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03 - Lower Monument Dam to Little Goose Dam Fishing Reports
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By: MGTom
Posted: 5/30/2021
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/30/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the water with the family. Had to hunt a bit but once we fish were found it would be good for a bit. Yellow plastics were the best until about noon when the top water lure my son was thro...
By: MGTom
Posted: 8/21/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/21/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Fished out of Lyons Ferry this morning. Found lots of bass and a few perch in various spots. Today we found the fish to be in the deeper water, about the 10-15' mark, with some up to 20' deep. All nea...
By: MGTom
Posted: 8/7/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/7/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Set out from Lyons ferry at 8:00, targeting walleye, with no action. A little late but tried a couple hours anyway. Bottom bounced 1/2 of Mack's inventory. Worked from the grain silos to just below te...
By: MGTom
Posted: 2/2/2019
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/2/2019
Hot Spots: 1
Spent the morning drifting bobbers with pink shrimp and yarn in various spots and depths around the mouth of the Tucannon. No action all morning except for about a 30 minute period when the sun came o...
By: MGTom
Posted: 1/20/2019
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/20/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I say average day but we didn't put one in the boat this trip. We brought a nice medium sized wild one to the side of the boat where it got off before we got to net it (but if it was I keeper I would ...
By: MGTom
Posted: 1/5/2019
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/5/2019
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I have gone five previous trips this fall without even a bite, Today fished same place, off the mouth of the Tucannon, and got 2 fish in an hour. I got a 8lb hen in the first 30 min, follow...
By: MGTom
Posted: 10/7/2018
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Had another slow morning fishing on the snake but a great trip with my son. Third trip with no fish. Trolled flashers and brads for Chinook for a few hours by the hatchery, no luck. Many boats but saw...
By: MGTom
Posted: 9/22/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/21/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled flashers and lures from morning until mid afternoon. Tried various depths and combinations. Caught and released one wild coho jack fishing shallow. No pic, quick safe release. Most angles stil...
By: Fishman_Kuzan
Posted: 2/18/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I have not posted a report on this site since it was WashingtonLakes.com which is too long! My apologies for the late report on salmon season. I broke my ankle back in May and was down and out until...
By: SharkFisher
Posted: 10/29/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled for steelhead for 3 hours. The first hour was spent using the trolling motor for a controlled drift upstream using a bobber/jig/shrimp combination & the last 2 hours were spent dragging flatfi...
By: allanwalker
Posted: 12/8/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the day chasing eye and had some success.
1- cat fish released
1-4 pound squaw fish clubbed over the head and fed to the gulls very happy gulls
My first steelhead native released caught on a...
By: allanwalker
Posted: 11/24/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Target Species: Walleye
Lake or River Fished: Snake River Texas Rapids
Date(s) Fished: 11-22 & 23 -14
Weather Conditions: Cloudy rainy windy
Wind: 15 to 35
Ambient Temp: mid 40’s
Wa...
By: Fishman_Kuzan
Posted: 10/27/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/28/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Along with smallmouth fishing I have had some time to target our big fall run of Chinook out here on the Snake. I finally caught some this year but it was by far no comparison to the Hanford catches...
By: Fishman_Kuzan
Posted: 10/27/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Sadly its been awhile since I've got a report up. I am severely disappointed in my reporting abilities this season, but don't worry I have been fishing plenty! Started reporting strong during kokane...
By: tluedeke
Posted: 6/24/2014
Species: Catfish
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went up to Ayer Boat Basin to try for channel cats/bullheads. This place has been pretty reliable in the past, and I've always caught a few.
But streak broken. Not a bite in five hours of fishin...
By: ridgeratt
Posted: 5/11/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Just got back from fishing the Springer season 4-8 to 4-10. My Son and my Hunting buddy went down to work on our tans.
We ended up with a full gamit of weather , Had Sun, more than enough wind, plen...
By: Fishman_Kuzan
Posted: 5/1/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Had some time for an after work evening of fishing. Water is warming up, fish were on the bite though not red hot. Caught one walleye at 4 lbs 10 oz on a square bill crank bait. Caught a handful of...
By: Fishman_Kuzan
Posted: 4/29/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Whew! Finally have a few minutes to catch up on some reports, been busy fishing, working and doing spring time chores. Fished last Monday for some warm water species. Got out two Fridays ago as well...
By: lyonsferrymarina
Posted: 4/21/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/19/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Water temps are warming up and although not "hot", fishing has been decent and should be picking up. As water warms up, especially near the mouth of the Palouse activity should heat up. Water temp nea...
By: allanwalker
Posted: 10/14/2013
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Snake River out of Lyons Ferry on Saturday Oct 12 and Sunday October 13.
Saturday October 12. Greg Sam & Allan
Pulled spinners on bottom walkers over several hot spots with not many re...
By: hewesbob
Posted: 9/2/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We put in at Lyons Ferry KOA about 8:30 and headed down river.There were about a dozen boats fishing around the hatchery, most of them jigging. I thought this was a little odd since it was the first d...
By: tluedeke
Posted: 7/13/2013
Species: Catfish
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went up to Ayers Boat Basin, and fished all night for catfish. Caught two channel cats (roughly 3 and 5 pounds) and two yellow bullheads (maybe a pound each). Missed several others. Not bad, but an...
By: lyonsferrymarina
Posted: 7/9/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Small mouth Bass action was hot this weekend at the marina. It's great seeing families having a great time on the water. A lot of worms sold as well as top water lures like Wahoos seem to be working. ...
By: lyonsferrymarina
Posted: 6/17/2013
Species: Catfish
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
HOT, that's the word for the weather and the fishing! Multiple reports of LOTS of Cats coming in. Average is probably around 4 lbs with 10lb + very common. Hot bait seems to be chicken liver as we wer...
By: lyonsferrymarina
Posted: 6/17/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Yup, Bass action is definitely heating up. Multiple reports of nice size fish coming into the marina all weekend. Top water lures and tubes were selling like crazy and produced some nice fish. Working...