Buoy 10 Chinook season extended through Sept. 30

Published 12:37 pm Thursday, September 22, 2016

ILWACO — Fisheries managers have again extended Buoy 10 Chinook salmon season, this time through Sept. 30, from the mouth of the river at Buoy 10 eastward to Warrior Rock.

The minimum retention size for hatchery Chinook, which can be identified by a clipped adipose fin or a left ventral fin, is 24 inches. The minimum size for coho is 16 inches. The daily limit is two fish, of which only one may be a Chinook. Only one hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook (marked with a clipped adipose or left-ventral fin) and coho with a clipped adipose fin.

Tongue Point/Rocky Point to Warrior Rock: Minimum size is 12-inches. The daily limit is six fish, but only two may be adults and only one of those adult fish may be a hatchery Chinook. Only one hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook (marked with a clipped adipose or left-ventral fin) and coho with a clipped adipose fin.

Fisheries managers said their reason for the season extension is that harvestable numbers of hatchery salmon remain available based on current Chinook forecasts and harvest estimates to date.