Recreation Report
Columbia Zone
Recreation Report
Sept. 11, 2024
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Current and upcoming fishing opportunities
- The Fall salmon season is open on the Columbia River. See regulation updates for details.
Announcements
Fishing for cash
The Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program pays anglers for each northern pikeminnow they catch in the Columbia River. Each pikeminnow caught helps a few more juvenile salmon and steelhead make their way to sea. The Sport Reward program season ends on Sept. 30. Read more about the program.
Fish consumption advisories
The Oregon Health Authority has issued consumption guidelines for parts of the Columbia River due to high levels of mercury and/or PCBs. Fish with these chemicals look, act, smell and taste like any other fish, so caution is important.
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Click here to find Columbia River regulation updates for salmon, steelhead, shad and sturgeon.
Salmon, steelhead and shad
On Sunday's (9/7) flight, there were 1,135 salmonid boats and 54 Oregon bank anglers counted from Bonneville to lower Lord Island.
Gorge:
Weekly checking showed 133 Chinook, eight jack Chinook, and five coho kept, and one Chinook, one jack Chinook, and two coho released for 108 boats (331 anglers); and six Chinook kept for 57 bank anglers.
Troutdale:
Weekly checking showed 172 Chinook, 30 jack Chinook, and 16 coho kept, and 10 Chinook, six jack Chinook, 11 coho, and two steelhead released for 514 boats (1,112 anglers).
Portland to Warrior Rock:
Weekly checking showed 164 Chinook, 15 jack Chinook, 24 coho, and three jack coho kept, and seven Chinook, four jack Chinook, and four coho released for 206 boats (523 anglers).
Warrior Rock to Rainier:
Weekly checking showed 311 Chinook, 23 jack Chinook, 65 coho, and one jack coho kept, and 166 Chinook, five jack Chinook, 27 coho, and three steelhead released for 276 boats (729 anglers); and one Chinook and one jack Chinook kept for 37 bank anglers.
Rainier to Lower Puget Island:
Weekly checking showed five Chinook and two coho kept for 10 boats (20 anglers); and no catch for one bank angler.
Lower Puget Island to Tongue Point/Rocky Point
Weekly checking showed two coho kept, and one Chinook, one jack Chinook, and three coho released for 10 boats (20 anglers).
Buoy 10
Weekly checking showed 87 Chinook and 1,134 coho kept, and 222 Chinook, 1,010 coho, and two steelhead released for 439 boats (1,344 anglers).
Bonneville Pool (Bonneville Dam upstream to The Dalles Dam):
Weekly checking showed 77 Chinook, 11 jack Chinook, and one jack coho kept, and 39 Chinook, two jack Chinook, and one coho released for 76 boats (222 anglers); and no catch for four bank anglers.
The Dalles Pool (The Dalles Dam upstream to John Day Dam):
Weekly checking showed 55 Chinook, four jack Chinook, and seven coho kept, and two Chinook and one steelhead released for 84 boats (245 anglers); and no catch for one bank angler.
John Day Pool (Columbia River above John Day Dam and John Day Arm):
Weekly checking showed three Chinook, four jack Chinook, and one coho kept, and one Chinook released for 18 boats (37 anglers); and no catch for one bank angler.
Sturgeon
Lower Columbia River (below Bonneville Dam):
Closed for retention. No report.
Bonneville Pool:
Closed for retention. Weekly checking showed 12 sub-legal sized, six legal-sized, and one legal-sized sturgeon released for one boat (four anglers).
The Dalles Pool:
Closed for retention. No report
John Day Pool:
Closed to retention. Weekly checking showed five sub-legal sized, 11 legal sized, and five over-legal sized sturgeon released for five boats (17 anglers); and no catch for three bank anglers.
Walleye
Lower Columbia River (below Bonneville Dam):
No report.
Bonneville Pool:
Weekly checking showed one walleye kept for one boat (two anglers).
The Dalles Pool:
No report.
John Day Pool:
Weekly checking showed 31 walleye kept and 19 walleye released for eight boats (17 anglers).
