Salmon/Steelhead -

Bonneville, The Dalles, and John Day pools - All are producing steelhead. Counting fish released, some areas were producing a fish per rod.

An adult spring chinook was observed at the Bonneville Trap last week.

Sturgeon -

Bonneville Pool - Boat anglers averaged 1/3 legal kept per rod last week. Slow for legal sized fish from the bank.

The Dalles Pool - Boat anglers caught a few legal sized fish last week. Bank fishing was slow.

John Day Pool - Slow for legal sized fish.

Walleye and Bass -

Bonneville, The Dalles, and John Day pools - No in-sample catches of walleye or bass observed last week.

Trout -

Recent releases in Southwest Washington waters include:

Battle Ground Lake - 174 winter steelhead averaging 10 pounds each;

Ice House Lake near Bridge of the Gods - 46 winter steelhead averaging 10 pounds each;

Fort Borst Pond near Centralia - 3,000 catchable rainbows

Smelt -

Cowlitz River - Fishing for smelt was slower last weekend. Best dipping was in the Lexington area with 0-6 fish per dip. Very slow elsewhere.

Lewis River - Birds were getting smelt up to the I-5 Bridge last weekend.

Good info. Now if I only lived in that area. But Marysville is just a tad bit to far north to drive down there. Jim

Thanks for the info Stacey. Welcome Back!

Glad to see you're back again Stacie, but I have a few questions for you. Why does Icehouse recieve the Steelies and not Little Ash? Is it true that you'll not be putting any more planters in Little Ash? (just something I heard word of mouth). Also will you be posting Shad count ratio? I know I have a lot of opertunities here in Seattle, but I enjoy the scenery and the people down there.

Robert B.......

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"DO THE WILD THANG"

The problem with Little Ash is how close the truck can get to the bank. The big fish (steelhead) don't fit through tubes so it isn't easy to get them into Ash.

Ironically, there are TONS of fish in Ash right now, but Ice has more convenience and when people drive by and see other people there they stop and fish instead of going to Ash!!

We will continue to put planters and broodstock into Ash. It is a great little lake to fish, once you get people there to fish it!

I will post shad numbers as they become available!!!