Post by: castie2504 on April 06, 2025, 07:41:39 PM
Post by: castie2504 on April 06, 2025, 07:44:52 PM
Post by: AROTTY on April 06, 2025, 08:08:14 PM
Post by: Dan-o on April 06, 2025, 08:12:03 PM
Way to get the kids out.
Post by: MLhunter1 on April 06, 2025, 08:23:28 PM
Post by: pickardjw on April 06, 2025, 08:27:26 PM
From Bonneville Dam upstream to the Tower Island power lines (approximately 6 miles below The Dalles Dam):
March 1-March 31: Salmon and steelhead: Daily limit two hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon and wild steelhead.
April 1-April 26: Salmon and steelhead: Daily limit six, up to two adults may be retained of which no more than one may be an adult Chinook. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook. Release wild steelhead. Salmon minimum size 12 inches.
Fishing from a vessel is prohibited. Bank angling with hand-cast lines only.
Post by: castie2504 on April 06, 2025, 08:36:53 PM
Post by: pickardjw on April 06, 2025, 08:54:00 PM
The reg you’re referring to is only for the Columbia. Drano has its own regs.
Ahh gotcha, thanks for the clarification.
Post by: trophyhunt on April 07, 2025, 05:57:15 AM
Post by: nwwanderer on April 07, 2025, 06:44:33 AM
Post by: 206 on April 07, 2025, 07:20:58 AM
Post by: Mtnwalker on April 07, 2025, 08:06:44 AM
The reg you’re referring to is only for the Columbia. Drano has its own regs.
Ahh gotcha, thanks for the clarification.
I tried looking the other day too and couldn't make heads or tails of it. All this technology available and they still gotta make the regs detective work
Post by: castie2504 on April 07, 2025, 05:04:54 PM
Yesterday’s fish was very memorable, my 6 year old caught the first of the year while my 10 year old was captaining the boat. He decided on the line and earned his brother the takedown that led to the catch! Pretty cool watching them get it done together. The cool thing is that they have no idea that one day they’ll be captaining their boats and I’ll just be another passenger that just gets to fish! It’s all coming together :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: castie2504 on April 10, 2025, 09:10:01 PM
Congrats. I was there yesterday fishing prawn spinners and only saw 1 fish caught.
Numbers are inching up slowing, there will be a great leap in them in the next couple of weeks. Get after them before the circus starts!
Post by: castie2504 on April 13, 2025, 04:59:31 PM
Post by: Dan-o on April 13, 2025, 05:43:27 PM
You're hammering them pretty darn good.
Post by: Blacklab on April 14, 2025, 06:11:04 PM
Post by: castie2504 on April 19, 2025, 08:27:26 PM
Fish count over Bonneville on 18th: 413
Water Temp: average 48.1 F
Air Temp @ 1200: 62 F
Miserable windy conditions, sustained 15-20 mph with gusts up to 30, white caps and rough
No takes for my crew and I. Two Adults, 3 kids running 4 rods. Ran 2 chrome pro trolls and 2 chrome short bus flashers. Ran 2 prawn spinners (chartreuse, red, Mexican hat and others, switching colors constantly) with red coon shrimp, ran 2 rods each one with the skinny mini (rotten banana, Seahawk, ladybug and others) or the Kokanee cut plugs (same patterns as mentioned earlier) with tuna. Couldn’t grind out a take. Got blown off the water at 1230.
Saw 1 fish caught, heard of 4 others caught and several lost. The biologist had only counted one fish when I spoke to him at 1300. About 35 boats probably averaging 4 anglers a boat.
The wind made for challenging conditions but not impossible. First trip we got skunked this year. Been able to scratch out a fish with lower numbers over the dam before this trip. Fun trip though, boys had fun. It was an adventure, headed back in a few days.
Post by: castie2504 on April 24, 2025, 07:28:09 PM
Post by: trophyhunt on April 25, 2025, 05:44:03 AM
Post by: castie2504 on April 25, 2025, 03:09:23 PM
My first time doing the drano was last year on a guided trip, we went 1-4 during the madness. It was crazy, but pretty cool as a client, no way would I want to captain a boat on that mess. But I have tried to talk my cousin to take his boat down there, lol. Awesome report by the way!!
Hopefully you can get out there with your cousin. I’d recommend staying out in the lake and avoiding the bowl until light. Good luck, get after ‘em.
Post by: treeclimber2852 on April 26, 2025, 07:27:45 AM
Post by: castie2504 on May 05, 2025, 10:40:56 PM
The Wind River is producing and gives more room to maneuver. Launch at Stevenson and motor up if you can.
Great fish! I’ve yet to try that area.
Post by: castie2504 on May 06, 2025, 10:00:48 PM
The Wind River is producing and gives more room to maneuver. Launch at Stevenson and motor up if you can.
Great fish! I’ve yet to try that area.
5/05 Report: good weather, little breezy but more than fishable. Boat launch parking full, cars almost parked all the way to the tunnel. Lots and lots of boats, the toilet bowl packed, lake had lots of boats but not too crazy.
Ran 4 rods, 3 anglers. 2 protrolls, 2 brad’s 360 flashers with prawn spinners on each setup with millennium coon shrimp. Got first fish in brads flasher running a high class chartreuse/pink blade and red coon shrimp, 12 oz at 24’ on counter at daylight on east end of lake next to road where the depth was 28’. Second fish on protroll flasher, Mexican hat spinner with red coon shrimp 12 oz at 28’ on counter on east end of lake at 30’ depth. 2 fish caught about 20 mins apart, by 630 am the bite slowed tremendously and saw no other fish hooked in lake until about 10.
It’s prime time now, get there early otherwise the launch line will be long. Get after ‘em!
Post by: metlhead on May 08, 2025, 10:40:21 AM