Salmon Identification
August 20, 2006 by Captain Jeff
Filed under Michigan Salmon FIshing
Identify Salmon
It’s pretty hard to identify the type of Salmon you catch, so here is a graphical reference that will help you positivly ID that big Catch!
The two salmon species you’ll encounter are chinook and coho. Chonook can be King or Black Mouth.
Chinook Salmon (blackmouth salmon or king salmon):
Below, this salmon’s teeth emerging from a black gumline on lower jaw; circular black spots on the tail tell you it is a Chinook Salmon.
Coho Salmon (silver salmon):
Below, teeth emerging from a white gumline on lower jaw tell you it’s a Coho; spots are usually missing on the tail, but may be lightly spotted on the upper portion of tail.
More Salmon Identification
Still not sure? No problem, check out this picture of salmon identification techniques. To help you see exactly what we are talking about, the picture is in large format (it will load fast, it’s just bigger than usual so it gets a page of it’s own.View Salmon Identification Page