9„ The shad, squ&wfieh, sucker, carp and black bass fisheries 

 were too small to be analyzed by the creel census sampling methods o 

 Intentional fishing for these species was seldom found, most catches 

 being incidental to the more important fisheries » 



lOo During the season May, 1948, through February, 1949, king 

 salmon fishing parties traveled an average of 55 miles, rainbow- 

 steelhead trout parties 39 miles, striped bass parties 25 miles and 

 catfish parties 11 miles o Tne distance traveled by salmon fishermen 

 varied directly with the abundance of salmono The distance traveled 

 by trout fishermen seemed to be influenced primarily by the vacation 

 season and secondarily by the abundance of trouto The distance traveled 

 by striped bass and catfish fishermen varied directly with the abundance 

 and availability of the fisho 



11 o The number of boat landings on the Upper Sacramento River 

 increased from one in 1946 to eleven in the early part of 1949. The 

 eight in operation at the close of 1948 were valued at $104,000 and 

 grossed $40,200 during the yearo In the area limited by Redding, Chico 

 and Orland there were 38 establishments, other than boat landings, that 

 carried complete stocks of fishing equipnentj they grossed $435,001) 

 during 1948,, Thus a total of $475,200 was grossed from the Upper 

 Sacramento River sports fishery in 1948, which, at 4 percent, represents 

 an investment of $11,880,000, 



LITERATURE CITED 



1949 Moffett, Jo Wo, The First Four Years of King Salmon Maintenance 

 below Shasta Dam, Sacramento River, Calif orrda,. California 

 Fish and Game Bulletin TTOo 35, pp. 77-102 o 



1935o EscVaneyer, Ro W., Analysis of the Gome-Fish Catch in a Michigan 

 Lakeo Trans o American Fisheries Society, Volo 65, poo 207-223o 



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