WDFW Sport Sampling Results:
August 29, 2005

Latest Southwest Washington Sport Sampling Summaries [PDF Format]

Salmon/Steelhead -

Lewis River - Anglers are catching some summer run steelhead.

Wind River - Bank anglers are catching some summer run steelhead.

Drano Lake - Anglers are still catching some summer run steelhead but catches are not as easy as past weeks. Around 95 boats were counted last Saturday (August 27) morning.

White Salmon River - Bank anglers at the mouth are catching a mixture of fall chinook (brights and some tules), coho, and summer run steelhead. Boat anglers are catching primarily summer run steelhead. Around 50 water craft were counted last Saturday morning.

Klickitat River - No catch from the few bank anglers sampled.

Buoy 10 - Chinook and coho catches improved. Anglers averaged nearly a chinook per every 3 rods and a coho per every 7 rods.

ODFW counted 1,300-1,400 boats during their Saturday August 27 flight.

2005 Buoy 10 Catch and Effort WDFW/ODFW Field Sampling Data
	Date	Angler trips	Chinook	Coho
Week 32	Aug 1-7	857	28	0
Week 33	Aug 8-14	1,460	172	6
Week 34	Aug 15-21	3,726	293	83
Week 35	Aug 22-28	4,232	1,272	572
* Week 36	Aug 29 - Sep 4	1,396	218	308
Week 37	Sep 5-11	0	0	0
Week 38	Sep 12-18	0	0	0
* Week not completed

Lower Columbia below Bonneville Dam - Fall chinook catches have increased but were still down about 50% from last year. Last week boat anglers averaged an adult chinook per every 9.2 rods while bank anglers averaged one per every 34.5 rods. During the same period in 2004, boat anglers averaged a chinook per every 5.7 rods while bank anglers averaged one per every 16 rods.

Fall chinook and steelhead catches were scattered throughout the river last week. Including fish released, bank and boat anglers averaged a steelhead per every 20 rods based on mainly incomplete and completed trips, respectively. Slightly over half the steelhead caught were kept.

Bonneville Dam adult fall chinook counts continue to lag behind recent years. From August 1 through August 28, a total of 31,556 fish have been counted. It's the lowest total to date since 1994.

365 salmonid boats were counted during last Saturday's flight. In comparison, 800 boats were counted during the same period last year. In addition, Washington bank effort was down over 60% from 2004.

Last Saturday, nearly 1/3 (120) of the boats were found from the I-205 Bridge to Washougal.

Bonneville Pool - Effort continues to slowly increase at the mouths of the Washington tributaries. About a dozen boats each counted off the Klickitat, White Salmon, and Drano Lake last Saturday.

Cowlitz River from Olequa to Barrier Dam - 10 bank anglers caught 5 summer run steelhead and 2 sea run cutthroats. 7 boat anglers caught 6 summer run steelhead.

Riffe Lake - 14 bank anglers caught 2 coho and 2 brown bullheads

Sturgeon -

Sturgeon and walleye effort remains low - 7 sturgeon and 5 walleye boats were found from Bonneville Dam downstream during last Saturday's flight.

Lower Columbia below Bonneville Dam - Effort continues to be low during the current catch and release season.

Walleye -

Sturgeon and walleye effort remains low - 7 sturgeon and 5 walleye boats were found from Bonneville Dam downstream during last Saturday's flight.

Lower Columbia below Bonneville Dam - A few boat anglers sampled in the Camas Washougal area. They reported no success.

Trout -

Mineral Lake - Planted with 2,200 half-pound rainbows last week

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