Icicle River Opens for Salmon Fishing - May 13

The Icicle River will open tomorrow May 13 th for Chinook! With a prediction of about 11,000 fish returning to this piece of water we should see some excellent fishing opportunities. The stream will be open from the closure sign (800 feet upstream of the mouth to 500 feet downstream of the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery Barrier Dam. The limit will be two salmon with a minimum size of 12 inches. Night closures will be effect. Release fish with one or more round holes punched in the tail of the fish. These fish are part of a study and have been anesthetized: the FDA requires 21 day ban on the consumption of these fish.

The season will run from May 13 through July 31.

One of our customers that lives on the river was in this AM and said that the river is full of salmon at the present time.

There are many ways to account for some of these Chinook but fishing eggs or plug cut herring back bounced through the deeper holes have been some of the best methods.

The river is fairly low at the present time though it is coming up with the warmer weather due to the snow melt in the surrounding mountains.

Access to the river is limited, make sure that you know where you are fishing and not trespassing on someones private property.