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Pink Salmon and Chum Salmon. Pink also known as…. Humpy…humpback… bread and butter fish. Size: average: 4-6 lbs Record: 12lbs 9 oz Most abundant AK species Males have the most pronounced hump of all salmon species. Identification. Smallest salmon Black spots on back
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Pink also known as…. Humpy…humpback… bread and butter fish • Size: average: 4-6 lbs • Record: 12lbs 9 oz • Most abundant AK species • Males have the most pronounced hump of all salmon species
Identification • Smallest salmon • Black spots on back • Spots on entire caudal fin • Pinkish green color when spawning
Habits of Pink Salmon • Hatch and then quickly head to salt water • Eat plankton, larvae and insects • Spend 15 months at sea and spawn near coast
Chum Salmon (Dog Salmon or Keta salmon) • Average: 9lbs • Record: 32lbs • Poorest meat quality
Description • Widest distribution of any Pacific Salmon • Used as dried fish for winter use • Ocean Chum: greenish blue on top with speckles on back • In ocean it’s hard to tell them from sockeye (red) and coho (silver) • BUT chum have no spots on caudal fin
Spawning chum: green and purple • Males develop kype
Spawning • Spends 3-4 years at sea and usually spawns within 100 miles of the sea • After eggs hatch, the young travel out to sea