Finfish / Salmon
Finfish: Salmon
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
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Open
Aug 1 – Nov 30
Best
Sep–Oct
coloring
Nov
The fall run stages fat, chrome-bright fish in the bays and tidewater before spawning; they darken, soften and lose oil as they ripen upriver.
signal · ODFW run forecasts & counts; bar/tide and swell; river flow and the first fall freshets (sourced)
Plate No. 047 · Finley & Bohlman
Managed, mind the rules
Oregon's most closely managed fish: seasons, quotas, and mark-selective rules shift every year. Keep fin-clipped hatchery fish where allowed, release wild fish gently in the water, and read the current ODFW regs before every trip.
The read
The king, Oregon's essential fish. Chrome-bright and fat as it stages in the bays each fall, before it darkens and ripens upriver to spawn.
The event: The fall run pushes into tidewater on the big autumn tides and the first freshets.
What we watch: live feeds
What informs Fall Chinook Salmon in particular. The shared feeds it reads (tides, weather, water temp) are the live feeds above.
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