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Nothing new — the 2025 run is done here.
It finished at 7,685 coho on Dec 16, 2025, and none have been counted since. The chart below shows how that run went next to a typical year.
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54°
Mostly clear · feels 53°
Sun
Fair
59°/52°
wind 6 kt · 60% rain
Mon
Good
65°/53°
wind 6 kt · 16% rain
Tue
Good
80°/53°
wind 6 kt · 1% rain
Wed
Good
83°/52°
wind 6 kt · 0% rain
Thu
Good
74°/51°
wind 7 kt · 1% rain
Fri
Good
65°/44°
wind 8 kt · 7% rain
Sat
Favorable
62°/44°
wind 4 kt · 21% rain
from mouth (a line projected from the James River pumphouse across the Washougal River to the east end of the Hwy. 14 Bridge) to the boat ramp at the WDFW County Line Access Site CRC (667)
All species — July 1-Oct. 31
Anti-snagging rule.
from mouth (a line projected from the James River pumphouse across the Washougal River to the east end of the Hwy. 14 Bridge) to the boat ramp at the WDFW County Line Access Site CRC (667)
Salmon — Aug. 1-Dec. 31
Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 2 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
from the boat ramp at the WDFW County Line Access Site to the bridge at Salmon Falls CRC (668)
All species — Aug. 1-Oct. 31
Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
from the boat ramp at the WDFW County Line Access Site to the bridge at Salmon Falls CRC (668)
Salmon — Aug. 1-Dec. 31
Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 2 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
from mouth (a line projected from the James River pumphouse across the Washougal River to the east end of the Hwy. 14 Bridge) to the boat ramp at the WDFW County Line Access Site CRC (667)
▸ All species: Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement (CRSSE) required for salmon and steelhead fishing (ages 15 and older). Night closure.
▸ All species — Apr. 16-Fri. before Memorial Day: Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
▸ All species — Year-round: CLOSED WATERS - from 1,000’ (or posted markers) below to 200’ above the temporary weir when the weir is installed in the river.
▸ All species — July 1-Oct. 31: Anti-snagging rule.
▸ All game fish — Mar. 16-Apr. 15: Closed.
▸ Trout — Apr. 16-Fri. before Memorial Day: Catch-and-release.
▸ Trout — Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15: Min. size 14”. Daily limit 2.
▸ Steelhead (hatchery) — Apr. 16-Mar. 15: Min. size 20”. Daily limit 3.
— Apr. 16-Mar. 15:
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.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Dec. 31: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 2 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
from the boat ramp at the WDFW County Line Access Site to the bridge at Salmon Falls CRC (668)
▸ All species: Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement (CRSSE) required for salmon and steelhead fishing (ages 15 and older).
▸ All species — Year-round: CLOSED WATERS - from 1,000’ (or posted markers) below to 200’ above the temporary weir when the weir is installed in the river.
▸ All species — Aug. 1-Oct. 31: Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
▸ Trout — Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15: Min. size 14”. Daily limit 2.
▸ Steelhead (hatchery) — Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15: Min. size 20”. Daily limit 3.
▸ Other game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Dec. 31: Min. size 12”. Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 2 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
from the bridge at Salmon Falls upstream
▸ All species: CLOSED WATERS.