N 20.4 PICK CREEK (lake Nerka) 



RED SALMON RUNS 



PERCENT OF TOTAL ESCAPEMENT: 1-32^ 



ESCAPEMENT RANGE: 357-85,000 (Includes ponds) 



TIME OF OCCUPANCY: July 25-Sept. 2 



PEAK OF SPAWIONG: Aug. 10 



DISTRIBUriON OF SPAWNERS: Spawning always to ponds, scmetimes 0.75 mile 

 past ponds if no beaver dams. Most spawning losually in ponds. 



GENERAL INFORI-IATION 



SHEKTER: FRI Lake Nerka cabin. 



SURVEY ROUTES AND METHODS: Grovmd stirveys in earlier years, aerial and 

 grovmd surveys in later years. 



PERSONAL- USE FISHERY: None observed. 



FISH SPECIES: Occasional chians. 



WIIDLIFE SPECIES: Brown bear, bald eagle, beaver. 



REMARKS: Consistently good spawning in gravel areas between pools for entire 

 length of creek. Good gravel areas above ponds when no beaver dam 

 blockage, yiain pond area contains 63,500 sq\3are feet of spawning area, 

 while Pond No. 8 has 7,500 sqi».re feet. 



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