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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
 
By Dave Graybill
 
Fishing for upriver bright fall Chinook in the Hanford Reach continues to be excellent. WDFW staff interviewed 2,297 anglers (1,025 boats) and 220 bank anglers fishing for fall Chinook in the Hanford Reach during this past week (Sept. 28 – Oct. 4). Harvest was estimated at 6,419 fall Chinook (6,107 adults and 312 jacks) with the expanded effort estimated to be 8,168 angler-trips (3,000+ boats). Cumulative harvest since the start of the season on Aug. 15 is estimated to be 19,950 adult Chinook and 1,029 jacks caught by 33,398 anglers. Fish were harvested throughout the Hanford Reach with the best catch rate at White Bluffs, Ringold, and Vernita at 2.4 fish per boat. Anglers fishing in the Tri-cities averaged 1.4 Chinook per boat. Overall, anglers fishing in the Hanford Reach average 2.0 chinook per boat and 7.8 angler hours per fish. Bank anglers are picking up a few Chinook each day at the Ringold Access area. This past week 97 Chinook were harvested off the bank. The run is anticipated to exceed 200,000 fish to the Reach this year, so there are lot more fish to catch through October 22nd, when the season ends.