lordofthesprings I don't think those are pinks... if you look at the most digested one you can see par marks where there is still some skin by the tail. The deep body shape is also wrong and the scales are too big. I am pretty sure those are Chinook or Coho, I lean towards Chinook. What time of year did you get them?
Regarding the squat lobsters that go.fish found in his Coho at Port Hardy... that is super interesting. I would be very surprised if salmon were eating the squat lobsters that people get in their prawn traps (genus Munida). These guys are mostly on the bottom and in deep water. However, there is something called a pelagic red crab which is almost identical looking and actually swims in the water column. However, they are normally not found north of California.
see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleuroncodes_planipes
Given the warm blob and the El Nino I wonder if it is possible that this is what they were.
If anyone ever has any weird stomach contents that they want identified feel free to freeze them and I will try to find someone who will ID them (eventually-still have some forum members stuff in the freezer that I need to get to). I am in Victoria.
Regarding the squat lobsters that go.fish found in his Coho at Port Hardy... that is super interesting. I would be very surprised if salmon were eating the squat lobsters that people get in their prawn traps (genus Munida). These guys are mostly on the bottom and in deep water. However, there is something called a pelagic red crab which is almost identical looking and actually swims in the water column. However, they are normally not found north of California.
see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleuroncodes_planipes
Given the warm blob and the El Nino I wonder if it is possible that this is what they were.
If anyone ever has any weird stomach contents that they want identified feel free to freeze them and I will try to find someone who will ID them (eventually-still have some forum members stuff in the freezer that I need to get to). I am in Victoria.