Washington Fishing Report

Washington Fishing Report

Updated for for the week of September 16th – September 22nd, 2005Washington Fishing UpdateFrom Pro Guide Bob Barthlow (509.697.7125) Fishing in the Gorge above Bonneville was still a little spotty last week, but URB action picked up with the Bonneville dam counts. They also started picking up the first Coho of the year this last week.

Kalama River - Bank anglers in the Camp Kalama area are catching some fall chinook.Cowlitz River - No report on angling success. During the past week, Tacoma Power employees recovered 192 fall chinook adults, eight jacks, 49 spring chinook adults, one jack, 118 summer-run steelhead, 17 cutthroat trout, 57 coho salmon adults and one coho jack adult during four days of separator operations at Tacoma Power's Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery.

Klickitat River - Bank anglers are catching some fall chinook. Fish were rolling early in the morning. Water was low and clear.

Drano Lake - Boat anglers are catching some steelhead.

Bonneville Pool - Fall chinook catches are increasing, particularly at the mouths of the Klickitat and White Salmon in the early morning.

Yakima River - Angler effort remains very light. No chinook or coho harvested.Lower Columbia below Bonneville Dam - Effort continues to be very light during the current catch and release only fishery. Only 9 boats were counted from Bonneville Dam downstream last Saturday.
Jeff Knotts at J.B's GUIDE SERVICE 509-366-4052 tells TGF that Salmon are finally coming over McNary in strong numbers to make a viable fishery for us in the Columbia Basin. Salmon are staring to be caught in areas around the Tri-Cities at the mouth of the Snake, Yakima and on upriver-as far as the wooden power lines in the lower Hanford reach.Hanford Reach - Fishing was still slow. Pole hours for adult chinook were one fish for every 34 hours. The season is still early.