All,
Chinook fishing on the upper Salmon River from Ellis downstream to the Colston Corner boat ramp remains open, although the fishing has been difficult. Angler effort and catch rates dropped a bit. For the ~2.5 weeks the season has been open in this stretch, anglers have harvest an estimated 51 adult Chinook and 13 jacks, for a season total of 64 fish. See table below from Jon Hansen and Brent Beller for harvest, effort and catch rate info.
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Pahsimeroi hatchery continues to trap Chinook but the numbers are slowing down a bit (see below). To date, 793 hatchery Chinook salmon have been trapped at the Pahsimeroi.
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# of Chinook trapped |
Date |
Adult |
Jack/jill |
Total |
7/23/2018 |
27 |
5 |
32 |
7/20/2018 |
32 |
3 |
35 |
7/18/2018 |
38 |
3 |
41 |
7/16/2018 |
55 |
8 |
63 |
7/13/2018 |
28 |
5 |
33 |
7/12/2018 |
29 |
1 |
30 |
7/11/2018 |
97 |
10 |
107 |
7/9/2018 |
95 |
10 |
105 |
7/6/2018 |
32 |
1 |
33 |
7/5/2018 |
57 |
6 |
63 |
7/3/2018 |
26 |
2 |
28 |
7/2/2018 |
76 |
5 |
81 |
6/29/2018 |
40 |
5 |
45 |
6/27/2018 |
10 |
1 |
11 |
6/26/2018 |
32 |
2 |
34 |
6/25/2018 |
34 |
2 |
36 |
6/22/2018 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
6/21/2018 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
6/19/2018 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
Totals |
723 |
70 |
793 |
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There’s still some fish that will keep trickling in to the Pahsimeroi so best of luck to those of you that are able to get on the water!