snake river

Salmon so thick “You could hear them coming”

by JD on October 10, 2010

Salmon Film Teaser from Epicocity Project on Vimeo.

Filmmakers at the Epicocity Project are currently working to finalize a short documentary chronicling the epic migration of Snake River salmon – from the rugged coastline of Alaska to Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountain Range. Here’s the trailer…

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Snake River to open for Kings Sept. 1!!!

by JD on August 22, 2010

It's been a long time since you could fish kings here! (photo: www.idahobyways.gov)


For the first time in recent history, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will open the upper Snake River for fall chinook salmon harvest on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010!

The chinook fishery will open to sport fishing seven days a week concurrent with the annual Hell’s Canyon steelhead fishery. The river will be open from the Oregon/ Washington border to the deadline below Hells Canyon Dam and will remain open until Oct. 31, or until a closure is announced.

The daily bag limit is two adipose fin-clipped fall chinook salmon per day, only one of which can be an adult salmon longer than 24 inches. Only barbless hooks may be used. Anglers are reminded to consult the 2010 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations for other applicable regulations. [click to continue…]

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An Old School look at the Snake River

by JD on February 4, 2010

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540


Long before the big dams and water diversions and endless tract homes and strip malls, the West was a whole different world. Here’s what Shoshone Falls on the Snake River looked like back in 1874, as seen through the lens of photographer Timothy H. O’Sullivan, who got his start as an apprentice to famed Civil War photographer Matthew Brady. Think the dude on the cliff on the right is looking for fish?

This shot is just one in a series you can check out at the Library of Congress

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Snake River Salmon Counts Up!

by JD on January 25, 2010

A good sign: A freshly-used salmon redd

Finally, some good salmon news coming out of the West…recent aerial surveys of the Snake River below Hells Canyon have counted a record number of Chinook salmon redds — yet another indication that U.S. District Judge James Redden made the right call 5 years ago when he ordered more water to be spilled over the four Snake River dams and McNary Dam on the Columbia River to increase salmon survival.

See more at NW Fishletter

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