Washington Department of Fish and WildlifeWDFW Region 6 - Coastal Washington

Winter Steelhead Creel Survey - Quillayute System - 2003/04
[ Bogachiel/Quillayute River ] [ Calawah River ] [ Sol Duc River ] [ Lower Hoh River ] [ Upper Hoh River ] [ Elwha River ] [ Lyre River ]

April 19, 2004

The creel check reporting periods will be Monday through Thursday and Friday through Sunday.
FYI, the WDFW creel checkers work 3 random weekdays plus Saturdays and Sundays.

The last creel check for the Quillayute system was March 31, 2004.
The last creel check for the Hoh River system was April 15, 2004.

Bogachiel/Quillayute River
Date Anglers
Interviewed		 Wild Steelhead Hatchery Steelhead Notes
Kept Released Kept Released
Dec. 1 to Dec. 4
110
0
0
115
60
Dec. 5 to Dec. 7
34
1
0
20
0
 River out on 12/5 and 12/6
Dec. 8 to Dec. 11
114
0
1
117
38
Dec. 12 to Dec. 14
167
2
2
77
10
Dec. 15 to Dec. 18
95
1
0
75
13
Dec. 19 to Dec. 21
253
3
4
179
10
Dec. 22 to Dec. 25
58
1
1
56
7
 Checked on Dec. 23 only
Dec. 26 to Dec. 28
271
2
1
95
20
 Hazardous (icy) road conditions
Dec. 29 to Jan. 1
61
0
0
20
7
 Checked on Dec. 30 only
Jan. 2 to Jan. 4
156
5
1
121
8
 Plus 1 wild jack kept. Hazardous (icy) road conditions
Jan. 5 to Jan. 8
27
2
0
15
2
Jan. 9 to Jan. 11
92
25
0
47
0
 Plus 1 wild jack kept.
Jan. 12 to Jan. 15
46
4
0
33
0
 Plus 1 hatchery jack and 2 unknown origin steelhead kept.
Jan. 16 to Jan. 18
112
16
0
15
10
 Plus 1 unknown origin steelhead kept.
Jan. 19 to Jan. 22
18
1
0
1
0
 Checked on Jan. 20 only
Jan. 23 to Jan. 25
172
19
4
18
7
Jan. 26 to Jan. 29
30
11
0
1
0
 River conditions poor for fishing
Jan. 30 to Feb. 1
72
30
4
3
0
 Fishing conditions should improve for boat fishing beginning tomorrow
Feb. 2 to Feb. 5
30
5
1
0
1
Feb. 6 to Feb. 8
107
35
0
4
0
Feb. 9 to Feb. 12
46
8
9
6
5
 Plus 1 hatchery jack released
Feb. 13 to Feb. 15
83
8
1
1
1
Feb. 16 to Feb. 19
30
6
0
2
1
Feb. 20 to Feb. 22
117
15
12
9
4
 Plus 1 unknown origin released
Feb. 23 to Feb. 26
51
12
1
2
0
Feb. 27 to Feb. 29
151
24
19
11
0
 Plus 3 cutthroat released
March 1 to March 4
50
12
8
1
1
 Bogachiel River is dirty due to slides upstream of HWY 101
Mar. 5 to Mar. 7
44
9
4
1
2
 River not fishable: 3/7/04 and 3/8/04
Mar. 8 to Mar. 11
70
21
8
4
5
Mar. 12 to Mar. 14
123
26
23
9
14
 1 cutthroat kept
Mar. 15 to Mar. 18
74
19
14
2
1
 5 cutthroat released
Mar. 19 to Mar. 21
117
31
25
1
3
Mar. 22 to Mar. 25
38
5
13
0
0
Mar. 26 to Mar. 28
71
25
32
1
1
Mar. 29 to Mar. 31
19
3
5
0
0
 One day only
End of Creel Checks
Calawah River
Date
Anglers
Interviewed
Wild Steelhead
Hatchery Steelhead
Notes
Kept
Released
Kept
Released
Dec. 1 to Dec. 4
25
0
0
16
23
Dec. 5 to Dec. 7
0
 River out on 12/5 and 12/6
Dec. 8 to Dec. 11
26
0
0
11
7
Dec. 12 to Dec. 14
34
0
0
21
1
Dec. 15 to Dec. 18
18
0
0
7
0
Dec. 19 to Dec. 21
73
0
0
58
10
Dec. 22 to Dec. 25
7
0
0
3
0
 Checked Dec. 23 only
Dec. 26 to Dec. 28
36
0
0
13
0
 Hazardous (icy) road conditions
Dec. 29 to Jan. 1
10
0
0
1
0
 Checked on Dec. 30 only
Jan. 2 to Jan. 4
20
0
0
13
0
 Hazardous (icy) road conditions
Jan. 5 to Jan. 8
7
1
0
5
6
Jan. 9 to Jan. 11
4
0
0
2
0
Jan. 12 to Jan. 15
6
0
0
0
0
Jan. 16 to Jan. 18
21
3
0
6
0
Jan. 19 to Jan. 22
0
Jan. 23 to Jan. 25
12
1
0
2
0
Jan. 26 to Jan. 29
7
3
0
2
2
 River conditions poor for fishing beginning 1/28
Jan. 30 to Feb. 1
0
 Fishing conditions should improve for boat fishing beginning tomorrow
Feb. 2 to Feb. 5
15
4
8
2
2
Feb. 6 to Feb. 8
21
3
11
5
0
Feb. 9 to Feb. 12
13
0
5
0
1
Feb. 13 to Feb. 15
7
0
1
2
0
Feb. 16 to Feb. 19
6
1
7
0
0
Feb. 20 to Feb. 22
20
0
11
0
2
Feb. 23 to Feb. 26
6
1
0
1
0
 1 hatchery jack released
Feb. 27 to Feb. 29
2
0
3
1
0
March 1 to March 4
0
 No interviews. Flow conditions: Calawah River is very low
Mar. 5 to Mar. 7
14
5
17
2
0
 River not fishable: 3/7/04 and 3/8/04
Mar. 8 to Mar. 11
22
11
18
2
3
Mar. 12 to Mar. 14
8
1
0
0
0
Mar. 15 to Mar. 18
0
 No angler effort
Mar. 19 to Mar. 21
3
0
10
1
0
Mar. 22 to Mar. 25
0
 No interviews.
Mar. 26 to Mar. 28
12
9
11
1
0
Mar. 29 to Mar. 31
10
5
15
0
0
 One day only
End of Creel Checks
Sol Duc River
Date
Anglers
Interviewed
Wild Steelhead
Hatchery Steelhead
Notes
Kept
Released
Kept
Released
Dec. 1 to Dec. 4
0
 No creel checks-no angler effort
Dec. 5 to Dec. 7
0
 River out on 12/5 and 12/6.
Dec. 8 to Dec. 11
0
 No creel checks-no angler effort
Dec. 12 to Dec. 14
14
1
0
2
0
 1 coho released
Dec. 15 to Dec. 18
3
1
0
0
0
Dec. 19 to Dec. 21
8
0
1
2
0
 1 cutthroat released
Dec. 22 to Dec. 25
3
0
0
1
0
 Checked Dec 23 only
Dec. 26 to Dec. 28
25
2
6
5
2
 Hazardous (icy) road conditions
Dec. 29 to Jan. 1
3
0
0
0
0
 Checked on Dec. 30 only
Jan. 2 to Jan. 4
14
2
6
3
5
 1 coho released. Hazardous (icy) road conditions
Jan. 5 to Jan. 8
6
0
0
0
0
Jan. 9 to Jan. 11
26
2
0
2
0
Jan. 12 to Jan. 15
42
4
0
2
0
Jan. 16 to Jan. 18
47
10
8
1
0
Jan. 19 to Jan. 22
19
6
12
3
0
 Checked on Jan. 20 only
Jan. 23 to Jan. 25
47
6
10
3
2
Jan. 26 to Jan. 29
40
9
4
0
2
 Plus 1 hatchery jack kept. River conditions poor for fishing
Jan. 30 to Feb. 1
21
5
0
1
0
 Fishing conditions should improve for boat fishing beginning tomorrow
Feb. 2 to Feb. 5
59
18
21
5
0
Feb. 6 to Feb. 8
146
30
33
7
0
Feb. 9 to Feb. 12
40
9
14
0
2
Feb. 13 to Feb. 15
82
23
13
5
0
 1 cutthroat released
Feb. 16 to Feb. 19
64
16
15
1
0
 Plus 2 unknown origin steelhead released
Feb. 20 to Feb. 22
57
8
3
1
1
Feb. 23 to Feb. 26
25
10
12
0
2
Feb. 27 to Feb. 29
56
8
10
1
0
March 1 to March 4
16
4
16
1
0
 Flow conditions: Sol Duc River is very low.
Mar. 5 to Mar. 7
56
28
26
0
2
 River not fishable: 3/7/04 and 3/8/04. One wild jack steelhead kept
Mar. 8 to Mar. 11
86
28
48
1
0
 2 cutthroat released
Mar. 12 to Mar. 14
84
22
36
0
2
 1 cutthroat released
Mar. 15 to Mar. 18
28
14
30
0
0
Mar. 19 to Mar. 21
65
15
27
0
0
Mar. 22 to Mar. 25
44
10
40
1
0
Mar. 26 to Mar. 28
153
40
61
1
1
 Plus 4 cutthroat released
Mar. 29 to Mar. 31
12
3
10
0
0
End of Creel Checks
Lower Hoh River-
 Oxbow Campground to Barlow's
Date
Anglers
Interviewed
Wild Steelhead
Hatchery Steelhead
Notes
Kept
Released
Kept
Released
Dec. 1 to Dec. 4
3
0
0
0
0
 River conditions high
Dec. 5 to Dec. 7
0
 River conditions high-No angler effort
Dec. 8 to Dec. 11
3
0
0
0
0
Dec. 12 to Dec. 14
15
0
0
0
0
Dec. 15 to Dec. 18
0
 River conditions poor for fishing - No angler effort
Dec. 19 to Dec. 21
17
0
0
1
0
Dec. 22 to Dec. 25
5
0
0
0
0
 Checked on Dec 23 only
Dec. 26 to Dec. 28
38
0
1
3
0
 Hazardous (icy) road conditions
Dec. 29 to Jan. 1
18
0
0
1
0
 Checked on Dec. 30 only
Jan. 2 to Jan. 4
84
0
2
6
4
 Hazardous (icy) road conditions
Jan. 5 to Jan. 8
0
 River conditions poor for fishing -No angler effort
Jan. 9 to Jan. 11
7
0
0
0
0
 River conditions poor for fishing
Jan. 12 to Jan. 15
4
0
0
0
0
 River conditions poor for fishing
Jan. 16 to Jan. 18
32
1
0
0
0
 River conditions poor but improving for fishing
Jan. 19 to Jan. 22
13
0
0
1
0
 Checked on Jan. 20 only
Jan. 23 to Jan. 25
91
6
4
12
1
Jan. 26 to Jan. 29
1
0
0
0
0
 River conditions poor for fishing
Jan. 30 to Feb. 1
0
 River conditions poor for fishing
Feb. 2 to Feb. 5
Feb. 6 to Feb. 8
79
7
0
4
0
Feb. 9 to Feb. 12
31
4
1
1
0
Feb. 13 to Feb. 15
165
23
29
5
7
Feb. 16 to Feb. 19
18
0
0
0
0
Feb. 20 to Feb. 22
174
20
5
11
13
 Released on unknown origin jack
Feb. 23 to Feb. 26
70
8
14
0
8
Feb. 27 to Feb. 29
150
27
21
5
23
March 1 to March 4
50
5
12
0
12
Mar. 5 to Mar. 7
73
4
3
2
0
 River not fishable: 3/7/04 and 3/8/04
Mar. 8 to Mar. 11
19
1
6
0
0
Mar. 12 to Mar. 14
196
38
43
6
1
Mar. 15 to Mar. 18
68
24
37
0
2
Mar. 19 to Mar. 21
224
28
29
1
6
 Plus 3 Bull trout and 2 wild stelhead jacks released
Mar. 22 to Mar. 25
46
5
15
0
0
 Plus 1 Bull trout released
Mar. 26 to Mar. 28
27
1
0
0
1
Mar. 29 to Apr. 1
65
12
15
2
0
  
Apr. 2 to Apr. 4
127
18
88
1
2
 Plus 2 Bull trout released
Apr. 5 to Apr. 8
79
22
53
0
0
 Plus 4 Bull trout released
Apr. 9 to Apr. 11
58
5
19
1
0
 Plus 5 Bull trout released and I steelhead jack
Apr. 12 to Apr. 15
10
0
7
0
0
  
End of Creel Season 
Upper Hoh River-
Oxbow Campground to Olympic National Park Boundary
Date
Anglers
Interviewed
Wild Steelhead
Hatchery Steelhead
Notes
Kept
Released
Kept
Released
Dec. 1 to Dec. 4
0
 River conditions high-No angler effort
Dec. 5 to Dec. 7
0
 River conditions high-No angler effort
Dec. 8 to Dec. 11
0
 No angler effort
Dec. 12 to Dec. 14
2
0
0
0
0
Dec. 15 to Dec. 18
0
 River conditions poor for fishing - No angler effort
Dec. 19 to Dec. 21
8
0
0
0
0
Dec. 22 to Dec. 25
6
0
1
0
0
 Checked on Dec 23 only
Dec. 26 to Dec. 28
8
0
0
0
0
 Hazardous (icy) road conditions
Dec. 29 to Jan. 1
7
0
1
0
0
 Checked on Dec. 30 only
Jan. 2 to Jan. 4
20
0
1
4
3
 1 coho released. Hazardous (icy) road conditions
Jan. 5 to Jan. 8
0
 River conditions poor for fishing -No angler effort
Jan. 9 to Jan. 11
0
 River conditions poor for fishing
Jan. 12 to Jan. 15
0
 River conditions poor for fishing
Jan. 16 to Jan. 18
0
 River conditions poor for fishing
Jan. 19 to Jan. 22
0
0
0
1
0
 Checked on Jan. 20 only
Jan. 23 to Jan. 25
26
0
1
0
0
Jan. 26 to Jan. 29
1
0
0
0
0
 River conditions poor for fishing
Jan. 30 to Feb. 1
0
 River conditions poor for fishing
Feb. 2 to Feb. 5
Feb. 6 to Feb. 8
23
0
2
0
0
Feb. 9 to Feb. 12
25
0
4
0
2
Feb. 13 to 15
68
1
12
0
0
Feb. 16 to Feb. 19
1
0
0
0
0
Feb. 20 to Feb. 22
37
0
18
0
2
Feb. 23 to Feb. 26
19
0
1
0
0
Feb. 27 to Feb. 29
75
1
37
8
2
 Plus 1 wild jack released
March 1 to March 4
17
0
12
0
3
Mar. 5 to Mar. 7
17
0
3
0
1
 River not fishable: 3/7/04 and 3/8/04
Mar. 8 to Mar. 11
7
0
3
0
0
Mar. 12 to Mar. 14
51
0
32
2
0
Mar. 15 to Mar. 18
21
0
18
0
0
Mar. 19 to Mar. 21
90
0
20
1
0
 Plus 2 Bull trout released
Mar. 22 to Mar. 25
14
0
4
0
1
Mar. 26 to Mar. 28
11
0
0
0
0
Mar. 29 to Apr. 1
21
1
11
0
0
Apr. 2 to Apr. 4
38
0
23
0
0
Apr. 5 to Apr. 8
13
0
3
0
0
  
Apr. 9 to Apr. 11
10
0
10
0
0
  
Apr. 12 to Apr. 15
10
0
7
0
0
  
End of Creel Season 
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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