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Mark Yuasa covers fishing and outdoors in the Pacific Northwest. A Seattle native, Mark is a lifelong angler who grew up near the banks of Lake Washington, and has been covering fishing and outdoors for more than 19 years for The Seattle Times. Read his regular fishing report every Thursday, and the outdoor notebook every Sunday.
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Entiat River opens for spring chinook fishing
Posted by Mark Yuasa
If the Icicle River isn't putting out any spring chinook, head to the Entiat River in Chelan County which opened today (June 12) for spring chinook salmon fishing.
Fishing is open today (June 12) through June 30 from the Alternate Highway 97 Bridge near the mouth of the Entiat River, upstream approximately six miles to 800 feet downstream of the Entiat National Fish Hatchery fish ladder entrance.
The daily limit is two salmon with a minimum size of 12 inches.
State Fish and Wildlife estimates about 2,000 hatchery-origin spring chinook and approximately 145 to 160 natural-origin spring chinook are expected to return to the Entiat River.
State Fish and Wildlife believes a selective fishery to remove excess, nonendemic hatchery spring chinook is warranted.
The Entiat River spring chinook fishery will be regulated as a selective fishery requiring the use of barbless hooks, anti-snagging rules, night closure, and mandatory release of adipose present chinook and all steelhead.
Copyright © 2009 The Seattle Times Company
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