F&G to host spring/summer Chinook salmon public meetings in February

Idaho Fish and Game will be hosting six public meetings for anglers to provide comments and opinions for spring/summer Chinook salmon fisheries. The meetings are slated for February, are free to attend, and (best of all) complimentary pizza and beverages will be provided.

Fish and Game fisheries biologists will be discussing insights from the previous years’ Chinook salmon season, what this year’s salmon return is projected to look like, and strategies we could use to manage this year’s Chinook run. As always, input from anglers is important to help ensure the Chinook salmon returns are managed in a manner that is most satisfying to all who participate in these amazing fisheries.

Pizza will be served at 5:30 p.m. local time, and presentations will begin shortly after.  The meeting will continue until all angler comments are collected and/or addressed. In the past, these meetings have lasted roughly two hours. 

The meeting locations and dates are as follows:

• Feb 10: Coeur d’Alene — Idaho Fish and Game Regional Office, 2885 W. Kathleen Avenue
• Feb. 10: Cascade — Valley County EOC Building, 107 W. Spring Street
• Feb 11: Riggins — City of Riggins Community Center – 2nd Floor, 121 Lodge St.
• Feb 12: Lewiston — Idaho Fish and Game Regional Office, 3316 16th Street
• Feb. 12: Nampa — Idaho Fish and Game Regional Office, 15950 N. Gate Boulevard
• Feb 13: Orofino — Idaho Fish and Game Clearwater Hatchery, 118 Hatchery Roe Drive (located west of Ahsahka Bridge)

For more information, check out Fish and Game’s Chinook Fishing webpage.