Online Highways Home > Oregon > Kokanee / Sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) The kokanee salmon is the land-locked version of the sockeye salmon and shares many of its characteristics, including a swift swimming style. Like the sockeye, the kokanee salmon is a slender fish with a blue-green back and top of the head, iridescent silver on the sides and white or silver on the belly. Juveniles develop some dark speckling on the back and oval parr marks on the sides. Kokanee salmon are the product of evolutionary changes in sockeye salmon that were prevented from migrating to the ocean, and thus adapted to surviving exclusively in freshwater lakes. The migration of the kokanee salmon during spawning season is much more limited than that of the sockeye. Kokanee return to the site of their birth within their freshwater systems between August and November, normally along inlet streams of the lakes or shoreline gravel beds. Mature kokanee turn bright orange-red before the spawning season. The male displays more prominent coloration and develops a hooked jaw and humped back. Plan your vacation to the Pacific Northwest with a packet of information in the mail and you may win a $200 gift certificate courtesy of our sponsors. The Most Anticipated Upcoming Oregon Events Are: Eagle Watch 2010 Culver February 27 thru February 28 Hood River Last Chance Holiday Bazaar Odell December 12 thru December 13 Winter Carnival at Hoodoo Sisters February 6 thru February 7 Traditions Holiday Celebrations Sunriver continuing thru January 1 Gingerbread Jubilee Medford continuing thru November 25 Other upcoming events include: Winter Folk Festival Florence January 23 thru January 24 Stampede Crab Feed Elgin January 30 Winter Carnival at Hoodoo Sisters February 6 thru February 7 Starfest at Eagle Crest Resort Redmond continuing thru January 1 Peking Acrobats at Tower Theatre Bend January 28

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stormbrew "@ink_slinger it worked quite well heh. The kokanee was gone in a couple of hours. All other beers by about 2am. And it was byob."
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stevivor "@jinxOZ Dan Murphy has an import section -- mine ditched Kokanee for Samuel Adams (ick!). Might be worth a shot?"
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