Chinook Salmon
Chinook Salmon
There are 2 different seasons, or runs, of Chinook Salmon in Oregon. They are the Spring Run and Fall run. Although the fish are of the same species there are some subtle differences between them
Spring Chinook are a little smaller tha n the Fall Chinook. Fish generally run 12-15 pounds with a few fish in the 20 lb range. Fall Chinook average closer to 20 lbs and there are some fish taken every year in the 40 lb range
The Spring Chinook tend to have more oil in the meet and many consider them a better eating fish than a Fall Chinook.
Chinook Salmon are known for keeping the fight at the deepest part of the waters they can get too. Chinook are very strong fish and take a number of reel screaming runs before being netted.
2022 – 2023 Steelhead Season Report
2022/2023 Steelhead season : All n all it’s2022 / 2023 Steelhead season : All n all it’s been a decent season . Returns are a down a bit from previous years . To many variables to say exactly why . January started out good with some good numbers then as we got some...
2023 Spring Chinook Salmon Reports
2023 spring chinook season : So far so good the Columbia is expecting to see close to 300,00 Springers return this year . That’s almost 25,000 more then last year . Almost 150,000 more than the past 10 years yearly average. This is great news for all of the Columbia...