Spring Chinook angling on the Columbia River 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. Fishing for salmon, steelhead, and shad is closed from Buoy 10 at the mouth of the river to Warrior Rock.
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.
Trout fishing in local lakes has been good.
A few steelhead are being caught on the Cowlitz River.
Spring Chinook fishing is improving in the mainstem Columbia, and effort has increased with the warm weather. A few springers are being caught in the Willamette River.
Walleye fishing is good in the Bonneville and John Day pools.
Salmon/Steelhead
Lower Columbia mainstem from Warrior Rock line to Bonneville Dam — Last Saturday’s Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife flight counted 129 salmonid boats and 15 Washington bank rods.
Grays River — two bank anglers had no catch.
Elochoman River — Six bank anglers released two steelhead.
Germany Creek — Two bank anglers had no catch.
Cowlitz River — I-5 Bridge downstream: 42 bank rods kept one steelhead.
Above the I-5 Bridge: 38 bank rods released three steelhead. 48 boats/156 rods kept 26 steelhead and released 8 steelhead.
Kalama River — 29 bank anglers released one steelhead. 4 boats/11 rods kept two steelhead and released one steelhead.
Lewis River — four bank anglers had no catch.
East Fork Lewis River — 11 bank anglers had no catch.
Sturgeon
Bonneville Pool — Eight bank anglers released two sublegal sturgeon. Six boats/17 rods kept three legal sturgeon and released 26 sublegal sturgeon.
John Day Pool — 15 bank anglers released one sublegal sturgeon. Seven boats/13 rods had no catch.
Walleye
Bonneville Pool — Six boats/12 rods kept nine walleye.
John Day Pool — 63 boats/152 rods kept 75 walleye and released 68 walleye.
Bass
John Day Pool — one boat/two rods kept one bass and released one bass.
Recent trout plants
Lake Sacajawea — 3,001 rainbow planted at 2.3 per pound on March 14.
Swofford Pond — 2,750 rainbows planted at 2.8 per pound and 3,000 rainbows planted at 3.0 per pound on March 14.
Horsethief Lake — 31 brooder rainbows planted at 0.1 per pound on March 11.
