Originally Posted By: blue water pro
That is a nice looking fish. Best identifying characteristic of a Chinook is teeth set in black gums. This fish has white gums. Chinook also have heavily spotted tail fins and I don't see that. This must be Coho unless the Alantic - Salmo Salar have white gums. Does anyone know what color their gums are? The Atlantic salmon have escaped from offshore fish farms and are a threat to the native Pacific salmon populations. It could be Alantic but I think Coho. No way Chinook.


Atlantic Salmon usually (always?) have big black spots on their gill plates. These spots are not present in the gill plates of the fish in the pic