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Fishing: Anglers have been catching increasing numbers of
winter steelhead on tributaries to the lower Columbia River,
although fishing was slowed in early December by a winter
freeze. Meanwhile, a pre-season forecast of next year's
upriver spring Chinook run is expected to cast a warm glow
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Hatchery-reared winter steelhead are striking
in increasing numbers on the Cowlitz River near
the trout hatchery as well as in the lower
river, said Joe Hymer, a WDFW fish biologist.
Steelhead action is also starting to pick up in
the Lewis, Kalama, Grays, Washougal and
Elochoman rivers, he said, while noting that
returns to several area hatcheries have lagged
behind last year's levels.
"Steelhead fishing has been locked in kind of a
deep freeze during the early part of the run,"
Hymer said. "But once things warm up -
especially if we get some rain - this fishery
could really come alive."
As with all steelhead fisheries in southwest
Washington, only hatchery fish with a clipped
adipose fin and healed scar may be retained. All
wild steelhead must be released.
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During the week ending Dec. 6, Tacoma Power employees
released 165 adult coho, one adult fall Chinook and one
winter-run steelhead into the Tilton River at Gust Backstrom
Park in Morton. They also released 323 adult coho into Lake
Scanewa above Cowlitz Falls Dam and another 216 adult coho
into the upper Cowlitz River at the Skate Creek Bridge in
Packwood.
A total of 70 hatchery-origin sea-run cutthroat trout were
recycled downstream to the Barrier Dam boat launch.
Frigid weather has also slowed fishing for white sturgeon on
the lower Columbia River, which is open Thursdays, Fridays
and Saturdays from the Wauna powerlines upriver to
Bonneville Dam through Dec. 31. Only one legal-sized fish
was counted among the hearty bank anglers who braved the
cold east winds below the dam during an early December creel
check.
"A thaw would give anglers a chance to catch a few more
sturgeon before they lock up for winter," Hymer said.
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A better Columbia River fishing guides bet might be
Battleground Lake or Klineline Pond, he said. On Dec. 7,
WDFW planted 2,500 catchable-size rainbows in each location.
Weather permitting, the department also plans to plant a
similar number of fish at Battleground and Klineline close
to the holidays, Hymer said.
Looking forward to spring Chinook fishing? The technical
committee advising Columbia River fishery managers has
released its forecast for the 2010 spring Chinook run. If
the fish show up as projected, the forecast of 470,000
spring Chinook would be the largest return to the Columbia
since 1938.
The forecasted run is up significantly from last year’s
final run of 169,300 fish.
Because of challenges in forecasting the spring Chinook
returns in recent years, members of the Technical Advisory
Committee (TAC) had to reconsider the model they have used
in past years to predict the number of returning fish.
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Columbia river fishing guides often catch lots of Salmon on
the Columbia River. According to Stuart Ellis, current chair
of the TAC and fisheries scientist of the Columbia River
Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC), committee members
were leery of the record number of spring Chinook “jacks”
counted at Bonneville Dam in 2009. In the past few years,
forecasts relying heavily on jack counts from the previous
season had overstated the actual return of adult fish by an
average of 45 percent.
Ellis said this year the committee considered several
additional models that took into account other factors such
as ocean conditions.
“The number of jacks that returned in 2009 was four times
greater than anything we’ve seen before, which made the
number a statistical anomaly,” Ellis said. “At the same
time, we know the environment for young salmon appears to be
changing and we needed to account for that.”
“We’re still projecting a strong return for upriver spring
Chinook salmon next year, but we needed to temper last
year’s jack return with other indicators of spring Chinook
abundance,” he added.
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