• Catch and harvest is far below that of the past two years.
  • Not unexpected as last year's RSRF smolt release was far below typical and 75% of these steelhead return as 1-ocean fish.
  • 436 steelhead caught, 347 harvested.
  • Only 34 wild fish caught and released.
  • Preliminary summary of the Hanford Reach fall chinook fishery puts the harvest at 7,501 adults, 431 jacks, and 5 coho.
  • A total of 177 steelhead (53 hatchery, 54 wild, and 70 unknown) were caught and released during this fishery.
2005 Hanford Reach Fall Chinook Fishery
Chinook
Steelhead
Day
Estimated
Total boats
Number of Boats Sampled
Sampled
(%)
Sampled
Estimated Harvest
Reported Released
Estimated
Catch & Release
Adults
Jacks
Adults
Jacks
Hatchery
Wild
Unknown
Hatchery
Wild
Unknown
Aug 15 - 21
No Data
Aug 22 - 28
No Data
Aug 29 - Sept 4
No Data
Sept 5 - 11
310
36
11.6%
17
1
146
9
3
1
4
26
9
34
Sept 12 - 18
856
136
15.9%
87
15
547
94
0
2
2
0
13
13
Sept 19 - 25
1,317
178
13.5%
192
6
1,420
44
2
2
2
15
15
15
Sept 26 - Oct 2
1,409
346
24.6%
331
14
1,348
57
0
1
1
0
4
4
Oct 3 - 9
1,502
363
24.2%
451
26
1,866
108
3
2
0
12
8
0
Oct 10 - 16
1,077
388
36.0%
401
17
1,113
47
0
2
0
0
6
0
Oct 17 - 23
638
140
22.0%
187
12
852
55
0
0
1
0
0
5
Oct 24 - 30
145
32
22.1%
29
1
131
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
Boat Total
7,253
1,619
22.32%
1,695
92
7,424
418
8
10
10
53
54
70
Bank (Sept)
No Data
Bank (Oct)
77
13
Grand Total
7,501
431
53
54
70