Ouch bobber, that makes my arm hurt!

Can you beleive these numbers??? That is one hell of alot of boats out on the lake.


Some Statistics from the
2000 Lake Washington
Recreational Sockeye Fishery
Number of sockeye inspected by WDFW samplers 6,319
Number of boat interviews conducted 3,650
Number of hours sampled at boat ramps 246
Number of boat counts (from ground) 52
Number of boat counts (from plane) 13

Days sampled July 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16
Days not sampled July 5, 7, 11, 12
Number of boat launches sampled per day 2
Top three boat counts (from aerial surveys) 7 AM on July 15 2,365 boats
6 AM on July 4 1,793 boats
9 AM on July 16 1,754 boats

Highest daily number of boats July 8 4,738

Highest daily number of anglers July 8 11,435
Top three sockeye catch per angler rates July 4 AM period 1.5 sockeye/angler
July 4 PM period 1.2 sockeye/angler
July 5 AM period 1.0 sockeye/angler
Highest daily number of sockeye caught July 4 15,116
Season total angler days 77,422
Season average sockeye catch per angler 0.8
Season total sockeye caught 62,237