Columbia River

hunter9 · 04-09-2010, 07:45 PM

Area: Columbia River abouve Bonnieville Dam on foot along rip raps.
Lure: Soft plastics and Sexy shad rap
Fish: 10 smallmouths some were pretty big and some were smaller
Time: 30 minutes was all it took

arkansasbasser · 04-09-2010, 09:18 PM

Sweet! Now you got me wanting to go because that's my stomping grounds.

gofastlookcool · 04-09-2010, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by hunter9

Area: Columbia River abouve Bonnieville Dam on foot along rip raps.
Lure: Soft plastics and Sexy shad rap
Fish: 10 smallmouths some were pretty big and some were smaller
Time: 30 minutes was all it took

Is that area safe to explore for an agile 6 year old? Im taking him after a sturgeon in the AM off the bank on sauvies island, If I cant produce a shaker or two by noon I was thinking of heading up to Bonneville to show him one. If I could get him into a smallie or two while Im up there that would be cool.

An older gentleman told me about catching smallies up there a couple years ago when we were digging through lures at Fishermans and I have yet to make the trip. Kids are just getting old enough.

Thanks for the post

arkansasbasser · 04-09-2010, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by gofastlookcool

Is that area safe to explore for an agile 6 year old?

It's not in my opinion. But Rooster Rock off the bank would be very safe and probably productive too. I used to stop in there on the way back home and always caught a few casting from the bank there.

gofastlookcool · 04-09-2010, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by arkansasbasser

It's not in my opinion. But Rooster Rock off the bank would be very safe and probably productive too. I used to stop in there on the way back home and always caught a few casting from the bank there.

Thanks for the input. Ill put up some pics of the big ones we get.

bassnasty · 04-10-2010, 09:40 AM

Very nice, that gives me some sort of hope for this weekend.

Kwack Wacker2 · 04-10-2010, 02:35 PM

How deep and how slow were you fishing??

BassBware · 04-10-2010, 02:53 PM

you guys gotta see the largemouth he caught on the way home after that. that thing is HUGE!!

Super Fluke · 04-10-2010, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BassBware

you guys gotta see the largemouth he caught on the way home after that. that thing is HUGE!!

Story or Pic's?

BassBware · 04-10-2010, 03:09 PM

he has a pic, and i also have the pic that he sent me. i think he might be editing out the background though

Super Fluke · 04-10-2010, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by BassBware

he has a pic, and i also have the pic that he sent me. i think he might be editing out the background though

Sounds good!Love hearing about those toads

hunter9 · 04-10-2010, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Kwack Wacker2

How deep and how slow were you fishing??

About 8ft of water I think and just a normal retrieve

portlandstatekid · 04-12-2010, 11:15 PM

Hard-core angling from the Columbian shorelines, dude
you're probably one of the best from land next to
Roger Luce, on this site...