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Idaho Adopts Spring Chinook Fishing Seasons,
Expects Return Of 20,500 Hatchery Fish

by Staff
Columbia Basin Bulletin, April 8, 2011

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission has adopted spring chinook seasons as proposed by Idaho Department of Fish and Game managers.

Chinook fishing will open April 23 in the Clearwater River, Snake River, Little Salmon and part of the lower Salmon River - except in the lower Salmon River from Short's Creek upstream to Vinegar Creek, where the season will open June 18.

Closing dates will be announced by Fish and Game.

The season is based on forecasts that about 20,500 fish would return to Idaho hatcheries in the Clearwater, lower Salmon and lower Snake drainages. Hatchery-specific forecasts estimate 2,000 chinook would be available for nontribal recreational anglers in the Clearwater; 4,200 in the lower Salmon and Little Salmon; and about 800 in the Snake River below the Hells Canyon dams.

In the Clearwater River drainage the daily limit would be three chinook; only one may be an adult (24 or more inches long). The possession limit would be nine; only three may be adults.

In the Snake River from Dug Bar to Hells Canyon Dam, the lower Salmon and the Little Salmon rivers, the daily limit would be four Chinook; only two may be adults. The possession limit would be 12; only six may be adults.

The statewide annual limit would be 20 adult chinook in the 2011 seasons closing before September 1.

Waters that open April 23 are:

Clearwater River:

Lower Salmon River: Little Salmon: Snake River: Opening June 18:

Lower Salmon:

All these waters would remain open until further notice. All salmon anglers 14 years old and older must have a 2011 Idaho fishing license and salmon permit.

Seasons for chinook fishing in the South Fork Salmon and the upper Salmon rivers will be proposed to the commission at the scheduled May meeting.


Staff
Idaho Adopts Spring Chinook Fishing Seasons, Expects Return Of 20,500 Hatchery Fish
Columbia Basin Bulletin, April 8, 2011

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