Mcnary Dam Salmon Fishing
Saturday, September 20, 2003 (17:02:26)

Posted by glock

09/20/2003 -Lots of people fishing... No bites. Today we entered the waters of the Columbia River at Mcnary Dam. We fished upriver from the dam. We had an extremely active fish finder. In fact, I don't have any doubt that we found the fish... Getting them to bite was another thing.

We fished with the assistance of down riggers using kwikfish and wiggle warts. The kwikfish was loaded with bait. The fish were showing a depth of 70 - 80' and mostly appeared to be on the bottom. I fished at this depth. Others in my party fished anywhere from 15' - 80' using various lures and techniques.

We entered the waterway at approximately 0730 hours. The water temperature was showing 65 - 66 degrees. There were approximately 15 - 20 other boats on the water. We trolled from 0730 until around 0100 hours. We did not have a single bite nor observed a fish being caught.

We ended up moving the boat upriver to Wallula Junction shortly after 1300 hours to fish for Steelhead. We had the chance to speak to the area Biologist. He had told me that today he inteviewed around 100 people fishing and only heard of three fish being caught.

We fished from 1300 to 1545 hours. We used shrimp and bobbers from the boat with no success. No fish were observed being caught from other anglers in the area.

Overall -bad day of fishing, good day of company. Better luck next time