catch records

[dummy]

where can i find catch records for salmon and steelhead. for both wa and or. i have been trying but cant seem to find them.

[Smj]

Hey Dummy, ( I always wanted to say that )JK.
This is Oregons site, didn't bother to get WAs. site. The link is burried in the ODFW page. Problem is, it only goes as recent as'97.

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/ODFWhtml/...tch_85-97.html


Smj

[blackdog]

Very interesting link to look at. Unfortunately, most of the rivers show an alarming drop in numbers of fish caught in the last fifteen years. Like the Sandy going from nearly 10,000 winter fish in '87-88 to less than 100 in '97 It would be interesting to see the last few years that are missing. Does anyone know if this data exists for public viewing? You would think that the ODFW is still collecting this data, however, stranger things have happened. :whazzup:

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[Smj]

Blackdog, As I understand it they haven't tallied The last few years YET. I can just picture thousands of tags stacked in a dark room in the basement of ODFW with no one to add them all up!

Smj

[dummy]

thanks smj looking at the records kinda makes your mouth drool for new rivers

[David Johnson]

See if www.amatobooks.com has anything for you.

[fish forever]

If thats the report i think it its - take the '97 numbers with a grain of salt 'cause it will not have the complete year total. Oregon catch cards run Jan-Dec. so the calendar year '97 report would only have Nov/Dec winter steelhead until the '98 cards are tallied.