SW WA, Lower Columbia Fishing Report (6-15-21)

THE FOLLOWING FISHING REPORT WAS FORWARDED BY BRYANT SPELLMAN, WDFW

June 15, Preliminary Washington Columbia River mainstem and tributary sport sampling summary June 7-13, 2021 

Lower Columbia mainstem Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam – 474 salmonid boats and 373 Washington bank rods were tallied during Saturday’s (6/12) flight count. 

Mainstem Columbia River 

Salmon/Steelhead: 

Sec 1 (Bonneville) – 120 bank anglers kept 11 Chinook, five jacks and released 17 Chinook. 8 boats/15 rods kept two Chinook and released three Chinook. 

Sec 2 (Camas/Washougal) – 8 boats/21 rods had no catch. 

Sec 3 (I-5 area) – No report. 

Sec 4 (Vancouver) – 58 bank anglers kept two Chinook, one jack and released one jack. 60 boats/137 rods kept 14 Chinook and released nine Chinook. 

Sec 5 (Woodland) – 63 bank anglers had no catch. 17 boats/42 rods kept two Chinook and released one  Chinook. 

Sec 6 (Kalama) – 149 bank anglers kept 21 Chinook, three jacks and released 11 Chinook, one sockeye and one steelhead. 40 boats/101 rods kept 12 Chinook, two jacks and released six Chinook, one jack,  one sockeye and one steelhead. 

Sec 7 (Cowlitz) – 12 boats/32 rods kept 11 Chinook, one jack, one steelhead and released three Chinook. 

Sec 8 (Longview) – 136 bank anglers kept one Chinook, five steelhead and released two sockeye and  two steelhead. 89 boats/217 rods kept 35 Chinook, two jacks, six steelhead and released seven Chinook, three jacks and one steelhead. 

Sec 9 (Cathlamet) – 23 bank anglers kept one steelhead. 19 boats/52 rods kept 11 Chinook, five  steelhead and released two Chinook and two steelhead. 

Sec 10 (Cathlamet) – 7 boats/13 rods kept one Chinook. 

Sturgeon: 

Sec 9 (Cathlamet) – 4 boats/10 rods kept one legal and released two oversize sturgeon. 

Sec 10 (Chinook/Deep River/Elochoman) – 85 boats/229 rods kept 44 legal and released 94 sublegal  and 174 oversize sturgeon. 

Shad: 

Sec 1 (Bonneville) – 71 bank anglers kept 464 shad. 2 boats/4 rods kept 98 shad.

Sec 4 (Vancouver) – 2 boats/5 rods kept six shad.

Sec 5 (Woodland) – 2 boats/6 rods kept 59 shad. 

Sec 6 (Kalama) – 3 boats/8 rods kept 24 shad. 

Sec 8 (Longview) – 1 boat/4 rods kept 6 shad. 

Columbia River Tributaries 

Salmon/Steelhead: 

Cowlitz River – I-5 Br downstream – 32 bank rods kept three steelhead and released one steelhead. 1  boat/3 rods had no catch.  

Above the I-5 Br – 15 bank rods kept one steelhead. 4 boats/9 rods kept six steelhead.

Kalama River – No report.  

Lewis River – No report. 

Wind River – 1 boat/2 rods had no catch. 

Drano Lake – 2 boats/3 rods had no catch.  

Klickitat River below Fisher Hill Bridge – Six bank rods kept two Chinook.