F is for Fish

Above we have crew member Kinsi holding a beautiful king salmon.

You can tell a king salmon (Chinook) from a coho (silver) by the coloring. King salmon have black around the tips of their mouths and they are also covered with more spots on the their tail. They also seem to be a bit more gray in coloring through out. Their other name is Chinook. They don't call them King's for nothing, the biggest king salmon ever caught was over 80 pounds. Can you imagine?
I believe the biggest King salmon we have caught is around 30-50 pounds and that seems gigantic.

This chart is from bluefish

They have a lot of information about fishing and salmon populations through the history. If you are interested in learning more, click the link above. Here is a chart with all types of salmon on it. The pictures can be a little bit helpful, although Chinook (king salmon are usually larger than the rest of these fish.

Salmon Factoids:
The largest king salmon caught was 97 pounds and 4 ounces. That was in 1985 by Les Anderson. The biggest coho salmon caught was 26 pounds by Andrew Robbins in 1976. The largest sockeye salmon caught was 16 pounds by Chuck Leach in 1974.
These are the types of fish caught when Trolling in Southeast Alaska. These are also the best types of fish to be frozen at sea and sold in super markets and sushi restaurants.

Check out this big salmon on How to fish for salmon