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Are the kokanee salmon running in the Strawberry River yet or is it still a little early? My wife and her parents have never seen them so I want to show them next weekend. I just want them to see good amount of the red kokes in there. Very cool sight to see. Would there be a lot by next weekend or should I wait a couple weeks?
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I went by there today. I stopped on the road on the way out and didn't see one fish in the stream. The fishing was very slow for us today. We started at 7:30 and left at 11.
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Thanks everyone for your responses. We are deciding to wait a few weeks to check it out.
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I just saw a Facebook post that said
"If anyone is interested in viewing the egg taking fertilization process for Kokanee at the fish trap, they will be doing so on Mondays and Thursdays from 9:00am to 12:00PM. beginning on Monday September 16th. through the 1st. of October."
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I took the family there yesterday. Only a few in the river from the bridge along the boardwalk up to the egg harvesting building. The DWR was there doing their thing. I overheard the biologist estimated around 1000 were in the concrete raceways. Plenty to be admired, just not many in their natural environment.