Salmon/Steelhead
Cowlitz River – Spring Chinook continue to be caught by bank anglers at the barrier dam while boat anglers are catching steelhead around the trout hatchery.
Last week, Tacoma Power recovered 20 spring Chinook adults, 13 jacks, and 112 summer-run steelhead during five days of adult fish collection efforts at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery separator. During the week Tacoma Power employees released two spring Chinook adults and 12 jacks into Lake Scanewa above Cowlitz Falls Dam.
Cowlitz River flows at Mayfield Dam are approximately 6,120 cubic feet per second on Monday, June 29. Water visibility is ten feet.
Wind River and Drano Lake – Today (June 30) is the last day to fish for spring Chinook.
Lower Columbia mainstem below Bonneville Dam - Last week we sampled1,461 bank anglers with99 adult and22 jackChinook, 37 sockeye, and 47 steelhead.We alsosampled605 boat anglers (256 boats) with62adult and 6 jack Chinook, 2 sockeye, and 12 steelhead. Success was best on the opener and slowed as the week progressed.
Through June 28, an estimated 16,771 angler trips have produced 1,360 adult Chinook kept and 419 released plus 873 sockeye kept and 57 released. Adult Chinook may be retained on the lower Columbia below Bonneville Dam through July 5.
Effort was high last Saturday with 711 boats and 614 WA and 343 OR bank anglers counted
The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) met yesterday and downgraded the adult summer Chinook run size from the pre-season forecast of 70,700 to 58,000 fish. However, TAC did not change the sockeye pre-season forecast of 183,200.
John Day Pool - WDFW staffinterviewed 41 salmonid anglers in the John Day Pool. Anglers reported harvesting 3hatchery jack chinook and released 2 hatchery origin adult chinookand 1 wild adult chinook.
Bonneville Dam upstream – Adult Chinook (adipose fin clipped or not) may be retained beginning tomorrow (July 1).
Sturgeon
Lower Columbia mainstem from the mouth to the Wauna powerlines – Charter boat anglers averaged just over a legal kept per every other rod while private boaters averaged one per every 5.7 rods. Bank anglers were catching a few legals. About one-third of the fish caught were keeper size. Overall success was better earlier in the week.
Just over 500 private boats and 20 charters were counted during the Saturday June 27 flight. White sturgeon retention is scheduled to re-open July 2-5.
Capt. Jerry Brown
Columbia River Fishing
http://www.columbia-river-fishing-guide.com
206-920-2428
