Where can I Wade fish the Yakima?
Where can I Wade fish the Yakima? The Upper Yakima River Access to the river here is fairly easy and the wade fishing is definitely top notch. For angler's seeking a decent cutthroat volume, the Upper Canyon located east of Cle Elum and down to the Diversion Dam has more cutthroat in its stretch than any other section of the Yakima.
Can you eat fish from the Yakima River?
Department of Health recommends that everyone, especially women who are or might become pregnant, nurs- ing mothers, and young children limit eating carp from the city of Prosser to the mouth of the Yakima River to one meal per week due to PCBs.
Can you wade fish at night?
Great fun! I wade a lot at night, usually by myself because most people are spooked at night on a wade. I've been spooked a few times in the spring when big jack fish are cruising the shallows with the trout. Those suckers will push a wake straight at you and turn when they notice you occasionally splashing you.
Where is the best place to fish in a river?
Feeding places include the outside of bends, merging currents, drop-offs, feeder brooks and springs. These are places where the current slows and food collects or sinks. When you have a hiding place next to a feeding place, you have a really good fishing spot!