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Columbia Zone Weekly Fishing Report by ODFW News Release The Dalles Chronicle, June 13, 2013

COLUMBIA ZONE FISHING

Weekend Fishing Opportunities:

Spring chinook fishing is fair to good below Bonneville Dam.

Shad angling is excellent in the gorge for both boat and bank anglers.

Summer steelhead abundance is increasing in the lower Columbia.

Sturgeon angling is good from Astoria to Marker 82 in the gorge. The last day for retention above Wauna is June 15.

Walleye angling is excellent in the The Dalles and John Day pools.

Current Columbia River regulations for sturgeon and spring chinook can be found at the Sport Fishing Regulation Update page.

Salmon, Steelhead and Shad:

Salmonid catch rates were fair to good in the lower Columbia over the weekend. Boat anglers in the gorge below Beacon Rock had the best success where anglers averaged 0.86 chinook caught per boat. In the estuary, boat anglers averaged 0.38 chinook and 0.24 steelhead caught per boat, while anglers fishing in Troutdale averaged 0.16 chinook caught per boat. In the Portland to Westport area, boat anglers averaged 0.15 chinook and 0.02 steelhead caught per boat. Bank anglers had the best success in the gorge where anglers averaged 0.21 chinook caught per angler. In the Portland to Westport area, bank anglers averaged 0.04 chinook and 0.05 steelhead caught per angler. Shad anglers continue to do well in the gorge. On Saturday's (6/8) flight, 431 salmonid boats, 49 shad boats, 269 Oregon salmonid bank anglers and 247 Oregon shad bank anglers were counted.

Gorge Bank:

Weekly checking showed six adipose fin-clipped adult chinook and one adipose fin-clipped jack chinook kept, plus one unclipped jack chinook released for 29 anglers; and 969 shad kept for 174 anglers.

Gorge Boats:

Weekend checking showed four adipose fin-clipped adult chinook and one adipose fin-clipped jack chinook kept, plus two unclipped adult chinook released for seven boats (21 anglers); and 695 shad kept, plus 205 shad released for 23 boats (71 anglers).

Troutdale Boats:

Weekend checking showed four adipose fin-clipped adult chinook and three adipose fin-clipped jack chinook kept, plus four unclipped adult chinook and four unclipped jack chinook released for 50 boats (116 anglers); and 252 shad kept for 19 boats (48 anglers).

Portland to Westport Bank:

Weekly checking showed nine adipose fin-clipped adult chinook, three adipose fin-clipped jack chinook and 12 adipose fin-clipped steelhead kept, plus one unclipped adult chinook, four unclipped jack chinook, one unclipped steelhead and one sockeye released for 246 anglers.

Portland to Westport Boats:

Weekend checking showed two adipose fin-clipped adult chinook and one adipose fin-clipped steelhead kept, plus five unclipped adult chinook and two unclipped jack chinook released for 48 boats (116 anglers); and 42 shad kept for two boats (three anglers).

Estuary Bank (Tongue Point to Westport):

No report.

Estuary Boats (Tongue Point to Westport):

Weekend checking showed four adipose fin-clipped adult chinook, three adipose fin-clipped jack chinook and four adipose fin-clipped steelhead kept; plus four unclipped adult chinook and one unclipped steelhead released for 21 boats (45 anglers).

Bonneville Pool:

Weekend checking showed 18 shad kept for 15 anglers.

The Dalles Pool:

Weekend checking showed one adipose fin-clipped adult chinook kept, plus one unclipped adult chinook released for 10 bank anglers; and no catch for one boat (two anglers).

John Day Pool:

No report.