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My wife caught this while trolling for kings out of Homer on Sunday. It's got some chum-like qualities, but it seems to have some other funky stuff going on as well. Maybe a hybrid of some sort? Thoughts??
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Still on ice, and likely going to freeze it whole until I know that it's not something a F&G biologist would like to look at. Sent a picture to a F&G manager tonight, and will contact a fisheries bio tomorrow. Kept the guts in a separate bag just in case. Meat looks nice, though. If it's just another fish, it'll be going on the grill in short order.
...he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods & errors. ~Thomas Jefferson
I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief. ~Gerry Spence
The last thing Alaska needs is another bigot. ~member Catch It
A fisheries bio friend suggested that it's a super late coho. I'm going to take a look at the gill rakers tomorrow on his suggestion. If it seems like it's a hybrid, I might have my students do a protein and/or DNA analysis later this year to compare it to samples from known species. Would make for a cool class project!
Yeah. Tail is all wrong for chum, as are the spots. No spots on chums. Eye is also too small for chums, while the caudal peduncle is too thick.
I'm going with silver. Over here anyway, we see late runs that get that dusky gray in saltwater before they add color. Ring shape on the fin rays of the tail say yes to silver and no to king, too.
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Merle Haggard
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