Here's another way to look at it and the #'s aren't perfect, but you'll get the idea.....

2005 UpRiver CR Springer plants = 15,958,208 total smolt
Of that total you had:
2005 Upriver CR Springer nonclip CWT tagged = 1,984,261 smolt
2005 Upriver CR Springer nonclipped no tag = 409,686 smolts

2006 Upriver CR Springer Plants = 15,882,808 total smolt
Of that total you had:
2006 Upriver Cr Springer nonclip CWT tagged = 1,422,460 smolts
2006 Upriver CR Springer nonclipped no tag = 673,296 total smolt

If we had somewhere around a 1% survival ratio on these smolt that would put the non-clipped at an estimated total of 52,529 adults returning with an extra fin although they were raised in a concrete raceway....

We had an estimated 329,000 adults return in 2010 per Eyefish's #'s... If you had 52,529 estimated misclipped fish moving through that would have you catching 16% wild fish... That # is about 2 percent short of what jives with what me and all the buddies caught this year with a sample of roughly 300 fish.... That's counting guide buddies of mine as well...

Help me understand how our #'s are what they are, why aren't we catching 25% or more wild fish on the river?

What was your percentages of hatchery vs. wild landed? Anyone?

Keith