Salmon ID

[Rob]

Found this small hen in a creek in Monroe.  Was probably only a pound or two.

Any ideas on species?  Pink?

[Bullkllr]

Full big-spotted tail like that is a dead give away for pinks

[Stein]

Yep, pink.


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[Rob]

That is what I was leaning towards - just so tiny!

[Rob]

how about this guy?  (from last year)

Coho?

[Bullkllr]

Coho?

yes

[Rob]

Cool, thanks!

Last one - Poor photo I'm afraid.  I am guessing Coho but the head kinda looks Chinook like to me.

[Bullkllr]

That's a hen and they can be tougher from a distance.

I think you're right though, it looks chinook. Based on coho tail would likely be more square. Can't tell if tail spotting is only on upper half- that would lean more toward silver.

[Stein]

I can't believe you touch those things.

We have a salmon stream in our back yard and you can smell those things from a long way away.

[3dvapor]

Amazing that journey,  ive hunted in eastern oregon by the tiny town of granite and seen spring chinook in granite creek and the north fork of the john day.  My buddy wouldnt believe me that they were salmon.  lol.

[Rob]

Thanks.  Wish i had taken a better picture.

Touching them is no worse than cleaning a deer i guess.

Hard part is finding before the dogs.  Dont want them to get salmon poisoning.   Had a dog roll in one once.  That was unpleasant for days inspite of multiple baths.   Earned him the nick name "fish stick".

[SWHUNTER]

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Fishing is open virtually year round in Salmon River Country. Rainbow, Cutthroat, Brook and Steelhead Trout are the most plentiful species found in nearby lakes and streams, although many other species are also found.
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has stocked sterile tiger muskies in Lake Lowell and Black Canyon Reservoir for the first time ever.  Tiger muskies are a sterile hybrid of true muskellunge (muskies) and northern pike.
Fish and Game released about 1,000 8- to 12-inch  in Lake Lowell , and stocked Black Canyon Reservoir with about 100 tiger muskies.
Considering they can reach trophy sizes of more than 40 inches and 30 pounds, hooking into a tiger muskie makes for an incredible angling experience. The current state record tiger muskie was caught in Little Payette Lake in 2013, measured 52.5 inches and tipped the scales at over 44 pounds.
“Idaho is the only inland western state with ocean-run salmon and steelhead, and when conditions are right, the hatchery part of these runs provide an exciting fishing experience. State records are 54 pounds for salmon and 30 pounds, 2 ounces for steelhead” (IDFG). Current fishing regulations may be obtained from the Idaho Department of Fish & Game.
To see what anadromous (sea-going) fish are making their way upriver in real time, go to the fish passage window at the Bonneville Dam Fish Ladder.
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