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SW WA, Buoy 10, Lower Columbia Fishing Reports (8-14-24) by Andy Walgamott Northwest Sportsman, August 14, 2024

THE FOLLOWING FISHING REPORT WAS FORWARDED BY WDFW

Buoy 10 and Mainstem Fall Recreational Salmon Fisheries

• The Buoy 10 to west Puget Island (WPI) fishery is scheduled to be open August 1-29 for hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho retention, August 30 - September 3 for Chinook and hatchery coho, and September 4 - December 31 for hatchery coho.

• Preliminary catch estimates through August 11 include 3,485 kept and 3,110 released Chinook, and 3,260 kept and 2,173 released coho from approximately 15,600 angler trips.

• Fall recreational salmon fisheries from WPI upstream to the Highway 395 Bridge (Pasco, WA) also opened August 1.

• WPI to Warrior Rock (WR) fishery is planned to remain open through September 4 for Chinook and hatchery coho retention, then be open September 5-11 for hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho retention, and October 1 - December 31 for hatchery coho retention. Preliminary estimates of catch and effort through August 11 include 482 kept and 18 released Chinook, zero kept and two released coho, and 354 released steelhead from approximately 4,600 angler trips.

• WR to Bonneville Dam (BON) fishery is planned to remain open through September 15 for Chinook and hatchery coho retention and then be open October 1 - December 31 for coho retention. Preliminary estimates of catch and effort through August 11 include 169 kept and nine released Chinook, zero kept or released coho, and 103 released steelhead from approximately 2,700 angler trips.

• BON upstream to Highway 395 Bridge (Pasco, WA) fishery is planned to remain open August 1 through September 15 for Chinook and coho retention and October 1 - December 31 for coho retention. Preliminary estimates of catch and effort through 3 August 11 include 120 Chinook kept and zero released Chinook, zero kept or released coho, and 103 released steelhead from approximately 1,100 angler trips.

Fishery Reports:

Lower Columbia River, Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam - 316 salmonid boats and 115 Washington bank rods were tallied during the flight count conducted Saturday (8/10).

Mainstem Columbia River

Salmon/Steelhead:

Sec 1 (Bonneville) - 26 bank anglers released one steelhead. 3 boats/6 rods had no catch.

Sec 2 (Camas/Washougal) - Five bank anglers had no catch. 5 boats/8 rods had no catch.

Sec 3 (I-5 area) - Three bank anglers had no catch. 4 boats/9 rods had no catch.

Sec 4 (Vancouver) - 18 bank anglers kept two Chinook. 18 boats/45 rods kept four Chinook, and released one jack and two steelhead.

Sec 5 (Woodland) - 41 bank anglers kept two Chinook. 23 boats/47 rods kept one Chinook, and released one jack and one steelhead.

Sec 6 (Kalama) - 144 bank anglers kept three Chinook and released one steelhead. 13 boats/33 rods kept two Chinook and released one sub-legal sturgeon.

Sec 7 (Cowlitz) - No bank effort reported. 17 boats/41 rods kept four Chinook, one jack, and released one legal and two oversize sturgeon.

Sec 8 (Longview) - 59 bank rods released one steelhead. 13 boats/26 rods kept two Chinook and released one jack.

Sec 9 (Cathlamet) - Three bank anglers had no catch. 9 boats/16 rods released four jacks and four steelhead.

Sec 10 (Cathlamet) - No report.