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Name that Salmon

Post by Big D » Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:56 am

OK...So you think you know your Salmon.
I still have trouble identifing which is which by the pictures even after looking them up.
So...Go ahead, Name that Salmon.
I'll provide the correct answers in a couple of days if no one gets them right.

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RE:Name that Salmon

Post by BentRod » Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:41 am

1. chum, 2. pink, 3. king, 4. coho, 5. sockeye

Without looking it up. How'd I do?

Cool test.
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RE:Name that Salmon

Post by G-Man » Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:50 am

Alright, I'll go first.

1. Sockeye - small scales
2. Pink - Tail spots w/tiny scales
3. Chinook - Tail and body spots - dark mouth/snout
4. Coho - just looks like a coho
5. Chum - bug eyes
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RE:Name that Salmon

Post by Toni » Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:08 am

I haven't really fished for salmon in the salt for a long time but what I can see for sure is that they are all WILD.
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RE:Name that Salmon

Post by Bodofish » Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:58 am

We got one right and one not so right......... =) it's no fair for me I can do it by smell. Over the internet.
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RE:Name that Salmon

Post by fishing collector » Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:07 am

If I put in the right names then someone might copy me.... How's this?

1- snag
2- pinky stuff
3- blue stuff
4-green stuff
5-red hook
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RE:Name that Salmon

Post by Bodofish » Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:35 am

switch the snag....... with........... =)
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RE:Name that Salmon

Post by crankbait42 » Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:36 am

chum
humpy
king
silver
sockeye
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RE:Name that Salmon

Post by G-Man » Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:09 am

Ok, so the silver in the tail of #1 says it is a chum, that would make #5 a sockeye. I'd do better if I could see the inside of the mouth. I haven't caught many chrome bright chum in my day, that's the excuse I'm sticking with.
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RE:Name that Salmon

Post by curado » Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:18 am

Chum
Pink
King
coho
sockeye
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RE:Name that Salmon

Post by gpc » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:00 am

chum
pink
king
silver
sockeye
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RE:Name that Salmon

Post by Big D » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:23 am

OK OK I give. You guys are salmon gods.

#1 Chum/Dog
#2 Pink/Humpy
#3 Chinook/King
#4 Coho/Silver
#5 Sockeye/Red

Standby for another Salmon challenge I think I can stump more than a couple of you with this next one.

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RE:Name that Salmon

Post by zen leecher aka Bill W » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:28 am

I'd punch them all as humpies as there's a 4 fish humpy limit in MA8-2.
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RE:Name that Salmon

Post by G-Man » Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:53 pm

Just a minor hi-jacking. Attached is a picture of a fish that was removed from the stomach of a coho recently caught off of Westport. It measured about 8" long and although some folks called it a herring I'm thinking it is a juvenile shad. Any other thoughts on the identity of this fish?
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RE:Name that Salmon

Post by crankbait42 » Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:37 pm

it looks kind of like a sardine.

heres a picture,

http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/commercial/sard ... rdines.jpg
and another,
http://swfsc.noaa.gov/uploadedImages/Di ... rdine1.jpg
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RE:Name that Salmon

Post by curado » Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:44 pm

i am going with sardine
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RE:Name that Salmon

Post by G-Man » Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:01 pm

That looks like a spot on match, I'll go with sardine. Thanks guys.
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RE:Name that Salmon

Post by curado » Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:05 pm

name this salmon it is easy
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RE:Name that Salmon

Post by Rich McVey » Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:37 pm

curado wrote:name this salmon it is easy
Fred...?
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RE:Name that Salmon

Post by curado » Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:46 pm

fred works for me lol
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