ILWACO — Salmon anglers did not have good fishing success last week off the coast of southern Washington and northern Oregon.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife reports the catch average was just 0.65 salmon per rod last week, by far the worst since fishing opened on July 1.
Numbers for the week for the Columbia River ports were 3,037 angler trips with 1,354 chinook and 610 coho.
For the season, 27.1 percent of the coho quota had been caught through Sunday and 23.6 percent of the chinook guideline.
Coho returns are expected to be mediocre to the Columbia River and dismal to coastal and Puget Sound streams in 2016. Coho retention in the ocean is closed north of Leadbetter Point at the northern tip of Long Beach Peninsula.
