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Fall chinook season opens on Deschutes River Aug. 1 - FishNews - 08-15-2009
THE DALLES, Ore. - The lower Deschutes River will reopen for chinook salmon fishing on Aug. 1 under a temporary rule adopted by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The river will be open for chinook from the mouth at the I-84 bridge upstream to Sherars Falls. The daily catch limit will be two adult and five jack salmon per day. (Jack salmon are chinook 15-24 inches long.) Adipose fin-clipped (hatchery) steelhead are included in the daily salmon catch limit, although one additional hatchery steelhead may be retained per day for a total of three fish.
The chinook salmon season will close Oct. 31.
Anglers are reminded that all wild (non adipose fin-clipped) steelhead must be released unharmed and that the use of bait is restricted to the section of the river from Sherars Falls downstream to the upper railroad trestle.