| January 3, 2008
Salmon/Steelhead
Cowlitz River
- On the lower river 5 bank and 2 boat anglers had no catch.
Last week, Tacoma
Power recovered 1,167 coho salmon adults, 25 coho jacks, two fall chinook
adults, 50 summer-run steelhead, 117 winter-run steelhead and five cutthroat
trout at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery separator during six days of operations.
During the week
Tacoma Power employees released 111 coho adults, seven jacks, and nine
winter-run steelhead into Lake Scanewa at the Day Use Site, 341 coho
adults into the upper Cowlitz River at the Skate Creek Bridge in Packwood,
Washington, and 269 coho adults, five jacks, two fall chinook adults
and two cutthroat trout into the Tilton River at Gust Backstrom Park
in Morton, Washington.
River flows at Mayfield
Dam are approximately at 9,620 cubic feet per second on Monday, December
17.
Lewis River -
14 bank anglers kept 1 steelhead. Flows below Merwin Dam are 9,500 cfs
this morning (Monday Dec. 17).
Washougal River
- No report on angling success. Through December 12, a total of
303 steelhead have returned to Skamania Hatchery. 59 fish had returned
through the same time frame in 2006. 140 fish are being recycled to
the lower river today (Monday Dec. 17).
Lower Columbia
below the I-5 Bridge - 14 bank anglers in the Woodland area kept
1 steelhead. 2 boat anglers/1 boat in the Camas/Washougal area had no
catch.
Ringold -
WDFW staff interviewed 29 anglers at Ringold this week with 7 steelhead.
Average catch was 1 steelhead for every 6 hours of fishing. Activity
was light.
| Washington
Columbia River Tributary
Adult Spring Chinook 2007 Returns plus 2008 Forecasts |
Area |
2007
Forecast |
2007
Actual |
2008
Forecast |
Comments |
| Below
Bonneville |
| Cowlitz |
6,400
|
3,700
|
5,200 |
|
| Kalama |
4,000
|
7,300
|
3,700 |
|
| Lewis |
5,500
|
6,700 |
3,500 |
|
| Total |
15,900 |
17,700
|
12,400
|
2008 Forecasts
show Cowlitz, Kalama, Lewis returns combined could be down 30% from
the 2007 actual return. |
| Bonneville
Pool |
| Wind
River |
2,100
|
4,300 |
10,000 |
2008 return
could be over twice as large as this year. Record return is 25,900
in 2001. |
| Drano Lake
|
6,000
|
6,500 |
36,800 |
2008 could
be a record return (previous record was 20,600 in 2002). 2008 forecast
for Drano Lake is larger than the entire Willamette system. |
| Klickitat |
1,200
|
1,100
|
1,100
|
2008 return
could be identical to this year's run. |
| Total |
9,300 |
11,900
|
47,900
|
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Sturgeon
Cowlitz River
- On the lower river, 6 bank anglers released 2 sublegals.
Lower Columbia
above the Wauna powerlines - 13 bank anglers just below Bonneville
Dam had no catch.
Trout
Silver Lake (Cowlitz
County) - No report on angling success. Planted with 3,275 catchable
size rainbows on Dec. 12.
Kress Lake in
Kalama and Horseshoe Lake in Woodland - No effort.
Battleground
Lake - Fishing is reported to be fair to good.
Klineline Pond
- 17 bank anglers kept 27 rainbows and released 10. Lots of limits
reported. Planted with 5,125 rainbows up to nearly ½ pound each
Dec. 10-11.
Lacamas Lake
- No effort though planted with 5,000 rainbows weighing nearly ½
pound each on Dec. 10.
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