• The Yakima salmon fishery ended on October 22.
  • Roughly 727 adult chinook, 16 jacks, and 7 coho were harvested during the 2005 fishery.
  • An estimated 117 steelhead were caught and released this season.
  • Effort and catch declined compared to the 2004 fishery.
  • Final estimates will be completed and available by January 2006.
2005 Yakima FALL Sport Salmonid Creel Summary
October 17 - 22
Season
Harvest
Catch & Released
Sampled
Week
Chinook
Coho
Steelhead
Anglers
Hours
Effort
Adult
Jacks
Adult
Jacks
Sept 1 - 4
0
0
0
0
0
10
26
198
Sept 5 - 11
0
0
0
0
0
37
106
484
Sept 12 - 18
18
0
0
0
0
72
167
1,124
Sept 19 - 25
23
11
0
0
11
140
362
1,733
Sept 26 - Oct 2
42
5
7
0
7
172
394
2,570
Oct 3 - 9
289
5
0
0
72
382
812
3,393
Oct 10 - 16
238
0
0
0
27
300
614
3,680
Oct 17 - 22
126
0
0
0
0
134
298
2,013
Season
727
16
7
0
117
1,247
2,778
15,195

Section
Weekday Sampled
Weekend Sampled
Creel
Anglers
Hours
Chinook
Jacks
Coho
 Jacks
Steelhead
Effort
Anglers
Hours
Chinook
Jacks
Coho
 Jacks
Steelhead
Effort
Lower (Mouth to Horn Rapids)
25
29.3
3
0
0
0
0
322
14
37.0
0
0
0
0
0
237
Middle (Benton City to Prosser)
51
119.9
9
0
0
0
0
826
44
111.3
6
0
0
0
0
628
Upper (Granger to Parker)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
76
149
12
0
0
0
0
1,147
58
148
6
0
0
0
0
866
Harvest
Chinook
Jacks
Coho
Jacks
Steelhead
Chinook
Jacks
Coho
Jacks
Steelhead
Lower (Mouth to Horn Rapids)
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Middle (Benton City to Prosser)
62
0
0
0
0
34
0
0
0
0
Upper (Granger to Parker)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total (Weekly)
92
0
0
0
0
34
0
0
0
0
Season Total
110
   
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