news
VANCOUVER - Sport fishers again may keep chinook caught in the mainstem
Columbia River from Buoy 10 to the Bonneville Dam as of 11:59 p.m. today (Sept. 28), the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today.
The three-mile sanctuary near the mouth of the Lewis River will remain closed to chinook retention, however. The sanctuary area is open to fishing for hatchery coho and steelhead. Check the 1999 Fishing in Washington regulation pamphlet for the
sanctuary^s boundaries and for fish size and bag limits.
Anglers again are being allowed to retain chinook in the lower Columbia
because of the Snake River wild fall chinook, which are protected by the federal Endangered Species Act, will have migrated through the lower Columbia by tomorrow.
# # #
Uploaded: 9/29/1999
Uploaded: 9/29/1999