Fishing report 1/22

Sturgeon angling remains slow in Bonneville pool with the harvest at about half last year’s pace, which wasn’t that good either.

About 6 to 10 boats a day are out on Merwin Reservoir when the weather is decent. While most trollers are not doing well, guides and few top anglers are catching kokanee.

Angler checks from the Washington (WDFW) and Oregon (ODFW) departments of Fish and Wildlife:

Mid-Columbia — Bonneville pool, 27 boaters with one legal sturgeon kept plus 47 sublegals released; 28 bank rods with two sublegal sturgeon released; one boater with no walleye. (WDFW)

The Dalles pool, three boaters with one sublegal sturgeon released; 13 bank rods with no sturgeon; two boaters with no walleye; eight boaters with six wild steelhead released; three bank rods with no steelhead. (WDFW)

John Day pool, two boaters with two wild steelhead released; 15 bank rods with no steelhead; 46 boaters with two legal sturgeon kept plus one oversize and 16 sublegals released; 31 bank rods with two sublegal sturgeon released; eight boaters with 11 walleye kept and three released. (WDFW, ODFW)

Cowlitz — Forty-two bank rods with two steelhead kept; six boaters with no steelhead.

During five days of operations last week, the Cowlitz Hatchery separator collected 179 winter steelhead. (WDFW)

Kress Lake — Slightly more than 100 winter steelhead were released into the lake last week. (WDFW)