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Mark Yuasa covers fishing and outdoors in the Pacific Northwest. A Seattle native, Mark is a lifelong angler who grew up near the banks of Lake Washington, and has been covering fishing and outdoors for more than 19 years for The Seattle Times. Read his regular fishing report every Thursday, and the outdoor notebook every Sunday.

January 3, 2012 at 2:41 PM

State Fish and Wildlife saltwater and freshwater fish checks

Posted by Mark Yuasa


Salmon and saltwater

Shilshole Bay ramp -- Dec. 27: Two boats with four anglers caught no fish; Dec. 30: Two boats with seven anglers caught no fish.

Everett ramp -- Dec. 27: Five boats with 12 anglers caught no fish; Dec. 30: Two boats with three anglers caught no fish; Dec. 31: 23 boats with 44 anglers caught four chinook, 28 flounder and two kelp greenling.

Edmonds Marina -- Dec. 31: Two boats with three anglers caught no fish.

Kingston ramp -- Dec. 29: Two boats with five anglers caught one chinook; Dec. 30: Two boats with five anglers caught no fish; Dec. 31: Six boats with 10 anglers caught one chinook.

Glenn Street ramp, Bellingham -- Dec. 31: Three boats with seven anglers caught two chinook.

Camano Island State Park ramp -- Dec. 27: One boat with one angler caught no fish.

Friday Harbor Marina, San Juan Island -- Dec. 27: Two boats with four anglers caught two chinook; Dec. 31: Five boats with nine anglers caught five chinook.

Washington Park ramp, Anacortes -- Dec. 27: Two boats with three anglers caught one chinook; Dec. 31: 13 boats with 25 anglers caught four chinook.

Pleasant Harbor Marina, Hood Canal -- Dec. 31: Five boats with nine anglers caught three chinook.

Point Defiance Park ramp and Boathouse, Tacoma -- Dec. 26: Eight boats with 19 anglers caught one chinook; Dec. 27: Three boats with three anglers caught one chinook.

Narrows Properties Park Pier -- Dec. 26: Five bank anglers caught no fish; Dec. 29: Four anglers caught no fish.

Luhr Beach ramp -- Dec. 27: One boat with two anglers caught no fish.

Rivers and lakes

Cowlitz River -- Last week: 112 boat anglers kept 46 winter steelhead and released four, and 110 bank anglers kept 29 winter steelhead and released six winter steelhead and one wild coho.

Lower Columbia River -- Last week: Two bank anglers caught no salmon or steelhead; one boat with two angler caught no salmon or steelhead; five bank anglers caught no sturgeon; three boats with seven anglers released three sturgeon.

Bogachiel/Quillayute River --Dec. 30-31: 26 bank anglers and five boat anglers kept nine steelhead and released four for a total of 153.0 hours fished.

Calawah River -- Dec. 30-31: 10 bank anglers kept one steelhead and released one for a total of 26.0 hours fished.

Sol Duc River -- Dec. 30-31: Seven bank anglers and two boat anglers caught no fish for a total of 27.5 hours fished.

Lower Hoh River --Dec. 30-31: Five bank anglers caught no fish for a total of 15.5 hours fished.

Upper Hoh River from Oxbow Campground to Olympic National Park Boundary --Dec. 30-31: Two bank anglers caught no fish for a total of 3.0 hours fished.

(Checks provided by state Fish and Wildlife are taken randomly and do not reflect all fish caught during that period.)

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