Fish ID NOT ALL SMALL FISH ARE PINKS

Help me out here because you all have me thinking again. On our recent trip to Ucluelet I boated a pink that had taken the hook through the eye. As a quick check, I felt the tongue and it had two small teeth. Okay, a small (but legal) spring? At the dock three others, including two charter guys said, "pink". Small scales, oval spots, mouth not completely black. I'm new to this but I thought, "no teeth on the tongue". ???????
 
quote:Originally posted by gpspowell

Help me out here because you all have me thinking again. On our recent trip to Ucluelet I boated a pink that had taken the hook through the eye. As a quick check, I felt the tongue and it had two small teeth. Okay, a small (but legal) spring? At the dock three others, including two charter guys said, "pink". Small scales, oval spots, mouth not completely black. I'm new to this but I thought, "no teeth on the tongue". ???????
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Small scales, and oval spots should have made it a pink. Did it have very large prounounced teeth on the lower jaw?
 
Thanks, Tsquared.

I realized after I made the post that I had it a** backwards. I was wondering how long it would take someone to post a correction.

JuandeOne, you are also correct the DFO screwed up on their species guide in the regs. It is the picture of a Pink, not a Steelhead.
I caught that one too.
 
quote:Originally posted by Tsquared

I agree with you that they smoke up very nicely Big guy but it's not because they have a high oil content--in fact it's just the opposite.
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I have always heard both things about chum, but i think you are right TS.

Can you or anyone tell me the ranking of oil/fat content of the 5 salmon species? From low to high or whathave you?

I am guessing chum, pink, coho, spring, sockeye?
 
quote:chum, pink, coho, spring, sockeye?
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You've got it Likwit, although I'm not sure who would be the winner between spring and sockeye. I know that it broke my heart to shake off the handful of socks I caught this summer--I could hear my bbq calling!
T2
 
Thanks for the information about chum. Very interesting.

So I'm hoping to come accross a bright chum to try in my smoker. [^]
 
Thanks for the information about chum. Very interesting.

So I'm hoping to come accross a bright chum to try in my smoker. [^]
 
Watched a older fella past Sunday, drag a beauty of about a 19# wild coho up the dock at Cheanuh. Asked him if wild cohoe were open his reply its a spring ya right!. Would have been nice if DFO was on the beach that day! Thats my rant for the day. Cheers Fah Cups
 
Watched a older fella past Sunday, drag a beauty of about a 19# wild coho up the dock at Cheanuh. Asked him if wild cohoe were open his reply its a spring ya right!. Would have been nice if DFO was on the beach that day! Thats my rant for the day. Cheers Fah Cups
 
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