U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service biologists electro-fish Togus Stream for wild Atlantic salmon in October, 1996. This was the third year of their survey to determine the presence of wild Atlantic salmon and to collect fin clips from wild salmon for genetic analysis. This site is at the Barber Road bridge on the Randolph-Pittston line, approx. two miles upstream from the Kennebec River.

This bucket of wild Atlantic salmon juveniles was captured in one "pass" of the stream section shown in the photo above. The larger fish are one and two year old wild Atlantic salmon juveniles. The smaller individuals are young of year wild Atlantic salmon. Nearly 60 wild Atlantic salmon were found in this small portion of Togus Stream during this one day of sampling in October 1996. Several spawning adults were also observed this day, but not captured.
Wild Atlantic salmon have been documented and studied in Togus Stream since the early 1960s. The stream has never been stocked with Atlantic salmon.

These are the only known photographs of Togus Stream wild Atlantic salmon.















Photos by Douglas Watts, Friends of the Kennebec Salmon.