The Columbia River is open to the retention of hatchery coho salmon and hatchery steelhead from Buoy 10 up to the Bonneville Dam. Only one steelhead may be retained as part of a two-fish limit. Chinook retention is closed.
White sturgeon retention is closed from Buoy 10 at the mouth of the Columbia upstream to McNary Dam but remains an option for catch-and-release fishing.
A few late run coho are available in the Cowlitz and Kalama Rivers, although harvest has been restricted. Check the regulations before fishing.
Trout stockings for the year have begun in lowland lakes, including extra-large brood trout.
A few crappie are being caught at Silver Lake.
Salmon/steelhead
Columbia mainstem
The salmonid creel program on the lower Columbia has ended for the year and will resume in February.
Columbia River Tributaries
Grays River — 12 bank anglers released one coho jack.
Elochoman River — 30 bank anglers kept three steelhead and released 13 coho.
Cowlitz River — I-5 Bridge downstream: Two bank rods had no catch. Above the I-5 Bridge: Five bank rods released one coho jack. One boat/four rods released two adult coho and a coho jack.
Kalama River — 15 bank anglers had no catch. One boat/two rods had no catch.
Lewis River — 19 bank anglers released one coho.
John Day Arm — Weekly checking showed 15 steelhead released for 15 boats (31 anglers).
Walleye
The Dalles Pool — Weekly checking showed no catch for one bank angler.
Trout
Mineral Lake (Lewis) — Stocked with 60 rainbows at 0.1 per pound, and 130 rainbows at 0.2 per pound on Dec. 11.
Klineline Pond (Clark) — Stocked with catchable rainbows and a few broodstock rainbows, and is fishing very well.
Battle Ground Lake, (Clark) — Anglers are catching good numbers of trout
South Lewis County Park Pond (Lewis) — Anglers are catching good numbers of trout.
Lake Sacajawea will be receiving its third Annual Christmas Break plant this week. Fishing has been good.
