WDFW - Ringold, Hanford Reach and Yakima River Fishing Reports

For the month of November an estimated 652 steelhead were caught in the Ringold area steelhead fishery; 533 ad rv, 96 ad only, and 23 wild. The 2006 November catch is well above that of the two years prior even though angler was roughly 10-20% lower for the month. Total catch for the fishery this season is 1,105 steelhead. Only 51 wild steelhead (4.6% of the total) have been caught and released to date. WDFW staff interviewed 30% of the estimated angler effort for the month.

November 2006 Catch & Harvest
	Total		ADRV1		AD Only		Wild		Recycle2		Chinook		Effort and Sampling
	Catch	Harvest	Catch	Harvest	Catch	Harvest	Catch	Harvest	Catch	Harvest	Adult	Jack	Angler Hrs (Avg/day)	Days in Month	Angler Hours	Sampled Hours	%
Weekday Bank	292	256	252	229	35	27	6	0	20	20	4	0	96	19	1,817	559	30.8%
Weekday Boat	96	79	72	69	21	9	3	0	0	0	6	0	35	19	670	178	26.5%
Weekend Bank	167	163	130	130	33	33	4	0	15	15	7	0	151	11	1,657	537	32.4%
Weekend Boat	97	84	79	79	8	5	10	0	0	0	1	0	125	11	1,376	408	29.6%
Total	652	582	533	508	96	74	23	0	35	35	18	0			5,520	1,682	30.5%
% of Total Catch			81.8%		14.7%		3.6%
1 Includes recycled steelhead 2 Steelhead captured at Ringold Hatchery, caudal clipped and released in the Tri-cities

2006-07 Ringold Steelhead Fishery
Month	Total		ADRV1		AD Only		Wild		Recycle2		Chinook		Angler Hours	Sampled Hours	%
Month	Catch	Harvest	Catch	Harvest	Catch	Harvest	Catch	% of Tot	Catch	Harvest	Adult	Jack	Angler Hours	Sampled Hours	%
October	453	325	339	319	86	6	27	6.0%	0	0	874	64	24,867	6,362	25.6%
November	652	582	533	508	96	74	23	3.6%	35	35	18	0	5,520	1,682	30.5%
Total	1,105	907	873	827	182	79	51	4.6%	35	35	893	64	30,387	8,044	26.5%

Month	Total		ADRV1		AD Only		Wild		Recycle 2		Chinook		Angler Hours	Sampled Hours	%
Month	Catch	Harvest	Catch	Harvest	Catch	Harvest	Catch	% of Tot	Catch	Harvest	Adult	Jack	Angler Hours	Sampled Hours	%
November 2006	652	582	533	508	96	74	23	3.6%	35	35	18	0	5,520	1,682	30.5%
November 2005	251	236	216	211	25	25	10	4.1%	1	1	45	1	3,843	1,831	47.7%
November 2004	488	415	445	396	28	19	15	3.2%			49	4	6,535	2,112	32.3%
November 2003	1,558	994	1,411	987	84	8	63	4.1%					8,251	2,087	25.3%

2005 Catch & Harvest
Month	Total		ADRV1		AD Only		Wild		Recycle 2		Chinook		Angler Hours	Sampled Hours	%
Month	Catch	Harvest	Catch	Harvest	Catch	Harvest	Catch	% of Tot	Catch	Harvest	Adult	Jack	Angler Hours	Sampled Hours	%
October	436	347	351	343	51	4	34	7.8%	0	0	1,403	61	24,867	6,362	25.6%
November	251	236	216	211	25	25	10	4.1%	1	1	45	1	3,843	1,831	47.7%
December	96	53	54	45	11	8	31	32.8%	0	0	0	0	1,052	514	48.9%
January	54	50	39	37	13	13	2	3.8%	0	0	0	0	748	309	41.4%
February	91	53	57	29	31	24	3	3.3%	7	4	0	0	1,043	310	29.8%
March	446	216	370	154	72	61	4	0.9%	0	0	0	0	2,804	565	20.1%
April	153	114	153	114	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0	792	41	5.2%
Total	1,527	1,069	1,240	933	203	135	84	5.5%	8	5	1,448	62	35,148	9,933	28.3%

2004 Catch & Harvest
Month	Total		ADRV		AD		Wild		Chinook		Effort
Month	Catch	Harvest	Catch	Harvest	Catch	Harvest	Catch	%	Adult	Jack	Angler Hours	Sampled Hours	% of Total
October	1,143	990	1,012	922	92	68	40	3.5%	1,090	141	28,202	8,628	30.6%
November	488	415	445	396	28	19	15	3.2%	49	4	6,535	2,112	32.3%
December	174	156	157	148	7	7	10	5.9%	0	0	2,644	809	30.6%
January	60	19	48	19	4	0	9	14.6%	0	0	722	238	33.0%
February	112	79	89	64	15	15	8	7.2%	0	0	954	354	37.1%
March	240	111	203	96	27	14	11	4.4%	0	0	1,493	627	30.1%
April	130	55	103	45	25	10	2	1.8%	0	0	810	244	31.5%
Total	2,349	1,824	2,056	1,691	198	133	95	4.0%	1,139	145	41,359	13,011	31.5%

2003 Catch & Harvest
Month	Total		ADRV		AD		Wild		Effort
Month	Catch	Harvest	Catch	Harvest	Catch	Harvest	Catch	%	Angler Hours	Sampled Hours	% of Total
October	1,364	830	1,167	813	124	17	73	5.4%	26,869	7,918	29.5%
November	1,558	994	1,411	987	84	8	63	4.1%	8,251	2,087	25.3%
December	191	121	169	118	10	3	12	6.3%	2,224	1,147	51.5%
January	124	73	115	67	9	6	0	0.0%	1,090	284	26.0%
February	343	273	336	268	7	5	0	0.0%	2,358	563	23.9%
March	606	359	575	335	31	24	0	0.0%	3,260	777	23.8%
April	81	48	71	40	10	7	0	0.0%	1,018	277	27.2%
Total	4,269	2,698	3,845	2,628	275	70	148	3.5%	45,070	13,051	29.0%