KING SALMON
(Chinook Salmon -- Oncorhynchus
tshawytscha)
Blue-gray back with silvery sides.
Small irregular shaped black spots on back, dorsal fin, and usually on both
lobes of the tail. The gum line is black. Spawning adults lose their silvery
bright coloration and take on a maroon to olive-brown color.
- Average Weight 10-20 lbs
- Peak Weight 100 lbs
- IGFA Record 97 lb 4 oz fish taken from the Kenai River in Alaska
on May 17, 1985 by Les Anderson.
- Common Names King Salmon, Tyee Salmon, Blackmouth
SILVER SALMON
(Coho
Salmon
-- Oncorhynchus kisutch)
Greenish-blue back with silvery sides.
Small black spots on the back, dorsal fin, and usually on the upper lobe of
the tail only. The gum line is white to light gray. Spawning adults develop
greenish-black heads with dark brown to maroon bodies
- Average Weight 6-12 lbs
- Peak Weight 30 lbs
- IGFA Record 33 lb 4 oz fish taken form the Salmon River in
Pulaski, New York on September 27, 1989 by Jerry Lifton
- Common Names Silver Salmon, Hooknose
HALIBUT
(Pacific
Halibut
-- Hippoglossus stenolepis)
- Peak Weight Males--40 lbs, Females--500 lbs
- IGFA Record 459 lb fish taken out of Dutch Harbor in Alaska on June
11, 1996 by Jack Tragris
