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Fall Salmon Fishing Limits
Set for Buoy 10

by Allen Thomas
The Columbian, April 8, 2023

Short closure in August aimed at avoiding overharvest

Anglers in the popular Buoy 10 fishery at the mouth of the Columbia River will be limited to keeping only hatchery chinook and hatchery coho salmon during the 2023 summer season. Anglers in the popular Buoy 10 fishery at the mouth of the Columbia River will be limited to keeping only hatchery chinook and hatchery coho salmon this summer, plus five days will be closed in late August to dampen the catch and avoid last year's overharvest.

However, sportsmen will be able to catch and keep wild chinook -- although in shortened seasons -- from the west tip of Puget Island near Cathlamet to Bonneville Dam.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife posted the fall salmon and steelhead fishing regulations Friday on its website.

In 2022, the catch of lower Columbia tule fall chinook in late August at Buoy 10 exceeded expectations by 219 percent. Washington and Oregon were forced to close all salmon and steelhead fishing beginning Sept. 2 from Buoy 10 to Bonneville Dam to avoid exceeding catch limitations.

Chinook anglers finally got a remnant of a fishery beginning Sept. 15, but only upstream of Reed Island, near Washougal.

Here are the seasons, keeping in mind that changes based on catch rates, run size change and unforeseen circumstances remain possible:



Allen Thomas
Fall Salmon Fishing Limits Set for Buoy 10
The Columbian, April 8, 2023

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