locationsFive Coastal SalmonRivers to Check OutBy Brent KnightSummer is upon us andfor many of us, that meansthat our home rivers areclosed to fishing to protectESA-listed wild Chinook.As a result, we are lookingforward to fall whenwe begin to see runs ofCoho and Chum salmonflooding into our rivers withincreasing opportunitiesto catch them. Fingerscrossed! It is anyone’s guesswhat WDFW will do andmany of us are eagerlyawaiting news concerningour seasons, emergencyclosures, and changesin general. Keeping thisin mind, let’s look at fivecoastal river systemsto check out that couldpresent great opportunities.Let’s start on the NorthernCoast and work our waySouth. For the sake of thisarticle, the focus will befrom Forks in the North toGrays Harbor in the South.There are other coastal riversystems South of GraysHarbor, but we are going tofocus on the most popularsystems.QUILLAYUTE RIVER SYSTEMThe Quillayute emptiesinto the Pacific Ocean atLa Push, Washington. TheQuillayute River is formedby the confluence of theBogachiel River, CalawahRiver , and the Sol DucRiver near the town ofForks, WA. The DickeyRiver joins the Quillayutefrom the north, just abovethe river's mouth at thePacific Ocean. Though it isworld-renowned as a winterSteelhead mecca, thissystem also receives returnsof all five species of salmon.With spring and summerChinook salmon returningin lower numbers thanexpected, the Quillayuteriver system, including theBogachiel, Calawah, Dickey,Sitkum, and Sol Duc rivers,as well as Thunder Creekclosed to all fishing on July15.
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