In most years, fishing opens in April, which is sometimes well before the fish arrive. Sullivan said the department is forecasting a return of 7,800 wild Snake River spring chinook, which are ...

Alsea, Siuslaw, North Umpqua, South Umpqua, Coos, Coquille, Rogue and Smith. The Coos and Siuslaw populations, as well as a former population in the Salmon River, have disappeared. “Spring Chinook ...