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Spring Chinook and coho below Merwin Dam on the Columbia's north bank.
Nothing new — the 2021 run is done here.
It finished at 2 pinks on Oct 27, 2021, and none have been counted since. The chart below shows how that run went next to a typical year.
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62°
Overcast · feels 62°
Sun
Good
68°/55°
wind 8 kt · 34% rain
Mon
Fair
70°/52°
wind 12 kt · 3% rain
Tue
Fair
80°/56°
wind 12 kt · 1% rain
Wed
Good
86°/52°
wind 5 kt · 0% rain
Thu
Good
76°/49°
wind 7 kt · 1% rain
Fri
Good
65°/46°
wind 6 kt · 12% rain
Sat
Favorable
67°/46°
wind 5 kt · 15% rain
from mouth (a straight line from a fishing boundary marker or from the outermost upland at the north shore of the Lewis River mouth southerly across the river to a fishing boundary marker near the south shore) to the mouth of the East Fork Lewis River CRC (611)
Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 30
Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
from mouth of the East Fork Lewis River to Johnson Creek CRC (615)
Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 30
Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
from Johnson Creek to Colvin Creek CRC (615)
All species — June 1-Nov. 30
Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
from Johnson Creek to Colvin Creek CRC (615)
Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 30
Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
from Colvin Creek to overhead power lines below Merwin Dam CRC (615)
All species — June 1-Oct. 31
Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
from Colvin Creek to overhead power lines below Merwin Dam CRC (615)
Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 30
Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
from mouth (a straight line from a fishing boundary marker or from the outermost upland at the north shore of the Lewis River mouth southerly across the river to a fishing boundary marker near the south shore) to the mouth of the East Fork Lewis River CRC (611)
▸ All species: Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement (CRSSE) required for salmon and steelhead fishing (ages 15 and older). Two-Pole 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-Apr. 30: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 30: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-Dec. 31: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
from mouth of the East Fork Lewis River to Johnson Creek CRC (615)
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.
1,290 cfs
steady →
+2% vs the normal for this date (1,270 cfs)
gage height 1.5 ft
▸ All species: Two-Pole 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.
▸ Salmon — Jan. 1-Apr. 30: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 30: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-Dec. 31: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
from Johnson Creek to Colvin Creek CRC (615)
▸ All species: Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement (CRSSE) required for salmon and steelhead fishing (ages 15 and older).
▸ All species — Apr. 1-Apr. 30: Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
▸ All species — May 1-May 31: CLOSED WATERS.
▸ All species — June 1-Nov. 30: Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
▸ Trout — June 1-Apr. 30: Min. size 14”. Daily limit 2.
▸ Steelhead (hatchery) — June 1-Apr. 30: Min. size 20”. Daily limit 3.
▸ Other game fish — June 1-Apr. 30: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Jan. 1-Apr. 30: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 30: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-Dec. 31: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
shoreward of cable buoy and corkline at outlet of Lewis River salmon hatchery fish ladder
▸ All species: CLOSED WATERS.
from Colvin Creek to overhead power lines below Merwin Dam CRC (615)
▸ All species: Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement (CRSSE) required for salmon and steelhead fishing (ages 15 and older).
▸ All species — Apr. 1-Apr. 30: Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
▸ All species — May 1-May 31: CLOSED WATERS.
▸ All species — June 1-Oct. 31: Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
▸ Trout — June 1-Oct. 31: Min. size 14”. Daily limit 2.
▸ Trout — Dec. 16-Apr. 30: Min. size 14”. Daily limit 2.
▸ Steelhead (hatchery) — June 1-Oct. 31: Min. size 20”. Daily limit 3.
▸ Steelhead (hatchery) — Dec. 16-Apr. 30: Min. size 20”. Daily limit 3.
▸ Other game fish — June 1-Oct. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Other game fish — Dec. 16-Apr. 30: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Jan. 1-Apr. 30: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 30: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-Oct. 31: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
▸ Salmon — Dec. 16-Dec. 31: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
from overhead power lines to Merwin Dam
▸ All species: CLOSED WATERS.
from the cable crossing 1,300 yards below Yale Dam to Yale Dam
▸ All species: CLOSED WATERS.
Old Lewis River streambed between Swift No. 1 Powerhouse and Swift No. 2 Powerhouse
▸ All species: CLOSED WATERS.
Lewis River Power Canal
▸ All species: Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
▸ Trout — 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31: No min. size. Daily limit 5.
▸ Other game fish — 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Eagle Cliff Bridge to Muddy River and tributaries except the Muddy River
▸ All species: Selective gear rules.
▸ Trout — Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15: Min. size 8”. Daily limit 10. Release wild trout.
▸ Other game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from the Muddy River to the lower falls and all tributaries
▸ All species: Selective gear rules.
▸ All game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31: Catch-and-release.