10-24-2013, 07:39 PM
I will take that bet!! That is 100% a coho salmon. As someone who has also worked in AK, and Washington as a guide for 5 years that is not a Chinook.
Chinook do not have white gums, not at all.
Plus the pectoral fins jut out at the direct belly line of the fish in the picture which is also a feature of the silver/coho and not the chinook.
Wrong color for a steelhead too. So even though I am really surprised that a coho was caught in Idaho I would have to say that is what that fish is. [
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Chinook do not have white gums, not at all.
Plus the pectoral fins jut out at the direct belly line of the fish in the picture which is also a feature of the silver/coho and not the chinook.
Wrong color for a steelhead too. So even though I am really surprised that a coho was caught in Idaho I would have to say that is what that fish is. [
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