WDFW Sport Sampling Results:
July 12, 2005
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Salmon/Steelhead -
Cowlitz River - Anglers are catching some hatchery summer run steelhead between Mission Bar and Blue Creek.
Lewis River - Bank anglers are catching hatchery summer run steelhead from the salmon hatchery downstream.
Drano Lake - Effort and catch for summer run steelhead is increasing. Boat anglers averaged nearly a fish per rod when including fish released. 11 boats were counted here last Saturday (July 9) morning.
White Salmon River - Effort and catch for summer run steelhead is also increasing here. 18 boats were counted here last Saturday (July 9) morning.
Lower Columbia below Bonneville Dam - Bank anglers averaged a steelhead kept/released per every 9.4 rods. Fishing from boats was slow. Most of the steelhead catch was from Longview downstream. Summer chinook catches declined.
During yesterday's flight (Sunday July 10), 258 boats were counted, 57 of which were observed at the mouth of the Cowlitz. 300 bank anglers were counted along the Washington shore with over half found from Longview downstream.
Sturgeon -
Lower Columbia from the mouth to the Wauna powerlines -
Ports of Chinook and Ilwaco - Charter boat anglers averaged 0.64 legal white sturgeon kept per rod while private boaters averaged 0.19 per rod
Deep River and Knappton ramps - Boat anglers averaged 0.28 legals kept per rod. 250 private and 1 charter boat were counted during the Sunday July 10 flight.
Lower Columbia from the Wauna powerlines to Beacon Rock - Boat anglers are catching some legals in the Kalama area.
John Day Dam to McNary Dam - Catch and release only through the end of the year beginning today, July 11.
Warm water species -
Swofford Pond - Producing some bluegills and bass plus some rainbows for bank anglers.
Lower Columbia below Bonneville Dam - 8 boats fishing for walleye were observed from Camas upstream to the gorge during yesterday's (July 10) flight. No report on angling success other than Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife sampled 15 walleye kept for 5 boats the previous week.
John Day Pool - Including fish released, boat anglers averaged nearly a walleye per rod. The few bass fishers sampled had several dozen bass per rod.
Trout -
Mayfield Lake - Producing some rainbows.
Riffe Lake - Primarily producing landlocked coho along with some chinook, steelhead, yellow perch, and bass.
Shad -
Lower Columbia below Bonneville Dam - No effort was observed during yesterday's (July 10) flight. Counts at Bonneville and The Dalles dams are down to a few thousand fish per day.
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