Washington Department of Fish and WildlifeWDFW Region 6 - Coastal Washington

Winter Steelhead Creel Survey - Quillayute System - 2002/03
[ Bogachiel/Quillayute River ] [ Calawah River ] [ Sol Duc River ] [ Hoh River ] [ Elwha River ] [ Lyre River ]

This is the final steelhead angler checks for the season.

I would like to thank WDFW Scientific Technicians, Tom Mathews and Ron Darrow, for doing an excellent job of summarizing and submitting the angler interview information so it could be posted on the WDFW web page. They did an outstanding job and I greatly appreciated it. I would also like to thank the anglers for their cooperation during the season

Bogachiel/Quillayute River
Date Anglers
Interviewed		 Wild Steelhead Hatchery Steelhead Notes
Kept Released Kept Released
Dec. 2 - 5 29
0
0
32
0
Dec. 6 - 8
86
1
3
32
3
Plus 1 cutthhroat released
Dec. 9 - 12
29
0
0
15
8
  
Dec. 13 - 15
30
1
0
2
0
Plus 1 cutthroat released
Dec. 16 - 19
141
5
0
36
0
  
Dec. 20 - 22
200
2
2
55
2
  
Dec. 23 - 26
51
2
0
9
0
River out Dec. 25, 26
Dec. 27 - 29
164
11
0
17
1
I wild "jack" steelhead released
Dec. 30 - Jan. 2
15
0
0
4
0
River out Jan. 1 and 2
Jan. 3 - 5
42
6
0
2
1
  
Jan. 6 - 9
50
5
0
4
1
  
Jan. 10 - 12
84
7
0
4
0
  
Jan. 13 - 16
17
1
1
0
0
  
Jan. 17- 19
49
2
0
3
1
Plus1 cutthroat released
Jan. 20 - 23 12 2 2 1 0
Rivers out by 1400 hours on Jan. 22
Jan. 24 - 26
28 9 0 0 0
Rivers out on Jan. 26
Jan. 27 -30
30 9 0 0 0
Jan. 31 - Feb. 2
102 22 1 4 4
Plus 2 hatchery steelhead "jacks" kept
Feb. 3 - 6
71 16 2 2 15
Plus 4 hatchery steelhead "jacks" kept and 4 hatchery "jacks" released
Feb. 7 - 9
 103 21 8 9 2
Plus 4 hatchery steelhead "jacks" kept
Feb. 10 - 13
 27 6 6 0 0  
Feb. 14 - 16
90 16 13 4 4
Plus 5 hatchery steelhead "jacks" kept, 1 wild steelhead jack released
and 1 wild steelhead jack kept
Feb. 17 - 20
14 7 3 0 0
Feb. 21 - 23 98 32 8 3 5
Plus 3 unknown origin steelhead jacks released, 1 wild steelhead jack kept,
1 wild steelhead jack released, and 1 cutthroat released
Feb. 24 - 27
 33 3 4 1 1
Plus 4 unknown origin steelhead released, 1 wild steelhead jack released,
1 hatchery steelhead jack kept
Feb. 28 - Mar. 2
 73 22 20 1 4
Plus 4 hatchery steelhead "jacks" kept and 6 hatchery jacks released
Mar. 3 - 6 37 5 10 3 3
Plus 1 hatchery steelhead "jack" kept and 2 hatchery steelhead "jacks" released
Mar. 7 - 9
94 28 15 1 0
Plus 2 hatchery and 5 wild steelhead "jacks" kept;
1 hatchery and 2 wild jacks released; 1 cutthroat released
Mar. 10 - 13
5 0 0 0 0
River out on March 12, 13
Mar. 14 - 16
17 3 2 0 0
River out March 14, 15. Bank fishing only on March 16
Mar. 17 - 20
25 2 1
0 0  
Mar. 21 - 23
9 0 0 0 0
River out March 22 and 23
Mar. 24 - 27
47 12 4 1 0
Plus 1 jack steelhead
Mar. 28 - 30
 110 45 71 1 0
Hatchery fish kept was a summer steelhead
END OF SEASON FOR INTERVIEWING ANGLERS
Calawah River
Date
Anglers
Interviewed
Wild Steelhead
Hatchery Steelhead
Notes
Kept
Released
Kept
Released
Dec. 2 - 5
9
0
0
2
0
  
Dec. 6 - 8
7
0
0
2
0
  
Dec. 9 - 12
8
0
0
7
0
  
Dec. 13 - 15
7
0
0
1
0
  
Dec. 16 - 19
45
0
1
10
1
  
Dec. 20 - 22
40
1
0
12
0
  
Dec. 23 - 26
8
2
0
2
0
River out Dec. 25, 26
Dec. 27 - 29
62
0
0
3
0
  
Dec. 30 - Jan. 2
12
0
0
0
1
River out Jan. 1 and 2
Jan. 3 - 5
0
0
0
0
0
  
Jan. 6 -9
23
1
1
0
0
  
Jan. 10 - 12
3
0
0
0
0
  
Jan. 13 - 16
4
0
0
1
0
  
Jan. 17 - 19
No creel checks-no angler effort
Jan. 20 -23
2
1
1
2
0
River out by 1400 hours on Jan. 22
Jan. 24 - 26
2 0 0 0 0
River out on Jan. 26
Jan. 27 - 30
8 4 6 0 0
Jan. 31 - Feb. 2
 8 4 0 0 0
Plus 1 wild steelhead "jack" kept
Feb. 3 - 6
14 4 3 1 0
Plus 1 hatchery steelhead "jack" released
Feb. 7 - 9
6 1 0 0 0
Feb. 10 - 13
0
No creel checks - no angler effort
Feb. 14 - 16
 0
No creel checks
Feb. 17 - 20
 3 0 3 0 0
Feb. 21 - 23
11 2 12 0 0
Feb. 24 - 27
 7 2 1 0 0
Feb. 28 - Mar. 2 5 0 5 1 0
Mar. 3 - 6
2 1 2 0 0
Mar. 7 - 9
10 5 4 0 0
Mar. 10 - 13
 6 1 3 0 0
1 CT released. River out March 12, 13
Mar. 14 -16
0 0 0 0 0
River out. No creel checks-no angler effort
Mar. 17 - 20
12 1 15 0 0
Plus 1 jack released
Mar. 21 - 23
0 0 0 0 0
River out March 22 and 23
Mar. 24 - 27
17 5 11 0 0  
Mar. 28 to Mar. 30
17 2 25 0 0
Plus 1 hatchery steelhead jack kept.
END OF SEASON FOR INTERVIEWING ANGLERS
Sol Duc River
Date
Anglers
Interviewed
Wild Steelhead
Hatchery Steelhead
Notes
Kept
Released
Kept
Released
Dec. 2 - 5
0
No creel checks - no angler effort
Dec. 6 - 8
0
No creel checks - no angler effort
Dec. 9 - 12
0
No creel checks - no angler effort
Dec. 13 - 15
0
No creel checks - no angler effort
Dec. 16 - 19
1
0
0
0
0
  
Dec. 20 - 22
7
0
0
0
0
  
Dec. 23 - 26
7
0
0
1
0
River out Dec. 25, 26
Dec. 27 - 29
12
1
0
1
0
  
Dec. 30 - Jan. 2
0
0
0
0
0
River out Jan. 1 and 2
Jan. 3 - 5
9
0
0
1
0
  
Jan. 6 -9
30
1
2
2
0
  
Jan. 10- 12
139
22
0
13
0
Plus 1 hatchery "jack" kept
Jan. 13 -16
19
4
1
0
0
1 cutthroat released
Jan. 17 - 19
26
1
1
1
1
Jan. 20 - 23
25 5 0 1 0
1 hatchery "jack" kept and 1 cutthroat released
River out by 1700 hours on Jan. 22
Jan. 24 - 26
33 7 0 1 0
Plus 2 unknown origin steelhead released.
River out on Jan. 26.
Jan. 27 - 30
43 13 0 0 2
Plus 3 unknown origin steelhead released.
Jan. 31 - Feb. 2
 37 5 0 1 0
Feb. 3 - 6
83 22 26 2 0
Feb. 7 - 9
56 17 7 3 4
Plus 1 hatchery steelhead "jack" kept and 1 wild steelhead "jack" kept
Feb. 10 - 13
 19 8 9 0 0
Plus 1 wild steelhead "jack" released
Feb. 14 -16
102 23 14 3 1
Plus 1 hatchery steelhead "jack" kept and 1 wild steelhead "jack" kept
Feb. 17 - 20
63 13 9 1 0
Plus 2 unknown origin steelhead released.
Feb. 21 - 23
97 14 23 1 0
Feb. 24 - 27 16 2 5 1 0
Plus 1 unknown origin steelhead released.
Feb. 28 to Mar. 2 21 9 3 1 0
Plus 2 wild steelhead "jacks" kept
Mar. 3 - 6
23 3 18 1 1  
Mar. 7 -. 9
43 19 12 2 1
Plus 1 hatchery chinook kept
Mar. 10 - 13
42 12 18 0 0
River out March 12, 13
Mar. 14 - 16
6 0 0 0 0
River out March 14, 15. Bank fishing only on March 16
Mar. 17 - 20
81 16 33 0 0  
Mar. 21 - 23
16 1 6 0 0
Plus 1 cutthroat released. River out March 22 and 23
Mar. 24 - 27
43 11 44 1 0
Plus 1 jack steelhead
Mar. 28 -. 30 92 28 50 1 0
Plus 1 wild jack steelhead kept and 3 wild jack steelhead released.
Adult hatchery steelhead was a summer steelhead.
END OF SEASON FOR INTERVIEWING ANGLERS
Hoh River
Date
Anglers
Interviewed
Wild Steelhead
Hatchery Steelhead
Notes
Kept
Released
Kept
Released
Jan. 13 -16
21
1
1
4
0
bank anglers did not catch any fish
at the time they were interviewed.
Jan. 17 - 19
139
7
1
12
6
 Plus 1 cutthroat and 2 unknown origin steelhead released
February 5
13
0
10
1
0
Plus 4 unknown origin steelhead released
Feb. 14 -16
21
8
0
0
0
Feb. 27
26
3
2
1
5
Plus 1 spring chinook jack and 1 char released
Mar. 3 - 6
16
2
5
0
2
  
END OF SEASON FOR INTERVIEWING ANGLERS
Elwha River
Date
Anglers
Interviewed
Wild Steelhead
Hatchery Steelhead
Notes
Kept
Released
Kept
Released
No creel checks
Lyre River
Date
Anglers
Interviewed
Wild Steelhead
Hatchery Steelhead
Notes
Kept
Released
Kept
Released
No creel checks

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