Chapter 3 Results

Note: all fishing effort and capture results are current as of 2021-11-15.

3.1 Fish capture

Since initiation of fieldwork in summer 2021:

  • We have conducted a total of 35 sampling events at 22 unique sites. See the project map in the Methods section (“Site selection”) for a current summary of where and when sampling events have occurred.

    • Table 3.1 summarises total samping events by individual site. We typically sampled a site only one time each in summer 2021, with the exception of two sites: “Lower Soldotna Creek,” and “Soldotna Creek Parcel.” Both of these sites are highlighted in further detail in the “Discussion” section.

  • We have captured 1607 fish comprised of 12 unique species. Table 3.2 summarizes current fish capture count by species.

  • Table 3.3 summarizes total fish capture for each species by site.

Table 3.1: Total site visits
site n
Bernice Culvert 1
Bird Lake 1
Bird Pond 1
Lief Hansen Park 1
Lower Beaver Creek 1
Lower Soldotna Creek 11
McLain Lake NE 1
North Fork Anchor River 1
North Nikiski Lake 1.1 1
North Nikiski Lake 1.2 1
North Nikiski Lake 2 1
Salamatof Creek 1
Snag Lake South 1
Soldotna Creek Parcel 4
Suneva Lake 2
Unknown Nikiski Creek 1 1
Unknown Nikiski Lake 1 1
Unknown Nikiski Lake 2 1
Upper Ohmer Lake 1
WalMart Creek 1
West Beck Lake 1 1
West Beck Lake 2 1


Table 3.2: Total fish capture count by species
species n
Chinook salmon 5
coho salmon 164
Dolly Varden 7
lamprey-unspecified 103
ninespine stickleback 5
Pacific salmon-unspecified 225
rainbow trout 41
sculpin-unspecified 4
slimy sculpin 103
sockeye salmon 1
stickleback-unspecified 839
threespine stickleback 110


Table 3.3: Total fish capture count by species at each site. Use scroll bars to see full table.
site Chinook salmon coho salmon Dolly Varden lamprey-unspecified ninespine stickleback Pacific salmon-unspecified rainbow trout sculpin-unspecified slimy sculpin sockeye salmon stickleback-unspecified threespine stickleback
Lower Soldotna Creek 5 79 1 3 3 0 32 0 76 1 1 0
Lower Beaver Creek 0 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
North Nikiski Lake 1.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0
North Nikiski Lake 1.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 49
Soldotna Creek Parcel 0 65 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper Ohmer Lake 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
North Fork Anchor River 0 0 0 100 0 225 0 4 0 0 0 0
Unknown Nikiski Lake 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bird Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
McLain Lake NE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 194 0
North Nikiski Lake 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
Snag Lake South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 44 0
West Beck Lake 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 76 0
Bernice Culvert 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 0
Salamatof Creek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 445 0
Suneva Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 51
Unknown Nikiski Lake 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 8
West Beck Lake 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2