Since we are talking about chinook and the Wind river was mentioned i have some info from one of the guys at the carson hatchery..

1/3 i believe it was of the returning adults ( to the hatchery) had fishing gear in them by that i mean hooks and corkies in their sides, tails etc. One poor female had 3 rigs in her side. Now i have nothing against the boat fishery in the mouth of the river but the bank fishery in the wind river canyon is a complete sham. it's a wdfw created and maintained snag fishery. A friend of mine is a retired fish cop and he calls it a blood bath.. i see no redeeming value in this fishery and think it shoule be closed. it's not the snagging actions of a few, like the north lewis coho run the vast majority of the people are snagging...