An angler's guide to kokanee management

Kokanee are stocked throughout the state and success depends on stocking and conditions

Most of a kokanee’s diet consists of plankton, which are small, aquatic organisms barely visible to the human eye. Plankton abundance (or scarcity) is driven by water conditions, and when plankton thrive, kokanee thrive, and vice versa. It takes at least 2 to 3 years for a stocked fingerling to grow to catchable size, but biologists can’t accurately forecast how much food will be available from year to year.