WDFW Sport Sampling Results: October 17, 2006 Latest Southwest Washington Sport Sampling Summaries [PDF Format] Salmon/Steelhead - Grays River including west fork - Closed to fishing for salmon beginning today (October 16). Cowlitz River - Anglers continue to catch a variety of fall chinook, coho, summer run steelhead, and sea-run cutthroats. During the past seven days of operations, Tacoma Power and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife recovered 4,709 adult coho salmon, 716 coho jacks, 660 fall chinook adults, 17 fall chinook jacks, 41 summer-run steelhead and eight cutthroat trout at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery separator. A total of 200 coho adults, 30 coho jacks, one cutthroat trout, 315 fall chinook adults and seven jacks were released into Mayfield Lake at the Ike Kinswa Park boat launch. Also during the past seven days, 522 coho adults, 92 coho jacks, 11 steelhead adults and five cutthroat trout were recycled downstream to the Barrier Dam boat launch, and 27 summer-run steelhead were recycled downstream to the Massey Bar boat launch. A total of 1,518 coho adults, 241 coho jacks, three fall chinook adults and 21 steelhead were surplused during the week. River flows at Mayfield Dam are approximately 3,510 cubic feet per second on Monday, October 16. Water visibility is 12 feet. Lake Scanewa (Cowlitz Falls Reservoir) - Significant angler effort began last week and increased with media reports of increased adult transportation to Lake Scanewa. Tacoma Power employees transported 1,583 coho adults and 296 coho jacks to the Cowlitz River at the Lake Scanewa Day Use Site during the week. In addition, they released 138 coho adults and 20 coho jacks into the Cipsus River above the mouth of Yellowjacket Creek, and they released 283 coho adults and 24 jacks into the upper Cowlitz River at Franklin Bridge in Packwood. WDFW transported two sea-run cutthroat trout to the upper Cowlitz River basin during the week. Because of the in-season implementation of Tacoma's Fisheries and Hatchery Management Plan, the number of hatchery coho transported to Lake Scanewa will be significantly reduced to match the number of wild fish transported. This will likely cause a decline in catch and effort. Lewis River - Anglers are catching fall chinook and coho. Klickitat River - Anglers are catching fall chinook and coho. Lower Columbia below Bonneville Dam - Boat anglers in the Camas/Washougal area averaged a coho kept/released per every 3.6 rods. They were also catching some fall chinook. Bonneville Pool - Boat anglers averaged a coho per every 4.8 rods along with some fall chinook. Effective today (October 16), the night closure and non-buoyant lure restrictions are no longer in effect on the Washington side. Sturgeon - Lower Columbia from the Wauna power lines to Bonneville Dam - Just below the dam, boat anglers averaged a legal kept per every 2.9 rods while bank anglers averaged one per every 6.1 rods based on complete and incomplete trips, respectively. Bank anglers in the Longview area and boat anglers near Camas/Washougal were also catching some legals. Trout - Swofford Pond - Planted with 356 cutthroats averaging a pound each on October 2nd.