Spring chinook angling success continues to wane as the run is nearing its end. A 12-hour gillnet fishery on Wednesday night in the lower Columbia probably won’t help the sport catch rate for the next few days.
Shad numbers are building quickly in the lower Columbia. Decent catches of shad already have been noted near Bonneville Dam.
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