WDFW announces Snake River spring Chinook salmon fishing closure

Staff Report, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash.

May 13—OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Monday spring Chinook salmon fishing on the Snake River is immediately closed until further notice.

According to the statement, the allocation for Snake Rive spring Chinook, based on estimated harvest, has been met. The locations listed in the statement include from the Texas Rapids boat launch to the fishing restriction boundary below Little Goose Dam and from the Highway 12 Bridge near Pasco upstream about seven miles to the fishing restriction boundary below Ice Harbor Dam.