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05 - I5 Bridge to Bonneville Dam Fishing Reports
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By: Craig Ducharme
Posted: 3/31/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Worked above the I5 bridge two days, used fish flash, 6oz. dropper, chartruse dyed, salt brined herring. No fish! Talked to many including guides, lots of boats caught no fish. Derby day fly over c...
By: Craig Ducharme
Posted: 4/3/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Friends are down on the river as I write this, last two days they boated 5 fish, trolling herring, fish flash green and lime green. The fish are in and moving up. Pictures forth coming with tomorrows...
By: RIBOwner
Posted: 4/11/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well the Army Engineers decided to release more water this morning. Too much flow to even troll, and forget about anchoring. Spoke with the Washington F&W and only two fish were checked in.
Aft...
By: rseas
Posted: 4/16/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
In trying to bring home a spring Chinook we fished the following rigs; one green fish flash with cut-plug herring, the second a lime green fish flash with cut-plug herring and the third rig was a stra...
By: Nelly1
Posted: 4/22/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 6am till 4pm with about 200+ boats. Launched at Portco and fished from the i205 bridge to the I-5, trolling a cut plug herring, and a fish flash with a cut plug, on the bottom with no succ...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/9/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Okay, I know this is a year old but had to post this as we are going out again tomorrow to try our luck on the Columbia for some early Springer action. We were on Ron's boat from a guide service and ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/23/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
wow slow start in morning not single fish must been three hundred boats and that know joke.then 9am boat front me gets one and land it small fish. then two min later bam rod gos nuts fish on put up go...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/27/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I am now 0 for 2 on springers but you can't catch 'em if your aren't fishing for 'em! Met the boys at the Red Lion at the Quay boat ramp at 7am and was met with a stiff south wind in our faces. We s...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 4/2/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/31/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Report Date 4/2/14
This past week we spent some time on the Lower Columbia targeting Spring Chinook in the I5 Bridge area. We primarily trolled herring and Fish Flash flashers by Yakima Bait Company...
Posted: 4/16/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Got this pair on the I-5- 205 troll..had 2 others to the boat on 4 passes..hope we get another crack at them this year.
By: REELTIMEGS
Posted: 6/26/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We have been averaging 10 to 15 hook ups per day mostly Summer Chinook with some Steelhead mixed in when targeting the Chinook we have been fishing the I5 area of Portland trolling herring with lead d...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 4/20/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/20/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I just wanted to give a quick update on the Spring Chinook season below Bonneville Dam. This weekend is the last opportunity to fish for Springers in the Columbia below Bonneville Dam, and as of this...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 4/25/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Munden's Rising Son Adventures finished the Lower Columbia Spring Salmon season with a bang! In two days of fishing we were able to battle 13 fish and put 8 in the box! A few wild releases and a few...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 4/9/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Well my 2018 Lower River Springer Season is in the books! We fished the Portland area from April 2-6th, catching fish every day! The fishing was a bit tougher than in past years due to the fish comi...
Posted: 9/10/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/10/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We had a great morning with lots of bites and a quick limit. I was running vip and hildebrandt 3.5 spinners in pink and green behind pro troll flashers. The leader length has been best at 36 inches an...
Posted: 8/27/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/27/2019
Hot Spots: 1
We fished today right below Bonneville dam. It was s consistent morning averaging a bite an hour yielding a limit of nice kings for my customers. We trolled using pro troll flashers and 3.5 spinners. ...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 3/28/2021
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/28/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Early Spring Chinook fishing will test even the most seasoned veteran! The run seems to be late this year and fish are just now starting show up in decent numbers. We fished the Portland area from ...
By: Lip_Ripper87
Posted: 6/6/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well....another spot....another disappointment. I threw EVER spinbait(green/White/light blue, Black/speckled blue, Black, watermelon) I had. nothing. So...I think I was there at the wrong time of day....
By: Pat Campbell
Posted: 6/4/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2007
Hot Spots: 0
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: lskiles
Posted: 6/3/2008
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Catapiller Island. The water was so high that only three or four of the concrete planks of the boat ramp were out of the water. The water was brown and fast. Fished for about a half-hour a...
By: jechicdr
Posted: 6/18/2018
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/18/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Shad were hitting well below Bonneville Dam. I probably could have hit 100 fish had I not been retying and casting for my kids. They had a blast catching 2-5 lb Shad. Chartreuse was best color but ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/14/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Aaron and I are at Ed Iman's "Fish Camp 2015" where we get to see new products from outdoor recreational companies and fish the mighty Columbia. It's a fun event we've participated in for several year...
By: thefishwhisperer
Posted: 5/19/2014
Species: Shad
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I was down in portland area for the weekend, I decided to try my luck shad fishing for my first time. Was fishing below bonneville dam with shad darts and jig heads. Fishing was really slow, some peop...
By: brandon_murray1
Posted: 8/30/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I had read many encouraging reports on fishing the Columbia for Smallmouth Bass so I decided to give it a try. I chose to fish along the shore to the right of Beacon Rock State Park Boat Launch. I fis...
By: blurock
Posted: 6/9/2011
Species: Shad
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Being in Portland for the week, I had the whole afternoon with nothing to do so I decided to cross back over into Washington and try my hand at Shad fishing for the very first time. I'd gotten some t...
