Chinook	The Chinook salmon is perhaps the most highly prized sport fish in Alaska and is extensively fished by anglers in the Southeast and Cook Inlet areas. Trolling with rigged herring is the favored method of angling in salt water. Unlike other salmon species, chinook salmon rear in inshore marine waters and are, therefore, available to commercial and sport fishers all year. It is the largest of all Pacific salmon, with weights of individual fish commonly exceeding 30 pounds. Also called (King or Spring)
Coho	Coho are spectacular fighters and the most acrobatic of the Pacific salmon, and on light tackle provide a thrilling and memorable fishing experience.Adults usually weigh 8 to 12 pounds and are 24 to 30 inches long, but individuals weighing 31 pounds have been landed. They can be distinguished from chinook salmon by the lack of black spots on the lower lobe of the tail and gray gums.
Sockeye	Sockeye salmon are the preferred species for canning due to the rich orange-red color of their flesh. Today, however, more than half of the sockeye salmon catch is sold frozen rather than canned. Adults usually weigh between 4 and 8 pounds, weights in excess of 15 pounds have been reported.
Chum	Sport fishers generally capture Chum salmon incidental to fishing for other Pacific salmon in either fresh or salt water. Chum vary in size from 4 to over 30 pounds, but usually range from 7 to 18 pounds, with females usually smaller than males. Chum have fewer but larger gillrakers than other salmon.
Pink	The Pink salmon is also known as the "humpback" or "humpy" because of its very pronounced, laterally flattened hump which develops on the backs of adult males before spawning. It is called the "bread and butter" fish in many BC coastal fishing communities because of its importance to commercial fisheries and thus to local economies. Pink salmon also contribute substantially to the catch of sport anglers and subsistence users in Alaska.

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