Columbia Springer Season Closing Monday

I saw they announced the closing of Spring Chinook on the Mainstem Columbia below Bonneville dam starting Monday.  Does anybody know if that affects the Willie and Mult. Channel or is that still open?  I don't think it's closing but those damn announcements are hard to interpret.

Looks like Drano's still an option for now.

Multnomah Channel is considered part of the Willamette.  It will get a lot more crowded if the Columbia closes.

Pasted from another site:

From OregonLive:

"Spring chinook anglers on the Columbia River have used up their share of the projected 2008 run, two weeks short of the date managers had hoped to let them fish.

Oregon and Washington biologists decided Wednesday to close the Columbia River to salmon fishing Sunday evening below Bonneville Dam.

The river will remain open above the dam. The Willamette River and Multnomah Channel also remain open seven days a week.
Biologists estimate anglers will have caught more than 22,000 hatchery salmon by Sunday night. The run is predicted to be nearly 270,000 fish. Torrid catches were paced last week by days in which boats average two fish each during some periods.
Commercial gill-netters haven't yet caught their quota and will probably get at least one more chance Tuesday."

Lovely, just after I start to figure all this out, here come the drunk, stinky boats 

Yep, expect the 2000+ boats now on the Columbia to be heading down to the Willy starting next week.  I also imagine Drano will start packing in more than the 40 boats we saw last weekend.

Brian

Looks like this will be the last weekend of chill fishing in those areas. Make sure you get out there if you like uncrowded conditions. And I can't imagine Drano w/ more boats... ouch.

Z

Looks like this will be the last weekend of chill fishing in those areas. Make sure you get out there if you like uncrowded conditions. And I can't imagine Drano w/ more boats... ouch.

Z

no kiddin,, in my mind, i'm seein it so packed you can walk the length and breadth of drano without gettin your feet wet by going boat to boat...