THE FOLLOWING FISHING REPORTS ORIGINATED WITH WDFW AND ODFW
WDFW Preliminary Lower Columbia River and Washington Tributary Sport Summary – Oct 13-19, 2025
Mainstem Columbia River
Lower Columbia River, Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam — 131 salmonid boats and 31 Washington bank rods were tallied on the flight count Saturday, October 18.
Salmon/Steelhead
Section 1 (Bonneville) — 52 bank anglers kept 19 coho. 6 boats/10 rods kept two coho and released two Chinook and one coho.
Section 2 (Camas/Washougal) — One bank angler had no catch. 28 boats/54 rods kept six coho and released two Chinook and one coho.
Section 3 (I-5 Area) — One bank angler kept one coho.
Section 4 (Vancouver) — 15 boats/27 rods kept four coho and released one coho.
Section 5 (Woodland) — 10 boats/14 rods kept three coho and released one coho.
Section 6 (Kalama) — 17 bank anglers had no catch. 19 boats/38 rods kept 14 coho and released seven Chinook, five coho and one coho jack.
Section 7 (Cowlitz) — 10 boats/31 rods kept 14 coho and released five Chinook, two Chinook jacks and three coho..
Section 8 (Longview) — 11 boats/23 rods kept nine coho and released three Chinook and six coho.
Section 9 (Cathlamet) — No effort reported.
Section 10 (Cathlamet) — No effort reported.
Columbia River Tributaries
Salmon/Steelhead
Cowlitz River (I-5 Bridge downstream) — Three bank anglers kept three coho and released two Chinook, one Chinook jack and three coho jacks.
Cowlitz River (I-5 Bridge upstream) — 63 bank anglers kept three coho, one coho jack, two steelhead and released four Chinook and one coho.
Kalama River — 21 bank anglers kept one coho, one steelhead and released one coho and one steelhead. 1 boat/1 rod had no catch.
Lewis River — 74 bank anglers kept one Chinook, seven coho, two coho jacks and released one Chinook and two coho. 9 boats/11 rods kept one coho.
Wind River — Seven bank anglers released one Chinook. 53 boats/133 rods kept 179 coho, one coho jack and released five Chinook, 25 coho and one steelhead.
Drano Lake — 33 bank anglers kept one Chinook, four coho and released three Chinook, five coho and five steelhead. 26 boats/78 rods kept 12 Chinook, eight Chinook jacks, 49 coho and released 21 Chinook and two coho.
Klickitat River (below Fisher Hill Bridge) — 41 bank anglers kept 17 Chinook, two Chinook jacks, three coho and released one Chinook.
Klickitat River (above# 5 fishway) — Seven bank anglers had no catch. 1 boat/3 rods released one steelhead.
ODFW Buoy 10 Columbia Catch Summaries
Columbia Catch Summaries
From Friday, October 17 through Sunday, October 19, 2025 Oregon creel samplers contacted 12 boats (40 anglers) for 6 Coho (averaged 0.15 fish/rod) kept; and 6 Coho released.
2025 Cumulative Report through 10/19/2025:
Boats sampled to date: 5,582 boats (18,253 anglers)
Fish sampled to date: 6,392 Chinook and 7,004 Coho
Estimated angler trips: 63,074 boat and 4,604 bank
Estimated kept catch: 23,926 Chinook and 26,604 Coho
Estimated released: 16,604 Chinook and 17,340 Coho
