Fishing season in Swift Reservoir on the upper North Fork of the Lewis River will stay open through Dec. 31, a one-month extension.
The 4,500-acre reservoir was stocked with almost 52,000 catchable-size rainbow trout in late May. However, due to the drought, the boat ramp was largely unusable from early July until early November, resulting in a minimal harvest.
The reservoir is within 10 feet of full pool. Boat launching is possible until the reservoir is 25 feet below full pool.
The daily limit is 10 trout. Only adipose fin-clipped rainbow may be retained. Young coho and chinook in the reservoir as part of the reintroduction effort also may be retained, but all salmon must be larger than 15 inches. The salmon count as part of the trout daily limit.
PacifiCorp, the utility that operates Swift Forest Park, will keep the boat ramp open plus will allow bank access at Swift Dam from sunrise to sunset.
Black Friday trout — Fishing will reopen Friday in Klineline Pond, Battle Ground Lake, Rowland Lake and Kress Lake.
Each lake has been stocked with 2,000 very large (15 to 16 inches) rainbow trout to provide a special Black Friday fishing opportunity.
Angler checks from the Washington (WDFW) and Oregon (ODFW) departments of Fish and Wildlife:
Mid-Columbia — John Day River backwater, 21 boats with five steelhead kept and four steelhead released. (ODFW)
Cowlitz — Two boaters with no catch; 83 bank rods with four adult coho, three jack coho, one steelhead and one cutthroat trout kept plus 13 adult chinook, eight adult coho, 16 jack coho, one steelhead and three cutthroat trout released. (WDFW)
Coweeman — Two bank rods with no coho or steelhead. (WDFW)
Kalama — Eleven boaters with one steelhead kept and two released.(WDFW)
East Fork Lewis — Nineteen bank rods with three adult coho and two steelhead released. (WDFW)
North Fork Lewis — Twelve bank rods with one adult coho kept and one released. (WDFW)
