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Portland Oregon area Fishing reports With catch rates and dam counts both setting
all-time records, fall chinook are the star attraction for Columbia River
anglers. Boat fishers working the lower Columbia from Longview upstream to
Woodland during the first half of September averaged up to 1.6 chinook per
rod - the highest catch rates ever seen in the area, reports regional fish
biologist Joe Hymer. At the same time, fall chinook were passing
Bonneville Dam in all-time record, single-day numbers. The Sept. 11 tally
was 45,884 chinook, easily surging past the previous single-day record of
39,376 set on Sept. 12, 1987, Hymer reports. Counts continued to exceed
the old record through Sept. 14. "We've probably passed the peak, but it
was quite a peak - the last couple of weeks have been incredible," says
Hymer. As the bulk of the run heads past Bonneville, chinook fishing
should pick up at the mouths or inside the tributaries such as Drano Lake
and the White Salmon and Klickitat rivers. "There'll be waves of fish
heading upstream," adds Hymer. Fall chinook are also pulling out of the
mainstem Columbia into lower tributaries such as the Elochoman, Cowlitz,
Toutle, Kalama, Lewis and Washougal rivers. In addition to the recent
record daily counts of adult fall chinook at Bonneville Dam, steelhead and
coho daily counts were a season high of 8,000 fish daily Sept. 13 and 14.
Meanwhile, Buoy 10 boat fishers continue to do fairly well on hatchery
coho, averaging a half-fish to one fish per rod the week of Sept. 8.
Increasing numbers of coho are showing upstream as well, particularly in
the lower Cowlitz, Toutle and North Fork Lewis rivers. Sturgeon fishers
have been finding success off the bank below Bonneville Dam and from boats
in the Kalama-Woodland area. Lake anglers are enjoying the benefits of a
recent plant of 4,000 cutthroat trout, averaging 15 inches long, in Goose
Lake north of Carson. Fishers are reminded that no boats equipped with
combustion motors are allowed on the lake, which also holds some nice-size
brown trout. Hatchery sea-run cutthroat fishing opportunity is surfacing
on the Cowlitz River, where 22,000 fish returned to the hatcheries last
year. Fishing is focused from Blue Creek downstream through the fall. The
trout can be readily taken on flies, lures and bait. The Cowlitz has a
liberal daily limit of five trout, with no more than two over 20 inches.
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Oregon fishing guides Washington fishing guides
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Crescent Lake
Resort Central Oregon Fishing & Skiing Resort open year 'round. Trophy Mackinaw fishing kokanee limits of 25 fish per day and winter paradise.
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Fishing reports for areas nearby Portland, Oregon
thanks to Oregon Dept of Fish & Wildlife
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