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Yakima
River / Hanford Reach
Salmon Reports and
Ringold Steelhead Reports
October 22, 2009
Hanford Reach Fall Salmon Fishery
An estimated 6,555 adult fall chinook, 2,080 fall chinook jacks, 10 coho, and 114 hatchery steelhead were harvested by salmon anglers in Catch Area 535 between August 16 and October 22. An additional 159 adult chinook, 127 jacks, 10 hatchery steelhead, and 135 wild steelhead were caught and released.
An estimated 7,089 boat trips were completed for salmon in the Hanford Reach in 2009. WDFW staff interviewed anglers from 1,376 boats, 19.4% of the effort.
The October 15 return estimate for the Hanford Reach (not including hatchery returns) was 34,103 adult chinook. After harvest, the expected escapement is 27,548, roughly 1,000 chinook below the escapement goal for the Reach of 28,800. Retention of salmon was closed after October 14 after the in-season return estimate was down graded from 38,000 to 34,000 on October 10.
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