Kokanee pictures
King County, WashingtonKokanee are sockeye salmon that live to maturity in freshwater lakes rather than running to food-rich salt water and are thus smaller in size compared to sockeye salmon. These kokanee photos were taken in during the spawning runs in tributary creeks and represent fish in their spawning colors. Resident kokanee found in lakes differ in appearance and are commonly known to fishermen as "silver trout" or "bluebacks", aptly describing the color of the immature fish. 
Kokanee spawning pair in Lewis Creek - photo by Bill Priest ©
Male kokanee - photo by Scott Craig ©
Male kokanee or landlocked sockeye salmon, indicating relative size - Ebright Creek
Male kokanee salmon indicating relative size - Laughing Jacobs Creek
Male kokanee from a 2003 survey of Laughing Jacobs Creek
Male kokanee from a 2003 survey of Laughing Jacobs Creek, a tributary to Lake Sammamish
Male kokanee showing it's relative size, from Laughing Jacobs Creek
Male kokanee carcasses from a 2008 survey of Lewis Creek and Ebright Creek
Female kokanee from Issaquah Creek
Female kokanee from Laughing Jacobs Creek
Female kokanee indicating relative size - Lewis Creek
Spawned female kokanee - Issaquah Creek
Kokanee running up Ebright Creek - photo by Vali Eberhardt ©
Kokanee among the cobbles of Lewis Creek
Kokanee in the riffles of Lewis Creek
Kokanee in a run on Lewis Creek
Kokanee observed in the riffles during a survey of Lewis and Ebright Creeks
Biologists dissect a kokanee carcass on a survey of Lewis Creek and Ebright Creek
Biologist Hans Berge releasing a kokanee back into Lewis Creek
Photos are by Hans Berge and Tim O'Leary unless otherwise noted. For questions about Lake Sammamish kokanee and these photos, please contact David St. John, government relations administrator, DNRP Water Policy Unit.
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