Annual Kokanee Salmon Run Under Way At Lake Tahoe

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Updated: 1:37 PM Oct 3, 2008 Annual Kokanee Salmon Run Under Way At Lake Tahoe One of Lake Tahoe's most popular nature shows of the year is off to a promising start. Posted: 1:37 PM Oct 3, 2008

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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) - One of Lake Tahoe's most popular
nature shows of the year is off to a promising start.

Thousands of kokanee salmon are swimming up Taylor Creek off the
lake's south shore as part of their annual spawning ritual.

U.S. Forest Service officials say while the run doesn't typically peak until mid-October, it's off to a good start. They say as many as 50,000 of the fish may make the journey upstream this year.

Landlocked cousins of the seagoing sockeye salmon, the kokanee
were introduced to Lake Tahoe in 1944 by biologists.

They quickly adapted to the alpine environment, joining brown and rainbow trout and mackinaw as Tahoe's most popular game fish.

The run coincides with this weekend's 19th annual Kokanee Salmon
Festival at the Forest Service Visitor Center, 3 miles north of South Lake Tahoe on Highway 89.

AP-NY-10-03-08 1625EDT

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