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 Saturday's (9/14) flight, there were 821 salmonid boats and 29 Oregon bank anglers counted from Bonneville Dam to Warrior Rock Lighthouse.
Gorge:
Weekly checking showed 379 Chinook, 67 jack Chinook, and eight coho kept, and 11 Chinook, two jack Chinook, and two coho released for 175 boats (613 anglers); and two Chinook kept for 79 bank anglers.
Troutdale:
Weekly checking showed 215 Chinook, 39 jack Chinook, and nine coho kept, and 11 Chinook, three jack Chinook, eight coho, and one steelhead released for 447 boats (926 anglers).
Portland to Warrior Rock:
Weekly checking showed 375 Chinook, 91 jack Chinook, 61 coho, and three jack coho kept, and 20 Chinook, 15 jack Chinook, 29 coho, three jack coho, and five steelhead released for 445 boats (1,104 anglers); and no catch for seven bank anglers.
Warrior Rock to Rainier:
Weekly checking showed 34 Chinook, nine jack Chinook, 28 coho, and one jack coho kept, and 108 Chinook, nine jack Chinook, 24 coho, one jack coho, and two steelhead released for 73 boats (162 anglers); and no catch for four bank anglers.
Rainier to Lower Puget Island:
Weekly checking showed two jack Chinook and two coho kept, and one Chinook, one jack Chinook, and one coho released for two boats (five anglers); and no catch for one bank angler.
Lower Puget Island to Tongue Point/Rocky Point
Weekly checking showed one Chinook and 13 coho kept, and one jack Chinook, three coho, and one jack coho released for 20 boats (46 anglers).
Buoy 10
Weekly checking showed 63 Chinook and 448 coho kept, and 66 Chinook and 414 coho released for 340 boats (964 anglers).
Bonneville Pool (Bonneville Dam upstream to The Dalles Dam):
Weekly checking showed 87 Chinook, 20 jack Chinook, five coho, and one jack coho kept, and 13 Chinook, two jack Chinook, one coho, and one steelhead released for 90 boats (262 anglers).
The Dalles Pool (The Dalles Dam upstream to John Day Dam):
Weekly checking showed 48 Chinook, two jack Chinook, and six coho kept, and nine Chinook, five jack Chinook, one jack coho, and one steelhead released for 99 boats (279 anglers).
John Day Pool (Columbia River above John Day Dam and John Day Arm):
Weekly checking showed no catch for five boats (11 anglers).
Sturgeon
Lower Columbia River (below Bonneville Dam):
Closed for retention. Weekly checking showed four legal sized and one over-legal sized sturgeon released for one boat (two anglers).
Bonneville Pool:
Closed for retention. Weekly checking showed one sub-legal sized and one legal-sized sturgeon released for one boat (three anglers).
The Dalles Pool:
Closed for retention. Weekly checking showed four sub-legal sized, seven legal sized, and eight over-legal sized sturgeon released for four boats (16 anglers).
John Day Pool:
Closed to retention. No report.
Walleye
Lower Columbia River (below Bonneville Dam):
No report.
Bonneville Pool:
No report.
The Dalles Pool:
No report.
John Day Pool:
Weekly checking showed four walleye kept for three boats (seven anglers).
