SW WA, Lower Columbia, Hanford Reach Fishing Report (10-21-24)

THE FOLLOWING FISHING REPORTS WERE FORWARDED BY BRYANT SPELLMAN AND TODD MILLER, WDFW

Preliminary Washington Columbia River mainstem sport and tributary sampling summary Oct 14-20, 2024

Lower Columbia River, Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam – 137 salmonid boats and 21 Washington bank rods were tallied during the flight count 10/19. 

Mainstem Columbia River 

Salmon/Steelhead: 

Sec 1 (Bonneville) – 48 bank anglers kept five Chinook and three coho. 29 boats/74 rods kept 31 Chinook, five Chinook jacks, four coho and released one Chinook.  

Sec 2 (Camas/Washougal) – 14 boats/27 rods kept one Chinook and released one Chinook. 

Sec 3 (I-5 area) – No report.  

Sec 4 (Vancouver) – 9 boats/18 rods kept one Chinook and three coho.  

Sec 5 (Woodland) – 11 bank anglers had no catch. 16 boats/34 rods kept one Chinook, three coho and released one steelhead. 

Sec 6 (Kalama) – 15 bank anglers had no catch. 7 boats/11 rods kept three Chinook and one coho. 

Sec 7 (Cowlitz) – No report. 

Sec 8 (Longview) – One bank angler had no catch. 9 boats/19 rods kept one Chinook and three coho.

Sec 9 (Cathlamet) – No report. 

Sec 10 (Cathlamet) – No report. 

Columbia River Tributaries 

Salmon/Steelhead: 

Cowlitz River I-5 Br downstream – 23 bank rods kept five coho, released one Chinook and five coho.  Cowlitz River Above the I-5 Br – 10 bank rods released 10 Chinook.  

Kalama River – 24 bank rods had no catch. 1 boat/3 rods kept one coho. 

Lewis River – 276 bank rods kept one Chinook, 39 coho, three coho jacks, three steelhead, released two  Chinook, 34 coho and one coho jack. 22 boats/55 rods kept eight Chinook, one Chinook jack, 15 coho,  one coho jack, released one Chinook, two Chinook jacks, and released seven coho. 

Wind River – Three bank rods had no catch. 25 boats/50 rods kept two Chinook, 50 coho and released  13 coho.

Drano Lake – 16 bank rods kept four coho, one coho jack and released four Chinook. 47 boats/124 rods kept 22 Chinook, six Chinook jacks, 25 coho, four steelhead, released 29 Chinook, four coho and one steelhead. 

Klickitat River below Fisher Hill Bridge – 31 bank rods kept five Chinook, two Chinook jacks, three coho,  released three Chinook, one Chinook jack and two coho jacks.  

Klickitat River above #5 Fishway – Eight bank rods had no catch. 

2024 Hanford Reach Sport Fishery

The Hanford Reach fall salmon sport fishery from October 14 through October 20. WDFW staff interviewed anglers from 162 boats (491 anglers) with 208 adult Chinook. Based on sampling, an estimated 447 adult Chinook were harvested from 999 angler trips (347 boats) in the tenth week of the fishery.