MEMORANDUM OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE

DATE: TO: FROM: 2/15/12 LIST Mike Flesher

SUBJ: Summer steelhead angler surveys for February 6-13, 2012 on the lower Grande Ronde, Wallowa, and Imnaha rivers: update 16.

Days surveyed Fishery LGR-Ore. Hatchery Wild Total LGR-Wash. Hatchery Wild Total Wallowa. Hatchery Wild Total Rondowa Hatchery Wild Total Imnaha Hatchery Wild Total Feb 11-13

Number of sts anglers 35

Hours Fished

Kept 10

Released 4 21 25 36 31 67 20 21 41 10 5 15 4 2 6

Total Catch 14 21 35 106 31 137 75 21 96 16 5 21 4 2 6

Hours per fish

169.3 Feb 11-13 89

10 70

4.8

454.9 Feb 6-7,10-13 202

70 55

3.3

667.6 Feb 6, 10, 12 6

55 6

7.0

35.5 Feb 11-13 10

6 0

1.7

40.3

6.7

LIST: ODFW: Seabourne, Messmer, B. Eddy, Patterson, Sines, Wyllie, Sturm-Orton, Bailey, Craft, Yanke, Knox, Carmichael, Clarke, Warren, ELH Enterprise office, Cameron, Stonecypher, Harrod, Aschenbrenner, Gibbs, Deal, Blessing, Miguez, Madigan, Simpson, Klages; WDFW: Bumgarner; OSP: Sgt. Chris Hawkins; CTUIR: Allamand, Hewitt; NPT: Espinosa, Cleary; USFS: Ken Gebhardt; Mac Huff (Enterprise), Rob Lamb (Joseph Fly Shop), Rod McDougall (Blue Mt. Angler Fly Shop), Hanley Jenkins (helped with FB collection), Paul Arentsen (Winding Waters Rafting), GRMW: Steele.