WDFW Sport Sampling Results:
December 13, 2005
Salmon/Steelhead -
Cowlitz River from the Barrier Dam to Olequa - Fishing was slow this past week and most of the fish were caught on Thursday and Friday at Blue Creek. Overall, 37 bank anglers caught 1 winter run steelhead. 34 boat anglers caught 14 winter and 3 summer run steelhead.
Lake Scanewa (Cowlitz Falls Reservoir) -
Wednesday 12/7/05: 5 boat anglers kept 1 adult, 0 jacks and released 5 adults, 0 jacks. Two shore anglers caught no fish.
Sunday 12/11/05: 14 boat anglers kept 0 adults, 1 jack and released 0 adults and 0 jacks. Four shore anglers kept 1 adult and 0 jacks and released 2 adults and 0 jacks.
Most of the fish currently being caught are still dark in condition and effort appears to be decreasing.
Ringold - From Paul Hoffarth, WDFW Fish Biologist in Yakima -
We interviewed 33 anglers and sampled 12 steelhead this past week at Ringold. Anglers averaged 8.1 pole hours per steelhead. Very few anglers out fishing; cold weather has apparently kept many anglers indoors.
Kalama River - low and clear
This past week (Friday) 6 hatchery winter steelhead were recycled to the lower river, while 1 wild winter steelhead was passed upstream of Kalama Falls Hatchery (KFH). No fish handled on Monday due to low, clear and cold water conditions resulting in no fish moving into the hatchery. Fishing continues to be decent for anglers using light gear, with bobber and jigs (pink) producing most of the action.
Sturgeon -
No reports currently available.
Trout -
Klineline Pond - 17 bank anglers kept 17 rainbows and 1 cutthroat and released 3 rainbows. Planted with 1,500 catchable size rainbows on Dec. 5. Large numbers of cormorants are keeping the fish spooked.
Other plants of catchable size rainbows since Dec. 1:
- Battleground Lake - 3,000 fish on Dec. 6
- Lacamas Lake in Camas - 5,000 fish on Dec. 6
- Lake Sacajawea in Longview - 1,509 fish on Dec. 6
- Maryhill Pond in Klickitat County - 300 fish on Dec. 2
- Rowland Lake near Lyle - 3,006 fish on Dec. 2
- Fort Borst Pond near Centralia - 2,403 fish on Dec. 7
- Icehouse Lake near Bridge of the Gods - 1,500 fish on Dec. 6