My wife and I eat a lot of fish, and I often have enough in the freezer to give to friend and neighbors. There are a couple of species that we tend to horde, because we like to eat them so much. One is walleye and the other is kokanee. I rarely keep trout anymore, because kokanee are so much better eating, and there are several lakes where they are abundant. Very close to our home in Leavenworth is Fish Lake, which added kokanee to the lake just a few years ago. You can usually count on catching kokanee on Lake Chelan, and just over the hill from Manson is Wapato Lake, which can produce some of the biggest kokanee in the region. Known for abundant numbers of smaller kokanee is Deep Lake, north of Soap Lake, above Park Lake. In the Spokane area there are several lakes that offer kokanee fishing. Badger Lake is probably the most popular, but anglers can also catch kokanee at Loon Lake and Clear Lake. East of Spokane in Idaho is Lake Couer d’ Alene where kokanee are especially large this season and nearby Hayden Lake produces big kokanee as well.