Retention of hatchery-origin spring chinook and hatchery steelhead resumes Saturday in the lower Columbia, however the salmon run is past its peak and summer steelhead are still a few weeks away.
Spring chinook have been small this year. The average weight in the past two commercial fishing periods was 11.3 pounds.
Kokanee fishing has been good at Merwin Reservoir, although the fish are about 25 feet or deeper. For long-lining, that means 5 to 6 ounces of weight to get that deep.
Angler sampling by the Washington (WDFW) and Oregon (ODFW) departments of Fish and Wildlife:
Lower Columbia — Downstream of Puget Island, 30 boaters with four adult chinook and two jacks kept. (WDFW)
Cathlamet, 10 boaters with one adult and one jack chinook kept. (WDFW)
Longview, 164 boaters with 17 adult chinook, one jack chinook and one steelhead kept plus three adult chinook released; 42 bank rods with one steelhead kept. (WDFW)
Westport, Ore., to Portland, 310 boaters with 39 adult chinook and nine jack chinook kept plus nine adults and one jack released. (ODFW)
Kalama, 62 boaters with 13 adult chinook and one jack kept plus one adult chinook released; 14 bank rods with one adult chinook kept. (WDFW)
Warrior Rock to Kelley Point, 23 boaters with five adult chinook and one jack chinook kept; 49 bank rods with two adult chinook kept. (WDFW)
Troutdale, Ore., 156 boaters with 10 adult spring chinook and five jacks kept plus nine adult chinook released. (ODFW)
Columbia Gorge (downstream of Beacon Rock), 80 boaters with eight adult spring chinook and four jacks kept plus eight adult chinook released. (ODFW)
North Bonneville, 232 bank rods with 32 adult chinook and 17 jacks kept plus 12 adult chinook released. (WDFW)
Mid-Columbia — The Dalles pool, 11 boaters with 24 walleye kept and four released. (WDFW)
John Day pool, 57 boaters with 195 walleye kept and 68 released. (WDFW)
Lower Willamette — Downstream of St. Johns Bridge and Multnomah Channel, 3,815 boaters with 635 spring chinook kept and 70 released. (ODFW)
Cowlitz — Twenty boaters with seven adult spring chinook and two jack kept; 83 bank rods with 47 adult spring chinook, eight jacks and three steelhead kept plus one steelhead released. (WDFW)
Kalama — Fifty-two bank rods with four adult spring chinook and one steelhead kept plus one adult chinook released; two boaters with no catch. (WDFW)
Washougal — Five bank rods with no steelhead. (WDFW)
Wind — At the mouth, 58 boaters with 18 adult chinook and one jack kept plus one steelhead released. (WDFW)
Drano Lake — Seven bank rods with one adult spring chinook kept; 267 boaters with 66 adult spring chinook and one jack kept. (WDFW)
Klickitat — Twelve bank rods with four adult spring chinook kept. (WDFW)
Merwin Reservoir — Two boaters with 20 kokanee.
