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Upper Salmon River Chinook Update - 7/1/2026 by Idaho Fish & Game EIN News, July 1, 2026

Conversion (survival) from Bonneville to Lower Granite Dam (77%)
is right in line with the 5-year average conversion rate (78%).

Here's the latest update for the upper Salmon River Chinook fishery, with the most recent numbers through Sunday June 28, 2026.

Through the first two weeks of the fishery, we estimate:

• Anglers harvested 68 hatchery adult salmon and released an estimated 17 unclipped adult salmon.
• Angler effort over the past week was 2,019 hours (a slight increase from the 1,343 hours estimated during the opening Thursday – Sunday)
• Angler catch rates improved from 73 hours per salmon caught during the opening weekend to 36 hours per salmon caught this past week.
• Harvest share remains at 204, so with an estimated season harvest to date of 68 we have only harvested about 33% of our harvest share.

We have not observed any additional PIT tags at Bonneville Dam over the past week, so our estimate of 2,012 Sawtooth Hatchery adults remains unchanged. Our harvest share for the fishery is 204 fish, and as mentioned above, we still have about 67% of that left (136 adult hatchery chinook).

Of the estimated 2,012 adult hatchery Chinook returning to Sawtooth Hatchery:

• Approximately 1,454 Sawtooth Chinook have crossed over Lower Granite Dam (LGD).
• Two PIT tagged fish that remained at large were observed at LGD last week, bringing our season conversion (survival) from Bonneville to LGD (77%) right in line with the 5-year average conversion rate (78%).