the whole lake is closed to the retention of all salmon. only trout and dollys can be kept. as for the upper river, the spring chinook run isn't that big, i do the surveys for them in sept. and also do the queets river. we get flown in 21 miles past sams river and float 3 sections with three crews. the upper part of the lake is closed because that is where a majority of the sockeye go when they enter the lake.