Dalles Pool News Today

THE DALLES — Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington closed sturgeon retention in The Dalles and Bonneville Pools effective Jan. 3.

The YMCA closed its Forese Family pools May 1 to fix tile and pipe problems and do repairs on the Scooter Pool, sending users to other pools.

Updates for salmon and steelhead on Columbia River tributaries

Two days of sturgeon retention in the Bonneville Pool has been set for March 9 and 16 only, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Tuesday.

Columbia River and tributary fishery report, Feb. 22

Columbia River and tributary fishery report, Feb. 15, 2022

Columbia River and tributary fishery report, Feb. 8

Sturgeon fishing on the Columbia River from Buoy 10 upstream to Bonneville Dam including adjacent tributaries are catch and release only. Night sturgeon fishing is closed.

Fishery managers from Washington and Oregon agreed Tuesday to extend the recreational white sturgeon fishery on the stretch of Columbia River between The Dalles Dam and John Day Dam — commonly known as The Dalles Pool — through the end of February.

The popular white sturgeon fishery opens Jan. 1 on select sections of the Columbia River upstream of Bonneville Dam, though the area between The Dalles Dam and John Day Dam — commonly known as The Dalles Pool — will only open three days per week, state fishery managers announced Thursday.