Upper Salmon River Chinook Fishery Report – June 23rd
By angelamontana

Posted: June 24, 2014

Brent Beller, Fisheries Technician for Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission with Idaho Department of Fish and Game – Region 7 has the following report for the opening weekend Chinook fishery on the upper Salmon River:

Chinook fishing opened on the upper Salmon River this past weekend, and fish were being caught right away. The river was running at approximately 3,000 cfs through the town of Salmon on Saturday and the visibility was good. Interviewed anglers harvested Chinook in all the river sections open to fishing, but anglers were having to put in a lot of effort to find them, especially in section 16 between North Fork and the Lemhi River. Fishing should improve as we move forward and more Chinook continue to move upriver into the fishery while the river level keeps dropping.

As of June 19th, two adult Chinook had been trapped at the Pahsimeroi Hatchery and two adults had also been trapped at the Sawtooth Hatchery.

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(Feature photo via ktvb.com)

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