Personnel with Colorado Parks and Wildlife herd Kokanee Salmon down stream in the waters of Grimes Creek on the north end of Vallecito Reservoir Thursday to harvest eggs. From the left is Graham Mytton, Fish Technician, Mike Japhet, retired Biologist, Jim White, Fish Biologist, Pete Deren, Fish Technician and Sara Bashaw, Fish Culturalist. Photo by SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald

Sara Bashaw, a Fish Culturalist with Colorado Parks and Wildlife rinses freshly harvested Kokanee Salmon eggs in the waters of Grimes Creek on the north end of Vallecito Reservoir. Photo by SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald

Jim White, a Fish Biologist with Colorado Parks and Wildlife inspects Kokanee Salmon captured in a "Merwin Net" on the northeast side of Vallecito Reservoir Thursday. The net system is one of the ways Parks and Wildlife catch the fish to harvest it's eggs for spawning. Photo by SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald

Pete Daren, right, a Fish Technician with Colorado Parks and Wildlife removes eggs from a Kokanee Salmon in Grimes Creek on the north end of Vallecito Reservoir. Daren is joined to the left by Fish Biologist Jim White and right, Retired Biologist Mike Japhet and Fish Technician Graham Mytton carries a plastic bin of harvested eggs, left. Photo by SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald

Personnel with Colorado Parks and Wildlife herd Kokanee Salmon down stream in the waters of Grimes Creek on the north end of Vallecito Reservoir Thursday to harvest eggs. From the left is Graham Mytton, Fish Technician, Mike Japhet, retired Biologist, Jim White, Fish Biologist, Pete Deren, Fish Technician and Sara Bashaw, Fish Culturalist.<br>Photo by SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald

Sara Bashaw, a Fish Culturalist with Colorado Parks and Wildlife rinses freshly harvested Kokanee Salmon eggs in the waters of Grimes Creek on the north end of Vallecito Reservoir Thursday. Photo by SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald

Pete Daren, a Fish Technician with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, removes eggs from a Kokanee Salmon in Grimes Creek on the north end of Vallecito Reservoir. Photo by SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald

Sara Bashaw, a Fish Culturalist with Colorado Parks and Wildlife rinses freshly harvested Kokanee Salmon eggs in the waters of Grimes Creek on the north end of Vallecito Reservoir Thursday. Photo by SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald