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Columbia River - Hanford Reach, WA
River spanning Benton/Franklin/Grant counties, Washington. The last free-flowing, non-tidal stretch of the mainstem Columbia in Washington, running about 50 miles past the Hanford Reach National Monument near Richland. A nationally significant fall Chinook fishery (the Hanford Reach upriver bright run) plus strong coho, steelhead, walleye, smallmouth bass, and trophy white sturgeon. Fall Chinook peak September through October; walleye and smallmouth fish well spring through fall.
Overall bite score
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What swims here
8 tracked species in Columbia River - Hanford Reach, with the months each fishes best.
Water facts
Public access at Vernita Bridge (SR 24), Ringold, White Bluffs, and Wahluke. The live USGS gauge (Columbia River at The Dalles, OR) is a mainstem proxy roughly 100 miles downstream. Salmon/steelhead require a WDFW catch record card; check emergency rules before fishing the Reach.
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