Species guide
How to catch Pink salmon
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Pink salmon are a medium-sized salmon species known for their distinctive humpback appearance during spawning. They spend about 18 months at sea before migrating to freshwater to spawn. Pink salmon are popular game fish prized for their fighting spirit.
Where they live
Pink salmon are anadromous, living in freshwater, brackish, and saltwater environments across North America, Asia, and Europe. They migrate from the ocean back to rivers and streams to spawn, sometimes traveling long distances from their birth streams.
Typical size
Most run 50–76 cm
What they eat
- small fish
- insects
- krill
- nauplii
- amphipods
Best baits
- small fish strips
- shrimp
- insect imitations
Best lures
- spoons
- spinners
- small jigs
How to fish for them
- trolling
- casting
- fly fishing
- drift fishing
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