WDFW Sport Sampling Results:
October 10, 2005
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Salmon/Steelhead -
Cowlitz River - Boat anglers from the I-5 Bridge downstream are catching coho and fall chinook.
Through Oct. 5, a total of 4,500 coho had returned to the salmon hatchery and 450 sea-run cutthroats to the trout hatchery. By comparison, 12,000 adult coho and 4,700 sea run cutthroats had returned to those facilities during the same period in 2004.
Kalama River - Anglers are catching a mix of fall chinook, coho, and steelhead.
Lewis River - Bank anglers are catching mainly coho while boat anglers are catching fall chinook.
Drano Lake - Boat anglers are catching some fall chinook.
Klickitat River - On the lower river, boat anglers averaged nearly a coho per rod while bank were catching some fall chinook in addition to coho.
Lower Columbia below Bonneville Dam - Effort has shifted towards sturgeon. Bank effort and catch is light.
Bonneville Pool - Boat anglers are catching some coho. About 35 boats were counted off the mouth of the Klickitat yesterday morning.
Hanford Reach - Boat anglers averaged nearly ½ adult chinook per rod. Over 100 boat trailers were counted at Vernita each day last weekend.
Ringold bank anglers averaged a steelhead kept per every 12 rods. Some fall chinook were also being caught.
Chinook seem to be in much better shape than last year due to cooler water temperatures. River flows have been fluctuating widely.
Sturgeon -
Lower Columbia from the Wauna power lines to Bonneville Dam - Near Bonneville Dam, bank anglers averaged nearly 0.4 legals kept per rod while boat anglers averaged one per every 5 rods. Boat anglers in the Camas/Washougal area were also catching some legals.
Trout -
Goose Lake - Since late September, planted with nearly 1,700 cutthroats averaging over 1.5 pounds each.
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