The river is starting to get pretty low. Chinook will be little tougher to catch so anglers that are little more patient and fish a little slower will do the best. Anglers should find salmon spread throughout the river. This is a very popular river, so anglers should be patient and plan on sharing the river with others. This river is best fished from a boat, but there is some bank fishing.

New this year, a portion of the upper river, which is already closed to Chinook, will be closed to ALL fishing until Jan. 1 to protect Chinook staging in the mainstem waiting to enter spawning tributaries. This area is normally open to steelhead fishing, but very few steelhead are in the system when the Chinook are around and this closure will keep anglers who are targeting steelhead from hooking fall chinook.

Anglers are always reminded to check for regulation updates.