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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam Fishing Reports
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By: fishinChristian
Posted: 1/3/2014
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
So, I hadn't been a very good Grandpa lately, and I grabbed the fishingest grandson and went the 60 miles to Priest Rapids. Checked out the island with 10x50 binoculars, and during 20 minutes of stal...
By: HDFat1
Posted: 9/15/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/13/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Weather was nice, sweatshirt and shorts, line not too long to launch. Went towards Priest Rapids Dam about 1/4 and trolled using Super Baits. Missed first one about 0800, hooked 2nd one about 830, 3...
By: rickcrit
Posted: 10/4/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Left Spokane around 3:30am arrived at Vernita Bridge around 6 long line at main launch so went over to other launch only 3 people in line.. In the water and gear in water with in 15min fish on right ...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 10/31/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry about the late report. I had some minor, or not so minor, skin surgery just below my eyelid. They ended up having to do reconstructive surgery and a skin graft. Are we having fun yet? Thankf...
By: Lipriper
Posted: 1/16/2015
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Foggy and icy but got in the water about 0730 fished until 1430. Three of us caught over 30 peamouths, great for smoking and canning. This is a great place to teach a kid how to drift fishing. Whitefi...
By: DonTalbotFishing
Posted: 9/1/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Epic day all alone at Vernita. I guided Darin and Christine Randall and their two children on a trip of a lifetime. We got down to Vernita at 6am and the water was 15 feet lower than normal. I wasn...
By: DonTalbotFishing
Posted: 9/3/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
It is true.. Vernita is putting out big fish..... My customers Brett & Killian McGinnis had a blast watching the reel scream several times today. Are the fish rolling? Yes! A good indication wher...
By: Aaron
Posted: 9/9/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/5/2015
Hot Spots: 0
We spent Sep 5th, 6th and 7th with guide Don Talbot targeting the Chinook in the Hanford Reach area of the Columbia.
On all 3 days we spent our early mornings below the Priest Rapids dam trolling ...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 9/11/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
WOW! What a fun day yesterday down at Vernita. The weather was awesome and so was the fishing. I love the scenery down there this time of year. We had fun seeing 6 coyotes on the way up the river. F...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 9/13/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
It is game on down at Vernita bridge. We had another fun day today on the water with lots of action. Unfortunately we lost a lot of fish which resulted in landing eight of the 16 we hooked. Oh well, s...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 9/20/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well my last two days down at Vernita bridge is nothing to brag about, but still worthy of a report.
The water levels are lower than normal for this time year. Making launching a little sketchy th...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 9/30/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for Captain Daves Guide Service. He asked me to post it for him as he is fishing the Vernita area and was unable to log on.
(Dave) I am having a great time down here on the Columbia...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 10/4/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, what another awesome day on the river. The weather down on the Columbia River has been incredible. It wasn't until I arrived in Spokane that I realized fall is upon us. It still feels like summ...
By: Asianju
Posted: 10/5/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
New comer to the northwest fishing reports. Heard good reports that kings were being caught at vernita so decided to make the trip with my old man and see if we couldn't pull 1 or 2 out. Fish were rol...
Posted: 10/7/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Vernita Bridge fishing for salmon with Dons Fishing Service Tuesday . We started out early before sun up and were fishing by 6:30, had our first one by 6:35 nice 12 pounder. Our next one was a...
By: Asianju
Posted: 10/12/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Took the advice from eat-sleep-and fish and decided to give vernita another try. This time, went with longer leaders and used jumbo jet divers and decided to fish a little shallower in 14-16 feet of w...
By: robholman
Posted: 10/16/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Chased after some Chinook with NWFR Inland Northwest Sponsor, The General Store Spokane's crew, and NWFR Guide Sponsor Don Talbot Wednesday. The weather was ideal. We were at the launch just after 6 a...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/18/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The 2015 chinook season for me ended this weekend with one last trip with guide Dave Grove of Captain Dave's Guide Service. I fished with Gringo Pescador and Dave on Saturday and Sunday. It was a beau...
By: GordyC
Posted: 11/21/2015
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/20/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Three of use went after whitefish in my friends boat today. We all had a good time, weather was prefect. Jim had the hot pole today. Every time I looked around he had a fish on. We brought back 41. ...
By: Asianju
Posted: 12/15/2015
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
A friend of mine and I decided to target some whitefish at vernita. First time targeting these fish so researched from past posts about what gear to use. We chose egg fly patterns tipped with fake sof...
By: Lipriper
Posted: 1/15/2016
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the water. 3 hrs 15 fish limit. Orange whitefish fly and maggots. Tried for walleye after and no luck. Worst part of the day was the dog rolling in the salmon carcasses , bad dog! He had ...
By: Asianju
Posted: 8/28/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I decided on Saturday that we would wake up early Sunday morning and head down to the mouth of the klickitat river and try for some fall kings. That plan went to the wayside when we both d...
By: Asianju
Posted: 9/5/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Spent Labor Day weekend with the old man and my older brother. Fished Saturday and Sunday above vernita bridge. We back trolled divers and superbaits in 20-25 fow. Didn't have our first takedown till ...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 9/16/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Well I am off to a pretty good start to the 2016 fall salmon season down here at Virnita bridge. Fishing is a little slower than I would like, but we are catching some really nice fish right now. Our ...
By: PRM
Posted: 9/29/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This was my first trip to the Hanford Reach area of the Columbia, and it was very...educational. I read about it before the trip, but I was still surprised how powerful the flow of the river can be h...
