SW WA, Lower Columbia Fishing Report (6-18-24)

THE FOLLOWING FISHING REPORT WAS FORWARDED BY JERRY PRUIETT, WDFW

Mainstem Columbia River 

Salmon/Steelhead

Sec 1 (Bonneville) – 235 bank anglers kept eight Chinook, five jacks, and released 13 Chinook. 8 boats/18 rods kept two Chinook and released two Chinook.  

Sec 2 (Camas/Washougal) – 23 boats/46 rods kept three Chinook and released one Chinook.

Sec 3 (I-5 area) – No report.  

WYATT MCLELLAN SHOWS OFF A HATCHERY SUMMER STEELHEAD – OR “SILVER HEAD” AS HE CALLS THEM – CAUGHT THIS AFTERNOON. (MD JOHNSON)

Sec 4 (Vancouver) – 73 bank anglers kept three Chinook, released one Chinook. 19 boats/30 rods had no  catch. 

Sec 5 (Woodland) – 59 bank anglers had no catch. 15 boats/31 rods kept three Chinook, one sockeye,  and released one Chinook. 

Sec 6 (Kalama) – 218 bank anglers kept sixteen Chinook, one jack, three steelhead and released five Chinook, two steelhead and five sockeye. 28 boats/66 rods kept six Chinook, one steelhead, and  released one Chinook. 

Sec 7 (Cowlitz) – 5 boats/15 rods kept nine Chinook and one jack.  

Sec 8 (Longview) – 122 bank anglers kept two Chinook, 15 steelhead and released three Chinook and  four steelhead. 48 boats/108 rods kept three Chinook, one jack, 19 steelhead, and released three Chinook and one sockeye. 

Sec 9 (Cathlamet) – 45 bank anglers kept six steelhead, and released one steelhead and one sockeye. 19 boats/41 rods kept one Chinook, 14 steelhead, and released one steelhead. 

Sec 10 (Cathlamet) – 10 bank anglers kept three steelhead and released one steelhead. 17 boats/37 rods kept three Chinook and four steelhead. 

Sturgeon: 

Sec 4 (Vancouver) – two bank anglers had no catch.  

Sec 8 (Longview) – three bank anglers had no catch. 

Shad

Sec 1 (Bonneville) – 55 bank anglers kept 379 shad. 7 boats/16 rods kept 183 and released 36 shad.

Sec 2 (Camas/Washougal) – 2 boats/4 rods kept five shad.  

Sec 6 (Kalama) – 3 boats/6 rods had no catch.

Columbia River Tributaries 

Salmon/Steelhead

Cowlitz River I-5 Br downstream – Nine bank rods kept three steelhead and released one steelhead. 

Cowlitz River Above the I-5 Br – Nine bank rods kept one jack and released one steelhead. 4 boats/16 rods kept one jack and 21 steelhead. 

Kalama River – 12 bank rods had no catch. 

Lewis River – Seven bank rods had no catch. 2 boats/5 rods had no catch. 

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

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

Klickitat River below Fisher Hill Bridge – No report.