Colorado Parks and Wildlife will be giving away kokanee salmon at Lake Nighthorse this year today, Nov. 11, and Nov, 18. The giveaways will start at 3 p.m. each day.
Anyone wanting fish must present a 2016 Colorado fishing license.
To get to the Lake Nighthorse boat ramp, go west on La Plata County Road 210 behind the Office Depot shopping center to the top of the hill. CPW staff will be at the entrance to direct traffic. Because of traffic concerns, people are asked to arrive at the gate no earlier than 2 p.m.
The Bureau of Reclamation has granted CPW limited permission to conduct the give-aways at this location. People must stay in the parking lot and are not allowed to walk around any other part of the property.
People interested in receiving fish should bring a cooler or other container. Most of the kokanee are 10 to 13 inches in size. They can be filleted and are easy to prepare. Kokanee are a freshwater, land-locked sockeye salmon. It is not native to Colorado but is well suited to Colorado's large reservoirs.
For more information on kokanee and all Colorado's fish species, go to cpw.state.co.
