The California Fish & Wildlife has updated the 2025 plants for inland chinook salmon and kokanee.

Chinook: This year’s IHN infection rate for returning Chinook was very high and negatively impacted this brood year. Out of four lots, the first three were destroyed due to extremely high IHN infection rates. The fourth lot passed, with low IHN infections, and those Chinook were planted in four lakes – Lakes Berryessa, Don Pedro, Pine Flat and Spaulding.

Kokanee: This was a good year for kokanee brood, our expected allotment for kokanee was 705,000 fingerlings and DFW planted 755,969. Expected allotments per lake were either met or exceeded; with Shasta getting more than planned and even Indian Valley getting a plant, which was unexpected.

2027 should be a good fishing year for kokanee, barring any unusually dry winters; Although Chinook options will be reduced, given the level of IHN this year, we did get plants into at least three lakes.

Plants per lake are listed below. Information courtesy of the California Inland Fisheries Foundation, Inc – also know as Project Kokanee.