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Nothing new — the 2025 run is done here.
It finished at 3,547 chinook on Dec 22, 2025, and none have been counted since. The chart below shows how that run went next to a typical year.
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Currently
62°
Clear · feels like 62°
Mon
Good
70°/57°
wind 7 kt · 10% rain
Tue
Good
76°/55°
wind 9 kt · 0% rain
Wed
Good
81°/54°
wind 6 kt · 0% rain
Thu
Good
66°/53°
wind 9 kt · 1% rain
Fri
Favorable
67°/53°
wind 5 kt · 13% rain
Sat
Good
66°/51°
wind 8 kt · 33% rain
Sun
Good
73°/51°
wind 6 kt · 18% rain
from mouth (City of South Bend boat launch) to WDFW access at mouth of Ward/Wilson Creeks CRC (424)
All species — Aug. 1-Jan. 31
Anti-snagging rule. Night closure. 2-Pole allowed. Single-point barbless hooks required.
from mouth (City of South Bend boat launch) to WDFW access at mouth of Ward/Wilson Creeks CRC (424)
Salmon — Aug. 1-Jan. 31
Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adults including no more than 1 wild adult coho may be retained. Release wild Chinook.
from the WDFW access site at the mouth of Ward/Wilson Creeks to the second bridge on Camp One Rd. CRC (424)
All species — Aug. 1-Nov. 30
Night closure. Single-point barbless hooks required. Stationary gear restriction. 2-Pole allowed.
from the WDFW access site at the mouth of Ward/Wilson Creeks to the second bridge on Camp One Rd. CRC (424)
Salmon — Aug. 1-Jan. 31
Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adults including no more than 1 wild adult coho may be retained. Release wild Chinook.
from the second bridge on Camp One Rd. to Hwy. 6 Bridge (approx. 2 miles below mouth of Trap Creek) CRC (424)
All species — Aug. 1-Nov. 30
Anti-snagging rule. Stationary gear restriction. Night closure. Single-point barbless hooks required.
from the second bridge on Camp One Rd. to Hwy. 6 Bridge (approx. 2 miles below mouth of Trap Creek) CRC (424)
Salmon — Aug. 1-Jan. 31
Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adults including no more than 1 wild adult coho may be retained. Release wild Chinook.
from Hwy. 6 Bridge (approx. 2 miles below mouth of Trap Creek) to Fork Creek CRC (424)
All species — Aug. 16-Nov. 30
Night closure. Anti-snagging rule. Single-point barbless hooks required. Stationary gear restriction.
from Hwy. 6 Bridge (approx. 2 miles below mouth of Trap Creek) to Fork Creek CRC (424)
Salmon — Aug. 16-Jan. 31
Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adults including no more than 1 wild adult coho may be retained. Release wild Chinook.
from Fork Creek upstream to Hwy. 6 Bridge (near the town of Lebam) CRC (424)
All species — Aug. 16-Nov. 30
Night closure. Stationary gear restriction. Anti-snagging rule. Single-point barbless hooks required.
from mouth (City of South Bend boat launch) to WDFW access at mouth of Ward/Wilson Creeks CRC (424)
▸ All species — Feb. 1-Mar. 31: Selective gear rules.
▸ All species — Aug. 1-Jan. 31: Anti-snagging rule. Night closure. 2-Pole allowed. Single-point barbless hooks required.
▸ Trout — Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Trout — Nov. 1-Mar. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
▸ Other game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Jan. 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adults including no more than 1 wild adult coho may be retained. Release wild Chinook.
from the WDFW access site at the mouth of Ward/Wilson Creeks to the second bridge on Camp One Rd. CRC (424)
▸ All species — Feb. 1-Mar. 31: Selective gear rules.
▸ — Aug. 1-Nov. 30:
There is no tide here, so the windows are first and last light — the hour either side of sunrise and sunset, when river fish move and feed. Wind, the chance of rain during the window, and how much rain fell in the previous day separate one morning from the next; the river's flow and what the hatchery is counting apply to the whole period.
Only legal hours are considered — one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset — so a turn in the middle of the night is left out entirely, and a window running past the boundary is trimmed to the part you may fish.
Times come from NOAA and Open-Meteo, counts from WDFW. The ranking is ours — it is a read on conditions, not a promise of fish, and it does not account for regulations. Check the rules for the section you are fishing before you go.
USGS publishes what the river is doing now, not what it will do — so flow is read as a condition on the whole period, and a heavy rain day can change it.
▸ All species — Dec. 1-Jan. 31: Single-point barbless hooks required. Anti-snagging rule. Night closure. 2-Pole allowed.
▸ Trout — Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Trout — Nov. 1-Mar. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
▸ Other game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Jan. 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adults including no more than 1 wild adult coho may be retained. Release wild Chinook.
from the second bridge on Camp One Rd. to Hwy. 6 Bridge (approx. 2 miles below mouth of Trap Creek) CRC (424)
▸ All species — Feb. 1-Mar. 31: Selective gear rules.
▸ All species — Aug. 1-Nov. 30: Anti-snagging rule. Stationary gear restriction. Night closure. Single-point barbless hooks required.
▸ All species — Dec. 1-Jan. 31: Night closure. Anti-snagging rule. Single-point barbless hooks required.
▸ Trout — Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Trout — Nov. 1-Mar. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
▸ Other game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Jan. 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adults including no more than 1 wild adult coho may be retained. Release wild Chinook.
from Hwy. 6 Bridge (approx. 2 miles below mouth of Trap Creek) to Fork Creek CRC (424)
▸ All species — Feb. 1-Mar. 31: Selective gear rules.
▸ All species — Aug. 16-Nov. 30: Night closure. Anti-snagging rule. Single-point barbless hooks required. Stationary gear restriction.
▸ All species — Dec. 1-Jan. 31: Night closure. Single-point barbless hooks required. Anti-snagging rule.
▸ Trout — Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Trout — Nov. 1-Mar. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
▸ Other game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 16-Jan. 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adults including no more than 1 wild adult coho may be retained. Release wild Chinook.
from Fork Creek upstream to Hwy. 6 Bridge (near the town of Lebam) CRC (424)
▸ All species — Feb. 1-Mar. 31: Selective gear rules.
▸ All species — Aug. 16-Nov. 30: Night closure. Stationary gear restriction. Anti-snagging rule. Single-point barbless hooks required.
▸ All species — Dec. 1-Jan. 31: Night closure. Anti-snagging rule. Single-point barbless hooks required.
▸ Trout — Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Trout — Nov. 1-Mar. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
▸ Other game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-Jan. 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adults including no more than 1 wild adult coho may be retained. Release wild Chinook.
from the Hwy. 6 Bridge (near the town of Lebam) upstream CRC (424)
▸ All species: Selective gear rules. Night closure.
▸ Trout — Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Other game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.