WDFW Sport Sampling Results:
October 17, 2005
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Salmon/Steelhead -
Elochoman River - No report on angling success. Closed to all salmon fishing yesterday, October 16.
Cowlitz River - No report on angling success. During the past week, Tacoma Power and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife employees recovered 4,289 coho salmon adults, 1,099 coho jacks, 1,113 fall chinook adults, 17 chinook jacks, 103 summer-run steelhead and 54 cutthroat trout during seven days of separator operations at Tacoma Power’s Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery.
Tacoma Power employees released 2,509 coho salmon adults and 754 jacks into the upper Cowlitz River at the Lake Scanewa Day Use site above Cowlitz Falls Dam during the week. They also released 399 coho adults and 104 jacks at the Franklin Bridge in Packwood, Washington and they released 171 coho adults and one jack into the Cispus River above the mouth of Yellowjacket Creek.
During the week Tacoma Power employees recycled 1201 summer steelhead adults and 36 cutthroat trout downstream to the I-5 boat launch.
During the week 611 fall chinook adults, two jacks, 38 coho adults and nine coho jacks were released into Mayfield Lake at the Ike Kinswa State Park boat launch. They also released 584 coho adults, 149 coho jacks, 211 fall chinook adults, four jacks and five cutthroat trout into the Tilton River at Gust Backstrom Park and they released two cutthroat trout into the Tilton River at the Bremer Bridge below Morton, Washington.
River flows at Mayfield Dam are currently at 3,530 cubic feet per second (cfs) on Monday, October 17. Water visibility at Mayfield Dam is 9 feet.
Lake Scanewa (Cowlitz Falls Reservoir) - As displayed above, several loads of coho are being transported to the upper watershed daily. Including fish released, boat anglers averaged a fish per every 3 rods. Bank anglers at the Day Use Park were also catching some fish.
Kalama River - Light effort. Bank anglers are releasing some fall chinook and coho.
Lewis River - Little report on angling success. Through Oct. 11, a total of 16 winter run steelhead and 52 late stock coho had returned to the facilities.
Yakima River - Quite a bit of effort this past week. An estimated 238 adult chinook were harvested. Catch rates averaged 1 chinook harvested for every 18.5 angler hours. October 22 is the last scheduled day to fish for salmon.
Lower Columbia below Bonneville Dam - Effort and catches are light.
Ringold - Including fish released, bank anglers averaged a steelhead per every 6 rods. Some fall chinook were also being caught.
Hanford Reach - Boat anglers averaged ½ chinook per rod. High flows all week made fishing difficult. Fish conditions are declining. October 22 is the last day to fish for salmon from the Old Hanford townsite wooden powerline towers upstream to Priest Rapids Dam.
Sturgeon -
Lower Columbia from the Wauna power lines upstream to Bonneville Dam - Bank anglers just below Bonneville Dam averaged ½ legal kept per rod. Bank angling effort is high in the gorge with 251 and 397 anglers counted on the Washington and Oregon shores, respectively, during the Saturday October 15 flight.
From October 1-15, an estimated 4,000 legal sturgeon had been kept from the Wauna powerlines upstream to Bonneville Dam. This represents approximately slightly more than half of the remaining 7,800 fish for this area for the year.
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