Coho fuel good catches off southern Washington coast

ILWACO, Wash. — Near-limit salmon angling, particularly for coho, continues off the southern Washington and northern Oregon coasts.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife today reported a catch average of 1.66 salmon per rod for the week ending Sunday between Cape Falcon, Oregon, and Leadbetter Point, Washington.

The daily bag limit is two salmon, but no more than one chinook.

The numbers were 2,289 anglers with 238 chinook and 3,558 coho. That’s 93.7 percent coho for the Columbia River ports.

Through Sunday, 24.4 percent of the coho quota and 18.6 percent of the chinook guideline had been caught.

At Westport, Wash., the catch average was 0.88 salmon per rod last week, with coho being 70.8 percent coho.

For the waters between Leadbetter Point and the Queets River, 28.7 percent of the coho quota and 37.8 percent of the chinook guideline had been taken.