use the big motor, electric troller at full power couldn't move the boat! Pulled worm harnesses, any color worked....near Crow Butte State Park
Posted: 6/4/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/3/2017
Hot Spots: 1
I've been wanting to give Columbia River Walleye another shot for quite a while. Between business, chasing salmon and steelhead, time has been tight. I do love these fish, and today their pursuit brou...
