KENNEWICK, WA
Hot water is putting an end to some fishing on the Columbia River in the Tri-City area starting Monday.
The Yakima River is too hot for sockeye salmon to move upstream, according to the Washington State Department of Ecology.
Sockeye are staying in the Columbia River near the mouth of the Yakima as they wait for cooler water temperatures to return to the Yakima River Basin.
tarting Monday any sockeye or summer chinook salmon must be released if they are caught starting at the blue bridge between Kennewick and Pasco upstream to the Interstate 182 bridge between Richland and Pasco, according to a Friday afternoon announcement by the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife. https://fortress.wa.gov/dfw/erules/efis ... sp?id=2179
Then starting Aug. 16, sockeye also cannot be kept upriver to Priest Rapids Dam.
Temperatures measured in the Yakima River near Prosser often exceeded 80 degrees in July.
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