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Snake River
Walleye
Fishing Trips

Most people are familiar with walleye that live in the upper mid-western section if the United States. Walleye are typically the fish of many a story around the cabin in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan where there tends to be excitement about a walleye that is larger than five to six pounds. Well, the walleye that have come to be in abundance throughout a specific section of the Snake River in Washington known as Lyons Ferry not only supports a large population of walleye but it also supports walleye that can grow to 15 pounds.

They are plentiful numbers of walleye in the one to eight pound range, but we want to guide you into your trophy walleye that is over 10 pounds.

Also, walleye are well known for how great they taste and are similar in texture to a saltwater rock cod. Just ask our guide Jim McCarthy (that's Jim in the photo) for his favorite walleye recipe as Jim actually prefers eating walleye over salmon!

Fall (Sept thru Nov) Snake River Walleye Fishing Trips

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The cooling temperatures of the fall cause the water temps to drop and walleye start to eat heavily knowing that the colder winter months are not too far off. We troll in a variety of depths with different style crankbaits as well as using bottom-walkers that have different baits in order to get em to strike at this time of year.

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Winter (Dec-Feb) Snake River Walleye Fishing Trips

Winter at the walleye fishing grounds in Lyons Ferry brings out the biggest 'donkey-sized' walleye typically. We usually are fishing with a slower style set-up such as worm-harnesses are well as a slowly trolled deep running crankbait.

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Spring (March thru May) Snake River Walleye Fishing Trips

Spring at the walleye fishing grounds brings on the pre-spawn and spawn bite. These are days where you can typically catch a pile of walleye in the one to five pound range as the male walleye are eagerly moving around looking to spawn with the females. It's not unusual to get a 'donkey-sized' female larger than 10 pounds at this time of year as well.

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OUR MESSAGE TO YOU

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* Hells Canyon Sport Fishing operates under a special use permit from the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest and is an Equal Opportunity provider and Employer.

IT'S WHAT WE DO...

Fish hard every day – We love what we do so this comes natural.
Take our Job seriously – We are professionals providing a public service.
Doing it right – We put forth the extra effort to make sure every day on the water goes as best as possible.
Take care of and fight for our precious resources – Without rivers full of fish we would be nothing.
Make everyone’s trip special – We are in the business of "Making special memories!"
Pay it forward – We give back to our communities as much as possible because we can and it’s the right thing to do.

At Hells Canyon Sport Fishing we are proud to provide what we feel is a top notch guide service to our clients. A combination of experience, passion and talent all come together right here.

We know that giving an honest 100% and being totally focused will put more fish in the boat at the end of the day. We want to catch more fish than the next guy!

We know to never give up because sometimes by spending that last extra hour on the water can make the whole day. This is true and sometimes going a little above and beyond will make all the difference in our clients fishing experience.

We won’t blow smoke just to get you to book with us. We provide honest fishing reports and do not want you to book if we know fishing will be bad. We try to give you as much information as possible so you can decide if a trip with Hells Canyon Sport Fishing is right for you.

We want to see you catch fish just as much as you do. We do everything we can to put you on fish and put fish in the boat. Our guides won’t just hook fish and then let you reel them in. We want you to hook your own fish and we work hard to make that happen. A boat full of happy clients is our goal each and every day.

Our fish catching ability is well known, but our safety record is just as important to us. All our boats are equipped with lifejacket, first aid kits and other safety equipment. All our guides are trained in CPR and first aid.

Our guides are all licensed in their areas by… The U.S. Coast guard, Idaho Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board, Oregon State Marine board, Washington Dept. of Fish & Wildlife. All our guide boats are Safe, Licensed, Bonded & Insured for a liability of 2 million.

These are just some of the things we do every day to be the best that we can be. Be Honest; try harder than the next guy and Fish Till It Hurts! It’s what we do….

Jason Schultz, Owner