Marine Area 10 - Salmon Reports

With the C & R fishery going on in Marine Area 10 in most of the area (make sure you know the closure areas)for Chinook salmon, we have been receiving some fairly good reports in the Apple Tree and Jefferson Head portions of the area. There have been some decent Chinook being hooked and released. Most of the fish that we are hearing of have been in the mid teens to mid twenties. There are a number of smaller Chinook feeders (Blackmouth) being caught and released also. Remember that resident silvers are fair game during this fishery as of July 1, most of them are smaller fish in the 18 - 22 inch range though there have been a few in the 4 - 5 pound range, which are darn nice resident coho for this time of the year. This area will open for hatchery Chinook retention on July 16.