Ringold Area Steelhead
Fishery
January 30,
2005
The Ringold steelhead fishery opened October 1. Angler activity continued to decline in January. Angler activity (pole hours), catch, and harvest were down compared to last year. The estimated catch for January was 63 steelhead (21 harvested). For January, 79% of the catch were Ringold origin steelhead (adipose + right vent clipped). An estimated 9 wild steelhead were caught and released. Recycled steelhead (fish transported from the Ringold Rearing Facility and released in the Columbia River in the Tri-cities) comprised 24% of the steelhead harvest in January. WDFW staff sampled 32% of the total effort.
Overall this season, 1,873 steelhead have been caught, 1,586 harvested, and 75 wild steelhead have been caught and released (4% of the catch).
Ringold
Steelhead Fishery |
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| Month
(2004-05) |
Total |
ADRV1 |
AD
Only |
Wild |
Recycle
2 |
Chinook |
Angler |
Sampled
|
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| Catch |
Harvest |
Catch |
Harvest |
Catch |
Harvest |
Catch |
%
of Tot |
Catch |
Harvest |
Adult |
Jack |
Hours |
Hours |
% |
|
| October | 1,143 |
990 |
1,012 |
922 |
92 |
68 |
40 |
3.5% |
117 |
115 |
1,090 |
141 |
28,202 |
8,628 |
30.6% |
| November | 493 |
419 |
449 |
400 |
28 |
18 |
16 |
3.2% |
112 |
108 |
50 |
4 |
6,577 |
2,113 |
32.1% |
| December | 174 |
156 |
157 |
148 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
5.9% |
25 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
2,644 |
809 |
30.6% |
| January | 63 |
21 |
50 |
21 |
4 |
0 |
9 |
14.3% |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
750 |
238 |
31.7% |
| Total | 1,873 |
1,586 |
1,668 |
1,491 |
131 |
93 |
75 |
4.0% |
259 |
253 |
1,140 |
145 |
38,173 |
11,788 |
30.9% |
| Month (2003-04) |
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| October | 1,364 |
830 |
1,167 |
813 |
124 |
17 |
73 |
5.4% |
0 |
0 |
NA |
26,869 |
7,918 |
29.5% |
|
| November | 1,558 |
995 |
1,411 |
987 |
84 |
8 |
63 |
4.1% |
10 |
10 |
NA |
8,251 |
2,087 |
25.3% |
|
| December | 191 |
121 |
169 |
118 |
10 |
3 |
12 |
6.3% |
27 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
2,224 |
1,147 |
51.5% |
| January | 124 |
73 |
115 |
67 |
9 |
6 |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1,090 |
284 |
26.1% |
| Total | 3,237 |
2,019 |
2,862 |
1,985 |
227 |
34 |
148 |
4.6% |
37 |
29 |
0 |
0 |
38,434 |
11,436 |
29.8% |
Ringold
Steelhead Fishery |
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| Catch
& Harvest |
Effort
and Sampling |
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| January 2005 | Total |
ADRV1 |
AD
Only |
Wild |
Recycle
2 |
Chinook |
Angler
Hrs
(Avg/day) |
Days
in
Month |
Angler
Hours |
Sampled
|
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| Catch |
Harvest |
Catch |
Harvest |
Catch |
Harvest |
Catch |
Harvest |
Catch |
Harvest |
Adult |
Jack |
Hours |
% |
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| Weekday Bank | 22 |
13 |
22 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
20 |
179 |
51 |
28.5% |
| Weekday Boat | 25 |
6 |
18 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
20 |
271 |
56 |
20.7% |
| Weekend Bank | 10 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
11 |
138 |
63 |
45.7% |
| Weekend Boat | 6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
11 |
162 |
68 |
42.0% |
| Total | 63 |
21 |
50 |
21 |
4 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
750 |
238 |
31.7% |
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| % of Total Catch | 79.4% |
6.3% |
14.3% |
7.9% |
23.8% |
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| 1)
Includes recycled steelhead |
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