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You can plan to fish for the following species during
these months of the year:
June
- July:
Sockeye
Late July - Early September:
Chinook (King)
September - October: Coho
(Silver)
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Black
gums and a silver, spotted tail distinguish the chinook
from other salmonids. It has a lightly spotted blue-green back
and is the largest, most prized game fish. The chinook lives
from three to seven years. It weighs between 1.5 kg and 30 kg.
Average-size chinooks are often known as springs in B.C. Those
over 13.5 kg are called tyees, and in the U.S., chinook are
called king salmon.
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chinook
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The sockeye is almost toothless,
with numerous long gill rakers and prominent, glassy eyes. Slimmest
and most streamlined of the Pacific species, the silver-blue
sockeye lives from four to five years. It usually weighs between
2.2 kg and 3.1 kg but can reach 6.3 kg. Young sockeye remain
in fresh-water nursery lakes a year or more before migrating
to the sea.
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sockeye
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Coho
have white gums, black tongues and a few spots on the upper
portion of their bodies and silver-coloured tails. They have
a wide tail base. Bright silver with a metallic blue dorsal
surface, coho usually live for three years and grow rapidly
in their final year. They weigh between 1.3 kg and 14 kg. In
the Strait of Georgia from April to early June, small coho passing
from the grilse stage to maturity are called bluebacks
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coho
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Pink
salmon have tiny scales and a tail heavily marked
with large oval spots. Unlike the other salmon species, the
tail of a pink has no silver in it. In the sea, pinks have silver
bodies with spotted backs. They are the smallest of the Pacific
salmon, usually weighing about 2.2 kg, but occasionally reaching
5.5 kg. They are more abundant in northern waters in even-numbered
years and in southern waters in odd-numbered years. Pinks live
only two years
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pink salmon
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white tip on the anal fin usually identifies a chum
salmon. Resembling sockeye, but larger, chum have
silvery sides and faint grid-like bars as they near spawning
streams. The tail base is narrow and there is silver in the
tail. They live three to five years and weigh about 4.5 kg to
6.5 kg, but they have been known to reach as much as 15 kg.
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chum salmon
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all info from:
http://www-comm.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/english |
