Angling for summer Chinook, sockeye and steelhead remains open on the Columbia River, Shad numbers have been strong from from Buoy 10 upstream.
The McNary Pool on the Columbia River is open to the retention of legal white sturgeon through July 31. White sturgeon retention is closed from Buoy 10 upstream to McNary Dam, but remains an option for catch-and-release fishing.
Walleye fishing has been outstanding in the John Day Pool.
Barbless hooks are now required when fishing for salmon, steelhead or trout in the mainstem Columbia River.
Angler checks from the Oregon (ODFW) departments of Fish and Wildlife. Washington (WDFW) data was not provided:
Lower Columbia — Astoria Bridge to Wauna power lines, no salmon catch for three bank anglers and two boaters. Sixteen sublegal and 31 oversize sturgeon released for four boats. (ODFW)
• Westport, Ore., to Portland — three adult Chinook, one Chinook jack and four summer steelhead kept plus one adult Chinook released for 72 bank anglers. Two adult Chinook kept and four adult Chinook released for 29 boats. (ODFW)
• Troutdale, Ore. — Weekend checking showed one adult Chinook kept plus three adult Chinook and one steelhead released for 27 salmon boats. (ODFW)
• Columbia Gorge (downstream of Bonneville Dam) — 44 boaters with 12 adult summer chinook and one jack chinook kept plus five adult chinook released; 18 boaters with 62 shad kept. (ODFW)
• Bonneville Pool — one adult Chinook kept plus one adult Chinook released for seven bank anglers, plus 421 walleye kept and 223 walleye released for 68 boats. (ODFW)
• The Dalles Pool — one adult Chinook kept for six bank anglers; and no catch for two boats. One sublegal sturgeon released for one bank angler, plus three walleye kept and 50 walleye released for three boats. (ODFW)
• John Day Pool — eight sublegal and one legal sturgeon released for five boats, plus 421 walleye kept and 223 walleye released for 68 boats. (ODFW)
