Fishing report for May 19
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This weekend anglers are getting an extra opportunity to fish for chinook on a 163mile stretch of the Columbia River. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is reopening the section of the river upstream of Bonneville Dam today and Sunday after the run forecast for upriver spring chinook was raised from 202,000 to 216,500 fish.
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eyes are on the fish counts at Bonneville Dam right now, said Cindy LeFleur,Also Saturday....,USA Soccer Jerseys, the WDFW Columbia River policy manager.
run is one of the latest on record,Spain Soccer Jerseys, so we really have to gauge from one week to the next how many spring chinook are still coming. Spring chinook are biting here for patient anglers. The Fish Country staff suggests boaters run divers with eggs or shrimp,Barcelona Jersey, backbounce eggs, or use plugs with herring or sardines. Bank anglers are using eggs with shrimp, corky and yarn, spoons or sand shrimp alone.
Kalama: Chinook and steelhead are being caught.
Lewis: Not many people fishing the river.
Snake: The WDFW closed sections of the lower river to springchinook fishing on Friday night because the salmon catch . will be reached sooner than we estimated, WDFW regional manager John Whalen said.
Yakima: The WDFW expanded the salmon fishery from the I82 Bridge at Union Gap to the railroad bridge below Roza Dam. WDFW manager John Easterbrooks estimates the lower river will stay open until June 30 and the upper section could continue through July.
American: David Anderson of Bill Boathouse says fishing is outstanding. His soninlaw, who runs a guide service, caught his limit of five silvers on Thursday in less than an hour and twice had fish on both lines at the same time. Rainbows and perch are also biting, Anderson said. He recommends garlicflavored PowerBait.
Spanaway: Bud Herlitzka of the Spanaway Park Boat House reported this week that trollers using Wedding Rings and worms or a fly trailing behind a Wedding Ring were catching their limit quickly. For stillfishing, he suggested using worms and marshmallows or PowerBait in the southeast corner of the lake.
Mayfield: Fishing has been slow.
Riffe: Salmon fishing has been good for those using cocktail shrimp,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, worms and white corn.
Sammamish: Bass fishing has been excellent lately,"He was one of the best teachers I've ever known.
Stevens: The Lake Stevens Kokanee Derby is today.
Chelan: Anton Jones of Darrell and Dad Family Guide Service says kokanee fishing is slow but that trout fishing is good for trollers between Sunnnybank and the Monument.
Potholes: Reports on walleyefishing success have been mixed, according to a report from Mike Meseberg at MarDon Resort. With temperatures in the 70s and 80s, fishing has been best early morning or just before dark,mallsoccer, Meseberg said.
Tacoma: Lingcod is with some and frustrating for others, according to the staff at the Point Defiance Boathouse Marina. The area is closed to salmon fishing north of the Narrows Bridges until June 1.
South Sound: Salmon fishing is allowed south of the Narrows Bridges, with the Point Defiance Boathouse Marina recommending trolling with spoons in Wollochet Bay. Mooching and jigging is working for some near Point Gibson. Mike Zittel of Zittel Johnson Point Marina says anglers are catching a few lingcod and the occasional salmon. He says salmon are biting best near Devil Head.
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