Chinook season: all year
France: Salmon royal, Germany: Konigslachs, Japan: masunosuke
Coho : White gums, black tongues and a few spots on the upper portion of their tail, distinguish the coho salmon from the others. Bright silver with a metallic blue dorsal surface, coho usually live for 3 years. they weight 3 to 30 lbs. Average size being 6 to 12 lbs. Coho salmon are also called Slivers in the U.S.
Coho season: July through October
France: saumon argente, Germany: Slachslachs, Japan: ginzake, ginmasu
Sockeye : Prominent glassy eyes, and almost toothless, the silver blue sockeye lives from 4 to 5 years. Weighing between 4 to 8 lbs. with some reaching as much as 12lbs. the sockeye has bright red flesh and one of the best tasting salmon.
Sockeye season: August
France: saumon rouge, Germany: Rotlachs, Japan: benizake, benimasu
Pink : Pink salmon have large spots on their tail and have very small scales. They are the smallest of the salmon species ranging up to 10 lbs and are abundant only in odd- numbered years in our local waters
Pink season: August through September
France: saumon rose, Germany: Buckellachs, Japan: sepparimasu
Chum : Resembling the sockeye, but much larger, chum salmon have faint vertical bars on their silvery sides. They live 3 to 5 years and weigh 8 to 12 lbs. with some reaching up to 30 lbs.
Chum season: October through November
France: saumon keta, Germany: Hundslachs, Ketalachs, Japan: sake, shake
Halibut : Up to 200 lbs
Halibut Season: February through April
Lingcod : Up to 40 lbs.
Lingcod season: June through September
Rock cod : Up to 8 lbs.
Rock cod season: All Year
Other species of bottom fish in our area, Greenling, Yellow eye (red snapper) Flounder, Sole, Sculpin and Mud sharks
Wildlife you can expect to see while enjoying your fishing trip include: Seals, Doll Porpoise, Eagles, Otters, Sea Lions, And sometimes even a pod of Orcas.