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I 337. 1+ BELINDA CREEK ( Illamna lake) 



RED SAIMON RUNS 



BERCENT OF TOTAL KVICHAK ESCAPEMENT: <l<f, (1956) 



ESCAPEMENT RANGE: <100- 3,000 



TIME OF OCCUPANCY: July 15-Sept. 10 



PEAK OF SPAWNING: Aug. 10-20 



DISTRIBUTION OF SPAWNERS: Most spawning in lower 2 miles where several side 

 channels also are utilized. Spawners observed 8-10 miles above mouth 

 in 1962. 



GENERAL INFORMATION 



SHELTER: Excellent shelter available in outlet slough for vessels up to 3 ' 

 draft provided that bar at mouth open. Mouth exposed to all but soxith- 

 erly winds. 



SURVEY ROUTES AND METHODS: Aerial visibility partially obscured by over- 

 hanging trees in lower miles. Wadable during normal flows. 



PERSONAL- USE FISHERY: Native fishery present from 1921-1929- Sporadic in 

 recent years. 



FISH SPECIES: Kings, chums, Dolly Varden, grayling, rainbow, northern pike. 



WILDLIFE SPECIES: Brown bear, moose, seag\ills. 



REMARKS: A quonset hut stands at mouth. A road connects mouth to nearby 

 Big Mountain, location of a White Owl Station (Alaska Communications 

 System) . 



