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We raise summer Chinook for release into the Entiat River. We reared spring Chinook from 1976 until 2007, then switched to summer Chinook. The change has given excellent results, allowing a fishery to open on the Columbia and Entiat rivers.

A man and woman pose grinning in the back of a boat, the man holding up a big salmon. Both people wear shorts and sun hats.
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Anglers near Entiat, Washington, are thrilled to catch our hatchery's big summer Chinook salmon.

Prior Year Fish Returns:

  • 2020 total number of returned salmon: 4,184
  • 2019 total number of returned salmon: 2,882
  • 2018 total number of returned salmon: 2,127
  • 2017 total number of returned salmon: 1,330
  • 2016 total number of returned salmon: 2,106

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