The pink salmon or humpback, sometimes too many....
| The most numerous of salmon, the pink is usually about 45-60 centimetres long, reaching an average weight of 4-6 pounds with a conical head and small eyes. From June to September adults can be found migrating from the sea into freshwater anywhere from 60 to 500 kilometres upstream. Spawning takes place from mid July to late October. The average lifespan of a pink salmon is two years. Assorted stream fish prey upon the young pink salmon including cutthroat and rainbow trout, dolly varden and coho salmon. Fishing for pink salmon is as easy as it gets. Millions of these salmonids migrate up BC river systems every other year. Virtually any fly rod will do the trick. As far as the fish testing the quality of your tackle, think of pink salmon as a 4-6 pound white fish. These fish do not have much of a fight to them. Generally a six weight rod is great. Some anglers prefer sinking tip lines, and some use floating lines. In some rivers it is sometimes possible to 'walk' over the pink. They are not very large, in general between 4 and 6 pounds, but in BC occasionally a fish up to 10 pounds is caught. Female pink will take a fly regularly but male are often hooked in their back |
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