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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.
Latest fish transportation figures above the Cowlitz River
Here are the 2011-12 upstream transportation totals of fall chinook, coho and steelhead for the Cowlitz River:
FALL ADULT CHINOOK
For the season: 16,816 fall chinook have returned; 2,233 hatchery and 4,273 wild have been transported to the Tilton River; 4,684 hatchery have been transported to Lake Scanewa; 1,770 hatchery and one wild have been transported to Cowlitz at Packwood; and 1,215 hatchery and six wild have been transported to Cispus River.
ADULT COHO
For the season: 48,318 coho have returned; 6,191 hatchery and 2,025 wild have been transported to the Tilton River; 6,845 hatchery and 7,079 wild have been transported to Lake Scanewa; 4,927 hatchery and 155 wild have been transported to Cowlitz at Packwood; and 1,944 hatchery and 489 wild have been transported to Cispus River.
For the week of Feb. 6: Three coho have returned; none have been transported to the Tilton River; one hatchery coho was transported to Lake Scanewa; none have been transported to Cowlitz at Packwood; and none have been transported to Cispus River.
ADULT WINTER STEELHEAD
For the season: 2,327 winter steelhead have returned; 55 wild have been transported to the Tilton River; 79 wild have been transported to Lake Scanewa; none have been transported to Cowlitz at Packwood; and 12 wild have been transported to Cispus River.
For the week of Feb. 6: 121 winter steelhead have returned; five wild have been transported to the Tilton River; 79 wild have been transported to Lake Scanewa; none have been transported to Cowlitz at Packwood; and 12 wild have been transported to Cispus River.
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