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WDFW Sport Sampling Results for January 7-13, 2002
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Salmon/Steelhead

• Lewis River - 26 bank anglers had no catch while 12 boat anglers kept 10 steelhead and released 8 others last week. Flows below Merwin Dam were 11,600 cfs this morning.
• Bonneville Pool - Boat anglers are catching some steelhead.
• The Dalles and John Day pools - Both bank and boat anglers are catching some summer-run steelhead.
• Ringold - Not a lot of effort last week but the anglers that ventured out did well. 18 bank anglers kept 7 steelhead and 13 boat anglers kept 6 steelhead and released 3 others. Bank anglers averaged 5.5 pole hours per fish while boat anglers averaged 6.8 pole hours per fish.
  

Sturgeon

• Lower Columbia - No report.
• Bonneville Pool - Counting fish released, boat anglers averaged a legal per every 4.5 rods last week. Fishing from the bank is slow.
• The Dalles Pool - The small number of boat anglers sampled averaged nearly ½ legal per rod last week. Bank anglers were catching a few legals.
• John Day Pool - Light effort and catches last week.
  

Walleye and Bass and other warm water fish

• Bonneville, The Dalles, and John Day pools - The few boat anglers sampled in Bonneville and The Dalles pools had no catch. No in-sample effort for either species was found in John Day Pool.
  

Trout

• Last week's releases of ½ pound rainbows:-
  • Maryhill Pond - 500
  • Rowland Lake near Lyle - 3,300
  • Spearfish Lake near Dallesport - 1,100
• Releases of 7-10 pound rainbows since Jan. 1:
  • Horseshoe Lake near Woodland - 185
  • Lake Sacajewea in Longview - 181
  • Ice House Lake near Bridge of the Gods - 31
  • Kidney Lake near North Bonneville - 47
  • Little Ash Lake near Stevenson - 31
  • Northwestern Lake near Underwood - 60
  • Tunnel Lake just east of Drano Lake - 31

Smelt

• Cowlitz River - Last Saturday (Jan. 12), sport fishers caught 0-4 smelt per dip with the average 1 smelt per every 3 to 5 dips. It took one experienced angler about 3 to 4 hours to get a 10 pound limit. Fish were present from Gearhart Park (near Highway 432 in Longview)upstream to Rocky Point (between Kelso and Lexington). Mixture of males/females and sizes. Water temperature was 46 degrees.