06-21-2004, 04:20 PM
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]SALEM, OR—Thanks to promising run size predictions and dam counts, Oregon officials have temporarily opened the Columbia River to the harvest of hatchery summer chinook salmon.[/size][/#000000][/font]
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]Under the temporary season, anglers may keep adult, adipose fin-clipped (hatchery-raised) summer chinook longer than 24 inches while fishing the Lower Columbia River from the Tongue Point/Rocky Point line upstream to the Oregon/Washington border above McNary Dam is open to the harvest of, June 16 through July 31.[/size][/#000000][/font]
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]The normal season allows the harvest of adipose fin-clipped chinooks shorter than 24 inches and adipose fin-clipped steelhead. The daily limit is two adult salmon or steelhead and five jack (under 24-inch) salmon.[/size][/#000000][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]Under the temporary season, anglers may keep adult, adipose fin-clipped (hatchery-raised) summer chinook longer than 24 inches while fishing the Lower Columbia River from the Tongue Point/Rocky Point line upstream to the Oregon/Washington border above McNary Dam is open to the harvest of, June 16 through July 31.[/size][/#000000][/font]
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]The normal season allows the harvest of adipose fin-clipped chinooks shorter than 24 inches and adipose fin-clipped steelhead. The daily limit is two adult salmon or steelhead and five jack (under 24-inch) salmon.[/size][/#000000][/font]
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