Here’s some great news for fans of spring salmon fishing on the Icicle River, near Leavenworth. The season will open to fishing on Friday, May 16th through Monday, June 30th. Here are the particulars: the river is open from the closure signs located 800 feet upstream of the mouth of the river to 500 feet downstream from the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery barrier dam, and from the shoreline markers where Cyo Road intersects the Icicle River at the Sleeping Lady Resort to the Icicle Peshastin Irrigation Footbridge (approximately 750 feet upstream from the Snow Lakes trailhead parking area). Daily limit is two hatchery Chinook (adult or jack) with a minimum size 12 inches. Retention of hatchery Chinook is mandatory this year. Anglers must release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook. A night closure is in effect and motorized vessels are not allowed on the Icicle River (per Chelan County ordinance). Two-pole fishing is not allowed in this fishery. The spring Chinook run forecasted to return to the Icicle River this year is expected to exceed hatchery broodstock requirements, and fish that exceed broodstock needs at Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery are available for sport angler harvest.