| Table Comparison of peak emergence dates to peak catch dates of juvenile fall chinook and chum below Bonneville Dam, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1999-2003. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chinook | Chum | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | ||||||||||
| estimated peak | |||||||||||||||||||
| emergence date: | April 28 | April 14 | May 06 | April 26 | April 26 | April 04 | March 13 | March 26 | Feb. 25 | March 12 | |||||||||
| temp. (oF): | 50 | 48 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 41 | 44 | 39 | |||||||||||
| peak catch date: | June 15 | May 12 | May 01 | June 07 | ? | April 01 | March 21 | April 17 | April 09 | ? | |||||||||
| temp. (oF): | 57 | 52 | 50 | 59 | 44 | 43 | 46 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Bonneville Dam | |||||||||||||||||||
| tailwater elevation (ft) | |||||||||||||||||||
| at first catch date:b | 23.1 | 21.6 | 15.1 | 26.4 | 22.4 | 16.6 | 11.5 | 13.4 | |||||||||||
| Bonneville Dam | |||||||||||||||||||
| discharge (KCFS) | |||||||||||||||||||
| at first catch date:b | 296 | 277 | 180 | 379 | 266 | 187 | 143 | 137 | |||||||||||
| number caught | 391 | 1,710 | 1,156 | 319 | 13 | 37 | 1,024 | 141 | |||||||||||
| on peak date: | |||||||||||||||||||
| % of total caught | |||||||||||||||||||
| through peak date: | 77 | 44 | 52 | 69 | 72 | 66 | 85 | 80 | |||||||||||
| mean length (mm): | 57 | 47 | 51 | 60 | 42 | 38 | 43 | 39 | |||||||||||
| number of weeks | |||||||||||||||||||
| between peak dates: | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||
| a The majority of chinook represented in the numbers are of a late spawning stock (URBs). | |||||||||||||||||||
| b USACE 12:00 am reading. | |||||||||||||||||||