INCUBATION TIME
Salmon watchers documented a total of 18 coho spawners in the creek in mid November, and the eggs they left are now incubating.
Watchers were able to verify spawning at three locations. The eggs in those redds should hatch into alevin in late January/early February, which will then emerge from the gravel as free-swimming fry in late March/early April. That's when volunteers will revisit those locations to estimate the number of "home hatch."
Salmon watchers documented a total of 18 coho spawners in the creek in mid November, and the eggs they left are now incubating.
Watchers were able to verify spawning at three locations. The eggs in those redds should hatch into alevin in late January/early February, which will then emerge from the gravel as free-swimming fry in late March/early April. That's when volunteers will revisit those locations to estimate the number of "home hatch."
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