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05 - Lower Granite Dam to Interstate Bridge Fishing Reports

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Posted: 8/12/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Needed to get the dust off the steelhead gear for the upcoming opener so I headed to the Snake river for some preseason C&R. Drifted a Rock bouncer jig on a bober anywhere for 15' to 26' you just nee...
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Posted: 5/13/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished May 11th 12th &13th for Springers numbers were O.K. but they just started showing and now they are going to close the season. Never got a bite and did not see anyone get any. The river was off ...
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By: eustace
Posted: 12/11/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
A couple buddies and I parked the motor home near Wawawai last Thur, Fri, Sat and Mon to give it a try for the Steelhead. Thurs we got there around 2:00 pm and tried it till dark with no avail. ...
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Posted: 2/1/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well this is a bit late but there arent many post here so I thought I would add one. We arrived at first light but that was to late to get the good spot. There were about 20 rods in the water already ...
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By: xmission
Posted: 2/10/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I was just by Lower Granite Dam to Interstate Bridge fishing for steelhead. I was wondering if that spot is open year round and do they care if we take the back road in on the other side of the river ...
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Posted: 3/23/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
We started fishing at around 8:00 AM, but had not one real bite until around midday. Most of this was due to the fact that we could not get into the area we really wanted to be in until another couple...
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By: Lee Howe
Posted: 11/16/2018
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/10/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Patty and I took the motorhome down to Wawawai friday afternoon, just beating the snow. Only people in the campground... Love that! Started fishing Sat. at 7am. Calm, no wind or current, which isn'...
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Posted: 12/7/2018
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
My youngest son Brett hadn't caught a Steelhead in years because he's always working and never has weekends off. I took Thursday off so I could go bring the boat back from the snake and took him alon...
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Posted: 2/4/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
After reading Ken & Barb's report on Hell's Canyon, I decided to give it a shot at Wawawai Park on the Snake. Left the house @ 4:30 AM , air temp was 22*. I stopped in Deer Park to hook up with my f...
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Posted: 1/13/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Our original plan was to take the drift boat and float the Grande Ronde this morning but that didn't go as planned. Tried calling Boggans all day yesterday to see if there was any ice but could never ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/25/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The last of the preseason C&R steelhead fishing for me.3 of us fished Wensday got 10 to the boat about 4 to 6 lbs.Thursday we started out with a Chinook that might have been over 30lbs. I've seen alot...
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By: rwl
Posted: 6/25/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished out of Wawawai from 3-6, water was muddy, vis less than 1 ft, water temps were around 60. Lots of floating debris on the water. Barely any wind, nice sunny day. Caught several on a chartreus...
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By: rwl
Posted: 5/23/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for smallmouth on the Snake today downstream from Clarkston. Wasn't sure if things would be blown out after all the recent flows. Lots of debris in the water, but it wasn't terribly murky. Fi...
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By: rwl
Posted: 4/16/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the snake from about 9:30 to noon to see if there were any smallmouth bass willing to cooperate. Water was off-color and greenish, temperatures ranged from 46 to 47. No hits, saw a couple of...
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By: rwl
Posted: 5/10/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 4:30-7:30. Water temps ranged from 56 to 49, light wind. Starting to look promising. C&Rd 3 small males, and a 15 or so inch female. All on a crawfish crankbait fished near the shore. W...
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Posted: 7/26/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Stayed at Chief Timmothy park near Clarkston for a family reunion this weekend. I only got out and fished one morning. Fished from about 7:30 to 9:30. I spent the first hour throwing a jointed rapa...
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Posted: 4/18/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the day checking out the area up and downstream of Lower Granite Dam for next weeks tournament. Water is pretty stained with only about 4-5 feet of visibility. Temps were in the 56-58 degree ran...
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By: rwl
Posted: 5/16/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Been trying on and off for the last few weeks. Water temp has been stubbornly not getting above 55. It has been hard to find fish. Tried for a couple of hours this afternoon. there was a nice breez...
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By: rwl
Posted: 4/12/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Rated a 4 because it was just an exploratory trip and I wasn't hoping for much. Water is down about 3 feet and the gaps between the messed up concrete blocks of the wawawai launch were a little challe...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/1/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I got to the river about 0700 and it was colder than a witches knee cap on holloween night. First cast produced a nice 8 pound + wild fish. The wind calmed down and the sun showed it's self and my fr...
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Posted: 3/24/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/23/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Bass fishing just getting going, weather is warming up! Sunny day Big ones biting. This one caught above Pittsburg Landing near Hell’s Canyon Dam with a Rapala. Fun casting towards boulders deep wa...
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By: rwl
Posted: 6/19/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished out of wawawai from 4-7. Breezy at first, then died down around 6. Water temps ranged from 58 to 63. Nothing in particular seemed to be preferred. Caught several smaller bass (10-11 inch) at a ...
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Posted: 5/19/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
New to this area so I decided to set aside my typical fishing adventures and give this salmon fishing a shot since the forcasts of returns was so high. I selected a couple rods that I felt would be a ...
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Posted: 5/19/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Tried my luck again in the morning and evening. I went to the same area I hooked into a fish the day before. I started off in the predawn hour since I heard these fish have a good surge of movement in...
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Posted: 5/19/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Had another good morning out on the bank of the Snake. I went to the same spot I hooked into a hatchery fish the day before and gave it a few hours. No luck there, so I started moving again. I prefer ...
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