Fish in Anchorage
The Coho salmon is a species of fish in the salmon family and are also known as silver
salmon or "silvers".
During their ocean phase, Coho salmon have silver sides and dark-blue backs. During
their spawning phase, their jaws and teeth become hooked. After entering fresh water,
they develop bright-red sides, bluish-green heads and backs, dark bellies and dark
spots on their backs. Sexually maturing fish develop light-pink or rose shading along
the belly, and the males may show a slight arching of the back. Mature adults have
a pronounced red skin color with darker backs and average 28 inches (71 cm) and 7
to 11 pounds (3.2 to 5.0 kg), occasionally reaching up to 36 pounds (16 kg). Mature
females may be darker than males, with both showing a pronounced hook on the nose.
Be certain to check with Alaska Department of Fish and Game before fishing and inquire
about regulations pertaining to the species of fish that you intend to catch.
Anchorage, Homer, Valdez, Palmer, Fairbanks, Tok, Glennallen, Chitina, Slana, Fox,
Delta Junction, Paxon, Willow, Talkeetna, Sutton, Huston, Eagle River, Kenai, North
Slope, Yukon, Chicken, Dawson, Juneau, Platinum, Mt. McKinley, Montana Creek, Seward,
Nome, Wales, Prudhoe Bay and other Alaska cities. What can you do in Alaska? You
may: Relax in your room; swim in the pool or soak in the Jacuzzi; have a five course
dinner; go gold mining or gold prospecting or find gold and stake your own gold mining
claim; go hunting or fishing; camp along the thousands of creeks or lakes or miles
of beaches; go hiking, bicycling, ATV riding, trail riding or even horse back riding;
go on a cruise on one of the hundreds of tour boats or sightseeing from a bush plane;
go on a tour of the Wrangle, St. Elias National Park and Preserve - the largest in
North America; visit abandoned villages and gold mining camps; see the Yukon River,
the midnight sun, cross the Arctic Circle or visit Alaska Native Villages and Eskimo
Igloos; see moose, caribou, grizzle and brown bears, black bear, fox, ptarmigan,
salmon, wolverines, coyotes, lynx, mink, otters, seals, walrus, geese, ducks and
hundreds of other birds including the Bald Eagle, the Raven and the infamous Camp
Robber; go on sled dog rides or see Musk Ox and Reindeer; rent 4x4 ATV’s for trail
rides or canoes for a ride down the river; see Mt. McKinley, the largest mountain
in North America or visit places that have been here since before Alaska became a
state such as Duffy’s Roadhouse at mile 63 on the Tok Cutoff Highway or you may visit
the hundreds of other historic places that are on the maps; and you could go to museums,
plays, theatres, shopping, antique stores and pawn shops or visit Russian Orthodox
Churches built over a hundred years ago or visit fishing villages where the villagers
have fished for hundreds of years; and, you could even learn the meaning of the words
such as “cheechako”, “sourdough”, “muktuk”, “oogarook” or “cuspuck”.
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