May 6, 2015
May 6, 2015
Columbia River – below Bonneville Dam
spring chinook sport fishing re-opened
Action: Re-opens chinook and steelhead angling on the mainstem Columbia River downstream of Bonneville Dam.
Species affected: Spring chinook, steelhead and shad.
Area: The mainstem Columbia River from the Tongue Point/ Rocky Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam.
Restrictions: Tongue Point/ Rocky Point line upstream to Beacon Rock (boat and bank) plus bank angling only from Beacon Rock upstream to the Bonneville Dam deadline. Legal upstream boat boundary defined as: "A deadline marker on the Oregon bank (approximately four miles downstream from Bonneville Dam Powerhouse One) in a straight line through the western tip of Pierce Island to a deadline marker on the Washington bank at Beacon Rock."
Effective date: Saturday May 9 and May 16 through June 15, 2015.
Daily bag limit: Daily salmonid limit is 6 fish (hatchery chinook or hatchery steelhead), of which no more than two may be adult chinook or steelhead, and no more than one may be an adult chinook. Release all wild chinook and wild steelhead. Salmon minimum size: 12 inches.
Reason for action: Harvestable numbers of hatchery salmon remain available based on the updated forecast, associated management agreements, and harvest estimates to date.
Information contact: (360) 696-6211. For latest information press *1010.
Columbia River – below Bonneville Dam
spring chinook sport fishing re-opened
Action: Re-opens chinook and steelhead angling on the mainstem Columbia River downstream of Bonneville Dam.
Species affected: Spring chinook, steelhead and shad.
Area: The mainstem Columbia River from the Tongue Point/ Rocky Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam.
Restrictions: Tongue Point/ Rocky Point line upstream to Beacon Rock (boat and bank) plus bank angling only from Beacon Rock upstream to the Bonneville Dam deadline. Legal upstream boat boundary defined as: "A deadline marker on the Oregon bank (approximately four miles downstream from Bonneville Dam Powerhouse One) in a straight line through the western tip of Pierce Island to a deadline marker on the Washington bank at Beacon Rock."
Effective date: Saturday May 9 and May 16 through June 15, 2015.
Daily bag limit: Daily salmonid limit is 6 fish (hatchery chinook or hatchery steelhead), of which no more than two may be adult chinook or steelhead, and no more than one may be an adult chinook. Release all wild chinook and wild steelhead. Salmon minimum size: 12 inches.
Reason for action: Harvestable numbers of hatchery salmon remain available based on the updated forecast, associated management agreements, and harvest estimates to date.
Information contact: (360) 696-6211. For latest information press *1010.