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Snake River Below Little Goose Dam Reopens Soon for a Brief Hatchery Spring Chinook Fishery by Mark Yuasa Seattle Times, June 11, 2016

State Fish and Wildlife says 130 adult hatchery chinook remain available.

The Snake River below Little Goose Dam will have a brief reopening for spring chinook fishing after state Fish and Wildlife determined enough remained to catch.

Fishing will be open Sunday and Monday (June 12-13) in the Snake from Texas Rapids boat launch (south side of the river upstream of the mouth of Tucannon River) to the fishing restriction boundary below Little Goose Dam.

This includes the rock and concrete area between the juvenile bypass return pipe and Little Goose Dam along the south shoreline of the facility (includes the walkway area locally known as "the Wall" in front of the juvenile collection facility).

State Fish and Wildlife says 130 adult hatchery chinook remain available.

The daily limit is six hatchery chinook and no more than two may be adult fish. Anglers must quit fishing for salmon when the hatchery adult limit has been caught.

The minimum size of any kept chinook is 12 inches. Jack salmon are less than 24 inches long.

Anglers fishing for all species, in the areas open for chinook, during the opener must use barbless hooks. Only single point barbless hooks are allowed when fishing for sturgeon. A night closure is in effect for salmon and sturgeon. It is unlawful to use any hook larger than 5/8 inch (point of hook to shank) when fishing for all species except sturgeon.