Salmon Fishing to Close Sunday in the Upper Salmon River

Anglers will have one more weekend of Chinook salmon fishing in Idaho's Salmon River this summer. The reach from the city of Salmon upstream to the Sawtooth Fish Hatchery weir will close at the end of fishing hours on Sunday, July 26. It is the last part of the Salmon River to close to Chinook fishing. Fishery managers for Idaho Fish and Game estimate that, by the end of fishing Sunday, anglers will have taken 100 percent of the state's harvest share of adult hatchery Chinook salmon returning to the Sawtooth and Pahsimeroi hatcheries. Harvest is estimated by weekly angler surveys. Overall for the season, Fish and Game estimates that the salmon fishery in the Salmon River drainage, which opened on June 20, will generate more than 60,000 angler hours of fishing effort and lead to the harvest of about 3,000 adult and 1,000 jack Chinook salmon. A season remains open for Chinook on the Boise River until further notice.