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Author Topic: Hatchery steelhead management on the Chilliwack-Vedder  (Read 9429 times)

Jack Straw

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Re: Hatchery steelhead management on the Chilliwack-Vedder
« Reply #15 on: November 10, 2011, 04:44:44 AM »
Swim counts, redd counts & creel surveys to name a few.
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Easywater

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Re: Hatchery steelhead management on the Chilliwack-Vedder
« Reply #16 on: November 10, 2011, 09:05:33 AM »
Guys snorkle the river and count fish.

I think Dave does this.
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Dave

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Re: Hatchery steelhead management on the Chilliwack-Vedder
« Reply #17 on: November 10, 2011, 02:02:51 PM »
Quote from: Easywater on November 10, 2011, 09:05:33 AM
Guys snorkle the river and count fish.

I think Dave does this.
Not me, I'm a coward :D  Float counts have not been done for several years for two reasons: liability issues because it is dangerous and, as Greg Wilson convinced me, unless float counts are done on a regular basis, same times in the same places over several years, the data is meaningless.  To organize just one float, with all the necessary saftey apparatus in place is app $1000 ...
There are possibilities of using hydroacoustic fish counting methods but again, big bucks and no organization is willing to research this option.
As  Jack Straw mentioned, a well organized creel survey where anglers buy in, along with spawner enumerations are the best options, imo.  From what I have observed, steelhead often build several "false" redds before deciding on the right one, making these counts suspect.
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chris gadsden

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Re: Hatchery steelhead management on the Chilliwack-Vedder
« Reply #18 on: November 10, 2011, 03:07:51 PM »
Quote from: Easywater on November 10, 2011, 09:05:33 AM
Guys snorkle the river and count fish.

I think Dave does this.
No is scared he would bump into an Atlantic Salmon. ;D ;D ;D
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Dave

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Re: Hatchery steelhead management on the Chilliwack-Vedder
« Reply #19 on: November 10, 2011, 03:39:53 PM »
Quote from: chris gadsden on November 10, 2011, 03:07:51 PM
No is scared he would bump into an Atlantic Salmon. ;D ;D ;D
beek ;)
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silver ghost

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Re: Hatchery steelhead management on the Chilliwack-Vedder
« Reply #20 on: November 11, 2011, 12:39:20 AM »
damn. counting steelhead is no easy game it seems then
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