snake river fishing guides

The best Snake river fishing guides fish for Salmon, Sturgeon and Steelhead on the Snake River

Please read on to find out how you can send a message to your Congressional Representatives and urge their leadership to recover salmon and steelhead, restore a river, save public dollars, and rebuild the Northwest's fishing culture and economy.

IN THIS ISSUE:

I. SEND A MESSAGE TO CONGRESS TODAY!
II. RECENT MEDIA COVERAGE ON SALMON/STEELHEAD RECOVERY, AND THE FATE OF THE SNAKE RIVER DAMS
III. SALMON HIT THE ROAD: BRINGING A CAMPAIGN OF RECOVERY TO THE NATION.

I. SEND A PRO-SALMON MESSAGE TO CONGRESS TODAY!
As you may remember, late last year fishing, business and taxpayer advocates released Revenue Stream - an economic analysis that compiles existing data and demonstrates that the Pacific Northwest and the Nation can save salmon and save money (much more than a $1,000,000,000!) by removing the four costly dams on the lower Snake River. Even when you add the cost of fully replacing the dams' limited benefits with alternatives, the bottom line remains - restoring a healthy free-flowing lower Snake River will cost less money and generate greater economic benefits than continuing the current (and failing) federal salmon program in the Columbia Basin. (Remember - just three Snake River sockeye returned to Idaho in 2006!)

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	BIG RIVER GUIDE SERVICE My goal is to provide you with a safe and memorable fishing trip and to provide you an opportunity to hook the fish of your choice. I offer quality guided fishing trips on the Columbia River and popular Northwest tributaries like the Snake River, Wind River and Drano Lake fishing for Salmon, Steelhead, Sturgeon and Shad. Please contact me and we can discuss what you like to fish for and what the best times would be and we can book your next fishing adventure for a trip you will remember for the rest of your life. Scott Gregory
Mid Columbia River Guide Service featuring full-time fishing guide Elmer Hill. Specializing in Trophy species such as Walleye, Spring & Fall King Salmon, Keeper & Oversize Sturgeon, B run Steelhead and Shad in areas from Bonneville Dam and surrounding areas upstream in the Columbia River to Tri Cities Washington "Hanford Reach" Including Snake River Fishery. 30 years experience will insure you have a comfortable and safe trip. CALL TODAY 541-969-2537 OR Visit our website www.midcolumbiariver.com

WDFW FISHING RULE CHANGE
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
http://wdfw.wa.gov 
April 29, 2010
Snake River spring chinook fishery expands
Action: Expands the area open for spring/summer chinook fishing on the Snake River and increases the daily limits. Also exempts hook size restriction for sturgeon anglers.
Species affected: Spring chinook
Locations:
A) Snake River from the South Bound Highway 12 Bridge upstream about 7 miles to the fishing restriction boundary approximately 400 feet below Ice Harbor Dam;
B) From Railroad Bridge, about 0.5 miles downstream of the Tucannon River mouth, up about 9 miles to the Corps of Engineers boat launch (approximately 1 mile upstream of Little Goose Dam along the south shore). This zone includes the area between the juvenile bypass return pipe and Little Goose Dam along the south shoreline of the facility (includes the walkway area locally known as "the Wall" in front of the juvenile collection facility);
C) From Casey Creek upstream about 6 miles to the fishery restriction area below Lower Granite Dam,
D) From Blyton Landing Boat Launch along the Snake River Road in Whitman County (about 12 miles upstream of Lower Granite Dam) upstream about 19 miles to the boat dock behind the Quality Inn in Clarkston (boundary line is from the white sign for Hells Canyon Tours approximately 100 ft upstream of the boat dock that has the small green roofed shed on the south shore) across to the culvert with tanks and trailers on the north shore.
Dates: April 20, 2010 through June 30, 2010 below Ice Harbor Dam (Area A);
April 24, 2010 through June 30, 2010 for areas B, C and D.
Reason for action: The predicted 470,000 upriver spring chinook return allows for expanded fishing opportunities in the Snake River within Washington. Expectations are for nearly 200,000 hatchery chinook to return to the Snake River.
Other Information: Only adipose clipped spring chinook adults or jacks can be retained in these fisheries. The minimum size of any retained chinook is 12 inches. Jacks are less than 24 inches long. The adipose fin-clipped fish must have a healed scar at the location of the missing fin. Fishing must cease as soon as the adult chinook daily limit is retained. All chinook with the adipose fin intact, and all steelhead, must be immediately released unharmed. chinook harvest or retention is limited to 2 adults and 4 jacks per day.
EXCEPTION: the area between the juvenile bypass return pipe and Little Goose Dam along the south shoreline of the facility (includes the walkway area locally known as "the Wall" in front of the juvenile collection facility). The daily bag limit for this limited area is one jack and one adult, but an angler must cease fishing when the one adipose clipped adult is retained.
In addition: anglers fishing for all species in these areas of the Snake River during the salmon fishery; barbless hooks only, night closure in effect, and it shall be unlawful to use any hook larger than 5/8 inch (point of hook to shank) when fishing for all species except sturgeon. Anglers cannot remove any chinook or steelhead from the water unless it is retained as part of the daily bag limit. Anglers are reminded to refer to the 2009/2010 Fishing in Washington Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet (in effect through April 30, 2010), and the new 2010/2011 sport fishing rules pamphlet (in effect May 1, 2010) for other regulations, including safety closures, etc. Angler catch rates will be monitored closely and Snake River salmon fisheries may be closed prior to June 30 based on conservation needs.
Effective May 1 the new Columbia River Salmon/Steelhead Endorsement is required to fish in the Snake River.
 

Good policy comes from good information. Given this report's findings, it is high-time that Congress develop and update this information itself. Congress needs good information in order to understand the economic and scientific issues concerning salmon recovery, the four lower Snake River dams, and the costs and benefits of removing them and replacing their limited benefits.

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Please send a message today, urging your member of congress to support legislation that authorizes studies to understand these issues, as an important step toward crafting a cost-effective and science-based recovery plan that will restore healthy, fishable populations of wild salmon and steelhead in the Snake and Columbia Rivers. THANK YOU!

II. SALMON & THE SNAKE RIVER DAMS IN THE MEDIA:
There may be several reasons for the growing dialogue in the Pacific Northwest and in Congress about the fate of the 4 dams on the lower Snake River. Is it because of:
(1) Federal Failure? As money spent increases, salmon populations decrease, and people realize there must be a better way.
(2) Level Heads Prevailing? Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt and Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber recently endorsed dam removal as a win-win for the people of the Pacific Northwest and the Nation.
(3) $$$$$$$?: Revenue Stream Report finds that recovering salmon without these 4 out-dated dams can cost us less and gain us more than with the dams in place.

All good reasons, but no one can say for sure! Here are some of the recent articles and newspaper editorials to give you a flavor of what people are saying. (We are not alone in wanting Congress to DO something!)