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05 - Lower Granite Dam to Interstate Bridge Fishing Reports
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By: steelfishin
Posted: 11/26/2018
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/17/2018
Hot Spots: 0
My Son and I fished the Annual Steelhead Derby down in Lewiston for the week 11/17 to 11/24. We caught 7 keepers between the 2 of us and released 8 wild fish.
We had a great week with good weather an...
By: steelfishin
Posted: 12/3/2018
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/30/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Another decent night of steelhead fishing. After about 30 minutes of trolling I hooked a nice fish that I fought for a good minute or 2 before losing it. Then about an hour later my buddy hooked a fis...
By: steelfishin
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...
By: rickcrit
Posted: 11/7/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the night at Boyer RV park with my wife, started fishing around 7am with my buddy Justin, we went on the top side of the dam. I caught and landed my first steelhead :-) we fished till about 12:3...
By: First Light
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...
By: DatCrazyMongoose
Posted: 10/2/2021
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/2/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Camping at Hell's Gate with some friends and doing some steelhead fishing. Went out 3 times on Saturday (early morning, late morning, and evening). No luck. Saw a few others hook up, but not much acti...
By: MrShades
Posted: 8/6/2022
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/4/2022
Hot Spots: 0
As a WSU student, I frequently fish the Snake River, usually around Wawawai Park. Although I have a Hobie Outback, I can no longer bring it to Pullman because I don't have a truck anymore at the momen...
By: Fishingfamily
Posted: 5/31/2016
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Spent some time at the campground, it was pretty rainy that week, overall the whole family did pretty well. I caught a few Texas rig with purple plastic worms. My wife did really well with a 7-8' rapa...
By: Snake Dancer
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...
By: rwl
Posted: 4/26/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/25/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Scouting trip to Lower Granite Reservoir near Clarkston. River was muddy with 6 inch visibility and the current was ripping. But the amount of debris wasn't bad, a couple of floating logs but it wasn'...
By: rwl
Posted: 5/10/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/10/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Got to Wawawai at around 6:30 and gave the day a 4 because of a nice 4lb 5oz 18 inch fish caught at the end of the trip. At the start, noticed that the water temp was 52-53 and much lower than it was...
By: rwl
Posted: 5/24/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/23/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Caught and released a hatchery chinook while bass fishing out of Wawawai. Big surprise especially since spring chinook is closed due to low numbers. Was careful not to lift the fish out of the water...
By: rwl
Posted: 9/22/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/21/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Went for a few hours out of Nisqually John landing to see if there are any SMB biting. Fall can be really hit or miss in my experience. Still haven't figured things out. First spot was completely de...
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...
By: Ghoti
Posted: 8/12/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Bro and I haven't been able to find time to go fishing, so we made time... Before work! Arrived at Wawaiwai launch at 4:30am Wed morning and fished till 7am. Then we hustled ourselves back home to ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
By: rwl
Posted: 5/25/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
water very muddy compared with two days ago. lots of debris in the water. Vis 1 foot or less. Bummer, just when the bass seemed to have started biting...
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...
By: rwl
Posted: 7/15/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished out of Wawawai from 5-8 pm. Fish have been consistently cooperative, but mostly small in the 8-10 inch range. C&R'd 4 in the 1-2 lb range on senkos, plus about 20 dinks. Definitely nice out on ...
By: ingi
Posted: 4/14/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing for my first time. Started by wawawai bay park. Caught a couple smallmouth but nothing too special. We looked in and there were a couple guys fishing inside the bay. Im not sure if it w...
By: ryancompetition
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...
