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 I 320.6 DEMIS CREEK { Iliamna Lake) 



RED SALMON RUNS 



PERCENT OF TOTAL KVICHAK ESCAPEMENT: <1^ (1957) 



ESCAPEMENT RANGE: 9^-3,600 



TIME OF OCCUPANCY: A\ag. 1-Sept. 10 



PEAK OF SPAWNING: A\:g. 20- Sept. 1 



DISTRIBUTION OF SPAWNERS: Lower mile heavily spawned. Apparently considerable 

 spawning above canyon, but extent vuiknown. 



GENERAL INFORMATION 



SHELTER: Excellent shelter available in outlet slough for small boats. Mouth 

 exposed to all b\it southerly winds. 



SURVEY ROUTES AND METHODS: Aerial visibility obsc\ired by brush in lower 

 spawning area. Creek wadeable during normal flow. 



PERSONAL-USE FISHERY: None reported. 



FISH SPECIES: 



WILDLIFE SPECIES: Brown bear, seagulls. 



REMARKS: Two creek oxitlets about 500 yards apart in I96I and I962, main 

 outlet about 50 ' vide. 



