WDFW Sport Sampling Results: August 15, 2006 Latest Southwest Washington Sport Sampling Summaries [PDF Format] Salmon/Steelhead - Cowlitz River - Boat anglers averaged a steelhead kept per rod. Fish were caught throughout the river. Some sea run cutthroat are also being caught. During the past week Tacoma Power and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife personnel operated the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery separator and recovered 1,015 summer-run steelhead adults, 67 adult spring chinook salmon, 53 spring chinook jacks, one adult fall chinook salmon, three cutthroat trout, and two chum salmon during five days of separator operations. Tacoma Power employees released 28 spring chinook adults into the Cispus River above the mouth of Yellowjacket Creek. They released 11 spring chinook adults into the upper Cowlitz River at the Franklin Bridge site in Packwood, Washington, and they released one fall chinook into Mayfield Lake at Ike Kinswa Park during the week. Tacoma Power employees recycled 388 summer-run steelhead downstream to the Olequa boat launch, they recycled 521 summer-run steelhead downstream to the Interstate-5 boat launch. They recycled 401 steelhead and one chum downstream to the Massey Bar boat launch, and recycled one chum downstream of the barrier dam during the week. River flows at Mayfield Dam are approximately 2,960 cubic feet per second on Monday, August 14. Water visibility is approximately 15 feet. Wind River - Low effort and no catch observed. Drano Lake - Including fish released, boat anglers averaged a steelhead per rod. Slightly over half the fish caught were kept. Some chinook are being caught by boat anglers using down riggers. White Salmon River - Boat anglers averaged a steelhead per rod. Bank anglers are catching some chinook and steelhead. At the mouth, bank anglers are casting spinners for the chinook. About 60 water craft here yesterday morning. Klickitat River - Boat anglers are catching some steelhead. Lower Columbia below Bonneville Dam - Last week we sampled nearly 1,000 salmonid anglers (including 229 boats) with 16 adult and 1 jack fall chinook, 240 steelhead, a sea run cutthroat, and our first coho of the season. Chinook and steelhead were caught throughout the lower river. Overall, bank anglers averaged a fish kept/released per every 3 rods while boat anglers averaged one per every 4 rods based on mainly incomplete and completed trips, respectively. 75% of the steelhead caught were kept. Bonneville Pool - The few boat anglers sampled had no catch. Buoy 10- Click here for daily creel reports. Sturgeon - Lower Columbia below Bonneville Dam - Generally light effort during the current catch and release fishery although a few legals were released by boat anglers from Camas/Washougal upstream. Walleye - Lower Columbia below Bonneville Dam - Some walleye were being caught in the Camas/Washougal area. Trout - Riffe Lake - Producing a mixture of landlocked coho, chinook, steelhead plus some cutthroats. Skate Creek and Tilton River - Each planted with 1,900 rainbows averaging nearly half-pound each on August 9.