White sturgeon retention is closed from Buoy 10 at the mouth of the Columbia River upstream to Bonneville Dam, and in The Dalles Pool, but remains an option for catch-and-release fishing.
Bonneville and John Day pools are open to the retention of white sturgeon until quotas are reached under permanent regulations.
The Columbia River from Buoy 10 upstream to the I-5 Bridge is open for hatchery Chinook salmon (coho remains closed); and hatchery steelhead is open from Buoy 10 upstream to the Oregon-Washington border under permanent regulations.
Walleye fishing continues to improve in the John Day Pool, and is now improving in the Bonneville Pool as well.
Steelheading in the Columbia and local tributaries is still slow.
Trout and kokanee are biting well in local lakes.
Salmon/Steelhead
Lower Columbia mainstem creel will resume in February.
Grays River: Release all Coho until further notice from the mouth upstream to the mouth of the South Fork.
Cowlitz River: Closed for Chinook retention until further notice from the mouth to the Barrier Dam including all lower Cowlitz tributaries. The closed waters section below the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery Barrier Dam is 400 feet, at the posted markers.
Washougal River, including Camas Slough: Closed for Chinook retention until further notice from the mouth to the bridge at Salmon Falls.
Elochoman River — 17 bank anglers kept four steelhead and released three steelhead.
Abernathy Creek — Two bank anglers had no catch.
Germany Creek — Two bank anglers had no catch.
Cowlitz River — I-5 Bridge downstream: 16 bank rods had no catch. One boat/two rods had no catch. Above the I-5 Bridge: 27 bank rods kept one steelhead. Ten boats/28 rods kept one steelhead and released one steelhead.
East Fork Lewis River — 16 bank anglers had no catch. One boat/two rods had no catch.
Salmon Creek — Six bank anglers had no catch.
Sturgeon
Bonneville Pool — 27 bank anglers released four sublegal sturgeon; 31 boats/85 rods kept 14 legal sturgeon and released eight legal, 236 sublegal and two oversize sturgeon.
John Day Pool — 34 bank anglers released 2 sublegal sturgeon; 24 boats/59 rods released one oversize sturgeon.
Walleye
Bonneville Pool — Five boats/seven rods kept two walleye and released three walleye.
John Day Pool — 17 boats/36 rods kept 26 walleye and released seven walleye.
Recent trout plants
Battle Ground Lake — Stocked with 1,600 rainbow trout at 2.2 per pound on Jan. 16, and 2,100 at 1.9 per pound on Jan. 22
Klineline Pond — Stocked with 1,500 rainbow trout at 2.2 per pound on Jan. 22
Kress Lake — Stocked with an additional 17 steelhead on Jan. 22
Rowland Lake — Stocked with 1,694 rainbow trout at 2.2 per pound on Jan. 18
