A preliminary harvest estimate for the Hanford Reach fall chinook fishery. Numbers will be confirmed later this month.

Fall chinook

  • Adult - 4,766 caught, 4,614 retained
  • Jack - 2,106 caught, 1,855 retained

Incidental Catch & Release

  • Steelhead: 206
  • Hatchery, 297
  • Wild, 47
  • Unknown = 550 Total

Coho

  • Adult - 19 caught, 19 retained
  • Jack - 0

White Sturgeon:

  • 140 Sublegal
  • 11 Legal
  • 83 Oversize,
  • 10 Unknown = 244 Total

There appears to be more steelhead and sturgeon in the fishery this year than in the past few years. We are seeing an increase in the number of wild and adipose only steelhead in the Ringold steelhead fishery as well.

2007 Hanford Reach Fall Chinook Fishery
Salmon Catch & Harvest
Incidental Catch & Release
White Sturgeon*
Fall Chinook
Coho
Steelhead
Sub Legal
Legal
Oversize
Unknown
Total
Adult
Jack
Adult
140
11
83
10
244
Catch
Harvest
Catch
Harvest
Catch
Harvest
Hatch
Wild
Unknown
Total
* Incidental catch & release while targeting salmon
Sturgeon caught/kept/released by anglers targeting on sturgeon are listed in a separate report
4,766 4,614 2,106 1,855 19 19 206 297 47 550
Ringold Area Fishery (Aug 16-Nov 10)
Chinook Released
Steelhead
White Sturgeon
Pole Hours
Sample
Rate
Sampled
Harvest (exp)
Coho
Released
Released (exp)
Observed Catch
Catch
(Expanded)
Sampled
Expanded
Sampled
Total
Adults
Jacks
Adults
Jacks
Adult
Total
Adults
Jacks
Adults
Jacks
Hatch
Wild
Unk
Hatch
Wild
Unk
SubLegal
Legal
Oversize
Unknown
SubLegal
Legal
Oversize
Unknown
Bank (Aug)
16
440
3.7%
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
42
28
Bank (Sept)
292
1,150
25.4%
0
4
0
18
0
0
18
12
0
92
89
Bank (Oct)
1,723
3,898
44.2%
1
39
2
92
2
4
1
2
Bank (Nov)
1,043
3,449
30.2%
5
4
13
12
0
0
2
2
7
7
Boat (Nov)
943
2,664
34.3%
8
2
16
4
0
0
1
3
Grand Total
1,274
529
4,614
1,855
6
19
41
70
152
251
34
59
10
206
297
47
30
3
24
3
140
11
83
10