Chinook and steelhead angling are still going great guns in the Ringold area. Boat anglers retained a chinook for every 1.9 rods and caught (including released) one steelhead for every 2.75 rods.

The final full week of chinook angling on the Lower Yakima had one chinook retained for every 5.2 rods.

Hanford Reach Sport Salmonid Creel Summary
October 20-26, 2003

Anglers
Chinook
  
Steelhead
Trailer
Count
Date
Area
BTS
ANGLERS
P/HOURS
ADULTS
MARKS
JACKS
MARKS
KEPT
REL
OTHER
TIME IN
TRLS
TIME OUT
TRLS
10/20 Vernita
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
17
10/21 Vernita
6
15
71
6
0
5
0
0
0
0
11
30
16.9
13
10/22 Vernita
8
18
123.4
13
1
0
0
0
0
0
10
34
16.9
10
10/22 Ringold
14
38
264.2
27
0
1
0
6H
1H
0
11.5
17
17.3
5
10/24 Ringold
15
40
229.8
17
1
8
0
22H
9H
0
12
19
10/25 L Groves
18
44
242
10
0
1
0
3H
0
0
9.1
8
17
9
10/25 Ringold
15
38
240
20
1
3
0
17H
0
0
10.8
14
17.2
13
10/26 L Groves
19
41
237.3
7
0
1
0
6H
0
0
9.4
16
17
4
10/26 Ringold
13
33
192.9
21
0
1
0
27H
6H
0
10.9
31
16.8
6
TOTAL  
108
267
1600.6
121
3
20
0
81H
16H
0

SALMONID BANK ANGLERS
DATE
AREA
ANGLERS
CHINOOK
STHD
ANGLERS
P/HOURS
ADULTS
MARKS
JACKS
MARKS
KEPT
REL
OTHER
10/22 Ringold
21
43.2
0
0
0
0
4H
3H
0
10/24 Ringold
24
60.8
1
0
0
0
9H
23H
0
10/25 Ringold
29
104.1
0
0
0
0
6H
1W 2H
0
10/26 Ringold
27
77.3
1
0
0
0
5H
2W 4H
0
TOTAL  
101
285.4
2
0
0
0
24H
3W 32H
0

NON-SALMONID BANK ANGLERS
DATE
AREA
ANGLERS
BTS
ANGLERS
P/HOURS
KEPT
REL
10/22 Vernita
1
2
5.2
4 WF
10/25 L Groves
1
2
11.6
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OVER