Yeah, bulldog ya a bit eh?
Blackmouth refers to resident chinook in Puget Sound.Ok stupid question. I've heard the term blackmouth when referring to kings. Is there a difference between kings, Chinook, and blackmouth? This guy had a black mouth.
The term Spring is a ubiquitous term for all chinook in BC while the term Tyee is reserved for any Spring over 30 pounds.... someone once told me that geography dictates what people most generally call their native or local chinook salmon populations.... as follows....Other names that one might hear applied to Chinook include springs or tyee; more likely hear those tags in BC and usually it is applied to larger fish; something in excess of 30#.
Bingo. Location location location.Alaska: kings
BC: springs and tyee (over 30 lbs)
WA: chinook
OR: blackmouth
......and time of year? If memory serves me correctly, when growing up my dad would fish for "winter blackmouth" (location: Sequim/PA) but time of year seemed as if it was after adult Chinook had made their spawning run and the Chinook remaining in the salt were immature. And let's not forget "shakers".Bingo. Location location location.
Yes. In Alaska we had a "winter king" season as well. The same fish (chinook) but the flesh was whiter with a lighter taste in the winter than those of the summer run. The coho were called "silvers" and the pinks were "humpies" locally speaking.......and time of year? If memory serves me correctly, when growing up my dad would fish for "winter blackmouth" (location: Sequim/PA) but time of year seemed as if it was after adult Chinook had made their spawning run and the Chinook remaining in the salt were immature. And let's not forget "shakers".