Salmon Season Closures in the Clearwater Drainage

Chinook harvest seasons closed June 6 in the main stem of the Clearwater River from its mouth to the Orofino Bridge and in the North Fork Clearwater River. Fish and Game will close the main Clearwater upstream of the Orofino Bridge to the South Fork, and the Middle Fork Clearwater at the end of fishing on Sunday June 13. The South Fork Clearwater River will remain open upstream to the confluence of American and Red rivers, and the Lochsa is open upstream to the Twin Bridges above the confluence of Crooked Fork and Colt Killed creeks. Elsewhere, Chinook fishing remains open until further notice on the lower Salmon River from the Rice Creek Bridge to a posted boundary at the mouth of Shorts Creek, about 1.4 miles upstream of the mouth of the Little Salmon River; on the Little Salmon upstream to the U.S. Highway 95 Bridge near Smokey Boulder Road; on the Snake River from the Dug Bar boat ramp upstream to Hells Canyon Dam.