Nimbus Fish Hatchery — Local services in Folsom

We go there fairly often, our grandson loves going there...often. Our adult children went there sometimes when they were young. We went today (3/30/2018) feeding the fish, you can get fish food for free from the visitor center. When we went to the visitor center the docents were particularly friendly and helpful. I really appreciated the fun, educational atmosphere. When we went out to the long concrete troughs full of water and fish in various stages of life. A worker was driving next them with a pickup truck that was towing an appratus that was shooting fish feed into them. He eventually asked if we would like to come inside an adjoining building that was hatching fishes en mass and rearing them in smaller stainless steel troughs. He gave us an impromptu tour there and even gave our grandson a small toy he had found in one if the fish rearing areas. I can't tell you how great and special that was! We finally went to a playground that helped perfectly end the visit. All in all I highly recommend and we...

The salmon run has already ended, and the steelhead run has ended, but dozens of them can still be seen swimming upstream in the hatchery's waterways. I'm very interested to see what happens to them after that. I definitely don't want them to die in vain. 02/25/25

I learned a lot today.It was a wonderful salmon hatchery and I was really impressed with being able to feed the salmon myself.In fact, I fed the rainbow trout.It is romantic that they go out to the open ocean, eat a lot, and then return to the same river to spawn.Rainbow trout change name to steelhead.When I was a child, I used to fish for rainbow trout in a fishing pond and eat them grilled with salt.So when I saw the rainbow trout at this hatchery, I wanted to eat some.Both rainbow trout and salmon are very delicious fish, I love them.I would like to come back again when the fish migrate upstream to spawn.Salmon roe marinated in mirin and soy sauce is very delicious.Thank you to...

This is a very fun place to go, fun for all ages, except probably teenagers, but especially fun for the little children.

There are massive outdoor reservoirs with millions of young fish in them, that they let you feed. Sometimes there are food troughs for you to scoop up by yourself, and other times you will need to go into the information center and they will dole out little cups for the minnows.

As this is the last spot before the dam, they have a large steps called a fish ladder for the salmon to junk up to reach the hatchery. For a few weeks in November, you can go and see the fish leaping up the ladder to return to spawn.

There are some educational exhibits when entering the information center, and recently they installed some fish themed sculptures for children to climb on.

The littlest kids get the biggest kick out of feeding the fish, and everything is within a short walk, so their legs...