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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam Fishing Reports
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By: kokocrazy83
Posted: 9/15/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We arrived at the launch at Vernita at 6:30 and we were on the water fishing by 7:00. We ran 2 poles with 11 inch pro troll flashers and 3 foot leader to a hot tamale and Seahawk super bait. We stuff...
By: kokocrazy83
Posted: 9/29/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/28/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I fished with my boys and brothers at Vernita on Friday. We Started 645 and left around 2pm. The fishing was good especially in the morning . We ended up with 4 adults and one jack. One adult shy of o...
By: callplatinum
Posted: 10/4/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/3/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Bored stuck in doors as the wind pushes though a dust storm. So I send a text to a friend, Hey the wind is going to settle tonight and it just so happens I took the day off tomorrow.
Almost instantl...
By: callplatinum
Posted: 10/7/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry. This may not be a real 5 star rating. But in my personal world it was indeed a 5 start day.
After a successful trip Wednesday I was able to convince my wife to coming Saturday. We got our a...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 10/2/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/30/2019
Hot Spots: 0
The Reach was pretty cooperative last week. The water temps have quickly dropped below 60 and the fish seem to be getting more aggressive. I’ve been using superbaits and roe to entice our bites. It’s ...
By: dlantis
Posted: 10/9/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/3/2019
Hot Spots: 0
We fished below Priest Rapids October 3rd thru the 6th. My son, new grandson and I trolled with silver flashers and Brad's lures using downriggers just off the bottom in 35 feet of water. Thursday m...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 10/9/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/9/2019
Hot Spots: 0
The Virnita bridge area has continued to give up limits for my guests and I. Some days it is easier than others, but I find the challenge as part of the fun. I’ve been targeting the deeper holes with ...
By: kokocrazy83
Posted: 10/13/2020
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/9/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I fished near Vernita Bridge with my boys and a buddy on Friday. We downstream trolled mostly but did spend some time trolling upstream. We ran Super baits behind Shortbus 11inch 360 flashers and I al...
By: Rivercamp72
Posted: 7/8/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Put in above Vernita Bridge at about 7:15 am. River level is lower by about 4'. I was working on my salmon fishing skills and still have much to learn. I was using a flasher, 6" and 4" chrome, and ...
By: 1cast
Posted: 9/18/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the King Hole in 50 ft of water about 40 ft down. Some fish were being caught after sunup. We stayed out because we did'nt get one early. Bite was slow after 10 am. We kept after it and finall...
By: DannyP
Posted: 9/19/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished 1.5 hours Friday night, 12 hours Sat and 3 hours Sunday. A lot of boats on the water, saw only a dozen fish caught all weekend. Water level way down over the weekend. Fish/Wildlife was ther...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 10/17/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Please forgive me if I got the target species wrong, I am not a salmon expert. I went to the Vernita bridge to do some salmon fishing yesterday with my friend Trevore. His dad is a guide that runs tr...
By: deltadog
Posted: 7/17/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Plunked the river on Wed. 7/13. Flow is still relatively fast with high water levels, although they looked to have dropped quite a bit. Had to google earth the area before heading out to find a spot t...
By: Rivercamp72
Posted: 9/16/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the water about 0700. Motored up to Moran creek area and got the gear in the water. My son was wih me and a fish was on within ten minutes, but lost it... As the sun got higher the hopes co...
By: jbball50
Posted: 9/20/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My dad, my friend, and I got out on the water early launching while it was dark still. Once we got up into the hole we were going to fish it was daylight and my dad and I fished off the downriggers w...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/10/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Wife and I fished all day on the 9th and 10th at the King hole, hatchery hole and several other locations. On Sunday we boated 2 small kings and 1 jack with 2 missed. Today we hooked a 13lb king at ...
By: Rocky
Posted: 9/26/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the water around 7AM Picked up one king around 10 using a diver with a spin glow and salmon eggs. Nice 16lb. fish. Fishing was great-catching was slow. Was fishing with my neighbor,we had a gre...
By: Rivercamp72
Posted: 8/11/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I finally got out this year to get some fishing in. Motored up to hatchery creek and was trolling in 19-22' of water on the west side of the river. Using down riggers, Brad's Baits cut p...
By: hewesbob
Posted: 9/20/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We fished Hanford Reach 8:00an till dark, we hit every hole from Vernita Bridge to the dam only had one bite all day. We tried everything we had, fresh herring, Brads cut plug, Apex lures, and all kin...
By: Rocky
Posted: 9/26/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/25/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Made my first trip of the year to Priest Rapids Dam it was a good day. There were three of us ended up with three kings and two jacks. We were using salmon eggs with jet divers. It was a great day to...
By: Rocky
Posted: 9/30/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Priest Rapids last weekend with one of my dear friend and his son that has never caught a salmon.Man did he have a good time the Lord really bless us he caught three kings and two jacks.Love ...
By: panfisher
Posted: 10/12/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Gordy and his brother let me come along to fish for some kings drifting eggs. It was really tough fishing, caught this 18-----------------------"er within the first 5 min then nothing . Did get somet...
By: allanwalker
Posted: 10/21/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Chinook/kings Friday, Saturday and Sunday from PRDam to White Bluffs. Friday we were 4 for 6 (4 in the boat and 2 misses) up near the dam, Saturday we were 1 for 3 and Sunday 0 for 1. As wall...
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 ...
