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Posted: 6/18/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We fished Walleye below John day dam yesterday. The water is starting to get into the summer flows and the walleye fishing is very good. Most of our fish were in the 18 to 24 inch range and even found...
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...
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...
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...
Posted: 8/20/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/20/2018
Hot Spots: 1
We fished hard this morning for a few bites. We landed one nice king and our other boat landed one king. Definitely tougher but its just a matter of a little time before it heats back up again! We got...
Posted: 3/12/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/10/2018
Hot Spots: 1
We fished above The Dalles dam by Biggs junction area on Saturday. It was a decent day of fishing. We landed 7 nice Walleye and had the opportunity at a few others. There were quite a few boats and w...
Posted: 2/28/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/27/2018
Hot Spots: 1
We fished Walleye in the The Dalles dam pool. I rated the day average even though we only got 8 Walleye. The water is still fairly cold 34 degrees and we worked a bit for those fish. Our biggest fish ...
Posted: 8/27/2018
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/27/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We fished The klickitat river today out of the drift boat. What a beautiful day and a great float. We fished mostly bobber and shrimp. Medium light spinning rod with 20lb braid rigged with a slip floa...
Posted: 10/29/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We did a some steelhead fishing around pateros and the mouth of the Methow river this past weekend. We mostly threw floats with ybc maxi jigs in 1/16 oz pink and purple, black and red and we tipped th...
Posted: 3/3/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/28/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We headed out for Pateros early this last Friday to check some steelhead off the mouth of the Methow river. I had not been up to my normal target ground in about a month but usually this time of year ...
Posted: 9/21/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/21/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We have been Fishing the Handford reach for the past week with great success and 4 fish limits every morning. The bite has came on a down hill troll hugging the bottom tight with pro troll flashers ri...
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...
Posted: 7/16/2018
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing is red hot for sockeye in Brewster! We had a limit of 6 fish in less than an hour this morning. Size 0 Dodgers with 17 inch leaders, red or pink beads and pink smile blades. We put this on top...
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. ...
Posted: 4/7/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/4/2015
Hot Spots: 3
We had a fun but chilly morning out on Potholes this past Saturday!
We fished the Crab Creek arm in 18-25 FOW. The fish are starting to move up into the shallower water and are coming out of their sp...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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....
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 ...
Posted: 6/1/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/31/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Well, we went after the Moses Lake Walleye yesterday with great success! Got a bunch of nice 17" to 21" keepers, lots of little Walleye, and some 10" to 12" Perch trolling Mack's Lure Slowdeath Rigs i...
Posted: 9/7/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/7/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We fished the Columbia gorge near the mouth of the klickitat and we had one boat below Bonneville dam. Both boats limited this morning with some very nice fish. Best rig was pro troll flasher with pin...
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...
