The Ringold steelhead fishery opened Oct 1. Effort was a little below normal with roughly 20 bank anglers and 30 boat anglers per day. WDFW staff interviewed 430 anglers this week (28% of the effort). Harvest was very slow with only 75 steelhead retained. More than 50% of the catch was comprised of wild and adipose only clipped steelhead.

WDFW staff is interviewing anglers along the shoreline and at the primitive launch located adjacent to the Ringold Springs Rearing Facility. Staff is at the site for 6 hours, 5 days per week. Index counts are recorded three times per day at Ringold and then expanded by 25% to account for anglers launching at Parking Lot 7 and from the Tri-cities.