The Idaho Fish and Game Commission during a meeting in Kellogg on Thursday adopted a recommended harvest season on fall Chinook salmon to open Sept. 1 on the Snake River between Lewiston and Hells Canyon Dam.

The season will continue seven days a week until further notice or Oct. 31, whichever comes first.

Fishery managers predict 23,075 adult hatchery origin Chinook salmon will cross Lower Granite Dam, the last of four federal dams on the lower Snake River on their way back to Idaho. Most of them are headed for the Snake River above the mouth of the Clearwater River.

The daily limit would be two fall Chinook, only one of which may be an adult and the possession limit is six of which three may be adults. An adult Chinook is 24 or more inches in total length. Anglers may keep only fish with a clipped adipose fin, evidenced by a healed scar, and they may keep 40 salmon for the year, including spring, summer and fall Chinook.

All salmon with an intact adipose fin must be released.

Anglers may use only barbless hooks no larger than five-eighths inch from the point to the shank. When the daily, possession or season limit is reached, the angler must stop fishing for salmon, including catch-and-release. It is unlawful to take or fish for salmon by snagging. Salmon caught in a legal manner must be either released or killed immediately after landing.

Anglers must have a valid Idaho fishing license and salmon permit in possession to fish for salmon. A salmon permit for the spring or summer season still is valid; for anglers who didn't keep theirs, replacement permits are available for $7.25. A permit costs $12.75.