The Columbia River fall salmon season is now closed from the Tongue Point/Rocky Point line up to the Highway 395 bridge near Pasco. The closure remains in effect through Oct. 31 downstream of Bonneville Dam and through Dec. 31 upstream of Bonneville Dam.
Anglers may still fish for hatchery coho and hatchery steelhead from Buoy 10 at the mouth of the Columbia to the Tongue Point/ Rocky Point line. Retention of chinook is prohibited.
White sturgeon retention is closed from Buoy 10 at the mouth of the Columbia upstream to McNary Dam but remains an option for catch-and-release fishing.
Trout fishing in high elevation lakes is still good, but early snow may have blocked off access to some waters.
Coho are available in local tributaries.
Tuna fishing is still very good out of Ilwaco when the ocean cooperates.
Salmon/Steelhead
Columbia mainstem
Anglers are averaging just over a coho per boat at Buoy 10.
Columbia River Tributaries
Cowlitz River — I-5 Bridge downstream: 56 bank rods released one chinook and one coho jack; 65 boats/159 rods kept 41 coho, nine coho jacks and released 49 chinook, four chinook jacks, 39 coho, 13 coho jacks and one steelhead.
Above the I-5 Bridge: 36 bank rods kept five coho and released 14 chinook and two chinook jacks. Four boats/14 rods kept one coho, six steelhead and released five chinook, two coho and 10 coho jacks.
Kalama River — Six bank anglers had no catch. One boat/one rod had no catch.
Lewis River — 75 bank anglers released two chinook, one chinook jack and one coho. Five boats/11 rods kept three coho and one coho jack.
Washougal River — 10 bank anglers had no catch. Four boats/nine rods released three chinook.
Wind River — 12 boats/16 rods kept one chinook, nine coho and released one chinook, 10 coho and three steelhead. Drano Lake — Four bank anglers had no catch;15 boats/42 rods kept 28 chinook, five chinook jacks and released six chinook.
Klickitat below Fisher Hill Bridge — 75 bank anglers kept 38 chinook, one chinook jack, one coho and released one chinook. One boat/two rods kept one chinook.
Klickitat above No. 5 Fishway — 14 bank anglers kept two chinook and released one chinook.
Sturgeon
In last Saturday’s retention sturgeon fishery, 242 boats/673 surveyed anglers kept 20 legal sturgeon, released 20 oversized sturgeon, and released 104 undersized sturgeon.
Cowlitz River — I-5 Bridge downstream: 26 bank rods had no catch, 22 boats/65 rods kept five legal sturgeon and released 12 sublegal and three oversize sturgeon.
Walleye
The Dalles Pool — Weekly checking showed no catch for two boats (four anglers).
John Day Pool — Weekly checking showed one walleye kept, plus two walleye released for five boats (11 anglers).
John Day Arm — Weekly checking showed no catch for one boat (two anglers).
