Chinook Salmon Info

Chinook Salmon are the largest of the salmonoids family. The chinook salmon is also known as the king, tyee, black mouth, or winter salmon. King salmon are often caught by trollers, peir fisherman, and river fisherman. Most kings are caught when they're 15-35 pounds. Chinook habits are different from other salmon such as loosely schooling and they also tend to inhabit particular areas for reasons other than having followed the crowd. The key to catching these fish is to remember that they are carnivores. They hunt smaller fish particularly injured or dieing baitfsh. When the winter months come near chinook salmon move southward 15-20 miles offshore. Chinook salmon are more likely to spawn when they're three to four years old, but some spawn when they're one to eight years old. An adult female will lay on average of 4,000-6,000 eggs. Fertilization by a single male occurs within seconds of egg deposit. In fall streambed redds (where the female digs a fertilizaton hole. It takes about six months for a salmon egg to develop into a fry. In their first year the salmon weighs less than two pounds and reaches lengths of 45cm.( 18 inches). In the year of spawning salmon will go through many changes such as tourning a brownish-black color, they get disfunctioning mold after a few weeks of spwaning in the rivers, and also the males lower jaw gets a curve type hook that extends over the upper jaw. Since they have the hook it is hard to catch them unless you snag them, which is illegal in many states but check your states regulaton book. Chinook salmon are very powerful swimmers and they feed actively. They will hit a lure and take off giving a very powerful underwater battle and will seldomly jump which will give you a fight you will never forget.

Best Lures

1. Mepps Syclopes

2. Spinners (sizes 3-5 work best)

3. Assorted spoon sizes(any bright color)

4. Plastic Shads

5. Orange Twister Tails(any size)

Live Bait

1. Shiners

2. Chubs

3. Spawn Sacks

4. Crawfish

5. Large Grasshoppers

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