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How To Fish Buoy 10 BY BUZZ RAMSEY
“Buoy 10” is the name used to describe the fishery at the mouth of
the Columbia River where sport anglers catch salmon returning from
the ocean. Anglers are drawn to the mouth of the same river that Lewis
and Clark first navigated to rendezvous with the thousands (sometimes
millions) of adult salmon that linger there before moving upriver to the
hatchery or natural habitat that produced them.
Huge returns of salmon survive to adulthood if, as young outmigrating
juveniles (called smolts), they were provided with enough
water to be spilled over the top of the many dams that restrain the
Columbia River, and are greeted by a nutrient-rich ocean. In better
years the Columbia can yield over a million Coho Salmon and up to
750,000 Fall Chinooks.
For regulation purposes, the Buoy 10 area extends from the red
navigation marker with the same name (located just west of the Ilwaco
Channel), east six miles to an imaginary north/south line running from
Rocky Point in Washington to red channel buoy 44, and on to the
navigation light at Tongue Point. The area east of Tongue Point falls
under Columbia River fishing regulations, which may be different from
the Buoy 10 area.
Only hatchery Coho Salmon that have had their adipose fin
removed can be retained. The adipose fin is the small fin located
between the dorsal and tail fin of all salmon. Since most Fall Chinook
are produced in the wild, the fin-clipping rule does not apply to them.
This report features a description of the two most popular fishing
destinations within the Buoy 10 regulation zone and a fairly new
destination located just east of Tongue Point. Although August and
September are the key months for the fall fishery, the season peak
extends from mid-August through the first half of September.
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 BOAT RAMPS AND MOORAGE
Boat ramps in Washington include Fort Canby State Park and
Chinook Harbor. There is both a ramp and boat sling at the Port of
Ilwaco, 360-642-3143. From Oregon, there are several ramps in and
around Astoria in addition to ramps located at Hammond and Warrenton.
A PLACE TO STAY
Astoria Red Lion, 503-325-7373. Warrenton Shilo Inn, 503-861-
2181.
For camping, contact Fort Canby State Park at 360-642-3078.
LAST MINUTE FISHING UPDATE
Contact Englund Marine Supply in Astoria, 1-800-228-7051; Linda
and Gene Kane at Tackle Time in Warrenton, 503-861-3693 or Patti
Rogers at Free Willy's in Hammond, 503-861-1201.
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