Fishing report 11/06

Salmon fishing continues to be focused on the three tributaries with strong runs of late coho — the Cowlitz, Lewis and Klickitat rivers.

The Cowlitz River is flowing at 10,000 cubic feet per second at Mayfield Dam. That’s a fishable flow, but much higher and the water gets gnarly.

The North Fork of the Lewis on Wednesday was at 5,640 cubic feet per second, which is only about 20 percent higher than normal.

The Klickitat was flowing steady at 1,100 cubic feet per second. Normal for the date is 780 cfs.

Swift Reservoir remains open through Nov. 30. The reservoir is 13 feet below full pool, so launching will not be a problem. No current report of fishing success is available.

Angler sampling by the Washington (WDFW) and Oregon (ODFW) departments of Fish and Wildlife:

Lower Columbia — Longview, two boaters and six bank rods with no catch. (WDFW)

Prescott Beach, six bank rods with two coho kept. (ODFW)

Kalama, five bank rods with three coho kept and three coho released. (WDFW)

Woodland, three bank rods with no catch. (WDFW)

Warrior Rock to Kelley Point, three boaters with two coho kept. (WDFW)

Troutdale, 18 boaters with no catch. (WDFW)

Camas-Washougal, 10 boaters with one adult chinook kept; two boaters with one legal and two sublegal sturgeon released; two boaters with four walleye kept. (WDFW)

North Bonneville, seven bank rods with one jack chinook kept. (WDFW)

Mid-Columbia — Bonneville pool, 26 boat rods with six adult chinook, one jack chinook and 29 adult coho kept. (WDFW)

John Day pool, 30 boats with five steelhead kept and seven released. (ODFW)

Cowlitz — Forty-seven boater with 41 adult coho, one jack coho and two cutthroat trout kept plus 23 adult coho and one cutthroat released; 306 bank rods with 187 adult coho, five steelhead and nine cutthroat trout kept plus 40 adult chinook, 54 adult coho and one cutthroat trout released. (WDFW)

Kalama — Six bank rods with no catch. (WDFW)

Lewis — Eleven bank rods with one adult coho kept; ; five boaters with one adult coho kept and one released. (WDFW)

North Fork Lewis — Fifty-four boaters with 49 adult coho, two jack coho and three adult chinook kept plus 10 adult chinook, five adult coho and two jack coho released; 149 bank rods with 49 adult coho and nine jack coho kept plus nine adult coho, five jack coho and one adult chinook released. (WDFW)

Klickitat — Six boaters with 12 adult coho kept; 65 bank rods with 176 adult coho, one adult chinook, one jack chinook and one steelhead kept plus one adult chinook released. (WDFW)