Post by: Blacklab on May 18, 2016, 08:29:07 PM
May 18, 2016
Contact: WDFW Region 5 Office, (360) 696-6211
Spring chinook fishery reopens May 20-22 below Bonneville Dam
OLYMPIA – Anglers can catch and keep spring chinook salmon May 20-22 on a section of the lower Columbia River under a three-day extension approved today by fishery managers from Washington and Oregon.
Although the latest projection of returning upriver spring chinook is down slightly from the preseason forecast, representatives from both states agreed it is still strong enough to allow at least one more opening – and perhaps more – in the lower river this year.
More than 2,300 upriver fish are still available