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Fishing Report, September 13 by Terry Otto The Columbian, September 13, 2018

The fall salmon season is closed from Buoy 10 upstream to U.S. Highway 395 in Pasco, starting as of Thursday. The river was closed by emergency order. Chinook retention is still allowed in Washington tributaries.

White sturgeon retention is closed from Buoy 10 upstream to the Oregon/Washington Border above McNary Dam, but remains an option for catch-and-release fishing. White Sturgeon retention will be allowed from the Wauna Powerlines to the Bonneville Dam on Sept. 15 and 22.

Walleye fishing is fair in the John Day Pool.

Steelhead retention is closed in the main stem Columbia River, and is also closed in Drano Lake, the Wind River, and the White Salmon River.

Trout fishing continues to be good in high elevation lakes, and is improving with the cooler temps.

Bass and panfish are still biting in the Columbia River and local lakes.

Salmon/Steelhead
Buoy 10 to Tongue Point -- from Sept. 1-2, 398 anglers kept 70 coho.

Tongue Point to Bonneville Dam -- 107 bank angers kept seven adult and one jack Chinook. They released one adult and 1 jack Chinook, and one steelhead. 703 boat anglers kept 172 adult Chinook, 11 jack Chinook and six coho. They released 14 adult and six jack Chinook, one steelhead, and three coho.

Elochoman River -- 1 bank angler had no catch.

Cowlitz River -- I-5 Bridge downstream: Nine boats/25 rods kept six chinook, six jacks, two steelhead and released 26 chinook, five jacks and two steelhead. Above the I-5 Bridge: Three boats/six rods kept two steelhead.

Kalama River -- No anglers sampled.

Lewis River -- No anglers sampled.

Wind River -- Two bank anglers had no catch. Two boats/three rods had no catch.

Drano Lake -- Five boats/nine rods kept three chinook, one jack.

Klickitat River -- 19 bank anglers kept four chinook.

Related Pages:
States Close Columbia River to Steelhead Retention by Staff, Columbian Basin Bulletin, 8/30/18
Fisheries Managers Forecast 'Unprecedentedly Low' Summer Steelhead by George Plaven, East Oregonian, 5/22/17