Millions Of Salmon & Steelhead Headed To The Snake River

[theangler]

[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]BOISE, ID—The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is planning on releasing approximately 13 million juvenile chinook salmon and steelhead in the Lower Snake River this spring. [/size][/#000000][/font]

[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]The stocking boost is intended compensate for fish mortality caused by the construction and operation of Lower Granite, Little Goose, Lower Monumental and Ice Harbor dams on the Lower Snake. [/size][/#000000][/font]
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[fish1on]

[size 2]That is great news! It is nice to see the Fish and Wildlife making ammends to compensate hurt bodies of water due to needed construction.[/size]
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[loanfish]

Forgive me if this is a dumb question but I am not familiar with salmon and their migratory and spawning habits. I am planning on heading to oregon or washington soon and was wondering if Idaho might now be an option as well. We just want to catch some nice salmon.
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[BrianID]

There is some limited Chinook salmon fishing in Idaho.
Many years there hasn't been an open season for chinook salmon in Idaho because the numbers have been too low but there is a season this year.
Check out these links for more details.
http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/fish/rules/...k_seasons/
http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/fish/salmon...k_harv.cfm
http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/fish/salmon...return.cfm
http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/fish/salmon/dam_count.cfm
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[loanfish]

Thanks for the info. I appreciate that![]
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