The Yakima River salmon sport fishery end on Oct 22. An estimated 66 chinook (47 adult, 19 jacks) were harvested the final week. Anglers averaged 38 hours per chinook. A total of 486 adult chinook and 27 jacks were caught this season. Total angler effort was similar to 2005 but catch was considerably lower. Final harvest estimates will be included in the WDFW annual report.

2006 Yakima FALL Sport Salmonid Creel Summary
October 16 - 22
Season
Harvest
Catch & Released
Sampled
Week
Chinook
Coho
Steelhead
Anglers
Hours
Effort
Adult
Jacks
Adult
Jacks
Sept 1 - 3
0
0
0
0
0
18
55
224
Sept 4 - 10
16
0
0
0
6
95
212
2,094
Sept 11 - 17
84
0
0
0
0
192
458
2,057
Sept 18 - 24
84
0
0
0
0
161
349
2,958
Sept 25 - Oct 1
103
0
0
0
0
240
679
3,171
Oct 2 - 8
87
0
0
0
0
136
292
1,957
Oct 9 - 15
65
8
0
0
0
185
386
1,706
Oct 16 - 22
47
19
0
0
0
155
302
1,971
Season
486
27
0
0
6
1,182
2,734
16,139

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)
33
36.9
0
2
0
0
0
530
15
22.7
1
0
0
0
0
125
Middle (Benton City to Prosser)
33
71.6
3
0
0
0
0
545
74
171.2
2
0
0
0
0
478
Upper (Granger to Parker)
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
185
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
108
Total
66
108.5
3
2
0
0
1,260
89
193.9
3
0
0
0
711
Harvest
Chinook
Jacks
Coho
Jacks
Steelhead
Chinook
Jacks
Coho
Jacks
Steelhead
Lower (Mouth to Horn Rapids)
0
19
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
Middle (Benton City to Prosser)
23
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
Upper (Granger to Parker)
5
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
Total (Weekly)
28
19
0
0
0
19
0
0
0
0
Season Total
338
27
0
0
6
148
0
0
0
0