Of course it is a Chinook, that is obvious. I was pointing out that it was most likely a Hatchery Chinook, but would not say for certain it was a hatchery given the angle of the photo.
As for the comment by another concerning Gillard’s alleged misidentification of salmon species, I agree with Daveroo; Bgillard’s job is to identify salmon species and you can bet he knows his stuff. If one thinks about it a little one would conclude that he was referring to the first picture which was the subject of the thread posted by Alctel, --- which is a pink and he was in fact correct.