Angler reports from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW):
Salmon/Steelhead
Cowlitz River — Anglers continue to catch a mix of fall chinook, coho, steelhead, and sea run cutthroats. Most of the fish caught were chinook and coho, though a majority of the chinook were dark and were released. More coho jacks were caught than adults.
Almost 1,000 hatchery sea-run cutthroats had returned to the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery through Oct. 23.
Kalama River — Producing mainly coho. Most of the Chinook were dark and were released.
Don’t look now, but the first winter run steelhead (a wild fish) of the season had returned to Kalama Falls Hatchery as of Oct. 23.
Lewis River — Boat anglers continue to catch mainly Chinook while bank anglers are catching a mix of fall Chinook and coho. Some of the Chinook are becoming darker and were released.
Klickitat River — Bank anglers on the lower river continue to do well for fall Chinook though the fish are getting more mature. In the upper river, 132 anglers kept 31 salmon and 1 steelhead and released 7 salmon.
