Buoy 10 at the mouth of the Columbia River upstream to the I-5 Bridge is closed for salmon and steelhead.
Effective Friday, spring Chinook angling is open to both boat and bank anglers from Warrior Rock upstream to Beacon Rock. Beacon Rock to Bonneville Dam is open to bank angling only.
Effective April 1, spring Chinook angling will be open from Tower Island power lines upstream to the Oregon-Washington border above McNary Dam, plus the banks between Bonneville Dam and Tower Island power lines.
White sturgeon retention is closed from Buoy 10 upstream to Bonneville Dam and in The Dalles Pool, but remains an option for catch-and-release fishing.
Bonneville and John Day pools are open to the retention of white sturgeon until quotas are reached.
Spring Chinook have been a no-show in the Columbia River. A few spring Chinook are being caught in the Willamette River.
Trout fishing continues to be good in local lakes.
Steelheading in the Columbia and area tributaries is slow.
Fishing for warm water species is slow.
Salmon/Steelhead
Longview bank — Two anglers had no catch.
Longview boats — Two boats/four anglers had no catch.
Cathlamet bank — Three anglers had no catch.
Cathlamet boats — One boat/two anglers had no catch.
Vancouver boats — One boat/two anglers had no catch.
Vancouver bank — Two anglers had no catch.
Lower Columbia mainstem from Bonneville Dam to Warrior Rock — 47 salmon boats and six Washington bank rods were counted during last Saturdays flight. (WDFW)
Oregon surveys
On Saturday’s flight, 47 boats and 11 Oregon bank anglers were counted from Warrior Rock to Bonneville Dam. Salmonid angling should pick up in the next couple weeks.
Troutdale Boats — Weekend checking showed no catch for four boats (seven anglers).
Portland Bank — No catch for 18 bank anglers.
Portland Boats — No catch for nine boats (26 anglers).
John Day Pool — Weekly checking showed no catch for one bank angler.
Sturgeon
John Day Pool — Weekly checking showed no catch for eight bank anglers; and no catch for one boat (four anglers).
Walleye
Bonneville Pool — Three walleye kept for one boat (three anglers).
John Day Pool — Nine walleye kept, plus eight walleye released for 11 boats (25 anglers). (ODFW)
Trout
Battle Ground Lake and Lacamas Lake were stocked this week and should provide some good opportunity. Fishing is still good in Klineline Pond, Kress Lake, and Lake Sacajawea.
Kokanee
Fishing effort has gone down with just a few anglers braving the bad weather at Merwin and Yale Lakes. Some fishermen have been doing well.
Warmwater
Warmwater fishing effort has come to a standstill with the recent bad weather, but a few anglers are crappie fishing at Silver Lake. Fishing has been fair, at best. (WDFW)
