Recreation Report
Columbia Zone
Recreation Report
Sept. 4, 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
2024 spring-summer forecast
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. 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 (8/31) flight, there were 1,140 salmonid boats and 62 Oregon bank anglers counted from Bonneville to lower Puget Island.
Gorge:
Weekly checking showed 50 Chinook, five jack Chinook, and three coho kept, and six Chinook, one jack Chinook, and one coho released for 47 boats (136 anglers); and no catch for seven bank anglers.
Troutdale:
Weekly checking showed 124 Chinook, 14 jack Chinook, and three coho kept, and six Chinook, one jack Chinook, and one coho released for 377 boats (788 anglers).
Portland to Warrior Rock:
Weekly checking showed 58 Chinook, four jack Chinook, and six coho kept, and three Chinook, three jack Chinook, three coho, and one steelhead released for 130 boats (290 anglers).
Warrior Rock to Rainier:
Weekly checking showed 552 Chinook, 39 jack Chinook, 56 coho, and one jack coho kept, and 34 Chinook, seven jack Chinook, 25 coho, and eight steelhead released for 465 boats (1,258 anglers); and three Chinook kept for 45 bank anglers.
Rainier to Lower Puget Island:
Weekly checking showed 18 Chinook and four coho kept, and one Chinook and one jack Chinook released for 18 boats (45 anglers); and one steelhead released for five bank anglers.
Lower Puget Island to Tongue Point/Rocky Point
Weekly checking showed 21 Chinook, five jack Chinook, and 16 coho kept, and 11 Chinook and eight coho released for 22 boats (85 anglers).
Buoy 10
Weekly checking showed 1,041 Chinook and 1,753 coho kept, and 631 Chinook, 911 coho, and nine steelhead released for 1,003 boats (3,377 anglers).
Bonneville Pool (Bonneville Dam upstream to The Dalles Dam):
Weekly checking showed 46 Chinook, nine jack Chinook, and one coho kept, and 79 Chinook, five jack Chinook, three coho, and one steelhead released for 54 boats (152 anglers).
The Dalles Pool (The Dalles Dam upstream to John Day Dam):
Weekly checking showed 46 Chinook, four jack Chinook, and four coho kept, and three Chinook, one jack Chinook, and one steelhead released for 57 boats (169 anglers).
John Day Pool (Columbia River above John Day Dam and John Day Arm):
No report.
Sturgeon
Lower Columbia River (below Bonneville Dam):
Closed for retention. Weekly checking showed no catch for one boat (three anglers).
Bonneville Pool:
Closed for retention. Weekly checking showed four sub-legal sized, and two legal-sized sturgeon released for two boats (10 anglers).
The Dalles Pool:
Closed for retention. No report
John Day Pool:
Closed to retention. No report
Walleye
Lower Columbia River (below Bonneville Dam):
Weekly checking showed one walleye kept for one boat (two anglers).
Bonneville Pool:
No report.
The Dalles Pool:
Weekly checking showed one walleye kept for one boat (three anglers).
John Day Pool:
Weekly checking showed 20 walleye kept and 12 walleye released for 16 boats (32 anglers).
