Kokanee spawning photos
Supplementing wild kokanee at Issaquah HatcheryThese photos document hatchery work to stabilize and bolster the abundance of kokanee that live in Lake Sammamish and spawn in its tributaries with the long-term goal of restoring habitat and establish a viable, self-sustaining and fishable population that doesn’t need the support of a hatchery. All photos on this page © Grace Reamer. 
Wild kokanee at Issaquah Hatchery for supplemental spawning, Dec. 2009
Wild kokanee at Issaquah Hatchery for supplemental spawning, Dec. 2009
Wild kokanee at Issaquah Hatchery for supplemental spawning, Dec. 2009
Harvesting eggs from wild kokanee at Issaquah Hatchery, Dec. 2009
Eggs and milt from wild kokanee at Issaquah Hatchery, Dec. 2009
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
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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