yellow dot on chinooks head?

[seadog19]

I caught 2 springs this week, offshore Ukee. Both had a distinctive yellow dot under the jaw. One was a hatchery, the other not. Any ideas?

thks

 

[Dencope]

I caught 2 springs this week, offshore Ukee. Both had a distinctive yellow dot under the jaw. One was a hatchery, the other not. Any ideas?

thks

Take any pictures by chance?
This is all I could find online
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-10364_52259_48361-316009--,00.html

 

[Dogbreath]

Here we go again....

 

[fshnfnatic]

I saw these on many springs over the years,especially when I was a commercial troller.I asked about them while in port one trip and was told they are like a birthmark.I'm sure others on here have seen them before as well.

 

[SpringVelocity]

It's a pigment. Was discussed on here last year. Totally natural process. If you google it you will find scientific study done in states on it. I think it was done in Washington state.

 

[seadog19]

thanks for replies, dencope's link is exactly what it looked like. I sent the one head into that fisheries head recovery box

 

[bones]

It's a white spring , throw it back.

 

[seadog19]

It's a white spring , throw it back.

both were bright red not white

 

[bones]

both were bright red not white

it was a joke

 

[Red Monster]

I caught a fish with a yellow stamped mark from the Columbia River hatchery, but that's probably not what you're describing.

 

[TheBigGuy]

I heard those were the only Salmon you'll catch if someone brought bananas on board the boat.

 

[Prairie Locked]

I heard those were the only Salmon you'll catch if someone brought bananas on board the boat.

Ha! Would that suggest the banana's on a boat is a myth then??? Lol!

 

[profisher]

I think it means it got lost for awhile and spent some time in the Indian Ocean before finding its way home.

 

[ziggy]

Thrifty's sale item? Lol

 

[Sotally Tober]

I caught a fish with a yellow stamped mark from the Columbia River hatchery, but that's probably not what you're describing.

Geez, even salmon are getting tattoos these days