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Chinook Fishery to Stay Open After All by Eric Barker Moscow-Pullman Daily News, May 15, 2025

Chinook fishing on the Snake River will remain open
and be expanded to a new location.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife did an about-face Wednesday and announced the limited spring chinook fishing on the Snake River will remain open and be expanded to a new location.

That is in stark contrast to its announcement Tuesday that the fishery would close after sunset Friday.

Now the two-day-a-week season near Little Goose Dam will be open Friday as scheduled and again on Tuesday and May 23. In addition, the Snake River below Ice Harbor Dam near the Tri-Cities will be open Wednesday and Thursday. It will be the first time this year the Ice Harbor fishery will be open.

Chris Donley, fish program manager for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife at Spokane, said the quick change from a pending closure to four more days of fishing happened because of the lag time it takes to open and close seasons and the real-time performance of the run and harvest by anglers.

Related Pages:
Spring Chinook Fishery on Snake River to Close May 16 by Staff Daily Fly, 5/13/25
Salmon Counts at Bonneville Allow Reopening of Sportfishing by Bill Monroe, The Oregonian, 5/7/25
Anglers Get a Brief Crack at Chinook by Eric Barker, Lewiston Tribune, 5/2/25
As Chinook Run Surges, So Does Uncertainty by Eric Barker, Lewiston Tribune, 5/19/23