Boy you are right.. It does say closed waters in italics right above where it says open from oct.1-jan. 31. confusing... i better call my buddy that has been fishing down there and tell him to quit fishing above the bridge.
It has always opened on the 15th. It hasd always been a set day. But this year i read it like it was open on the 1st and figured they are changing it due to the ability to keep more unclipped fish.
I very rarely fish it above the bridge anyways. But i have friends that do and they have said it was piss poor so far. 1st 2 weeks of september was good for chinook and it just died.