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Fishing Report, February 12 by Terry Otto The Columbian, February 12, 2020

Current and upcoming opportunities

The Columbia River from Buoy 10 to the Interstate 5 bridge is open to the retention of hatchery steelhead and hatchery Chinook. From the I-5 Bridge to the McNary Dam, open for hatchery steelhead.

White sturgeon retention is closed from Buoy 10 at the mouth of the Columbia upstream to Bonneville Dam, but remains an option for catch and release.

White sturgeon retention will close in the Bonneville Pool as of Friday, Feb. 14, and in the The Dalles Pool as of Tuesday, Feb. 18. White Sturgeon retention is still open in the John Day Pool.

A few winter steelhead are available from Columbia River beaches, and in the tributaries, although high water has slowed the bite.

Lowland lakes have been well-stocked with trout and are fishing very well.

Walleye fishing is good in the Bonneville Pool.

SALMON/STEELHEAD

I-5 Bridge downstream

• Woodland: Five salmonid bank anglers had no catch.

• Kalama: One salmonid bank angler had no catch.

• Longview: One salmonid bank angler had no catch (WDFW)

• Portland to Westport Bank: Weekly checking showed two steelhead released for 34 bank anglers. (ODFW)

• Cowlitz River - I-5 Bridge downstream: 12 bank anglers had no catch.

• Above the I-5 Bridge: 13 bank anglers had no catch. Nine boats/42 anglers kept six steelhead and released three. (WDFW)