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Wide Range of Fishing Choices Flooding the Columbia River Region by Mark Yuasa Seattle Times, June 19, 2012

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Lower Columbia below Bonneville Dam - This past weekend we sampled 1,261 salmon anglers (including 184 boats) with 135 adult and 13 jack summer Chinook, 62 steelhead, and 43 sockeye. 75 (56%) of the adult Chinook, 50 (81%) of the steelhead, and 41 (95%) of the sockeye were kept (though any sockeye may be retained).

What a difference one day and a little adult Chinook retention makes! There were 10X as many salmonid boats and bank anglers counted from last Friday (non adult Chinook retention) to Saturday. A total of 850 salmonid boats and 1,571 bank anglers were counted during the Saturday June 16 effort flight count.

The Dalles Pool - Bank anglers caught some hatchery summer Chinook.

John Day Pool - From Paul Hoffarth, WDFW Fish Biologist in Pasco -WDFW staff interviewed 34 boats (91 anglers) and 89 bank anglers over the weekend. Salmon harvest was estimated at 9 adult hatchery Chinook and 3 sockeye with 27 wild Chinook released.

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