Lower Columbia River from Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam. There were 553 salmonid boats and 169 Washington bank rods tallied during the Aug. 17 flight count.
MAINSTEM COLUMBIA
Salmon/Steelhead
Sec. 1 (Bonneville) — 52 bank anglers released one steelhead; nine boats/23 rods had no catch.
Sec 2 (Camas/Washougal) — Seven bank anglers kept one Chinook; 45 boats/90 rods kept six Chinook and released one steelhead.
Sec 3 (I-5 area) — Two bank anglers had no catch; nine boats/14 rods kept one Chinook.
Sec 4 (Vancouver) — 46 bank anglers kept four Chinook; 37 boats/79 rods kept one Chinook and released one Chinook.
Sec 5 (Woodland) — 46 bank anglers kept three Chinook; 78 boats/160 rods kept 26 Chinook, one jack, one coho, and released two steelhead.
Sec 6 (Kalama) — 129 bank anglers kept 23 Chinook; nine boats/21 rods kept one Chinook.
Sec 7 (Cowlitz) — 21 boats/52 rods kept 11 Chinook and one jack.
Sec 8 (Longview) — 53 bank rods kept six Chinook; 48 boats/104 rods kept 30 Chinook, released two jacks and one steelhead.
Sec 9 (Cathlamet) — Five boats/11 rods kept two Chinook and two jacks.
Sturgeon
Sec 2 (Camas/Washougal) — Two bank anglers had no catch.
Sec 7 (Cowlitz) — One boat/three rods had no catch.
COLUMBIA TRIBUTARIES
Salmon/Steelhead
Cowlitz River I-5 bridge downstream — 16 bank rods had no catch; one boat/one rod had no catch.
Cowlitz River above the I-5 bridge — 21 bank anglers kept three steelhead; three boats/10 rods kept one steelhead.
Kalama River — Eight bank rods had no catch.
Lewis River mainstem — One bank rod released one steelhead; four boats/six rods kept one Chinook.
North Fork Lewis River — Three bank rods had no catch.
Drano Lake — 12 bank rods released 17 steelhead; 36 boats/92 rods kept 16 Chinook, two jacks, and released eight Chinook and 38 steelhead.
Klickitat River below Fisher Hill Bridge — One bank rod had no catch.
Klickitat River above No. 5 Fishway — Two bank rods released one steelhead.
ODFW CREEL CHECKS
Buoy 10 — 645 boats/2,246 rods kept 680 Chinook, 290 coho and released 560 Chinook, 252 coho and seven steelhead.
Bonneville pool — Four boats/nine rods kept one Chinook; three boats/nine rods released seven legal-size sturgeon and released 10 over-legal sized sturgeon.
The Dalles pool — Eight boats/18 rods kept two Chinook; nine boats/17 rods kept nine walleye and released three walleye.
John Day pool — 21 boats/41 rods kept 57 walleye and released 32 walleye.
