Assessment of catch and effort characteristics of the lake trout fisheries in the Tanana River drainage in 1991 from a postal questionnaire
By: by John M. Burr and Patricia Hansen.
Contributors: Hansen, Patricia A.; Alaska. Division of Sport Fish.
Series: Fishery data series -- no. 93-37.
Publisher: Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Anchorage, Alaska
Language: eng
Number of pages: 25
Subjects: Lake trout -- Alaska -- Tanana River Drainage.; Fishing -- Alaska -- Tanana River Drainage.; Fisheries -- Alaska -- Tanana River Drainage.; Tanana River Drainage (Alaska)
Other titles: Federal aid in sport fish restoration (Alaska)
Description: A postal questionnaire was used to estimate the seasonal distribution of lake trout Salvelinus namaycush fishing effort and catch and the proportion of lake trout caught with baited and unbaited lures in the Tanana drainage during 1991. Of the 159 surveys mailed, 129 (84%) were successfully delivered and 87 (67%) of the delivered surveys were completed and returned. Forty of the returned surveys (46%) indicated that they fished for lake trout in 1991. The greatest proportion of fishing effort (0.827) occurred during the open water season. Similarly, the greatest proportion of the lake trout catch (0.868) came from summer angling. The proportion of lake trout caught with baited terminal gear during the ice-covered season was 0.545, whereas the proportion of lake trout caught with baited terminal gear during the open water season was 0.077. Although baited lures were important in the winter fishery, they accounted for only a small proportion (0.132) of the annual catch.
Notes: "Partially financed by the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act ... under Project F-10-8, Study R, Job No. 3-3(a-2)."

"October 1993."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 13-14).

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