WDFW Sport Sampling Results:
April 24-30, 2006
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Salmon/Steelhead -
Cowlitz River - Spring chinook catch is light and scattered throughout the river. A mixture of late winter and early summer run steelhead are being caught, primarily around Blue Creek.
During the past week Tacoma Power’s Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery separator recovered 243 adult spring chinook salmon, ten jacks, 179 winter-run steelhead adults and seven summer-run steelhead adults during four days of separator operations.
Tacoma Power employees released 102 spring chinook adults, one jack and 73 adult steelhead into the Cowlitz River at the Day Use Park on Lake Scanewa. In addition, they released 63 spring chinook adults and 20 steelhead into the upper Cowlitz River at Packwood, Washington. During the week a total of 41 adult steelhead were released into the Tilton River at Gust Backstrom Park in Morton, Washington.
Tacoma Power employees recycled seven summer-run steelhead and two winter-run steelhead downstream to the Massey Bar boat launch on the lower Cowlitz River during the week.
River flows at Mayfield Dam are approximately 5,130 cubic feet per second on Monday, May 1. Water visibility is over ten feet.
Through April 26, a total of 403 adult spring chinook had returned to the salmon hatchery. In comparison, 800 fish had returned through the same time last year.
Kalama River - Spring chinook catch is improving with boat anglers in the lower river averaging a fish per every 3 rods. Some summer run steelhead are also being caught. No spring chinook and just a few summer run steelhead had returned to Kalama Falls Hatchery through April 26. Small numbers of spring chinook had returned by this time the past few years.
Sea lions have been observed at the mouth and upstream to the Modrow Bridge.
This past week (Friday (4/28) and Monday (5/01)), 148 wild winter, 7 wild and 3 hatchery summer steelhead were passed upstream of Kalama Falls Hatchery (KFH). 35 "fresh" and 11 "recapture" hatchery winter brood steelhead were planted into Kress Lake. 9 spring chinook were handled at Kalama Falls Hatchery.
Lewis River - Spring chinook catch is improving with boat anglers from the salmon hatchery to the mouth averaging about ½ fish per rod when including fish released. Bank anglers near the salmon hatchery are also catching some fish. Sea lions have been taking a large number of fish from anglers at the mouth.
Flows below Merwin Dam are 2,750 cfs today; long-term mean is 5,341.
Washougal River - No report on angling success. 17 summer run steelhead have returned to Skamania Hatchery through April 26.
Wind River - Effort is reported to be light although boat anglers are catching some spring chinook.
Drano Lake - Effort is reported to be light. No catch was observed.
Klickitat River - Effort continues to be light. Flows measured at Pitt are 3,420 cfs today; long-term mean is 2,346. River colored up Saturday.
Sturgeon -
Lower Columbia below Bonneville Dam - Boat and bank anglers in the gorge were catching some legals before the closure that begins today (May 1). The river from Marker #85 downstream to the Wauna power lines remains open for sturgeon retention on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays through July 31.
Bonneville and John Day pools - Slow for legal size fish.
Walleye and Bass -
Bonneville Pool - Boat anglers averaged 6.6 bass per rod when including fish released. No effort was observed for walleye.
John Day Pool - Including fish released, boat anglers averaged 4.2 bass and nearly ½ walleye per rod.
Trout -
Klineline Pond - 157 bank anglers kept 102 rainbows, 123 browns, and 20 triploids plus released 58 rainbows and 1 brown for an average of nearly 2 fish per rod. Rainbow Power Bait and worms are catching the rainbows while biscuit dough under a bobber are catching browns. Lures and flies seem to be catching both species.
Waters receiving plants of rainbows and browns up to one-half pound each and opening day reports include:
- Fort Borst Park Pond near Centralia - 3,296 rainbows April 26; (Note: anglers averaged 1.5 trout per rod on the opener)
- Davis Lake (Lewis County) - 1,344 rainbows April 26;
- South Lewis County Park Pond just southeast of Toledo - 3,040 rainbows April 26;
- Mayfield Lake - 6,080 rainbows from net pens on April 21;
- Mineral Lake - 25,094 rainbows (including 15,030 half-pounders from net pens); (Note: anglers averaged 1.5 trout per rod on the opener)
- Plummer Lake (east side of I-5 at Centralia) - 4,000 rainbows April 25; (Note: anglers averaged 2.0 trout on the opener)
- Siler Pond (Lewis County) - 1,008 rainbows April 25;
- Horseshoe Lake in Woodland - 10,770 rainbows April 20-25;
- Lacamas Lake in Camas - 4,588 rainbows and 3,855 browns on April 25;
- Icehouse Lake at the Bridge of the Gods - 2,314 rainbows April 24;
- Kidney Lake one mile north of the town of North Bonneville - 2,517 rainbows April 25; (Note: anglers averaged 2.1 trout per rod on the opener)
- Little Ash Lake two miles west of Stevenson along the north side of SR-14 - 3,302 rainbows April 26;
- Swift Reservoir twenty eight miles northeast of Woodland- 58,970 rainbows April 24-26; (Note: anglers averaged 2.4 trout per rod on the opener)
- Horsethief Lake near Lyle - 12,658 rainbows April 25-26 (Note: anglers 2.2 trout per rod on the opener)
- Little Klickitat River (within city limits of Goldendale; Juveniles Only) - 825 rainbows April 26;
- Maryhill Pond (Klickitat County) - 415 rainbows April 26;
- Rowland Lake four miles east of Bingen, north side of SR-14 - 9,721 rainbows April 24 (Note: anglers averaged 2.2 trout per rod on the opener)
Triploid rainbow trout weighing 1.5 pounds and broodstock rainbows weighing 8 pounds each were released into:
- Kress Lake in Kalama - 836 triploids April 25;
- Horseshoe Lake in Woodland - 1,626 triploids April 25;
- Horsethief Lake near Lyle - 75 brooders April 26
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