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.
| 2007-08
Ringold Steelhead Fishery |
|
| Week
|
Total |
ADRV |
AD
only |
Wild |
Sampled |
Effort |
%
of Effort |
| Catch |
Harvest |
Catch |
Harvest |
Catch |
Harvest |
Catch |
Harvest |
Boats |
Anglers |
Hours |
(Pole
Hours) |
Sampled |
| Oct
1-7 |
168 |
75 |
71 |
69 |
51 |
6 |
46 |
0 |
119 |
430 |
2,260 |
8,175 |
27.6% |
| Season |
168 |
75 |
71 |
69 |
51 |
6 |
46 |
0 |
119 |
430 |
2,260 |
8,175 |
27.6% |
|
| Summary
of Oct 1-7 |
| |
Total |
ADRV |
Wild |
AD |
Recycle |
Chinook* |
Sampled |
| Catch |
Harvest |
Catch |
Harvest |
Catch |
Harvest |
Catch |
Harvest |
Catch |
Harvest |
Adult |
Jack |
Boats |
Anglers |
Hours |
Effort
Pole Hrs |
| Weekday Bank |
39 |
16 |
15 |
13 |
11 |
0 |
13 |
3 |
|
|
0 |
4 |
|
95 |
315 |
675 |
| Weekend Bank |
14 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
|
|
2 |
3 |
|
47 |
151 |
249 |
| Weekday Boat |
99 |
48 |
48 |
48 |
29 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
|
|
157 |
24 |
66 |
149 |
936 |
4510 |
| Weekend Boat |
16 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
118 |
33 |
53 |
139 |
859 |
2741 |
| Creel |
Weekday
Sampled |
|
Weekend
Sampled |
| Section |
Anglers |
Hours |
Chinook |
Jacks |
Coho |
Jacks |
Steelhead |
Effort |
Anglers |
Hours |
Chinook |
Jacks |
Coho |
Jacks |
Steelhead |
Effort |
| Lower
(Mouth to Horn Rapids) |
14 |
21.6 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
249.2 |
29 |
92.1 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
206.9 |
| Middle
(Benton City to Prosser) |
16 |
32.9 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
277.3 |
54 |
120.6 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
408.3 |
| Upper
(Granger to Parker) |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
6 |
29.8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
114.1 |
| Total |
30 |
54.5 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
527 |
89 |
242.5 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
729 |
|
| Harvest
|
Chinook |
Jacks |
Coho |
Jacks |
Steelhead |
|
Chinook |
Jacks |
Coho |
Jacks |
Steelhead |
|
| Lower
(Mouth to Horn Rapids) |
|
27 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
14 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Middle
(Benton City to Prosser) |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Upper
(Granger to Parker) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total
(Weekly) |
39 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total
(Season) |
66 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
38 |
57 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|