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Posted: 8/20/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/18/2019
Hot Spots: 1
We started our fall king season near Drano Lake. We fished 3 days with great success. It's still early but we had a great morning bite then it seemed to slow down throughout the day. We trolled pro tr...
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Posted: 4/12/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/10/2018
Hot Spots: 1
We fished Lake Merwin, it was a squally day with rain and sun. They are dropping the lake fast. We found a good bite closer to the west end of the lake and the fish were closer to the surface 10ft to ...
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Posted: 11/12/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/8/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Well, Sunday was a rare thing; just my dad and I got out on the water chasing some Walleye down at Potholes. It turned out to be the perfect father and son day with cooperative weather and fantastic f...
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Posted: 7/25/2018
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/25/2018
Hot Spots: 1
We started at Brewster today for sockeye and got a quick limit of 12 fish. But the exciting part was we moved down to chelan falls mid morning and hooked 11 kings and landed 6. Great bite today! For t...
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Posted: 5/4/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2018
Hot Spots: 1
We have been fishing the Columbia Gorge for Spring Chinook the past couple days. The fishing has been very consistent with plenty of action and a few limits. We have been trolling pro troll and Leo fl...
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Posted: 3/11/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/8/2015
Hot Spots: 3
We fished Banks lake this past Sunday and found some great success. We targeted water that was 40 to 50 feet deep. The surface temp was 43 tp 44 degrees. Our best crawler harness patterns were gold in...
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Posted: 3/2/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/1/2015
Hot Spots: 3
We fished Lake Chelan yesterday and had very consistent fishing. We picked up 26 kokanee ranging 12 to 16 inches. This has ben some great growth from my trips 2 weeks ago when they were 11 to 14 inche...
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Posted: 7/23/2018
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/23/2018
Hot Spots: 1
I know there has been lots of reports of great Sockeye fishing in Brewster. But Monday the 23rd and it just keeps going! We had 6 limits by 6:30 this morning. We are finding most fish 20 to 25ft down....
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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. ...
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Posted: 9/27/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/27/2019
Hot Spots: 0
We have been fishing the past couple days with great success and early limits for 4 people. We have caught fish multiple ways. Downstream trolling superbait and spinners has been very good. Chrome and...
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Posted: 5/16/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/15/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Spring Chinook in the Columbia gorge is still going Good! We are getting a late push of fish over Bonneville that should keep the fishing good through early June! The best bite has been on pro troll a...
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Posted: 7/28/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/28/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Banks Lake Walleye is absolutely on fire right now! We had a phenomenal day catching Walleye, and the bite is going to stay hot! Trolling Mack's Lure Slowdeath Rigs from 1.0 to 1.2 mph in 20ft-35f...
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Posted: 7/31/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/31/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Another amazing day up on Lake Wenatchee for these bright, great fighting Sockeye! We ended up with 5 limits (20 Sockeye) today in just under 3 hours of fishing! The fish seem to be really conc...
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Posted: 3/29/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/29/2019
Hot Spots: 1
We have had a good past few days with a 11 fish day today wrapping up the week. We released a handful of females ranging 5 to 9lbs and kept many great eater males that were 16 to 23 inches. My best te...
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Posted: 7/20/2018
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/20/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Fishing for sockeye is nothing short of on fire in Brewster! We trolled size 0 Dodgers with 14 inch leaders. Small Pink smile red hooks and a pink shrimp soaked in graybills krill scent. We found the ...
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Posted: 10/26/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/24/2015
Hot Spots: 3
What an absolutely fantastic day we had on Potholes Reservoir catching Walleye! The fishing this time of year is fast and action packed; never knowing what species of fish you are reeling in! Of cours...
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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...
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Posted: 5/23/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/22/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Spring Chinook in the Columbia gorge just keep coming! The fishing has been consistently good. We had a boat both at Drano lake and mouth of wind river and both boats did well. We have been doing best...
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Posted: 4/13/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/12/2015
Hot Spots: 3
To say the least we had a great time getting together for my dads 60th birthday, AND we caught fish! It was a great day out on the lake even with the 3+ foot waves out on the main lake. Crab Creek arm...
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Posted: 7/30/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/30/2015
Hot Spots: 3
An absolutely phenomenal opening day of Sockeye fishing at Lake Wenatchee! We had 3 limits in the boat in under 2 hours this morning and lost a few as well, the action was hot and heavy once we fig...
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Posted: 5/21/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2015
Hot Spots: 3
We have been fishing Potholes pretty hard for the past couple of weeks and having amazing success! The fishing has been flat out on fire! We have been boating lots of fish and they have all been 17" t...
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Posted: 6/7/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/7/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Drano lake this morning. There are a few fish around but over all pretty slow bite. We hooked 2 and landed 1 fish in 5 hours. We got bit on pro troll flashers with mini cutplug superbaits in pi...
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Posted: 6/12/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We fished below John day dam today. Walleye fishing was very consistent. We landed a dozen fish in 4 hours. They were good healthy fish all in the 18 to 23 inch range. We consintrated on trolling dark...
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Posted: 3/13/2020
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/13/2020
Hot Spots: 0
We fished the Biggs junction area today on the Columbia river. The Walleye bite was a little hit and miss. We fished for about 4 hours and picked up 6 nice fish. We started pulling crankbaits with no ...
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Posted: 8/8/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/8/2018
Hot Spots: 1
We fished the Drano lake area and had a great morning. We hooked 8 kings and 2 steelhead by 10 a.m. we pulled pro troll flashers with 3.5 spinners and mini cutplug superbaits behind them. Pinks and or...
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