Preliminary Columbia River mainstem, tributary sampling summary for March 6-12

Salmon and steelhead counts on lower Columbia River from Buoy 10 upstream to Bonneville Dam on March 11. There were 123 salmonid boats and 73 Washington bank rods tallied in this flight count.

Mainstem Columbia River

Sec 1 (Bonneville) — 15 bank anglers had no catch.

Sec 4 (Vancouver) — 19 bank anglers had no catch; 10 boats/19 rods had no catch.

Sec 5 (Woodland) — 15 bank anglers had no catch; seven boats/11 rods had no catch.

Sec 6 (Kalama) — 10 bank anglers had no catch; seven boats/22 rods had no catch.

Sec 7 (Cowlitz) — Five boats/10 rods had no catch.

Sec 8 (Longview) — 60 bank anglers kept three steelhead and released three steelhead; 50 boats/102 rods kept five Chinook and released one Chinook.

Sec 9 (Cathlamet) — Six bank anglers had no catch.

Sec 10 (Cathlamet) — One bank angler had no catch; two boats/four rods had no catch.

Columbia River tributaries

Cowlitz River from Interstate 5 bridge downstream — 21 bank rods kept three steelhead and released four steelhead.

Cowlitz River above Interstate 5 bridge — 49 bank rods kept three steelhead and released one steelhead; nine boats/28 rods kept 22 steelhead and released one steelhead.

Kalama River — 10 bank rods kept one steelhead; two boats/four rods released two steelhead.

Lewis River — 13 bank rods had no catch; one boat/one rod released one steelhead.