Steelhead closure rocks angling economies
Last month, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission closed all steelhead fishing on the Clearwater River because of projected low returns of hatchery B-run steelhead. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game projects too few of the fish will return to meet spawning goals at Dworshak National Fish Hatchery. Steelhead fishing has also been shuttered on the Snake River downstream of the Couse Creek boat ramp in both Idaho and Washington.
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A placid Clearwater River is seen on Wednesday afternoon near Spaulding Creek.
Tribune Pete Caster
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Anglers fish along the south bank of the Clearwater River on Wednesday afternoon near the Goose Pasture Habitat Management Area east of Lewiston.
Tribune Pete Caster
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Evelyn Kaide, who's run The Guide Shop in Orofino, Idaho, for 20 years, takes time to land a spring chinook salmon on the Clearwater River. Courtesy photo
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