The kokanee is the non-anadromous form of the sockeye salmon (meaning they do not migrate to the ocean and instead spend their entire lives in freshwater). Kokanee have a greenish-blue back (and are ...

Idaho Fish and Game’s captive broodstock program is set to release 1 million kokanee fingerlings, aiming to stabilize ...

Oregon fish officials are stocking kokanee in Green Peter Reservoir again, despite the fact that they may once again get flushed back out.

Kokanee salmon have begun their annual spawning run from Blue Mesa Reservoir up the Gunnison River. Hopefully they will make a left turn at the East River and swim right into the raceways of the ...

BOISE — In a statement released Monday, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game released a list of five lakes or reservoirs primed for kokanee fishing during the 2020 summer. Kokanee provide some great ...

Name something of an outdoor nature that Colorado has in common with other places in the world. Mountains, forests, rivers, rafting, hiking, skiing, deer, bear and eagles. Fish? Now we're talking. You ...

For the past two weeks, my friend, Mike Bruton, has taken me kokanee fishing on Ririe Reservoir while I continue to recuperate from a heart attack. The fishing for kokanee continues to get more ...

When a million kokanee were flushed out of Green Peter Reservoir in 2023, immediately killing tens of thousands of the fish, it was one of the first and most striking impacts of a controversial ...

Most kokanee caught by anglers were born in hatcheries, but the eggs that produce them are typically taken from adults that were released as fingerlings and survived in the wild before being ...

For the first time since 2014, Idaho Fish and Game has stocked kokanee salmon in McCall’s Payette Lake. The recent load of 400,000 fingerling kokanee is the latest step in an effort to balance the ...

Idaho Fish and Game reports that this is the first batch of kokanee fingerlings produced by adults raised in hatcheries.