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09 - Pasco to Hanford Fishing Reports
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By: eat-sleep-fish
Posted: 9/29/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Hanford Reach on Thursday, did fairly well. Tally for my friend and I were 5 adults and 3 jacks. Backtrolling jet divers and eggs were the ticket again, should be that way until the end of the...
By: eat-sleep-fish
Posted: 10/20/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
The gate at White Bluffs was open so I am going fishing. Took uncle Ed and dad for a day of backtrolling divers and eggs. Started off pretty slow, lots of water being dumped from Priest Rapids dam. Di...
By: eat-sleep-fish
Posted: 9/26/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Dad and I hit the Bluffs on Wednesday for a little Chinook fishing. Started with herring behind rotating flashers but gave that up after about an hour. Went to divers and eggs and took us until 10:30 ...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 9/28/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/24/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I wanted to give a quick update on the Hanford Reach Salmon fishing from this past weekend. Munden's Rising Son Adventures fished on the lower Reach around the Ringold area. Like most years on the R...
By: manukabay
Posted: 10/1/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/27/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This is a report for Tuesday September 27th at 3:00pm through Friday September 30th at 2:00pm. So basically 2 full days and 2 part days of fishing. The area fished was from Ringold to the Powerline ho...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 10/5/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Rising Son Adventures fished out of the Ringold launch both Saturday October 1st, and Sunday October 2nd. Overall, fishing was a bit tougher this weekend. We were able to get into a good morning bit...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 10/11/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
For this week's report, I wanted to talk a little bit about our King season on the Hanford Reach this year as compared to the previous two years. PNW anglers have gotten pretty spoiled the last few y...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 10/26/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/22/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The King season on the Hanford Reach is coming to an end. The upper Reach above the Old Hanford town site is closed, but the lower section through the Tri-cities is open through the end of the month....
By: swies
Posted: 9/18/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/17/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Hit the water at Columbia Park @ 0800. Ran up to Bateman Island area and saw fish on the screen so I started there.
Trolled with 360's and Inlines dragging Super Bait, Cut Plug and Spinners with Tuna...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 10/9/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Hey Folks! Just wanted to give a quick update on the Hanford Reach King Season! While the overall numbers of Reach fish are down this year, there is still some great fishing to be had if you stick to...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 10/24/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Wow! The last couple days on the Hanford Reach were awesome! The weather was a bit rough, but we had the river to ourselves and the fish were eager to bite! Both groups this weekend had multiple op...
Posted: 8/26/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Me and my brother caught one fish and had two other takedowns on cutplug superbaits trolling downstream at Baitman Island. Not wild yet but a place to catch a salmon if you get out early!
Fish the ...
By: Honda
Posted: 9/26/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/24/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing at Ringold at about 3:30 and and finished at 5:30. Caught 1 fish back trolling eggs. Was the only fish we seen caught the whole time out. Had some fun and caught a fish! But going upst...
By: rojomojo
Posted: 6/28/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/26/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Although it is picking up for others, its about one fish a morning each time I go out. The water has been going down and water temp is still cool. Anchoring has shown the best results but back troll...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 9/24/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/23/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The Hanford Reach continues to put out fish. I can't say its red hot fishing, but if you cover the water and fish hard all day, you are going to get your shot at the 1 fish limit! There are fewer fi...
By: MoonValley
Posted: 9/30/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/29/2018
Hot Spots: 2
On Saturday, I fished Ringold for the first time without a guide. I hit the water a little late - about 8:30 - and spent the morning and part of the afternoon in the "31 hole". Most of the time was ...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 10/1/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/29/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Another weekend of King fishing the Reach in the books for Munden's Rising Son Adventures. Fishing was great this weekend! I say that as some of you may be reading this and saying...."Man the bite i...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 10/1/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/29/2019
Hot Spots: 0
This last weekend was our first trips on the Hanford Reach! Unfortunately, the weather decided to take a spin for the worse and we got our first taste of a winter cold front through the Basin! The ...
By: the beav
Posted: 6/9/2009
Species: Catfish
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/31/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Couldn't sleep, went down to Bateman Island, fished from boat dock, used lighted slip bobber set about 5' with cut pike minnow. Fishing has been slow, could hear cats in the shallows and rolling occa...
By: the beav
Posted: 6/9/2009
Species: Catfish
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing about midnight behind Bateman Island, was using cut pike minnow , I caught in the Walla Walla on sunday, used lighted slip bobber set at 5'. Was a few other fisherman using shrimp & nigh...
By: the beav
Posted: 6/9/2009
Species: Catfish
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Caught a 22 lb cat, was behind Bateman Island fishing from the boat dock, lighted slip bobber set @ 5' with cut pike minnow. Had few bumps in the first hour, abot 1:30 am bobber was slammed and spent...
By: the beav
Posted: 6/12/2009
Species: Catfish
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took my 14 yr old son down to Bateman Island for his first experience night fishing. water was still pretty high muddy, but no vissible debris floating in the water, which has been the case for the l...
By: the beav
Posted: 6/22/2009
Species: Catfish
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Couldn't sleep so I went to Bateman Island, a few hardy souls were there, I caught 4 fish in 3 hours. The wind was blowing so I fished on the bottom with shrimp, caought 2 fish. 1 was 2 lbs the other ...
By: the beav
Posted: 6/23/2009
Species: Catfish
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went back to Bateman Island dock, about 11:30 there was about 8 people using bobbers & bottom fishing, was there till 3:15. Caught 1 fish about 2 pounds,was bottom fishing with shrimp, saw 1 other fis...
By: the beav
Posted: 7/2/2009
Species: Catfish
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Bateman Island dock, from 10 pm to 3 am, caught 2 fish saw 3 others caught all on lighted bobber set up. I got skunked but my son caught 2 fish on "Pee Ewww Stink Bait", King Kat Chicken Blo...
