SW WA, Lower Columbia Fishing Report (8-22-22)

THE FOLLOWING FISHING REPORT WAS FORWARDED BY BRYANT SPELLMAN, WDFW

Preliminary Washington Columbia River mainstem and tributary sport sampling summary August 15-21, 2022

Lower Columbia River Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam – 465 salmonid boats and 61 Washington bank rods were tallied during Saturday’s (8/20) flight count. 

Mainstem Columbia River 

Salmon/Steelhead: 

Sec 1 (Bonneville) – 29 bank anglers kept two Chinook and one Chinook jack. 5 boats/9 rods kept one  Chinook. 

Sec 2 (Camas/Washougal) – 38 boats/75 rods kept seven Chinook and one Chinook jack. Sec 3 (I-5 area) – Two bank anglers had no catch. 3 boats/5 rods had no catch.  

Sec 4 (Vancouver) – 35 bank anglers released one Chinook. 20 boats/46 rods kept three Chinook and  released one Chinook. 

Sec 5 (Woodland) – 84 bank anglers kept three Chinook. 58 boats/134 rods kept three Chinook and  released four Chinook jacks, two coho and one steelhead. 

Sec 6 (Kalama) – 144 bank anglers kept nine Chinook. 29 boats/61 rods kept four Chinook and one  Chinook jack. 

Sec 7 (Cowlitz) – 54 boats/130 rods kept eight Chinook and released one Chinook and one Chinook jack. 

Sec 8 (Longview) – 57 bank anglers had no catch. 63 boats/127 rods kept three Chinook and released  three steelhead.  

Sec 9 (Cathlamet) – Eight bank anglers had no catch. 33 boats/71 rods kept two Chinook.  Sec 10 (Cathlamet) – Two bank anglers had no catch.  

Sturgeon: 

Sec 8 (Longview) – One bank angler had no catch. 

Columbia River Tributaries 

Salmon/Steelhead: 

Cowlitz River I-5 Br downstream – Seven bank rods had no catch.  

Cowlitz River Above the I-5 Br – Nine bank rods had no catch. 7 boats/14 rods kept seven steelhead. Kalama River – No report. 

Lewis River – 1 boat/1 rod had no catch. 

Wind River – No report.

Drano Lake – No report. 

Klickitat River below Fisher Hill Bridge – No report.

Klickitat River above #5 Fishway – No report.

Buoy 10 fishing reports

Date	Number of Boats	Number of Anglers	Chinook Kept	Coho Kept	Comments
1-Aug	47	101	5	2
2-Aug	15	26	0	4
3-Aug	20	46	5	4
4-Aug	0	0	0	0	no sample
5-Aug	32	101	9	3
6-Aug	47	135	23	7
7-Aug	37	102	25	1
8-Aug	40	90	16	1
9-Aug	13	35	3	0
10-Aug	63	181	13	7
11-Aug	52	126	27	5
12-Aug	0	0	0	0	no sample
13-Aug	52	152	42	5
14-Aug	46	122	26	9
15-Aug	24	65	11	4
16-Aug	32	94	27	2