Fish Inventory Site FSH0206A24

Site Comments: Immediately below Jack Slough Lake - beaver pond at outlet.

Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game — Anchorage, AK
Observers: Joe Buckwalter, Michael Anderson

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 18.1° C	Conductivity: 36.0 μS/cm	Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear	Turbidity:	Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow	48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Gravel, Sand, Cobble
Channel Dimensions:   (OHW) (Wetted) Stream Width: 5.95 m 5.25 m Thalweg Depth: 0.15 m	Rosgen Channel Classification: (C4) Low gradient, meandering, point-bar, riffle/pool, alluvial channels with broad, well-defined floodplains.
Visit Comments: Stream flow constricted by beaver dam at the lake outlet

Vegetation Classification

		Left Bank	Right Bank
Distance From OHW(m)	0-5
	5-10
	10-20
	20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 66		Efficiency:
Channel Type:
Comments: Many more sighted.

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult threespine stickleback		Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 2	Fish Measured: 1	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 52 Max: 52 Mean: 52
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
Species: juvenile coho salmon		Life History: Anadromous	Spawning: Yes
Total Fish Observed: 27	Fish Measured: 9	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 28 Max: 102 Mean: 60
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (27)
Comments: Many more sighted.
Species: juvenile/adult sculpin-unspecified		Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 2	Fish Measured: 1	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 52 Max: 52 Mean: 52
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
Comments: No sculpin found at upstream station (07A27).

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