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Here is just a sampling of the fine fish that are available in the waters of
Cook Inlet and Resurrection Bay!
King Salmon
(Chinook Salmon - Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
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- 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
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Silver Salmon
(Coho Salmon - Oncorhynchus kisutch)
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- 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 from the Salmon River in
Pulaski, New York on September 27, 1989 by Jerry Lifton
- Common Names Silver Salmon, Hooknose
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Pacific Halibut
(Pacific Halibut - Hippoglossus stenolepis)
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- 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
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