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The overarching goal of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Harvest Management Program is to provide treaty-reserved fishing opportunities to Tribal members, while managing fishery impacts to ESA-listed Snake River spring/summer Chinook salmon. Tribal harvest is managed according to the SBT’s Tribal Resource Management Plans for the Salmon and Grande Ronde/Imnaha river basins.
2026 Chinook Forecast
The Chinook pre-season forecast is 147,300 Chinook salmon to the Columbia River mouth.
2026 Chinook Run Update
Bonneville Dam is the first dam that Chinook Salmon pass when they leave the ocean.
Lower Granite Dam is the last dam that Chinook Salmon pass before entering Shoshone-Bannock fishing areas
Fisheries Mapping Tool
Click on any Fisheries Management Area (FMA), Campsite, or Water Flow Point for more information
To see how many Chinook adult returns have returned to a trapping location (either IDFG or SBT), click the respective FMA below.
Fisheries Management Areas shaded red are curtailed for the 2025 Season
Changes at Sawtooth Fish Hatchery
Changes at South Fork
For the last couple of years, the Chinook salmon fishery on the South Fork of the Salmon river has implemented a tribal only fishing area between the lower boundary posted at Jakie Creek Bridge and the confluence. This fishery will continue into 2025, however the lower boundary has shifted slightly to be 50 yards downstream of the Jakie Creek Bridge. Please see the images below for reference.
Tribal only fishery shown in red
Tribal only fishery shown in red
New lower boundary sign location
New lower boundary sign location
Water Clarity Images
(updated on May 27, 2025)
Mainstem Salmon River near the mouth of the East Fork Salmon River
Mainstem Salmon River near the mouth of the East Fork Salmon River
Mainstem Salmon River near the mouth of Valley Creek
Mainstem Salmon River near the mouth of Valley Creek
Camping Information
Per the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, the Secretary shall not charge any standard amenity recreation fee or expanded amenity recreation fee for Federal recreational lands and waters administered by the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, or the Bureau of Reclamation under this chapter for any person who has a right of access for hunting or fishing privileges under a specific provision of law or treaty. (16 U.S.C. § 6802. d Limitations on recreation fees (2011))
Click here to view additional fishing-associated files
(Current and upcoming curtailments, USFS maps and press releases regarding current/upcoming road closures, and a Northeast Oregon info sheet)
Fishing regulations for the 2026 Chinook salmon season are available at the Fish and Wildlife Department. Once Council approves the 2026 Guidelines, they will also be available in the F&W Department. If you have any questions, please contact the Fish & Wildlife Department at (208) 239-4551.
If you have any issues with the website, please send an email to Rebecca.Croy@sbtribes.com.
Additional Links
Hatchery Returns = https://idfg.idaho.gov/fish/chinook/returns?updated-June2020=
IDFG Sport Fisheries = https://idfg.idaho.gov/fish/chinook/rules
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