CHINOOK SALMON (KING OR SPRING)
| Limit |
2 per person over 62 cm(24.5 inch) |
| Life |
4-7 years |
| Av. Size |
6-14 pounds |
| Season |
All year |
Chinook salmon have black gums and a silver,
spotted tail distinguish the chinook salmon
from other salmonids. It has a lightly spotted
blue-green back and is the largest, most
prized game fish. the chinook salmon lives
from three to seven years. It weighs between
1.5 kg and 30 kg. Average-size chinooks salmon
are often known as springs in B.C. Those
over 13.5 kg are called tyees, and in the
U.S., chinook salmon are called king salmon.
COHO SALMON (SILVER)
| Limit |
2 per person over 30 cm |
| Life |
3 years |
| Av. Size |
3-8 pounds |
| Season |
May-Oct |
Coho salmon have white gums, black tongues
and a few spots on the upper portion of their
bodies and silver-coloured tails. They have
a wide tail base. The cleithrum(collar of
the fish, under the gillcover) is distinctly
blue peppered or mottled. Bright silver with
a metallic blue dorsal surface, coho salmon
usually live for three years and grow rapidly
in their final year. They weigh between 1.3
kg and 14 kg. In the Strait of Georgia from
April to early June, small coho salmon passing
from the grilse stage to maturity are called
bluebacks.
SOCKEYE SALMON (RED)
| Limit |
4 per person over 30cm |
| Life |
4-5 years |
| Av. Size |
6-10 pounds |
| Season |
Aug-Oct |
The sockeye salmon is almost toothless, with
numerous long gill rakers and prominent,
glassy eyes. Slimmest and most stream-lined
of the Pacific salmon species, the silver-blue
sockeye lives from four to five years. It
usually weighs between 2.2 kg and 3.1 kg
but can reach 6.3 kg. Young sockeye salmon
remain in fresh-water nursery lakes a year
or more before migrating to the sea.
PINK SALMON
| Limit |
4 per person |
| Life |
2 Years |
| Av.Size |
4-6 pounds |
| Season |
July-Oct |
Pink salmon have tiny scales and a tail heavily
marked with large oval spots. Unlike the
other salmon species, the tail of a pink
salmon has no silver in it. In the sea, pinks
have silver bodies with spotted backs. They
are the smallest of the Pacific salmon, usually
weighing about 2.2 kg, but occasionally reaching
5.5 kg. They are more abundant in northern
waters in even-numbered years and in southern
waters in odd-numbered years. Pinks live
only two years.
CHUM SALMON
| Limit |
4 per person |
| Life |
3-5 Years |
| Av. Size |
8-14 pounds |
| Season |
Sep-Nov |
A white up on the anal fin usually identifies
a chum salmon. Resembling sockeye salmon
, but larger, chum have silvery sides and
faint grid-like bars as they near spawning
streams. The tail base is narrow and there
is silver in the tail. They live three to
five years and weigh about 4.5 kg to 6.5
kg, but they have been known to reach as
much as 15 kg.
LING COD
| Limit |
closed |
| Season |
All year |
You can catch them anywhere there is a rocky
bottom. Because of there has been a decrease
in their population over the past few years,
we can't retain any in the Strait of Georgia.
They put up a good fight so it's very enjoyable
to catch them. One of the methods is by mooching
using live herring.
ROCK COD
| Limit |
1 per day |
| Season |
All Year |
| Av. Size |
20-30 cm |
You can catch them at the same locations
that you catch Ling Cods. After the salmon
have stopped bitting, fishermen can always
try their luck catching rock cod as a bonus.
The above information is only for the Vancouver
Coastal Area. Salmon limit is 4 per person
a day. |
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