THE FOLLOWING FISHING REPORTS ORIGINATED WITH WDFW
Preliminary Lower Columbia River and Washington Tributary Sport Summary Oct. 5-11, 2026
Mainstem Columbia River
Lower Columbia River, Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam — 157 salmonid boats and 22 Washington bank rods were tallied on the flight count Sunday, October 11.
Section 1 (Bonneville) — 20 bank anglers kept two coho and two coho jacks. 1 boat/4 rods kept one coho and released 10 Chinook.
Section 2 (Camas/Washougal) — No bank effort reported. 33 boats/58 rods kept 10 coho, one coho jack, released 19 Chinook and one coho.
Section 3 (I-5 Area) — No effort reported.
Section 4 (Vancouver) — Six bank anglers had no catch. 26 boats/45 rods kept 12 coho, one coho jack, released nine Chinook and one Chinook jack.
Section 5 (Woodland) — One bank angler had no catch. 17 boats/53 rods kept 36 coho, four coho jacks and released three Chinook.
Section 6 (Kalama) — 28 bank anglers kept seven coho. 19 boats/44 rods kept 12 coho, released two Chinook and one coho.
Section 7 (Cowlitz) — No bank effort reported. 10 boats/29 rods kept 20 coho, one coho jack, released two Chinook and one Chinook jack.
Section 8 (Longview) — Five bank anglers had no catch. 24 boats/52 rods kept 24 coho, released five Chinook and one coho.
Section 9 (Cathlamet) — Three bank anglers had no catch. 4 boats/5 rods released one Chinook.
Section 10 (Cathlamet) — No effort reported.
Columbia River Tributaries
Salmon/Steelhead
Cowlitz River (I-5 Bridge downstream) — 39 bank anglers kept three coho and released two coho jacks. 6 boats/14 rods kept four coho, three coho jacks, released six coho and one coho jack.
Cowlitz River (I-5 Bridge upstream) — 31 bank anglers kept two steelhead, released four coho, one Chinook jack and one steelhead. 1 boats/3 rods had no catch.
Kalama River — Four bank anglers kept one coho. No boat effort reported.
Lewis River — 138 bank anglers kept three Chinook, one Chinook jack, 14 coho, two coho jacks, released 10 coho and two coho jacks. 26 boats/48 rods kept nine Chinook, 11 coho, five coho jacks, released two coho jacks and one steelhead.
Washougal River — Eight bank anglers had no catch.
Wind River — Three bank anglers had no catch. 55 boats/125 rods kept six Chinook, 79 coho, released seven Chinook, two Chinook jacks and 17 coho.
Drano Lake — 23 bank anglers kept two coho, released one Chinook and one coho. 41 boats/137 rods kept 45 Chinook, five Chinook jacks, 48 coho and released 13 Chinook.
Klickitat River (below Fisher Hill Bridge) — 73 bank anglers kept 38 Chinook, one Chinook jack, nine coho, one coho jack, released five Chinook and one Chinook jack. No boat effort reported.
Klickitat River (above Fisher Hill Bridge) — 18 bank anglers kept four Chinook and released one Chinook. 1 boat/3 rods had no catch.
2026 Hanford Sport Fishery
The Hanford Reach fall salmon sport fishery from October 5 through October 11. WDFW staff interviewed anglers from 297 boats (1,036 anglers) with 226 adult Chinook. Based on sampling, an estimated 633 adult Chinook were harvested from 2,845 angler trips (836 boats) in the ninth week of the fishery.
THE FOLLOWING FISHING REPORTS ORIGINATED WITH ODFW
Buoy 10 fishing report
Columbia Catch Summaries
From Thursday, October 8, 2026 through Sunday, October 11, 2026, Oregon creel samplers contacted 49 boats (142 anglers) for 12 Coho (averaged 0.07 fish/rod) kept; and 4 Coho released. Zero Chinook were reported released.
2026 Cumulative Report through 10/11/2026:
Boats sampled to date: 5,864 boats (19,718 anglers)
Fish sampled to date: 5,610 Chinook and 9,918 Coho
Estimated angler trips: 74,712 boat and 6,988 bank
Estimated kept catch: 24,668 Chinook and 38,413 Coho
Estimated released: 21,662 Chinook and 23,180 Coho
2025 Cumulative Report through 10/11/2025:
Boats sampled: 5,542 boats (18,122 anglers)
Fish sampled: 6,395 Chinook and 6,966 Coho
Estimated angler trips: 62,743 boat and 4,559 bank
Estimated kept catch: 23,936 Chinook and 26,515 Coho
Estimated released: 16,611 Chinook and 17,281 Coho
