The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is closing a section of the Umatilla River to chinook salmon fishing from October 18 to November 30.
This closure affects the area from the Highway 730 bridge upriver to Threemile Dam, due to low numbers of returning fish and increasing harvest rates.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is closing the river to chinook fishing due to low numbers of returning fish and increasing harvest rates.
However, the daily bag limit for steelhead on the river remains at three fish.
Author: Jayson Jacoby, Baker City Herald.
Author's summary: Chinook salmon fishing closed on Umatilla River.