Recreation Report
Columbia Zone
Recreation Report
Oct. 2, 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
E-taggers: Update your app
ODFW's Electronic Licensing System (ELS) and the MyODFW companion app got a major update on Monday, Sept. 30. Be sure to visit the Apple App Store or Google Play Store on your phone and update your MyODFW app to version 4.0.
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 Saturday's (9/28) flight, there were 537 salmonid boats and 16 Oregon bank anglers counted from Bonneville Dam to Tongue Point.
Gorge:
Weekly checking showed 144 Chinook, 28 jack Chinook, 11 coho, and one jack coho kept, and 11 Chinook, one jack Chinook, and three coho released for 65 boats (208 anglers); and one Chinook kept for six bank anglers.
Troutdale:
Weekly checking showed 65 Chinook, 18 jack Chinook, 15 coho, and four jack coho kept, and three jack Chinook, three coho, three jack coho, and two steelhead released for 162 boats (311 anglers).
Portland to Warrior Rock:
Weekly checking showed 35 Chinook, seven jack Chinook, 20 coho, and two jack coho kept, and one Chinook, 11 jack Chinook, seven coho, and three jack coho released for 95 boats (203 anglers); and one Chinook kept for one bank angler.
Warrior Rock to Rainier:
Weekly checking showed 96 Chinook, 22 jack Chinook, 89 coho, and nine jack coho kept, and four Chinook, three jack Chinook, 29 coho, one jack coho, and two steelhead released for 147 boats (351 anglers).
Rainier to Lower Puget Island:
No report.
Lower Puget Island to Tongue Point/Rocky Point
No report.
Buoy 10
Weekly checking showed eight Chinook and 333 coho kept, and 10 Chinook and 252 coho released for 199 boats (576 anglers).
Bonneville Pool (Bonneville Dam upstream to The Dalles Dam):
Weekly checking showed 82 Chinook, 25 jack Chinook, and eight coho kept, and three Chinook and five jack Chinook released for 62 boats (176 anglers).
The Dalles Pool (The Dalles Dam upstream to John Day Dam):
Weekly checking showed 10 Chinook, 10 jack Chinook, and 16 coho kept, and one coho and two steelhead released for 32 boats (74 anglers).
John Day Pool (Columbia River above John Day Dam and John Day Arm):
Weekly checking showed two jack Chinook kept for six boats (15 anglers).
Sturgeon
Lower Columbia River (below Bonneville Dam):
Closed for retention. No report.
Bonneville Pool:
Closed for retention. Weekly checking showed no catch for one bank angler.
The Dalles Pool:
Closed for retention. Weekly checking showed no catch for one boat (three anglers).
John Day Pool:
Closed to retention. Weekly checking showed two sub-legal sized, six legal sized, and three over-legal sized sturgeon released for one boat (two anglers).
Walleye
Lower Columbia River (below Bonneville Dam):
No report.
Bonneville Pool:
Weekly checking showed eight walleye kept for two boats (three anglers).
The Dalles Pool:
Weekly checking showed no catch for two boats (five anglers).
John Day Pool:
Weekly checking showed 45 walleye kept, and nine walleye released for eight boats (15 anglers).
