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A compact, productive Columbia tributary — spring and fall Chinook, coho, and year-round steelhead water.
Nothing new — the 2025 run is done here.
It finished at 12 pinks on Sep 29, 2025, and none have been counted since. The chart below shows how that run went next to a typical year.
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63°
Overcast · feels 62°
Sun
Good
71°/53°
wind 9 kt · 29% rain
Mon
Good
71°/52°
wind 6 kt · 3% rain
Tue
Good
80°/53°
wind 8 kt · 1% rain
Wed
Good
86°/50°
wind 5 kt · 0% rain
Thu
Good
75°/50°
wind 7 kt · 1% rain
Fri
Good
66°/46°
wind 6 kt · 14% rain
Sat
Favorable
68°/45°
wind 5 kt · 15% rain
from mouth to railroad bridge below I-5 CRC (604)
Salmon — Aug. 1-Dec. 31
Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
from the railroad bridge below I-5 to Modrow Bridge CRC (604)
All species — Apr. 1-Oct. 31
Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
from the railroad bridge below I-5 to Modrow Bridge CRC (604)
Salmon — Aug. 1-Dec. 31
Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
from upstream of the Modrow Bridge to the natural gas pipeline crossing CRC (603)
All species — Apr. 1-Oct. 31
Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
from upstream of the Modrow Bridge to the natural gas pipeline crossing CRC (603)
Salmon — Aug. 1-Dec. 31
Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
from the natural gas pipeline crossing to the deadline at the intake to the Fallert Creek Hatchery CRC (603)
All species — Apr. 1-Oct. 31
Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
from the natural gas pipeline crossing to the deadline at the intake to the Fallert Creek Hatchery CRC (603)
All species — Sept. 1-Oct. 31
Fly fishing only, except use of barbed hooks is allowed.
from the natural gas pipeline crossing to the deadline at the intake to the Fallert Creek Hatchery CRC (603)
Salmon — Aug. 1-Dec. 31
Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
from Fallert Creek Hatchery intake to 1,400’ below fishway at Kalama Falls Hatchery CRC (603)
Salmon — Aug. 1-Dec. 31
Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
from mouth to railroad bridge below I-5 CRC (604)
▸ All species: Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement (CRSSE) required for salmon and steelhead fishing (ages 15 and older).
▸ Trout — Year-round: Min. size 14”. Daily limit 2.
▸ Steelhead (hatchery) — Year-round: Min. size 20”. Daily limit 3.
▸ Other game fish — Year-round: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Jan. 1-July 31: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Dec. 31: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
from the railroad bridge below I-5 to Modrow Bridge CRC (604)
▸ All species: CLOSED WATERS - from Modrow Bridge downstream to a set of markers approx. 1000’ below the temporary rack, while rack is installed in the river below Modrow Bridge. Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement (CRSSE) required for salmon and steelhead fishing (ages 15 and older).
— Apr. 1-Oct. 31:
There is no tide here, so the windows are first and last light — the hour either side of sunrise and sunset, when river fish move and feed. Wind, the chance of rain during the window, and how much rain fell in the previous day separate one morning from the next; the river's flow and what the hatchery is counting apply to the whole period.
Only legal hours are considered — one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset — so a turn in the middle of the night is left out entirely, and a window running past the boundary is trimmed to the part you may fish.
Times come from NOAA and Open-Meteo, counts from WDFW. The ranking is ours — it is a read on conditions, not a promise of fish, and it does not account for regulations. Check the rules for the section you are fishing before you go.
USGS publishes what the river is doing now, not what it will do — so flow is read as a condition on the whole period, and a heavy rain day can change it.
Streamflow data is unavailable for this gauge right now.
▸ Trout — Year-round: Min. size 14”. Daily limit 2.
▸ Steelhead (hatchery) — Year-round: Min. size 20”. Daily limit 3.
▸ Other game fish — Year-round: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Jan. 1-July 31: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Dec. 31: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
from upstream of the Modrow Bridge to the natural gas pipeline crossing CRC (603)
▸ All species: Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement (CRSSE) required for salmon and steelhead fishing (ages 15 and older). Internal combustion motors prohibited.
▸ All species — Apr. 1-Oct. 31: Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
▸ Trout — Year-round: Min. size 14”. Daily limit 2.
▸ Steelhead (hatchery) — Year-round: Min. size 20”. Daily limit 3.
▸ Other game fish — Year-round: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Jan. 1-July 31: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Dec. 31: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
from the natural gas pipeline crossing to the deadline at the intake to the Fallert Creek Hatchery CRC (603)
▸ All species: Internal combustion motors prohibited. Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement (CRSSE) required for salmon and steelhead fishing (ages 15 and older).
▸ All species — Apr. 1-Oct. 31: Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
▸ All species — Sept. 1-Oct. 31: Fly fishing only, except use of barbed hooks is allowed.
▸ Trout — Year-round: Min. size 14”. Daily limit 2.
▸ Steelhead (hatchery) — Year-round: Min. size 20”. Daily limit 3.
▸ Other game fish — Year-round: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Jan. 1-July 31: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Dec. 31: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
from Fallert Creek Hatchery intake to 1,400’ below fishway at Kalama Falls Hatchery CRC (603)
▸ All species: Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement (CRSSE) required for salmon and steelhead fishing (ages 15 and older). Internal combustion motors prohibited.
▸ Trout — Year-round: Min. size 14”. Daily limit 2.
▸ Steelhead (hatchery) — Year-round: Min. size 20”. Daily limit 3.
▸ Other game fish — Year-round: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Jan. 1-July 31: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Dec. 31: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
from 1,400’ below fishway to 1,000’ above fishway entrance at Kalama Falls Hatchery
▸ All species: CLOSED WATERS.
from 1,000’ above fishway at Kalama Falls hatchery upstream to Summers Creek CRC (602)
▸ All species: Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed. Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement (CRSSE) required for salmon and steelhead fishing (ages 15 and older).
▸ Trout — Year-round: Min. size 14”. Daily limit 2.
▸ Steelhead (hatchery) — Year-round: Min. size 20”. Daily limit 3.
▸ Other game fish — Year-round: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Summers Creek upstream to the intersection of 6000 and 6420 Rds. CRC (602)
▸ All species: Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement (CRSSE) required for salmon and steelhead fishing (ages 15 and older). Fly Fishing Only, except barbed hooks are allowed.
▸ Trout — Year-round: Min. size 14”. Daily limit 2.
▸ Steelhead (hatchery) — Year-round: Min. size 20”. Daily limit 3.
▸ Other game fish — Year-round: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from the intersection of 6000 and 6420 Rds. to 6600 Rd. Bridge immediately downstream of Jacks Creek CRC (602)
▸ All species: Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed. Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement (CRSSE) required for salmon and steelhead fishing (ages 15 and older).
▸ Trout — Sat. before Memorial Day-Nov. 30: Min. size 14”. Daily limit 2.
▸ Steelhead (hatchery) — Sat. before Memorial Day-Nov. 30: Min. size 20”. Daily limit 3.
▸ Other game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-Nov. 30: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from 6600 Rd. Bridge (just downstream of Jacks Creek) to Kalama Falls and tributaries
▸ All species: CLOSED WATERS.