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06 - Interstate Bridge to Hells Canyon Dam Fishing Reports
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By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 5/21/2014
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Got to spend a day with some great clients of mine fishing for Sturgeon in the Heller's Bar Area of the Snake River. The water was higher than normal and the weather a little unsettled. We only pick...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 5/12/2015
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
With the Snake River closing to spring chinook fishing in the Clarkston area I decided to switch gears yesterday and got out for my first targeted sturgeon fishing of the year. The weather was absolut...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 3/13/2016
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/12/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We snuck out yesterday for an early Sturgeon fishing trip on the Snake River out of Heller Bar. With our steelhead season behind us we have been switched over to targeting catch and release sturgeon. ...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 5/31/2016
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We had the great fortune yesterday to spend a wonderful day on the Snake River near Heller Bar chasing oversize catch and release sturgeon and small mouth bass. Both the sturgeon and bass fishing can...
By: Steel Dreams GS
Posted: 6/3/2016
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing on the Snake has been excellent for Sturgeon and Smallmouth Bass! Fishing fresh dead bait on the bottom on current lines in both deep and shallow waters is producing some really nice Sturgeon...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/9/2018
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I got to fish a Bucket List location on a trip with Rob and Aaron to the Snake River, Hells Canyon, with Snake Dancer Excursions. We fished on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was mostly about exploring,...
By: Noah
Posted: 10/24/2018
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/19/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Heller bar was good in the morning but bites were tentative and rare the rest of the day. Changed things up for lunch with a 9' sturgeon :-)
Guided by Northwest Fishing Expeditions, Shane Reynolds.
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/6/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I checked off another adventure to a new fishing location from my bucket list, this time fishing for steelhead on the Snake River with guide Adam Hocking of Steel Dreams Guide Service.
The drive i...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 10/16/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We had another fantastic day yesterday fishing the Snake River out of Heller Bar for both Fall Chinook Salmon and Steelhead. Between salmon and Steelhead we landed 10 plus adult fish and numerous Chi...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 10/18/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We had a great day of Steelhead fishing today in Hells Canyon. We fished out of the Heller Bar area. Today was a mixture of frustration and jubilation as the river went from decently fishable in the m...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 11/7/2017
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/4/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Over the weekend we spent some time fishing in the Heller Bar area of the Snake River, and despite the low return numbers and the negative Steelhead press we did very well. On Saturday I had two custo...
By: kenbarb
Posted: 12/11/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Yesterday was just too good to pass up, ambient temp. was 31*, not much of a breeze, and some sunshine, plus a fishing partner that was ready to catch a Steelhead.
Told Barb that I was headed for t...
By: kenbarb
Posted: 12/20/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Yesterday my fishing partner (Barb) was busy with Christmas stuff, she suggested that maybe I should go out for a couple of hours, and try to find a Steelhead, sounded pretty good to me. I have been w...
By: kevin14
Posted: 10/8/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Left WSU at about 530 am and went to the heller bar area of the Snake River with a couple friends. We tried a spot a little above some big rapids and did pretty good. We threw spoons and spinners and ...
By: kenbarb
Posted: 11/13/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The weather report for today looked like a good day to try for a Steelhead, some rain, temp 40*, and a light breeze. We hooked up the boat just as it started gettind daylight and headed upriver on Sn...
By: kenbarb
Posted: 1/31/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Looked out the living room windows this morning, and it is a sight to behold, heavy clouds, some of them on the canyon walls, a slight drizzle, not a breath of wind, the river looks like glass, a perf...
By: kenbarb
Posted: 2/1/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
It looks like another nice day for Steelhead fishing, looking out the windows while having the morning coffee we can see a little ripple on the water, it is cloudy, rained during the night, outside te...
By: kevin14
Posted: 10/7/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished heller bar with my friend bonner Daniels and we hooked 20 steelhead and 2 kings At heller bar! One king was 40+ pounds easily and we fought it for over an hour before it spooled us! Every boat ...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 10/26/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/25/2015
Hot Spots: 0
We had a fantastic day of steelhead fishing yesterday out of Heller Bar on the Snake River. Water temperatures have finally dropped to the lower 50's and the fishing is now on fire. We landed 11 stee...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 11/5/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/5/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Heller bar on the Snake River in Washington continues to fish absolutely fantastic for steelhead. Today we had two boats out, a total of 6 anglers, and we boated 23 great fighting steelhead. The water...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 12/20/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the day yesterday with some great customers. We launched out of heller bar for a day of steelhead fishing. Fishing was decent yesterday and we ended up with 5 nice steelhead for 3 rods fishing. ...
By: Kyle Jones
Posted: 1/14/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/14/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We had an absolutely fantastic day on the lower end of Hell's Canyon today. We started our day out of Heller Bar at daylight and quickly found ourselves in the middle of an absolutely gorgeous day on ...
By: kenbarb
Posted: 1/15/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
First I want to thank all of you guys that have been submitting reports, I have really enjoyed reading them, but sorry to say that I have not been contributing. Barb and I have been going out about tw...
By: kenbarb
Posted: 1/28/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/22/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The weather report looked like good fishing, cloudy with scattered rain, Barb and I got up at 4:30am in order to be fishing near daybreak; the gravel launch site we will use is about 15 minutes from o...
By: kenbarb
Posted: 2/2/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The daytime temps have been in the 50's all week here in Hell's Canyon, the river flow has been high, and it has risen about two feet, but is still reasonably clear for fishing. Until today the wind h...
