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05 - I5 Bridge to Bonneville Dam Fishing Reports
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By: Pat Campbell
Posted: 5/17/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2007
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As the shad numbers are going up, we thought we might be able to catch one or two just below Bonneville Dam. Instead we caught one after another with some being good size. My son released one small ...
By: Pat Campbell
Posted: 6/4/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2007
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Continuing to fish below Bonneville Dam for shad. Most everything jig-wise works. Try letting the smaller sized jigs drift in the areas of counter currents. When the line suddenly tightens up - win...
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 6/19/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/19/2007
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I went shad fishing for my first time from 7:30 to 9:30 pm. I used red and green shad darts, jig heads, and small spoons. Shad fishing isn't as idiot-proof as I had hoped. The first half an hour I was...
By: Fisherman_max
Posted: 7/31/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/30/2007
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went to a supposed honey hole for northern pike minnow right past the bonneville dam with my step brother and my uncle the night of the 30th. my uncle had heard from a friend that the pike minnow are ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/22/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/21/2007
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With the Chinook Salmon season closed on the Columbia, and the Coho's are not in on my favorite river. I decided on doing some Sturgeon fishing while the season is still open. I brought along my fri...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/22/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/19/2007
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On Friday my friend Grant and I decided to try some sturgeon fishing. With a break in the weather that day we ventured out in the morning. There were whitecaps on the Columbia and the wind was blowi...
By: colton
Posted: 11/8/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/8/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went of to the Columbia River for some Small-mouth bass fishing a while back. we did pretty well with 6 fish being caught. It was pretty fun
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/17/2008
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/16/2008
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First trip of the year on the "Big C"! My buddy Grant and I did a little sturgeon fishing this morning. Weather was 35 and foggy. Water temperature was 38.8 degrees at the surface. Overall a good ...
By: 3D
Posted: 3/7/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/7/2008
Hot Spots: 0
After a long drive we started fishing around 7:30 am. 5 guys 15 lb smelt, some sand shrimp, and worms for the goombas on the boat. this was a spot i had fished many times before. i was counting on a u...
By: zbo
Posted: 3/16/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
well i went to the columbia river today to try and catch some sucker fish because i love pulling those in for some reason...... i did not however catch any suckers. i was using worms and i had a 3 hol...
By: zbo
Posted: 3/30/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I went back to my spot to see if I could hook another sturgeon....... I was always talking to my brother or not paying attention and then I would notice my rod bouncing so I would run over and it woul...
By: zbo
Posted: 4/1/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/1/2008
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So I went to my spot AGAIN!
This time I was armed with my new rod and sturgeon fishing knowledge....... things started out slowly, but then after about an hour I got a nice bite so I set the hook a...
By: zbo
Posted: 4/2/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
same as yesterday, only 2 suckers this time and I lost a sturgeon about 10 feet from shore. (pics are from yesterday) one with sturgeon is Melila, other is me.
By: zbo
Posted: 4/4/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went out again with my friend Melila, got about 20 minutes of fishing in and he caught a shaker. Then it began to feel like a hurricane so we left.
By: 64omcangeler
Posted: 4/5/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
well i got out there about 12 pm and settled in and casted and about 30 minutes into a sheriff pulls up and nails 2 guys for no license's and shortly after they left my 15' surf pool went nuts and i h...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/15/2008
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/13/2008
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Did the spring fever rush on the Columbia this morning. About 5 minutes into our run we had a take down. Unfortunately we lost the fish at the motor. After so jockeying around about a half hour lat...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/21/2008
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/19/2008
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Another day on the Columbia for Springers. We had one take down and had one on and lost it. I forgot to set the hook. Otherwise a cold morning. I hope tomorrow's weather will be better.
Tight l...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/21/2008
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/20/2008
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Well went on on the final day of Spring Chinook season on the Columbia. We saw some fish caught and we were able to land two one 23 pound hen and one 12-15 native and was quickly released. Had to ca...
By: colton
Posted: 5/4/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well I decided to try bass fishing for the first time this year. I caught one quality small-mouth on a spinner bait and that was it. I had a great time though. I was pretty surprised i actually caught...
By: zbo
Posted: 5/14/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/14/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Wintler Park this evening at about 7. I didn't get anything except one bite while fishing with a worm on the bottom. There was lots of fish jumping that were small so I decided to put on my ...
By: Dillpepsi123
Posted: 5/16/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well i got to wintler park about 3 o clock. I went to the spot over by the houses just like zbo had talked about and i caught one 8 pound carp. Fun fight !!! I used a barbless hook so he was cleanly r...
By: lskiles
Posted: 5/17/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/17/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Wintler Park about 8:00 this morning and fished until 11:00.
There was a guy who had been there since about 7:30 and he had three or four fish on his stringer but he did not know what the...
By: Fisherman_max
Posted: 5/19/2008
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2008
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Me and my buddies fished the Steam boat landing park dock on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. we fished using dick nites with a weight that kept them on the bottom.
we caught 3 shad Saturday and on...
By: Fisherman_max
Posted: 5/19/2008
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Here are the pictures to go along with my last report.
By: zbo
Posted: 5/26/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well today I went to the spot where fishermanmax had done his shad fishing, but i did not have the same success. The main problem was that I do not know how to fish for shad, but also it was very crow...
