Beginning Monday through the rest of 2024, a size limitation of 15 inches will be place for any salmon kept while fishing in Yale Reservoir, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced.
The season, daily limit, minimum size and gear restriction rules for salmon are the same as trout rules.
Fishery reports
From lower Columbia River, Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam there were 1,135 salmonid boats and 173 Washington bank rods were tallied during the flight count on Sept. 7.
MAINSTEM COLUMBIA
Salmon/Steelhead
Sec. 1 (Bonneville) — 39 bank anglers kept eight Chinook, two Chinook jacks, one coho and released one steelhead; 83 boats/229 rods kept 92 Chinook, seven Chinook jacks, one coho, released 11 Chinook, one coho and one steelhead.
Sec 2 (Camas/Washougal) — Two bank anglers had no catch; 102 boats/211 rods kept 54 Chinook, five Chinook jacks, two coho, released three Chinook, one Chinook jack, one coho and one steelhead.
Sec 3 (I-5 area) — Two bank anglers had no catch; 10 boats/19 rods kept two Chinook, one Chinook jack and released one coho.
Sec 4 (Vancouver) — 78 bank anglers kept five Chinook; 128 boats/304 rods kept 122 Chinook, 18 Chinook jacks, nine coho, one coho jack, released three Chinook, two Chinook jacks and one coho.
Sec 5 (Woodland) — 55 bank anglers kept three Chinook and released one coho; 75 boats/186 rods kept 83 Chinook, five Chinook jacks, 11 coho, one coho jack, released 29 Chinook, one Chinook jack, six coho and one steelhead.
Sec 6 (Kalama) — 147 bank anglers kept 23 Chinook, one Chinook jack, released three Chinook and two coho; 25 boats/67 rods kept 18 Chinook, one Chinook jack, three coho, released three Chinook, one Chinook jack, two coho and one steelhead.
Sec 7 (Cowlitz) — 15 boats/35 rods kept nine Chinook, four coho, one coho jack, released eight Chinook, two Chinook jacks and one coho.
Sec 8 (Longview) — 109 bank anglers kept 12 Chinook, released 10 Chinook, one Chinook jack and one coho; 76 boats/158 rods kept 29 Chinook, one Chinook jack, 14 coho, released 35 Chinook, two Chinook jacks and seven coho.
Sec 9 (Cathlamet) — Two bank anglers had no catch; 17 boats/40 rods kept four Chinook, two coho, released nine Chinook, one Chinook jack and one coho.
Sec 10 (Cathlamet) — Two bank anglers had no catch; 1 boat/2 rods released three Chinook and one Chinook jack.
Sturgeon
Sec 3 (I-5 area) — One boat/three rods released three sublegal sturgeon.
Sec 4 (Vancouver) — One boat/two rods released one legal sturgeon.
COLUMBIA TRIBUTARIES
Salmon/Steelhead
Cowlitz River I-5 bridge downstream — 25 bank rods kept two coho; one boat/two rods had no catch.
Cowlitz River above the I-5 bridge — 13 bank rods kept nine steelhead; two boats/seven rods kept four steelhead.
Lewis River — Six boats/13 rods kept five Chinook, two Chinook jacks, five coho and one steelhead.
Drano Lake — 31 bank rods kept one Chinook, one Chinook jack, one coho, released three Chinook, one coho and 11 steelhead; 93 boats/283 rods kept 134 Chinook, 36 Chinook jacks, 15 coho and released five steelhead.
ODFW CREEL CHECKS
Buoy 10 — 439 boats/1,344 anglers with 87 chinook and 1,134 coho kept, plus 222 chinook, 1,010 coho and two steelhead released; one boat/four rods with 12 sublegal, six legal and one oversize sturgeon released.
Bonneville pool — 76 boats/222 anglers with 77 adult chinook, 11 jack chinook and one jack coho kept plus 39 chinook, two jack chinook and one coho released; one boat/two anglers with one walleye kept.
The Dalles pool — 84 boats/245 rods with 55 adult chinook, four jack chinook and seven coho kept plus two chinook and one steelhead released.
John Day pool — 18 boats/37 rods with three adult chinook, four jack chinook and one coho kept plus one chinook released; five boats/17 rods with five sublegal, 11 legal and four oversize sturgeon released; eight boats/37 anglers with 31 walleye kept and 19 released.
