[GeorgeMcFly]

thanks guys. I now have conflicting reports. some still say its a coho and some say its a steel for sure. whatever iit was it gave a great fight and is now back comfortably in the river prolly making a run for it seeing as we got some decent rain today with more to come in the next few days.
pdq let me know if you are around. we can hit the river

[alexthegrrr8]

Originally Posted by GeorgeMcFly

guys on another forum say the bottom fish looks more like a coho salmon to them than a steel. they say theres spots on only the top of the tail and not the whole thing like a steelie? kinda seemed and acted like a steelie to me just wasn't so pink and olive

George:

At first glance I thought the second one was definitely a coho. I've seen a few of those recently as I've been up to my eyeballs in Chinook and Coho. Spinning rods though... The giveaway...look at the black around the yap.

Either way...both are nice fish. Congrats!

Alex

[Frank Whiton]

Hi to all,

I just wrote a full page on Salmon Identification and lost it before I got it posted. So here is how to identify a Silver (Coho) Salmon.

Silver Salmon Identification
Greenish-blue back with silvery sides. Small black spots on the back, dorsal fin and usually on the upper lobe of tail only.

Silvers have a black mouth with white gums at base of teeth on lower jaw. The mouth identification is the most fool proof.

King Salmon have a Black mouth with black gums at base of teeth on lower jaw. A small King and a big Silver can be close in color fresh from the salt. The lower gum is an easy identification.

I guess I should qualify this by saying the above is true for Alaska Salmon. I assume the NE Salmon are the same.

Frank

[Doubletap]

Yup - Yo-Yo for sure. The only fish in your parts (or mine, for that matter) that have gums that white. Pretty nice one, too, I might add.

[GeorgeMcFly]

thanks guys I guess I will say its a coho after more guys say thats what it is and odnr says they think so also. I will keep a eye out from now on that I know there are here and take pix of the mouth for proper identification