Southwest Washington Fishing Reports
2004 Report Archive
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WDFW Sport Sampling Results:
December 29, 2003 - Janaury 4, 2004

Salmon/Steelhead -

Cowlitz River - Last week, 64 bank anglers kept 4 winter steelhead and released on coho jack. 18 boat anglers kept 1 winter steelhead.

Through Jan. 4, a total of 1,235 hatchery and 96 wild winter steelhead had returned to the salmon hatchery and 495 fish to the Trout Hatchery.

Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery reported the first spring chinook of the season on their Dec. 20 escapement report.

Kalama River - Through December 24, a total of 698 hatchery, 2 hatchery/wild and 46 wild winter steelhead had returned to Kalama Falls Hatchery.

Lewis River - A total of 1,184 hatchery and 15 wild winter steelhead had returned to the facilities through December 24.

Washougal River - Through Dec. 24, a total of 305 winter steelhead had returned to Skamania Hatchery.

Columbia River Mouth Fish Forecasts
			2003 Forecast	2003 Return	2004 Forecast
Spring chinook	Willamette		109,800	126,600	109,400
	Sandy		4,800
	Cowlitz		4,900	13,400	15,900
	Kalama		3,600	5,100	6,000
	Lewis		3,100	4,200	5,400
	Upriver		145,400	209,100	360,700
	Wind		14,300	21,500	12,700
	Drano Lake		6,500	10,600	8,400
	Klickitat		3,700	3,900	3,500
	Yakima		6,400	4,900	19,200
	Snake River	Total	72,500	107,100	167,000
	Upper Columbia	Total	13,200	25,600	28,200
	Upper Columbia	Wild	1,300	2,600	3,400
Summer chinook	Upriver		87,600	116,900	102,800
	Snake River	Total	19,300	33,800	33,700
	Upper Columbia	Total	68,300	83,100	69,100
Spring/Summer	Snake River	Total	91,800	140,900	200,700
	Snake River	Wild	32,700	62,300	46,200
Fall chinook	1 LRH - Lower River	Hatch.	116,900
	LRW - Lower River	Wild	23,400
	BPH - Bonneville Pool	Hatch.	101,900
	URB - Upriver Bright		258,400
	MCB - Mid Col. Bright	Hatch.	86,600
	BUB - Bonn. Upr. Br.	Hatch.	43,100
	PUB - Pool Upr. Br.	Hatch.	43,500
	LRB - L. River Brights	Wild	1,800
	SAB - Select Area Br.	Hatch.	6,200
	Total		595,200
	Snake River	Wild	NA
Coho	1 Early stock	Hatch.	271,500
	Late stock	Hatch.	157,500
	Total		429,000
Sockeye	Wenatchee		11,000	7,100	27,500
	Okanogan		11,000	32,300	53,000
	Snake River	Wild	80	28	154
	Total Upriver		22,080	39,428	80,654
Steelhead (big/little index) (at Bonneville)	Upriver Skamania Index	Hatch.	12,100
		Wild	4,500
		Total	16,600
	Upriver A-run Index	Hatch.	209,000
		Wild	70,600
		Total	279,600
	Upriver B-run Index	Hatch.	53,200
		Wild	11,500
		Total	64,700
	Upriver combined	Hatch.	274,300
		Wild	86,600
		Total	360,900
2004 river mouth forecasts based on final PFMC ocean option.

Sturgeon -

Lower Columbia below Bonneville Dam - At Vancouver, 24 boat anglers (10 boats) kept no legals but released 57 sublegals.

In the Longview/Cathlamet area, 6 bank anglers kept one legal and released one sublegal.

Bonneville and The Dalles pools - No effort was observed.

John Day Pool - No sampling occurred.

Trout -

South Lewis County Pond in Toledo - 3 bank anglers with no catch.

Kress Lake near Kalama - 2 bank anglers with no catch.

Battle Ground Lake - 4 bank anglers with no catch.

Klineline Pond - Planted with 100 brood stock rainbows averaging 10 pounds each, 100 averaging 5.3 pounds each and 1,000 catchables averaging ½ pound each on December 22.

Lacamas Lake - 2 bank and 4 boat anglers had no catch.

Smelt -

Bob's in Longview reports some smelt were caught at the Gearhart Ramp on the lower Cowlitz yesterday.

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