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By: SportRadical
Posted: 6/9/2011
Species: Shad
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Headed down to Bonneville to try and catch some shad. Shad are full of bones and almost not worth eating, but last year I caught 35 in one day so fun is fun. Plus i have been itching to try out my new...
By: brianmonticello
Posted: 6/9/2020
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/5/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Pretty fun weekend at the bonneville dam! Was my first year going out for shad, and I had learned some lessons (snagging constantly) the hard way, but overall caught a lot of shad and had a lot of fun...
By: san
Posted: 6/12/2018
Species: Shad
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Report for last Tuessday and yesterday
Shad
Last tuesday caught 105.
Yesterday, 90.
It was a fun couple of trips.
By: san
Posted: 6/18/2017
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing for Shad. It was raining and a little windy the whole time. Forgot my boots, so my feet were soaked.
Treacherous decent down the wet rocks. Still learning how to catch'em. Lost so...
By: igotfishon
Posted: 6/12/2022
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Finally, made the annual trip to Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River to target Shad in the middle of the month of June. I fished on the Washington State side below Bonneville Dam. The weather was not...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 7/8/2022
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/21/2022
Hot Spots: 0
I headed down to Bonneville for some American shad fishing. The fishing was lights out, non-stop action. 1/16th ounce Chartreuse crappie jig heads got it done. Shad fishing is so much fun! Tight lines...
By: igotfishon
Posted: 6/22/2023
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/15/2023
Hot Spots: 0
With the Shad run at its peak, I took a trip to Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River to fish. I fished on the Washington State shoreline.
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By: nerka nailer
Posted: 6/9/2021
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2021
Hot Spots: 0
So I decided to head to Bonneville for the first time to fish for American shad with my friend Warren. We arrived around 5:45 in the morning to meet 100-200 of our closest friends. I noticed that peop...
By: brianmonticello
Posted: 6/23/2020
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/20/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to the Columbia with some friends this weekend while the Shad fishing was really hot! Bank fished for sturgeon right above the dam, and managed to hook about 10 but only landed 3 really smal...
By: san
Posted: 6/6/2016
Species: Shad
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/4/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Target Species: Shad
Number of Shad passed through the Bonneville Dam: 50625
We got there at 4:45am and there was already a long line waiting for the gate to open.
Got 2 in the first 20 mins,...
By: SportRadical
Posted: 6/19/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the columbia to try and learn how to plunk. Had several takes, but missed alot because I had to strong of line on my dropper at first. After I switched to 4lb test dropper I was able to break the ...
By: returnofthefish
Posted: 6/27/2011
Species: Shad
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
This is the fourth attempt at shad fishing. I always hear about how easy it is to shad fish. It might be easy in the sense that they hook themselves, but learning how to fish in the rocks is a differe...
By: Rippasher06
Posted: 8/24/2009
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the river with the kids and my dad. Decided to throw in my line. Fished six hours with hook and bait but all I did was snaggn' rocks with the gear I had. ran out except one I was savn' for ...
By: jens
Posted: 6/2/2010
Species: Shad
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I started my morning fishing for Smallies at my little secluded spot at Ashes. I fished from 5am to 10:30am. The action was surprisingly slow. I landed 4 small dinks biggest maybe a pound and 1 lost ...
By: returnofthefish
Posted: 6/14/2010
Species: Shad
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished below the dam from 8am to 2pm. I only had 2 shad on my line all day. Using 6 pound leader was a bad idea. Didnt see many caught from other fisherman fishing with shad darts. Two people plunking...
By: tluedeke
Posted: 6/9/2013
Species: Shad
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished my annual shad run on the Columbia, Oregon side, on Bradford Island, facing the Washington shore. Did this a number of times in the late 90s/early 2000s, and after relocated out of and then ba...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/17/2013
Species: Shad
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Today I got to fish for shad for the first time (well, I fished a bit last night I’m counting this as the first serious effort).
I arrived at 5:30am at the location closest to the dam, about 30 yar...
By: returnofthefish
Posted: 6/11/2012
Species: Shad
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Made my annual shad fishing trip again. It was packed and parking was hard to find at 8 in the morning. Saw a few cars from Oregon taking advantage of free fishing weekend. Talked to a few guys that r...
By: returnofthefish
Posted: 6/20/2012
Species: Shad
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
After years of failing at catching many shad, I finally win. Past results ranged from being skunked to 2 shad. This year, I broke the double digit mark. I was schooled by a shad fisherman with decades...
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 5/30/2013
Species: Shad
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing for shad for the second time in my life. This was the first time I found success! I fished near Bonneville Dam, but quite aways down from the crowd. I was happy to trade productivity fo...
By: returnofthefish
Posted: 6/2/2013
Species: Shad
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Started the day late, so got there around 2PM. I was planning to fish at the parking lot closest to the dam, but I saw my buddy way down stream at his car. He told me it was packed by the dam and he d...
By: returnofthefish
Posted: 6/7/2009
Species: Shad
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went shad fishing for the first time ever. We traveled 3.5 hours from Seattle to see what the shad fishing was all about. The dam access road was easy to find. We picked the very first spot we could f...
By: the1fishingpro
Posted: 6/3/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with my cousin to try some Smallie fishing this afternoon. Started getting bites all over the place. Caught my first smallie around 5mins into fishing. Then about an hour later, I hook and la...
By: the1fishingpro
Posted: 6/4/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went in search of Squaw-fish, but ended up switching over to smallmouth later today. Weather seemed nice, but for some reason...I was getting fewer bites than my previous trips. I'll be back soon. I w...
By: the1fishingpro
Posted: 6/7/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/7/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went back to fish for Smallmouth today around 8 this morning. Tried using plastic worms with a drop-shot for about 1hr but didn't seem to get more than a nibble. So I went back to my usual hook and wo...
