Lower Columbia River, tributary fish report for March 15

On the March 15 flight count on the lower Columbia River, Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam there were 32 salmonid boats and 15 Washington bank rods tallied between Warrior Rock and Longview Bridge.

Mainstem Columbia River

Salmon/Steelhead

Sec 3 (I-5 area) — One boat/two rods had no catch.

Sec 4 (Vancouver) — Seven bank anglers had no catch; 15 boats/26 rods kept one Chinook.

Sec 5 (Woodland) — Four bank anglers had no catch; nine boats/15 rods had no catch.

Sec 6 (Kalama) — Seven bank anglers had no catch; one boat/one rod had no catch.

Sec 7 (Cowlitz) — One boat/three rods had no catch.

Sec 8 (Longview) — 22 bank anglers released two steelhead; 31 boats/69 rods kept one steelhead.

Sec 9 (Cathlamet) — 16 bank anglers had no catch; three boats/11 rods kept one Chinook.

Sec 10 (Cathlamet) — 20 boats/41 rods had no catch.

Columbia River tributaries

Salmon/Steelhead

Cowlitz River from Interstate 5 bridge downstream — 33 bank rods kept two steelhead and released one steelhead; one boat/one rod had no catch.

Cowlitz River above I-5 bridge — 28 bank rods kept five steelhead and released one steelhead; 11 boats/34 rods kept 25 steelhead and released one steelhead.

Lewis River — Five bank rods had no catch; one boat/two rods had no catch

Recent trout plants

March 19

Klineline Pond — 3,997 cutthroat, 2.27 fish per pound from Skamania Hatchery.

Horseshoe Lake — 3,000 rainbow, 2.50 fish per pound from Mossyrock Hatchery.

March 14

Battle Ground Lake — 2,000 rainbow, 2.15 fish per pound from Vancouver Hatchery.

Klineline Pond — 1,500 rainbow, 2.15 fish per pound from Vancouver Hatchery.

Ice House Lake — 2,000 rainbow, 2.50 fish per pound from Goldendale Hatchery.

March 13

Kress Lake — 3,300 rainbow, 2.70 fish per pound from Mossyrock Hatchery.