Cowlitz River
- Anglers continue to catch late stock coho, especially near the
barrier dam.
Last week Tacoma
Power recovered 1,754 coho salmon adults, 60 coho jacks, 14 fall chinook
adults, 70 summer-run steelhead, 29 winter-run steelhead, 12 cutthroat
trout and two chum salmon at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery separator during
six days of operations.
During the week
Tacoma Power employees released 218 coho adults and four jacks into
Lake Scanewa at the Day Use Site, 132 coho adults into the Cispus River
above the mouth of Yellow Jacket Creek, 269 coho adults and three jacks
into the upper Cowlitz River at the Skate Creek Bridge in Packwood,
Washington, and 162 coho adults, two jacks, 81 fall chinook adults and
two cutthroat trout into the Tilton River at Gust Backstrom Park in
Morton, Washington.
River flows at Mayfield
Dam are approximately at 4,720 cubic feet per second on Monday, November
26. Water visibility is 13 feet.
Blue and Mill
Creeks (Lewis County, both tributaries to the Cowlitz River) - Scheduled
to open to fishing for hatchery steelhead beginning December 1. Blue
Creek also opens for hatchery sea-run cutthroat. Check the regulation
pamphlet for seasons, areas, restrictions, and daily limits.
Lewis River
- Some late stock coho are being caught, primarily near the salmon
hatchery.
Lower Columbia
below Bonneville Dam - Light effort and no catch was observed.
Columbia River
Salmon Fisheries Visioning Process- WDFW and ODFW have convened
a Stakeholder Group comprised of Columbia River recreational and commercial
fishing interests. The purpose of this Stakeholder Group is to develop
a future vision for the combined fisheries (recreational and commercial),
including a workable plan for the future allocation of allowable harvests
between the two fisheries. The first meeting of the Stakeholder Group
was November 13. The group is scheduled to meet again on December 5
and 20 and January 8. The documents in this section include handouts
from the meetings or data requested from the group. See http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/regions/reg5/stakeholder/index.htm
for details.
