Fishing report 11/13

Lots of coho continue to get caught in the Cowlitz, Lewis and Klickitat rivers, plus at Lyle off the mouth of the Klickitat.

Including fish released, sportsmen averaged about a coho per rod in the Cowlitz, Kalama and North Fork of the Lewis rivers last week and even better in the Klickitat.

Also of note, three winter steelhead returned to the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery last week.

Angler checks from the Washington (WDFW) and Oregon (ODFW) departments of Fish and Wildlife:

Mid-Columbia — Bonneville pool, 63 boaters with one adult chinook and 103 adult coho kept. (WDFW)

John Day pool, 37 boats with three steelhead kept and 15 steelhead released. (WDFW)

Cowlitz — Thirty-four boaters with 28 adult coho kept and five adult coho released; 238 bank rods with 156 adult coho, two cutthroat trout and one adult chinook kept plus 26 adult chinook, 59 adult coho, two jack coho and two steelhead released. (WDFW)

Kalama — Thirty-three bank rods with 19 adult coho kept plus three adult coho and one adult chinook released; 89 bank rods with 70 adult coho kept and 41 adult coho released. (WDFW)
Lewis — Two boaters with one adult coho kept; 12 bank rods with two adult coho kept. (WDFW)

North Fork Lewis — Forty-three boaters with four adult chinook, one jack chinook, 47 adult coho and two jack coho kept plus six adult chinook, five adult coho, two jack coho and one bull trout released; 82 bank rods with 15 adult coho and two jack coho kept plus one adult chinook, two adult coho and two jack coho released. (WDFW)

Klickitat — Six boaters with 23 adult coho kept; 19 bank rods with 45 adult coho and two jack coho kept. (WDFW)

Silver Lake — Two boaters with 15 crappie, eight yellow perch, six bluegill and a largemouth bass. Most of the crappie were smaller than 9 inches.