Fall Chinook season ends November 17

Salmon fishing will end for the year when the fall Chinook harvest season on the Snake River ends Tuesday, November 17. The season ended October 31 in the Clearwater and Salmon rivers and in the Snake River, except the reach from Cliff Mountain Rapids to Hells Canyon Dam, which closes November 17. As of November 1, anglers had caught and kept 150 marked adults and 22 jack fall Chinook and caught and released 460 unmarked fish in the lower Clearwater River. They caught and kept 540 marked adults and 133 marked jacks, and released 57 marked fish in the Snake River. Anglers also caught and released 2,889 unmarked fish in the Snake River. Hatchery-origin fish are marked with a clipped adipose fin. This year, over 60,075 adult fall Chinook crossed Lower Granite Dam, many of them returned to the Snake River above Lewiston.