Idaho Fish and Game - Chinook Salmon Season Summaries

Chinook Salmon Season Summaries

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2012 Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon Fishing Season Summary
Clearwater River Drainage
River Location	Adult Chinook Kept	Jack Chinook Kept	Total Kept	Angler Hours Fished	Hours Per Fish Kept	Unclipped Salmon Released
Clearwater River Railroad Bridge to Orofino Bridge	2,003	208	2,211	55,916	25.3	556
NF Clearwater River	1,267	31	1,298	16,950	13.1	544
Clearwater River Orofino Bridge to Kooskia Bridge	241	18	259	7,916	30.6	142
Middle Fork Clearwater River	497	15	512	8,850	17.3	93
South Fork Clearwater River	770	59	829	12,374	14.9	229
Lochsa River	25	0	25	2,272	90.9	101
Totals	4,803	331	5,134	104,278	20.3	1,665

Salmon River Drainage
River Location	Adult Chinook Kept	Jack Chinook Kept	Total Kept	Angler Hours Fished	Hours Per Fish Kept	Unclipped Salmon Released
Salmon River Rice Creek Bridge to Short's Creek	2,869	345	3,214	67,844	21.1	697
Salmon River Short's Creek to Vinegar Creek	257	7	264	5,041	19.1	30
Salmon River Pahsimeroi River to Sawtooth Hatchery	801	81	882	36,550	41.4	560
Little Salmon River	1,835	93	1,928	28,092	14.6	7
South Fork Salmon River	1,541	145	1,686	35,904	21.3	399
Totals	7,303	671	7,974	173,431	21.7	1,693

Snake River Drainage
River Location	Adult Chinook Kept	Jack Chinook Kept	Total Kept	Angler Hours Fished	Hours Per Fish Kept	Unclipped Salmon Released
Snake River Totals	209	29	238	8,084	34	15

Statewide Totals
Adult Chinook Kept	Jack Chinook Kept	Total Kept	Angler Hours Fished	Hours Per Fish Kept	Unclipped Salmon Released
12,315	1,031	13,346	285,793	21.4	3,373

2011 Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon Fishing Season Summary
Clearwater River Drainage
River Location	Adult Chinook Kept	Jack Chinook Kept	Total Kept	Angler Hours Fished	Hours Per Fish Kept	Unclipped Salmon Released
Clearwater River Railroad Bridge to Orofino Bridge	1,342	1,712	3,054	43,008	14.1	405
North Fork Clearwater River	778	848	1,626	19,918	12.2	163
Clearwater River Orofino Bridge to Kooskia Bridge	579	560	1,139	12,401	10.9	213
Middle Fork Clearwater	689	297	986	12,040	12.2	177
South Fork Clearwater River	517	313	830	8,540	10.3	88
Lochsa River	30	0	30	1,237	41.2	0
Totals	3,935	3,730	7,665	97,144	12.7	1,046

Salmon River Drainage (including Little Salmon River)
River Location	Adult Chinook Kept	Jack Chinook Kept	Total Kept	Angler Hours Fished	Hours Per Fish Kept	Unclipped Salmon Released
Salmon River Rice Creek Bridge to Short's Creek	2,910	1,908	4,818	41,557	8.6	551
Salmon River Short's Creek to Vinegar Creek	14	0	14	1,701	121.5	132
Salmon River Jenkins Bridge to Pahsimeroi River	845	336	1,181	30,016	25.4	316
Salmon River Valley Creek to Sawtooth Hatchery	0	0	0	258	NA	0
Little Salmon River	2,892	1,168	4,060	38,578	9.5	132
South Fork Salmon River	1,598	727	2,325	21,775	9.4	953
Totals	8,259	4,139	12,398	133,885	10.8	2,084

Snake River Drainage
River Location	Adult Chinook Kept	Jack Chinook Kept	Total Kept	Angler Hours Fished	Hours Per Fish Kept	Unclipped Salmon Released
Snake River	844	798	1,642	10,693	6.5	38
Totals	13,038	8,667	21,705	241,772	11.1	3,168

2010 Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon Fishing Season Summary
Clearwater River Drainage
River Location	Adult Chinook Kept	Jack Chinook Kept	Total Kept	Angler Hours Fished	Hours Per Fish Kept	Unclipped Salmon Released
Clearwater River Downstream of Orofino Bridge	1,006	112	1,118	41,742	37.3	177
North Fork Clearwater River	1,093	37	1,130	10,260	9.1	156
Clearwater River Orofino Bridge to Kooskia Bridge	358	121	479	8,189	17.1	81
Middle Fork Clearwater	970	78	1,048	15,984	15.3	160
South Fork Clearwater River	399	76	475	10,336	21.8	76
Lochsa River	49	0	49	2,159	44.1	5
Totals	3,875	424	4,299	88,670	20.6	655

Salmon River Drainage
River Location	Adult Chinook Kept	Jack Chinook Kept	Total Kept	Angler Hours Fished	Hours Per Fish Kept	Unclipped Salmon Released
Salmon River Rice Creek Bridge to Twin Bridges	2,015	327	2,342	39,990	17.1	583
Salmon River Short's Creek to Vinegar Creek	111	30	141	2,695	19.1	33
Salmon River Twin Bridges to Short's Creek	3,052	219	3,271	30,731	9.4	246
Salmon River Town of Salmon to Pahsimeroi River	1,815	70	1,885	48,615	25.8	171
Salmon River Valley Creek to Sawtooth Hatchery	0	9	9	1,749	194.3	43
Little Salmon River	1,979	268	2,247	48,086	21.4	27
South Fork Salmon River	4,705	330	5,035	34,648	6.9	958
Totals	13,677	1,253	14,930	206,514	13.8	2,061

Snake River Drainage
	Adult Chinook Kept	Jack Chinook Kept	Total Kept	Angler Hours Fished	Hours Per Fish Kept	Unclipped Salmon Released
Totals	901	71	972	11,970	12.3	32

Statewide
	Adult Chinook Kept	Jack Chinook Kept	Total Kept	Angler Hours Fished	Hours Per Fish Kept	Unclipped Salmon Released
Totals - All River Locations	18,453	1,748	20,201	307,154	15.2	2,748

2009 Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon Fishing Season Summary
Clearwater River Drainage
	Chinook Kept (larger than 24")	Chinook Kept (less than 24")	Total Kept	Angler Hours Fished	Hours Per Fish Kept	Unclipped Salmon Released
Totals	1,993	2,261	4,254	63,301	14.9	629

Salmon River Drainage
	Chinook Kept (larger than 24")	Chinook Kept (less than 24")	Total Kept	Angler Hours Fished	Hours Per Fish Kept	Unclipped Salmon Released
Totals	8,798	8,374	17,172	147,872	307	1,692

Snake River Drainage
	Chinook Kept (larger than 24")	Chinook Kept (less than 24")	Total Kept	Angler Hours Fished	Hours Per Fish Kept	Unclipped Salmon Released
Totals	462	1,169	1,631	10,270	6.3	27

2008 Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon Fishing Season Summary
Clearwater River Drainage
River Location	Season Dates	Hours Fished	Chinook Kept	Jacks Kept	Chinook Released	Total Caught
Clearwater River Lewiston railroad bridge to Orofino bridge	Apr 26 - June 15	49,890	1,728	680	638	3,046
Clearwater River Orofino bridge to SF Clearwater River	Apr 26 - June 15	4,365	332	108	177	617
North Fork Clearwater River Mouth to Dworshak Dam	Apr 26 - July 1	12,369	486	121	52	659
Middle Fork Clearwater Mouth to confluence of Loshsa and Selway rivers	Apr 26 - June 22	7,535	346	84	119	549
South Fork Clearwater Mouth to confluence of American and Red rivers	Apr 26 - July 1	5,420	291	83	102	476
Loshsa River Mouth to Twin Bridges near confluence of Colt Killed and Crooked Fork creeks	May 24 - July 1	697	15	5	0	20
Totals		80,276	3,198	1,081	1,088	5,367
Chinook released column includes all clipped and unclipped jacks and adults that were released.

Salmon River Drainage
River Location	Season Dates	Hours Fished	Chinook Kept	Jacks Kept	Chinook Released	Total Caught
Little Salmon River Mouth to Smokey Boulder Bridge	Apr 26 - July 1	22,175	1,293	337	144	1,774
Lower Salmon River Hammer Creek Boat Ramp to Shorts Creek	Apr 26 - June 22	31,772	2,552	1,085	228	3,865
Upper Salmon River Highway 75 bridge near MP 213.5 to posted boundary downstream of Sawtooth Hatchery	June 19 - July 17	13,745	388	282	324	994
South Fork Salmon River Bridge on USFS Road 48 to 100 yards downstream of SF Salmon weir	June 25 - July 17	41,499	3,045	807	605	4,457
Totals		109,191	7,278	2,511	1,301	11,090

Snake River Drainage
River Location	Season Dates	Hours Fished	Chinook Kept	Jacks Kept	Chinook Releases	Total Caught
Snake River Dug Bar boat ramp to Hells Canyon Dam	Apr 26 - June 22	9,618	340	584	79	1,003
Totals		9,618	340	584	79	1,003
Chinook released column includes all clipped and unclipped jacks and adults that were released.

2007 Chinook Salmon Fishing Season Summary
River Location	Season Dates	Hours Fished	Chinook Kept	Chinook Released	Total Caught
Upper Snake River ^{1, 2} Hells Canyon	May 11 - July 2	N/A	20	N/A	N/A
Clearwater River ² Mainstem to Cherrylane Bridge	May 11 - May 30	19,299	584	418	1,002
Clearwater River ² Upper Mainstem & North Fork	May 11 - June 13	3,177	54	27	81
South Fork Clearwater River ²	May 11 - June 13	3,162	76	48	124
Lochsa River ²	May 26 - June 13	711	10	17	27
Lower Salmon River ²	May 11 - June 2	6,879	425	205	630
Little Salmon River ²	May 11 - June 9	15,883	539	704	1,243
South Fork Salmon River ³	June 28 - July 11	26,407	704	296	1,000
Totals		75,518	2,412	1,715	4,107
Chinook kept and released includes jacks. Chinook released includes adiose fin-clipped as well as unclipped fish. Harvest information for Upper Snake is approximated from voluntary drop box information. Numbers of hours fished and number of fish released are unavailable. Spring chinook fisheries in Snake, Lower Salmon, Little Salmon, and Clearweater rivers was Friday through Monday each week (4 days/week). Summer chinook fishery in South Fork Salmon River was continuous (7 days/week).

Last Updated: September 12, 2012
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