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Fishing Report, February 12

by Terry Otto
The Columbian, February 12, 2020

Graphic: Survival of juvenile salmon from the Washington/Idaho border to beyond Bonneville Dam has averaged around 50% survival.  In other words, half of them die while migrating through the federal hydropower system. Current and upcoming opportunities

The Columbia River from Buoy 10 to the Interstate 5 bridge is open to the retention of hatchery steelhead and hatchery Chinook. From the I-5 Bridge to the McNary Dam, open for hatchery steelhead.

White sturgeon retention is closed from Buoy 10 at the mouth of the Columbia upstream to Bonneville Dam, but remains an option for catch and release.

White sturgeon retention will close in the Bonneville Pool as of Friday, Feb. 14, and in the The Dalles Pool as of Tuesday, Feb. 18. White Sturgeon retention is still open in the John Day Pool.

A few winter steelhead are available from Columbia River beaches, and in the tributaries, although high water has slowed the bite.

Lowland lakes have been well-stocked with trout and are fishing very well.

Walleye fishing is good in the Bonneville Pool.

SALMON/STEELHEAD

I-5 Bridge downstream

TRIBUTARIES . . .


Terry Otto
Fishing Report, February 12
The Columbian, February 12, 2020

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