Cowlitz River
- No report
on angling success is currently available. Last week, Tacoma Power recovered
75 winter-run steelhead and one coho salmon adult at the Cowlitz Salmon
Hatchery separator during five days of operations.
During the week
Tacoma Power employees released 14 radio-tagged winter-run steelhead
into the Cispus River, three steelhead into the upper Cowlitz River
at the Franklin Bridge in Packwood, Washington, 42 steelhead adults
into Lake Scanewa at the Day Use Site, and 16 winter-run steelhead and
one coho salmon into the Tilton River at Gust Backstrom Park in Morton,
Washington.
River flows at Mayfield
Dam are approximately at 5,090 cubic feet per second on Monday, March
24.
Lewis River -
Some spring chinook are reported being caught from the main Lewis. Light
effort and catches from the North Fork. Flows below Merwin Dam are 5,500
cfs today (Monday March 24) which are near the long-term mean for that
date.
Wind River -
A couple boats were observed here last Saturday (March 22). No effort
was observed during the week. No reports of any success.
Drano Lake -
Two to four boats were observed last Saturday and Sunday. A spring
chinook was reported caught each day though none were found in the sample.
Klickitat River
from the Fisher Hill Bridge (located about 2 miles upstream the mouth)
downstream - Opens to fishing for hatchery chinook and hatchery
steelhead Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays only beginning April 2.
Daily limit is 1 salmonid.
Flows at Pitt are
2,050 cfs today (March 24) which is the same as the long-term mean for
this date.
Lower Columbia
from the Hayden Island west powerlines upstream to Bonneville Dam -
Last week we sampled 1,818 salmonid anglers (including 764 boats) with
246 chinook and 1 steelhead. Including fish released, boat anglers averaged
a chinook per every 6.9 rods based on mainly completed trips while bank
anglers averaged one per every 16.6 rods based on mainly incomplete
trips.
214 (87%) of the
chinook caught were kept. 97% of the fish kept were upriver stock based
on Visual Stock Identification (VSI).
900 salmonid boats
and 74 WA bank and 29 OR bank anglers were counted during the Saturday
March 22 flight. Slightly over half the boats were found from the powerlines
to the Portland International Airport Tower.
This year's boat
count is twice as many as the same time the past couple years. During
the Saturday March 24, 2007 flight and creel sampling a total of 421
salmonid boats were counted from the I-5 Bridge downstream. A total
of 510 salmonid boats were counted from the I-5 Bridge downstream during
the Sunday March 26, 2006 flight. (Please note: Sunday counts are typically
less than Saturdays; however, poor weather on Saturday March 24, 2007
may have contributed to a lower boat count. However, strong wind was
also a factor in the gorge count this past Saturday).
Anglers are reminded
fishing is closed for all species one hour after official sunset on
Mondays through one hour before sunrise Wednesdays.
Lower Columbia
from Buoy 10 upstream to the Hayden Island west powerlines - Opened
to fishing for hatchery spring chinook and hatchery steelhead today.
Remains open 7 days week through April 4.
Bonneville Pool
- No salmonid effort was sampled.
John Day Pool
- Including fish released, bank anglers averaged a steelhead per
rod. No spring chinook were found in the sample.
