Last winter's snow storms have ensured a healthy Taylor Creek stream for the Kokanee Salmon to spawn. The increased fish population has been great for the local California Black bears in Hyperphagia, a stage when the bears increase their feeding activities to build up fat reserves for winter. Bear's hyperphagia also brought me luck to get this shot.
Kokanee Salmon were anthropogenically (i.e. introduced by human) added to Lake Tahoe, California in the 1940s. However, the Kokanee Salmon is not an invasive species. They aren't taking over the place and in many respects, they do actually contribute to the overall health (ecologically and economically) of the Lake Tahoe Basin. They provide food for many native species such as the California Black Bears!
The fishing by black bears is relatively new. About 15 years ago, there was a drought in the Tahoe high country, and the bears started coming down into the basin in search of food, and they found the Kokanee Salmon.