[ODFW-News] Spring Chinook angling closed on Deschutes and Hood rivers

[ODFW News]

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife  
Contact: Rod French  (541) 296-4628 
Internet: www.dfw.state.or.us Fax: (503) 947-6009
 
For Immediate Release Monday, Feb. 27, 2006

Spring Chinook angling closed on Deschutes and Hood rivers
 
BEND - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials today announced
spring chinook angling will be closed on the Deschutes and Hood rivers
this year to protect low predicted returns of wild fish.  
 
The rivers are listed in the state's annual fishing regulations as
closed to salmon angling, and are opened only by order of the Oregon
Fish and Wildlife Commission on years when fish returns are robust
enough to allow limited harvest. 
 
While returns during the past several years have allowed angling on the
Deschutes and Hood rivers, 2006 spring chinook predictions are not
sufficient to allow harvest.  
 
"We are concerned that any additional angling pressure may jeopardize
spawning success and harm future production," said Rod French, ODFW
District Fisheries biologist. 
 
However, French said angling for steelhead and trout remains open in
both rivers and offers excellent opportunities. In addition, managers
predict a strong return of fall chinook to the Deschutes and could
recommend an open season there starting Aug. 1. 
 
Anglers are encouraged to consult the 2006 Oregon Sport Fishing
Regulations before angling in these rivers.
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