This time next week there will be a lot of fresh salmon dinners being served in the Wenatchee Valley. The Upper Columbia summer-run salmon season is open and the Icicle and Entiat rivers are still open to spring salmon fishing. The leading edge of a very large run of summer-run kings is just starting to show up in the upper reaches of the Columbia River and the numbers of fish and catch rates will climb over the next several weeks. Conditions for fishing for spring salmon on the Icicle and Entiat rivers are the best of the season. The early projection for summer-runs returning to the Columbia River was 52,000 compared to 37,000 last year. There are over 45,000 kings that have passed over Bonneville Dam already, and the projections may be increased. Even more impressive are the numbers of sockeye salmon coming up the Columbia. As many as 14,000 have passed over Bonneville Dam in one day this year, and it is very likely we will see a season on Lake Wenatchee in August. This is going to be a dandy for salmon anglers on the Upper Columbia. Sharpen your hooks, tune up the boat and get after ‘em!