From lower Columbia River, Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam there were 822 salmonid boats and 98 Washington bank rods tallied between Warrior Rock and Bonneville Dam on Sept. 14.
MAINSTEM COLUMBIA
Salmon/Steelhead
Sec. 1 (Bonneville) — 146 bank anglers kept nine Chinook, two Chinook jacks and released two Chinook; 133 boats/359 rods kept 139 Chinook, 13 Chinook jacks, two coho, released four Chinook, one Chinook jack, two coho and one steelhead.
Sec 2 (Camas/Washougal) — Four bank anglers had no catch; 90 boats/196 rods kept 47 Chinook, eight Chinook jack, three coho and released one Chinook.
Sec 3 (I-5 area) — Four bank anglers had no catch; 39 boats/76 rods kept 20 Chinook, five Chinook jacks and four coho.
Sec 4 (Vancouver) — 111 bank anglers kept three Chinook, one Chinook jack, two coho and released one Chinook jack; 252 boats/602 rods kept 298 Chinook, 50 Chinook jacks, 25 coho, one coho jack, released 21 Chinook, nine Chinook jacks, 19 coho, three coho jacks and one steelhead.
Sec 5 (Woodland) — Eight bank anglers had no catch; 10 boats/24 rods kept nine Chinook, released 36 Chinook and one steelhead.
Sec 6 (Kalama) — 55 bank anglers had no catch; 21 boats/48 rods kept 26 Chinook, five coho, released 25 Chinook, one Chinook jack and six coho.
Sec 7 (Cowlitz) — No bank angler report; nine boats/20 rods kept four Chinook, five coho and released eight Chinook.
Sec 8 (Longview) — 26 bank anglers released one Chinook; 28 boats/54 rods kept three Chinook, seven coho, released eight Chinook, one Chinook jack and seven coho.
Sec 9 (Cathlamet) — Seven boats/14 rods kept one Chinook, released three Chinook, four coho and two coho jacks.
COLUMBIA TRIBUTARIES
Salmon/Steelhead
Cowlitz River I-5 bridge downstream — 122 bank anglers kept one coho, one coho jack, released eight Chinook and two coho; 15 boats/29 rods kept two coho, one coho jack, one steelhead, released five Chinook and one coho.
Cowlitz River above the I-5 bridge — 18 bank anglers kept one steelhead.
Kalama River — 12 bank anglers had no catch.
Lewis River — 148 bank anglers kept one Chinook, 36 coho and released seven coho; 11 boats/20 rods kept one Chinook, two coho, released three Chinook and three coho.
Drano Lake — 23 bank rods kept one Chinook and released one Chinook; 114 boats/337 rods kept 137 Chinook, 44 jacks, 24 coho, released 67 Chinook, one Chinook jack, seven coho and 21 steelhead.
OREGON CREEL CHECKS
Buoy 10 — 340 boats/964 anglers with 63 chinook and 448 coho kept plus 66 chinook and 414 coho released.
Troutdale — 447 boats/926 anglers with 215 chinook, 39 jack chinook and nine coho kept plus 11 chinook, three jack chinook, eight coho and a steelhead released.
Bonneville pool — 90 boats/262 anglers with 87 chinook, 20 jack chinook, five adult coho and one jack coho kept plus 13 adult chinook, two jack chinook, one coho and a steelhead released; one boat/three anglers with one sublegal and one legal-size sturgeon released.
The Dalles pool — 99 boats/279 anglers with 48 adult chinook, two jack chinook and six coho kept plus nine chinook, five jack chinook, one jack coho and one steelhead released.
John Day pool — three boats/seven anglers with four walleye kept.