South Fork Salmon Season Closes July 18

Contact: Sharon Kiefer (208) 334-3791 The fishing season for hatchery chinook salmon on the South Fork of the Salmon River will close at the end of fishing hours, 10:26 p.m., Thursday July 18 because the sport harvest quota has been met. Check station rules remain in effect, so anglers catching fish on Thursday, must still check their fish by 11 pm that day. The allowable amount of harvest is shared between sport anglers and Native American anglers. During the season, which opened June 19, about 7,100 adult salmon will have been harvested, according to early projections. In last year's season, which ran for 23 days, 6,000 adult salmon were harvested. An estimated 78,900 hours of angler effort will have been spent this season, compared to 53,200 hours last year.