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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: GordyC
Posted: 11/9/2016
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
What a nice day Tuesday was for fishing. There was little to no wind on the river and the temperature was in the lower 60's. The whitefish cooperated too. The two of us brought home a total of 22. W...
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: fishinChristian
Posted: 2/9/2011
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Water clear and into the brush, quite high. Using the twin pontoon with twin MinnKota electrics (well, 55 and 46 lb thrusts), my fearless dogs and I struggled against the current (fearless or bored, ...
By: Rivercamp72
Posted: 4/27/2011
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
This was the day just to get out on the water. High cloud cover with increasing wind. High water levels and water temp. was 45 dgreees. I was fishing for Walleye with Macks lure type set-up with sil...
By: Rivercamp72
Posted: 6/25/2010
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I put in north of Vernita Bridge off of SR 243. Water was still running high. Time was about 6:45 AM. Was unable to set my river anchor in the center of the river. I eventually was able to get it ...
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: 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: 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: 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: GordyC
Posted: 11/18/2016
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Went after whitefish again Wed. at Priest Rapids. Again the weather was nice and the fish cooperated. We brought home 28. We drifted between Whitefish Island and the power lines getting most of the...
