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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings from the Trinity River,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Attached is the Trinity River trapping summary through Julian week 5, ending February 4<sup>th</sup>. One of our Weaverville biologist shared a cool anecdote that I want to pass along. On February 4<sup>th</sup> a near record steelhead
returned to Trinity River hatchery, a female at 89 cm (or 35” for those that prefer SI). There have only been three years since 1990 that a fish that size or bigger returned to the hatchery, with the 35-year winner in 2010 coming in at 93 cm (36.6”)!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#0A1D30;mso-ligatures:none">Ken Lindke<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0A1D30;mso-ligatures:none">Work Cell: (707) 672-3620<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0A1D30;mso-ligatures:none">“An approximate answer to the right question is worth a great deal more than a precise answer to the wrong question.” – John Tukey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Lindke, Kenneth@Wildlife
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 29, 2025 4:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Knechtle, Morgan@Wildlife <Morgan.Knechtle@wildlife.ca.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> 2024/25 CDFW Trinity River Project trapping summary through Julian week 1 (January 7)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Folks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please find attached the TRP trapping summary through JW3 (January 21). The only trapping we’re still doing is at Trinity River hatchery, and spawning there is now exclusively focused on steelhead. One very late arriving fall Chinook entered
the hatchery on January 14<sup>th</sup>. Otherwise it has been all steelhead which will continue into March.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#0A1D30;mso-ligatures:none">Ken Lindke<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0A1D30;mso-ligatures:none">Work Cell: (707) 672-3620<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0A1D30;mso-ligatures:none">“An approximate answer to the right question is worth a great deal more than a precise answer to the wrong question.” – John Tukey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Lindke, Kenneth@Wildlife
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 14, 2025 10:44 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Knechtle, Morgan@Wildlife <<a href="mailto:Morgan.Knechtle@wildlife.ca.gov">Morgan.Knechtle@wildlife.ca.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> 2024/25 CDFW Trinity River Project trapping summary through Julian week 1 (January 7)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello fellow fish enthusiasts,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope this finds you well and optimistic about a new year ahead. Please find attached the TRP trapping summary through JW1 (January 7<sup>th</sup>). For those of you who don’t know me, I have worked along side Mary Claire since 2017 and
I will be taking over some of her responsibilities in her retirement, including distributing this trap summary.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With the exception of a few stragglers since Christmas, the salmon run to Trinity River hatchery has come to a close with lack luster returns for fall Chinook and Coho. Operations have shifted to steelhead spawning with a notable uptick
in returns of half-pounders. Well, at least half-pounders as we define them to be less than 42 cm fork length, which doesn’t necessarily mean they exhibit a true half-pounder life history.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#0A1D30;mso-ligatures:none">Ken Lindke<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0A1D30;mso-ligatures:none">Senior Environmental Scientist – Trinity River Restoration Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0A1D30;mso-ligatures:none">Klamath-Trinity Program
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0A1D30;mso-ligatures:none">California Department of Fish and Wildlife – Northern Region<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0E2841;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:Kenneth.Lindke@wildlife.ca.gov"><span style="color:#0E2841">Kenneth.Lindke@wildlife.ca.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0A1D30;mso-ligatures:none">“An approximate answer to the right question is worth a great deal more than a precise answer to the wrong question.” – John Tukey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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