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Colorado's Kokanee Salmon Spawn
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- čas přidán 19. 08. 2024
- Each fall, Colorado's kokanee salmon swim nearly 30 miles upstream from Blue Mesa Reservoir to the Roaring Judy State Fish Hatchery in Almont, Colorado. Here, CPW biologists and hatchery staff collect eggs from these unique, landlocked sockeye salmon. The eggs are then raised at the hatchery and the fish are restocked in 26 different lakes and reservoirs across the state. Because the fish are both raised and restocked at the Roaring Judy hatchery, the fish return here to spawn and complete their lifecycle each year. Kokanee typically live about 4 years in a reservoir before they spawn and die.
In addition to egg collection, the spawned kokanee are given away to ensure the meat is not wasted. Giveaways are conducted each Friday at the hatchery throughout the spawning process, which normally concludes around the first part of November. Participants must possess a valid Colorado fishing license to receive the free fish. Those who wish to participate in the fish giveaways should visit the hatchery's website for details, as fish numbers and spawning dates can change from year to year.
Roaring Judy Hatchery:
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Kokanee are highly prized by anglers, and the fish are also critical to support Colorado's trophy lake trout fisheries.
This video provides an intimate look at Colorado's kokanee salmon spawn and the egg-collection process.
Learn more:
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Produced by Jerry Neal (Colorado Parks and Wildlife)
Great story and effort to this unique fishery of Colorado. Enjoyed!
So Good! The give away program is such a great thing.
Its pretty weird to me that people are eating spawned out kokanee, but maybe they taste ok. Glad you guys are utilizing them so much,.
Great story, Keep than fishery alive! That is conservation at it's finest, Keep up the great work!
Those salmon are gorgeous wtf
What months/weeks is “Fish Fridays” available? What an awesome program
At the Roaring Judy Hatchery, "Fish Fridays" generally occur the last three Fridays in October and the first two Fridays in November.
Would be interesting to hear about the ecological effect of this introduced species. Do they displace significant native species, or does their existence support native life in the area? Obviously the reservoir is human created in the first place, so maybe a moot consideration, but still curious.
To maintain kokanee populations, stocking of kokanee fry is necessary at most Colorado waters and kokanee are generally not stocked into lakes and reservoirs where they could compete with native fish species such as cutthroat trout. Kokanee feed on open water zooplankton in lakes and reservoirs during much of their lives, making them a great species to utilize this abundant food source in constructed large reservoirs. Trout are more opportunistic feeders utilizing both open-water zooplankton and shoreline or streambed food items. Trout often utilize habitats that do not directly overlap habitat utilized by adult kokanee.
When some receives a fish giveaway sack of salmon, typically what quantity does the sack contain? Average number of salmon or total poundage of fish?
I find it strange they don’t let them die in the stream like their natural cycle. All the plants and animals would benefit . If you took a satellite picture once a year for 10yrs that whole stream would become more alive with plants a wildlife. Those dead salmon are what make rivers systems abundant with life.
they do in every other stream i’ve seen em in, this is just the one stream with the hatchery on it
Are you stupid Forest?
Where can you fish for these salmon? Ive lived here for 8 months now and was really exited to move to a place where you can catch salmon.
Some of the more popular locations include Blue Mesa Reservoir, Lake Granby, Grand Lake, Williams Fork Reservoir, Taylor Reservoir and Wolford Mountain Reservoir. A Google search will yield a few more options. Good luck!
I’ve caught them in Carter lake as well
I've seen them in Gross Res.
Are they running rite now?
No. The run typically begins in October and concludes by mid-November.
A little confusing, you have to have a valid CO fishing license on Fish Friday's, but people come from out of state? I'd take care of CO fishermen first.
Both residents and nonresidents must have a valid Colorado fishing license to receive the kokanee -- no different than when people come here from out of state to fish our reservoirs.
You'd need a valid, nonresident license for Colorado.