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11 - Vernita Bridge to Priest Rapids Dam Fishing Reports
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By: wellcraft24
Posted: 7/10/2021
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/10/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Fished above Vernita bridge July 10th. Slow death hooks, bottom bouncers and night crawlers. Had quite a few bites, hard to hook that day for some reason. Lots of sockeye in the river then and many ov...
By: kokocrazy83
Posted: 10/13/2020
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/9/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I fished near Vernita Bridge with my boys and a buddy on Friday. We downstream trolled mostly but did spend some time trolling upstream. We ran Super baits behind Shortbus 11inch 360 flashers and I al...
By: dlantis
Posted: 10/9/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/3/2019
Hot Spots: 0
We fished below Priest Rapids October 3rd thru the 6th. My son, new grandson and I trolled with silver flashers and Brad's lures using downriggers just off the bottom in 35 feet of water. Thursday m...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 10/9/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/9/2019
Hot Spots: 0
The Virnita bridge area has continued to give up limits for my guests and I. Some days it is easier than others, but I find the challenge as part of the fun. I’ve been targeting the deeper holes with ...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 10/2/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/30/2019
Hot Spots: 0
The Reach was pretty cooperative last week. The water temps have quickly dropped below 60 and the fish seem to be getting more aggressive. I’ve been using superbaits and roe to entice our bites. It’s ...
By: callplatinum
Posted: 10/7/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry. This may not be a real 5 star rating. But in my personal world it was indeed a 5 start day.
After a successful trip Wednesday I was able to convince my wife to coming Saturday. We got our a...
By: callplatinum
Posted: 10/4/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/3/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Bored stuck in doors as the wind pushes though a dust storm. So I send a text to a friend, Hey the wind is going to settle tonight and it just so happens I took the day off tomorrow.
Almost instantl...
By: kokocrazy83
Posted: 9/29/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/28/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I fished with my boys and brothers at Vernita on Friday. We Started 645 and left around 2pm. The fishing was good especially in the morning . We ended up with 4 adults and one jack. One adult shy of o...
By: kokocrazy83
Posted: 9/15/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We arrived at the launch at Vernita at 6:30 and we were on the water fishing by 7:00. We ran 2 poles with 11 inch pro troll flashers and 3 foot leader to a hot tamale and Seahawk super bait. We stuff...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 9/9/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/8/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Since my “base of operations” will be Vernita Bridge, I will post my Chinook posts under area 11, however I bounce around and fish areas 9-12.
Saturday was officially my first guided trip in the ne...
By: Asianju
Posted: 10/15/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/15/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to give vernita a try even though I have read that fishing has been tough there. Launched at vernita bridge and headed upriver. Tried the Poweline area with no luck and decided to head up some...
By: kokocrazy83
Posted: 10/11/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at the launch at Vernita at 6:50 am and only waited several minutes before we were able to launch our boat and start fishing. There were probably 30 boats in the King Hole and we decided to he...
By: kokocrazy83
Posted: 10/1/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/1/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for Friday 9/29/17. I headed down to Vernita Bridge with my buddy for the first time hoping my research on fishing this area would pay off with some salmon. We had a flat tire on the b...
By: GordyC
Posted: 11/18/2016
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Went after whitefish again Wed. at Priest Rapids. Again the weather was nice and the fish cooperated. We brought home 28. We drifted between Whitefish Island and the power lines getting most of the...
By: GordyC
Posted: 11/9/2016
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
What a nice day Tuesday was for fishing. There was little to no wind on the river and the temperature was in the lower 60's. The whitefish cooperated too. The two of us brought home a total of 22. W...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 9/29/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/27/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Productive is not the word I would use to describe the overall catching down here at Virnita bridge. During a typical year it is not uncommon to watch a couple dozen fish get landed during the mornin...
By: PRM
Posted: 9/29/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This was my first trip to the Hanford Reach area of the Columbia, and it was very...educational. I read about it before the trip, but I was still surprised how powerful the flow of the river can be h...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 9/16/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Well I am off to a pretty good start to the 2016 fall salmon season down here at Virnita bridge. Fishing is a little slower than I would like, but we are catching some really nice fish right now. Our ...
By: Asianju
Posted: 9/5/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Spent Labor Day weekend with the old man and my older brother. Fished Saturday and Sunday above vernita bridge. We back trolled divers and superbaits in 20-25 fow. Didn't have our first takedown till ...
By: Asianju
Posted: 8/28/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I decided on Saturday that we would wake up early Sunday morning and head down to the mouth of the klickitat river and try for some fall kings. That plan went to the wayside when we both d...
By: Lipriper
Posted: 1/15/2016
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the water. 3 hrs 15 fish limit. Orange whitefish fly and maggots. Tried for walleye after and no luck. Worst part of the day was the dog rolling in the salmon carcasses , bad dog! He had ...
By: Asianju
Posted: 12/15/2015
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
A friend of mine and I decided to target some whitefish at vernita. First time targeting these fish so researched from past posts about what gear to use. We chose egg fly patterns tipped with fake sof...
By: GordyC
Posted: 11/21/2015
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/20/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Three of use went after whitefish in my friends boat today. We all had a good time, weather was prefect. Jim had the hot pole today. Every time I looked around he had a fish on. We brought back 41. ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/18/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The 2015 chinook season for me ended this weekend with one last trip with guide Dave Grove of Captain Dave's Guide Service. I fished with Gringo Pescador and Dave on Saturday and Sunday. It was a beau...
By: robholman
Posted: 10/16/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Chased after some Chinook with NWFR Inland Northwest Sponsor, The General Store Spokane's crew, and NWFR Guide Sponsor Don Talbot Wednesday. The weather was ideal. We were at the launch just after 6 a...