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Snake River Reopens to Fishing for Wild Adult Chinook Salmon on Oct. 4 by Staff Baker City Herald, October 3, 2025

Anglers on the Snake River from Hells Canyon Dam downstream to
the Oregon/Washington border can keep wild adult chinook salmon.

ENTERPRISE -- Starting Saturday, Oct. 4, and continuing through the end of the season on Oct. 31, anglers on the Snake River from Hells Canyon Dam downstream to the Oregon/Washington border can keep wild adult chinook salmon.

Those are salmon longer than 24 inches and with an intact adipose fin.

Oregon and Idaho officials closed fishing for wild chinook in mid September due to a slower-than-expected return of wild chinook to the Snake River. Biologists attributed that to warm water in the Columbia River.

With cooler water, chinook are beginning to move upstream.

"This reopening reflects improved in-river conditions and passage at mainstem Columbia and Snake River dams along with careful management with our tribal and state partners," said Kyle Bratcher, ODFW district fish biologist in Enterprise. "We are glad to see those fish finally show up and be able to provide a hardier fishery to eager anglers."

During the closure, anglers could keep hatchery chinook, which have a clipped adipose fin, but not wild fish.

The daily bag limit for adult chinook is three fish. There is no limit on jacks, which are less than 24 inches.

Related Pages:
Wild Fall Chinook Regulations to Remain in Place Another Week by Eric Barker, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, 9/27/25
Snake River Anglers Prohibited from Keeping Wild Chinook Salmon from Sept. 19-Oct. 31 by Staff, Baker City Herald, 9/18/25