Colorado Parks and Wildlife will give away kokanee salmon at Joe Rowell Park in Dolores at 3 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 30. Anyone wanting fish must hold a valid 2014 Colorado fishing license.
The number of fish each person receives will be determined by the number of kokanee collected during the spawning run and the number of people who show up for the giveaway.
People interested in receiving fish should bring a container.
The number of kokanee returning to their release site from McPhee Reservoir up the Dolores River is up from the last couple of years. Most of the kokanee are from 9 to 11 inches in size.
Kokanee are a freshwater, land-locked sockeye salmon. It is not native to Colorado but is well suited to Colorado's large reservoirs and is a popular game fish.
For more information on kokanee and all Colorado's fish species, go to: cpw.state.co.
