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Oregon Fish and Wildlife Fishing Reports Show Fall Options to Catch Walleye and Chinook by Mark Yuasa Seattle Times, October 3, 2012

OREGON FISH AND WILDLIFE COLUMBIA FISHING REPORT

Weekend Fishing Opportunities:

Sturgeon retention will remain closed from Wauna Powerlines upstream to Bonneville Dam for the remainder of the year. Catch and release angling is allowed during retention closure.

Fall chinook catches are fair to good from Longview to Bonneville Dam.

The Columbia River from Buoy 10 upstream to the Oregon/Washington Border is open for fall chinook, adipose fin-clipped coho and adipose fin-clipped steelhead.

Walleye fishing is excellent in Troutdale.

SALMON, STEELHEAD AND SHAD:

The following modifications are now in effect for the mainstem Columbia River from Buoy 10 upstream to the Oregon/Washington border above McNary Dam:

COLUMBIA RIVER MAINSTEM, BUOY 10 LINE UPSTREAM TO THE TONGUE POINT/ROCKY POINT LINE:

October 1 through December 31, this section of the Columbia River is open for fall chinook, adipose fin-clipped coho, and adipose fin-clipped steelhead. The daily bag limit is two adult salmon/steelhead in combination and five jacks. Jack salmon are chinook less than or equal to 24 inches and coho less than or equal to 16 inches. It is unlawful to angle for jack salmon after the adult daily bag limit has been reached.

Seasons may be subject to in-season modifications.

COLUMBIA RIVER MAINSTEM, TONGUE POINT/ROCKY POINT LINE UPSTREAM TO A LINE PROJECTED FROM WARRIOR ROCK LIGHTHOUSE ON SAUVIE ISLAND THROUGH RED BUOY #4 TO A MARKER ON THE LOWER END OF BACHELOR ISLAND:

October 1 through December 31, this area is open for fall chinook, adipose fin-clipped coho, and adipose fin-clipped steelhead. The daily bag limit is two adult salmon/steelhead in combination and five jacks. Jack salmon are chinook less than or equal to 24 inches and coho less than or equal to 20 inches. It is unlawful to angle for jack salmon after the adult daily bag limit has been reached. The retention of chum and sockeye is prohibited.

Seasons may be subject to in-season modifications.

COLUMBIA RIVER MAINSTEM, A LINE PROJECTED FROM WARRIOR ROCK LIGHTHOUSE ON SAUVIE ISLAND THROUGH RED BUOY #4 TO A MARKER ON THE LOWER END OF BACHELOR ISLAND LINE UPSTREAM TO BONNEVILLE DAM:

September 10 through December 31, this area is open to the retention of fall chinook, adipose fin-clipped coho and adipose fin-clipped steelhead. The daily bag limit is two adult salmon/steelhead in combination and five jack salmon. Jack salmon are chinook less than or equal to 24 inches and coho less than or equal to 20 inches. It is unlawful to angle for jack salmon after the adult daily bag limit has been reached. The retention of chum and sockeye is prohibited.

Seasons may be subject to in-season modifications.

COLUMBIA RIVER MAINSTEM, BONNEVILLE DAM TO THE OREGON/WASHINGTON BORDER ABOVE MACNARY DAM:

Effective August 1 through December 31, this section of the Columbia River is open for fall chinook, coho (only adipose fin-clipped coho may be retained between Bonneville Dam and the Hood River bridge), and adipose fin-clipped steelhead. The daily bag limit is two adult salmon/steelhead in combination and five jacks. Jack salmon are chinook less than or equal to 24 inches and coho less than or equal to 20 inches. It is unlawful to angle for jack salmon after the adult daily bag limit has been reached. The retention of chum and sockeye is prohibited. Seasons may be subject to in-season modifications.

On the lower Columbia this past weekend, there were 305 salmonid boats and 68 Oregon bank anglers counted from Bonneville Dam downstream to Tongue Point on Saturday's (9/29) flight. Boat anglers had the highest catch rates for fall chinook in the gorge, where anglers averaged 0.96 chinook, 0.07 coho and 0.02 steelhead caught per boat. Anglers fishing the Warrior Rock to Wauna area averaged 0.33 chinook released and 0.47 coho and 0.13 steelhead caught per boat, while anglers fishing the Warrior Rock to Portland area averaged 0.19 chinook and 0.03 coho caught per boat. In Troutdale boat anglers averaged 0.1 chinook and 0.07 coho caught per boat. Bank anglers fishing in the gorge averaged 0.07 chinook caught per bank rod.

Gorge Bank:

Weekend checking showed three adult fall chinook kept for 42 bank anglers.

Gorge Boats:

Weekend checking showed 53 adult fall chinook, 15 jack chinook, four adipose fin-clipped coho, and one adipose fin-clipped steelhead kept, plus two adult fall chinook, four jack chinook, one legal white sturgeon and one oversize sturgeon released for 57 boats (205 anglers).

Troutdale Boats:

Weekend checking showed seven adult fall chinook, and one jack chinook kept, plus two jack chinook and five unclipped coho released for 70 boats (139 anglers).

Warrior Rock to Portland Bank:

Weekend checking showed no catch for five bank anglers.

Warrior Rock to Portland Boats:

Weekend checking showed seven adult fall chinook, two jack chinook, one adipose fin-clipped adult coho and one adipose fin-clipped jack coho kept for 37 boats (75 anglers).

Wauna to Warrior Rock Bank:

Weekend checking showed no catch for three bank anglers.

Wauna to Warrior Rock Boats:

Weekend checking showed two adipose fin-clipped adult coho and one adipose fin-clipped steelhead kept, plus five unclipped adult coho, one fin clipped jack coho, one unclipped steelhead, five adult chinook and one jack chinook released for 15 boats (29 anglers).

Estuary above Tongue Point Boats:

No report.

Estuary Bank (Jones Beach to Clatsop Spit):

Weekend checking showed no catch for two bank anglers.

Estuary Boats (Tongue Point to Buoy 10):

No report.

The Dalles Pool:

Weekly checking showed one chinook kept for one boat (two anglers).