Caught a bunch of humpie salmon last evening

[Okanagan]

Went fishing with both of my sons and one grandson last evening and we got into a lot of humpie salmon.   Big run of this small salmon this year, which are also called pink salmon. 

Slow fishing for king salmon and we only caught three small ones plus a jack, and fairly late we finally kept one that was barely legal.  Then the humpies invaded us!

We hooked many doubles with two fish on at once, and twice three of the four of us had fish on at the same time. I switched to a spinning rig and was casting to fish we could see on the surface.   

A lot of people look down on humpies, but IMO they are fun to catch on light tackle, and often a big school of them provide non-stop catching.  On the table, they go soft faster than other salmon so they need to be iced and cleaned and cooked, smoked or frozen ASAP.  I had a big slab of one for a late supper and it was delicious, firm and tasty. 

[FinsnFur]

I didnt know that "Pink Salmon" was an actual species, or a species nickname.
I see as lot of "Pink Salmon" in the grocery store over here and always thought it meant....well, I dont even know what I thought it meant. Maybe "raw"...but I honestly never thought it being a species like that.

Bought it a few times and enjoyed it actually.

[FinsnFur]

You reminded me that I bought some last weekend.
I just went to the freezer to see if it was "Pink Salmon" 
Nope ..

[nastygunz]

Dammitt now i want some sammin!🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟

[Okanagan]

I didnt know that "Pink Salmon" was an actual species, or a species nickname.
I see as lot of "Pink Salmon" in the grocery store over here and always thought it meant....well, I dont even know what I thought it meant. Maybe "raw"...but I honestly never thought it being a species like that.

Bought it a few times and enjoyed it actually.

It's rare to see  pink salmon sold fresh.  Most of it is canned.  Pinks likely make up the majority of salmon caught commercially.  Chinook, Coho and sockeye are all superb as fresh fillets.  Not so much pinks and chum.

In fresh water as pinks near spawning, the males rapidly morph into a monster looking fish with a high hump on their back and a wicked toothy beaked nose and mouth.