IMPORTANT POINTS - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

Here are 7 important guidlelines to follow:

1. Please decide if you are going to record your catch BEFORE you go out (i.e. don’t decide to fill out the sheet just because you caught a tagged fish). If you only record your catch because you caught a tagged fish, you will introduce a bias to the analysis.




2. When you go out and fish, remember that ALL the fish you catch need to be recorded on the data sheet, NOT just the marked fish.




3. Please record the number on the anchor tag for all tagged fish that you capture (e.g. UBC-0001).




4. If the fish is not tagged, examine the pelvic fins to see if they have been clipped. Fish tagged in 2006 had the left fin clipped and fish tagged this summer had the right fin clipped. Some fish that were tagged this year were re-tagged and both fins will be clipped. Also look to see if there is a puncture scar below the dorsal fin where the tag was inserted (see images below). These scars mean that the fish was tagged, but it fell out.








5. Record your best estimate of the fork length for each fish in cm (tip of the nose to the middle of the tail). 1 inch = 2.54 cm.




6. I am interested in knowing the catchability based on accessibility to bank fishers. Highly accessible areas are those that can be walked to in 15 minutes or less from the nearest access point (such as a roadside turnout on Hwy. 3). I will need to know both the catch (i.e. the total amount of fish caught) and the effort (i.e. the total time spent angling) in each section.




7. The maps show all points of capture, expressed in waypoints. Please give the best estimate of your location relative to these waypoints.