Fisheries managers have announced that the popular spring Chinook fishery on the Deschutes River will not open in 2017.  The spring Chinook fishery on the Deschutes is closed under permanent rule but opens in years with strong forecasted returns.  Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife district fish biologist Rod French says managers are predicting a very poor return of both hatchery and wild fish this season, so the closure will be in place in order to ensure that the hatchery is able to collect enough brood stock to meet production goals.  Things look somewhat better on the Hood River, where a modest hatchery spring Chinook fishery will open from April 15 to June 30 from the mouth to the mainstem confluence with the East Fork, and the West Fork from the confluence with the mainstem upstream to the angling deadline 200 feet downstream of Punchbowl Falls.  The weak returns on the Deschutes and Hood rivers are following the same trends that are predicted for rivers throughout the Columbia Basin.  French did say managers are predicting a strong return of fall Chinook to the Deschutes when the river reopens to Chinook fishing on August 1.