DART Sport Fishing and Recreation - Adult Returns

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Go to Adult Returns Recreational Access River Conditions

Regulations

• Washington
  • Sportfishing Rules, WDFW -- current year's Sportfishing Pamphlet and corrections and emergency updates
  • Fishing Regulation Hotline Numbers, WDFW
  • Licenses & Tags, WDFW
• Oregon
  • Fishing Resources, ODFW -- includes Sport Fishing Regulations and Changes
  • Sport License and Tag Fees, ODFW
• Idaho
  • Fishing Seasons and Rules including Steelhead, IDFG
  • Licenses / Tags, IDFG

Sport Fishing & Recreation Information

• Access Oregon: guide to accessible outdoor recreation sites, ODFW pdf
• Fishing & Shellfishing, WDFW
• Idaho Regional Fishing Reports, IDFG
• Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery
• Ocean Salmon and Columbia River Program, ODFW
• Ocean Salmon Management Program, ODFW
• Oregon Weekly Recreation Report, ODFW
• Salmon: Current Seasons, Pacific Fishery Management Council
• Salmon: Preseason Reports, Pacific Fishery Management Council
• Washington Weekender Report, WDFW

Early Season Notice Video tape fish counting is now being being made at most US Army Corps of Engineers dams with fish ladders on the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Fish counting by video tape takes at least a few days to process: the fish counters have to make, collect, and read the tapes, and then submit their fish counts. DART retrieves and posts the data as soon as it is made available. On April 1, live fish counting will resume at all 8 Columbia River and Snake River Corps dams with fish ladders: from April through October each year for 16 hours each day, fish counters working at each fish ladder look directly into the fish ladders to count the fish passing by.

Wells Dam, Lamprey Research, 2007-2008: The Lamprey adult passage counts at Wells Dam are not reflective of actual run size during 2007-2008. Trapping, monitoring, and research efforts at Wells Dam artificially lowered the passage numbers for Lamprey; i.e., more fish would have passed without tagging and trapping efforts.

Rocky Reach Dam, June 8-9, 2005: Video was lost at Rocky Reach Dam from 1751 hours on 8 June and was not returned to operation until 0729 hours on 9 June. As a result, the adult passage counts at Rocky Reach Dam are incomplete for both days.

USACE Data Disclaimer: These data are furnished with the understanding that the Corps of Engineers makes no warranties concerning the accuracy, reliability, or suitability of the data for any particular purpose.

Yakima Klickitat Fisheries Project Data: Historical daily counts for Roza Dam for the years 1940-1967 and 1982-1985 were obtained and loaded from data provided courtesy of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Yakima office. In years where daily counts are not available, the Yakama Nation has provided weekly counts with data assigned to an arbitrary day in the week for which counts are available. This is the case for Prosser Dam for the years 1983-1991 and for Roza Dam for the years 1986-1990. [Text from the Yakima Klickitat Fisheries Project web page, http://ykfp.org/adultcounts.htm.]