Carson National Fish Hatchery

08/24/2026

Spring Creek NFH will start spawning in three weeks. Check it out!

Spring Creek National Fish Hatchery has been producing salmon for 125 years! That's over one billion fish since 1901! Please join us for our 125th Celebration and Open House on Sept. 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The special day will highlight adult salmon viewing as they jump up the fish ladder and swim around in the holding ponds. Interpreters will be explaining all stages of the spawning process. Come enjoy an educational, fun day and learn how we produce 12.5 million Tule fall chinook salmon each year.

There will be salmon migration mini golf, partner tables, kid activities and treats.

08/21/2026

We finished spawning this week. We spawned 549 females and collected 2.2 million Spring Chinook Salmon eggs. The eggs are now incubating in the hatchery building and will hatch around mid October

06/17/2026

After a two-week hiatus due to family events, the returns are still coming in. We had 97 the last several days and our total is up to 2,284.

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06/02/2026

We had 219 fish over the weekend and 78 this morning. We now have 1,877 on station.

05/29/2026

Good morning and happy Friday, we counted 25 fish in our trap this morning bringing our total to 1,580.

05/28/2026

Wind River fishing regulations return to permanent rules:

Action: Restores Wind River salmon and steelhead angling rules to permanent rules listed in the Washington Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet. All other

05/28/2026

This morning we counted 32 fish in our trap and now have 1,555 total adults.

05/27/2026

Good morning, we had 102 adults arrive last night and our total is now 1,523.

05/26/2026

Good morning, we counted 668 fish over the weekend and our total is 1421. Our brood goal this year is 1800 so we can spawn 600 females. Since males return at a lower rate, 1800 fish should give us about 600 males.

05/22/2026

Happy Friday, we had 214 fish in our trap this morning bringing our total to 753.