Idaho Fish and Game will be hosting four public meetings for anglers to provide comments and opinions for spring/summer Chinook salmon fisheries. The meetings are slated for February, are free to attend, and (best of all) complimentary pizza and beverages will be provided.

Fish and Game fisheries biologists will be discussing insights from the previous years' Chinook salmon season, what this year's salmon return is projected to look like, and strategies we could use to manage this year's Chinook fisheries. As always, input from anglers is important to help ensure the Chinook salmon fisheries are managed in a manner that is most satisfying to all who participate in these amazing opportunities.

Pizza will be provided, and presentations will begin shortly after. The meeting will continue until all angler comments are collected and/or addressed. In the past, these meetings have lasted roughly two hours.

The meeting locations and dates are as follows:

RIGGINS - Feb. 17 at 5:30 p.m. MST
City of Riggins Community Center - 2nd Floor, 121 Lodge St.

LEWISTON - Feb. 18 at 5:30 p.m. PST
Idaho Fish and Game Clearwater Regional Office, 3316 16th St.

NAMPA - Feb. 18 at 5:30 p.m. MST
Idaho Fish and Game Southwest Regional Office, 15950 N Gate Blvd.

AHSAHKA - Feb. 19 at 5:30 p.m. PST
Clearwater Fish Hatchery, 118 Ahsahka Rd.

Chinook season setting proposals will be posted on Feb. 11 on Fish and Game's website. The deadline to provide comments is Feb. 22. For more information, check out Fish and Game's Chinook Fishing webpage.