At current catch rates the Chinook guidelines at Neah Bay will be meet and the fishery will be closed for retention effective Sunday, July 14th. You will still be able to fish for other salmon species...
The Chinook fishing at Neah Bay has been quite good since the opener. Perhaps a little too good as WDFW is going to reduce the Chinook limit to one as of July 8th to keep the area open for a longer period of time...
Ocean salmon fisheries will start Saturday June 23rd in Marine Areas 1,3 & 4. Marine Area 2 (Westport) will open July 1st. Make sure to reed the regulations...
Last night I spoke with a couple of the commercial trollers out of Neah Bay to try and get an idea of what the sport fishermen might expect on the salmon opener...