Salmon Fishing at Wanapum Dam

Many anglers start their salmon fishing season on the upper Columbia River at Wanapum Dam. Chinook and sockeye salmon swarm between the spillway and the rip rap shore line, and trollers have good success from boats for both Chinook and sockeye and shore anglers have learned to catch sockeye from the bank. There’s a launch right at the edge of the fishing area and a huge parking lot to accommodate the large numbers of boats that fish here.