[ODFW-News] Spring chinook angling begins Thursday in Deschutes

[ODFW News]

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife 	
Contact: 	Anne Pressentin Young (503) 947-6020	
Internet: www.dfw.state.or.us  Fax: (503) 947-6009
	
For Immediate Release	Monday, March 29, 2004

Spring chinook angling begins Thursday in lower Deschutes

SALEM - The lower Deschutes River will open for adipose fin-clipped
spring chinook angling Thursday under a temporary rule recently adopted
by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Chinook salmon angling will be allowed April 1 - July 31, 2004, in the
Deschutes River because fish managers expect strong adult returns. 

The following regulation was approved:

2004 Spring Chinook Fishing Regulations:

Area: Mouth at Interstate 84 Bridge upstream to Sherars Falls.
Season: April 1 - July 31, 2004. Open for trout, adipose fin-clipped
steelhead, and adipose fin-clipped chinook salmon. 
Catch limit: Two adult adipose fin-clipped salmon and five adipose
fin-clipped jack salmon per day. Jack salmon are chinook 15-24 inches
long. Steelhead are included in the daily two salmon catch limit,
although one additional steelhead may retained per day for a total of
three fish. All non adipose fin-clipped salmon or steelhead must be
released unharmed.
Other: It is unlawful to angle for steelhead or trout between Sherars
Falls and the upper railroad trestle (about three miles) after taking a
daily bag limit of adult chinook salmon. It also is unlawful to angle
for jack salmon after taking a limit of adult salmon.

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