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Alpine Lake Window |
Many of Idaho's streams begin in high mountain lakes. Alpine lakes provide a cool, clean, deep-water habitat where a variety of Idaho's fish species may be found. Signs are provided to help you identify the fish you see.
The species before you represent only a few of the many species found in Idaho. Idaho's has about 70 fish species, 39 that are native. Occasional "visitors" to our stream include chinook and kokanee salmon, which we introduce in mid-summer through early fall, as availability allows. At the window to the far left, you may also see fish spawning (reproducing). Watch for female trout and salmon digging a redd (nest) in the gravel in which to deposit their eggs. Chinook and kokanee spawn in late August and early September, while rainbow spawn mainly in the early spring.
