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Pictures and Descriptions of the five Pacific salmon species.
The Chinook (king) salmon is the prize catch in
Alaska for sport anglers. HiTime
Charters specifically targets the king while
salmon fishing. In the waters of the Inside Passage of Alaska the
average size is 12 to 18 pounds. Fish in the 35 to 40 pound range
are not uncommon. The largest recorded king salmon caught on
sport fishing gear in Alaska is 97 pounds. The largest recorded
commercially harvested king in Alaska is 126 pounds. Coho
(silver) and pink (humpy) salmon are also commonly caught on
sport tackle. When the silvers are running they can provide a
very exciting day of fishing. Silvers generally run in the 8 to
12 pound range but can be in excess 20 pounds. The other two
Pacific salmon species, sockeye (red) and chum (dog) salmon, are
not commonly caught on sportfishing gear they are however, very
important to the commercial fishing industry.
The
following pictures are
a few examples of salmon caught by guests of Captain Wisner. They
depict the normal size range of the king salmon caught in
Alaska's Inside Passage.
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Five
limits of Chinook (king) salmon |
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A very
nice upper average king |
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35 pound
king salmon |
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Lower
average kings |
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Large
king salmon |
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Another
very nice large king salmon |
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A very
special white meat king |
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Salmon -- Description
and Biological Information |
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The
following material has been excerpted, with permission,
from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game publication
titled Wildlife Notebook Series. |
The following links will take
you to the species you wish to study.
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