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The Chinook salmon / ʃɪˈnʊk / (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is the largest and most valuable species of Pacific salmon. [2] Its common name is derived from the Chinookan peoples. Other vernacular names for the species include king salmon, Quinnat salmon, Tsumen, spring salmon, chrome hog, Blackmouth, and Tyee salmon.
June hogs caught circa 1910 in Astoria, Oregon. In the parlance of the Pacific Northwest of the United States, June hogs were the largest Chinook salmon caught in the summer migratory runs of the fish. Often weighing at 80 pounds (36 kg), [1] [2] and as large as a small person, [3] these enormous salmon were once harvested regularly each summer ...
The biggest recorded taimen was caught in the Kotui River in Russia, and measured 2.1 m (6.9 ft) and weighed 105 kg (231 lb). [129] Some sources claim the largest is the Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) of America's Pacific Northwest, although this species falls behind the taimen in maximum size. [73] The maximum size of this fish is ...
In areas that are open for retention of coho salmon in the Willamette River basin upstream of Willamette Falls, anglers with a valid 2024 Oregon two-rod validation may fish with two rods including ...
Adipose, anal, and caudal fins are often dark red. The belly ranges from nearly white to dark gray. The taimen appears to be the largest salmonid in the world, being heavier at average and maximum sizes than the largest North American salmonid, the chinook salmon. [3] [4] [5] Most mature fish caught weigh from 15 to 30 kg (33 to 66 lb). [6]
It was the biggest Atlantic salmon I’ve ever seen," he said. ... including one likely record. Other species of salmon that are occasionally found in Erie include pink, chinook (king), and coho ...
The number of coho salmon that returned to the Upper Willamette Basin in 2023 smashed previous records and provided a bright spot for anglers seeking hook the delicious but enigmatic fish.
Oncorhynchus rastrosus. Oncorhynchus rastrosus (originally described as Smilodonichthys rastrosus[2]) also known as the saber-toothed salmon (now known to be misnomer), [3] or spike-toothed salmon[1] is an extinct species of salmon that lived along the Pacific coast of North America and Japan. [4] They first appeared in the late Miocene in ...