United States Department of the Interior 

 Oscar L« Chapnan, Secretary 

 Fish and Tfildlife Service 

 Albert Me Day, Director 



Special Scientific Report - Fisheries 

 No. 34 

 UPPER SACRAJIENTO RIVER SPORT FISHERY 



By 



Stanford Ho Smith 

 Fishery Research Biologist 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction • 1 



Gajne Fish Populations ••«. • 1 



Sports Fisheries •.*•• 4 



Creel Census Methods. 5 



Methods of Analysis •.•...•.•••..........• 9 



King Salmon Fisheryeo 11 



Rainbow-Steelhead Trout Fishery • • 14 



Striped Rass Fishery. .. ..•..• 18 



Catfish Fishery ..... 20 



Shad Fishery 21 



Distance Traveled by Sports Fishermen •...•.....•.. 21 



Evaluation of the Sports Fishery ..•••.. 23 



Siunmary 24 



Literature Cited 26 



Appendix 27 



