Fishing For

Chinook salmon

4.0
(240)
2.7K Catches
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Average Length
2.3 ft
Maximum Length
4.9 ft
Maximum Weight
135.4 lbs
Depth Range
0.0 - 1,230.3 ft
Temperature Range
32.0 - 76.8 ºF

Top Fishing Spots To Catch Chinook salmon

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(72)
Lake Michigan
Mason County, Michigan
196 Catches
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(55)
Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario, Ontario
148 Catches
4.0
(38)
Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario, Ontario
98 Catches
4.0
(21)
Credit River
Mississauga, Ontario
88 Catches
4.0
(16)
Lake Ontario
43.668150, -76.483175
82 Catches
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(6)
Bowmanville Creek
Clarington, Ontario
71 Catches
3.0
(19)
Bronte Creek
Halton, Ontario
62 Catches
4.0
(8)
Ganaraska River
Port Hope, Ontario
47 Catches

Top Baits For Catching Chinook salmon

Natural Baits by Eggs Fresh Water Salmon Eggs
4.0
(31)
175 Catches
Lures by Pautzke Balls O' Fire Salmon Eggs Pink
4.0
(6)
64 Catches
Lures by Generic Lures Hard Baits Casting Trolling Spoon
4.0
(5)
36 Catches
Lures by TroutBeads Original Trout Beads 10 mm - Caramel Roe
4.0
(1)
32 Catches
Lures by Generic Lures Hard Baits Spoon
4.0
(16)
25 Catches
Natural Baits by Dead Bait Salt Water Herring
4.0
(28)
19 Catches
Flies by Generic Flies Wet Fly Generic Wet Flies
4.0
(7)
11 Catches
Natural Baits by Worms Fresh Water Night Crawlers
4.0
(1157)
10 Catches

Recently Caught Chinook salmon

Tyler Tellier

15 hours ago
 • 
Fraser Valley, British Columbia

What a morning 2 adult male chinook. Both on the twitch jig. One on the right measured 89 CM

Chinook salmon
9 likes

Rhiannon Murphy

3 hours ago
 • 
Oswego County, New York

Going back out today.

Chinook salmon
8 likes • 1 comment
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Yan Che

12 hours ago
 • 
Communauté-Urbaine-de-Montréal, Québec

Second one babyyyy, never thought I'd see the truth about montreal's salmon runs for myself let alone catch one and a second one. Biggest one so far but first one wasn't all that far off either. let's get it boysss woooooo

Chinook salmon
36 lb 3 oz
1
11 likes • 3 comments

Snag Master

1 day ago
 • 
Halton, Ontario

first salmon of my life, caught it on a lipless crank i found on the ground. fought it for 7 mins

Chinook salmon
14 lb
1
13 likes

Max G

1 day ago
 • 
Halton, Ontario

First ever salmon and a new pb

Chinook salmon
12 lb
14 likes • 2 comments

Kevin Høecke

1 day ago
 • 
Toronto, Ontario

I managed to land 4 of these guys today. Then my back started to hurt so I went home.

Chinook salmon
32 lb 5 oz
3
44 likes • 14 comments

Osman Salayev

2 days ago
 • 
Durham, Ontario

Took me across the river like 20 time. Took 30 minutes to catch it

Chinook salmon
26 lb 6 oz
15 likes

James Michels

2 days ago
 • 
Nanaimo, British Columbia

Awesome Chinook put up a great fight on the fly rod

Chinook salmon
15 lb
1
10 likes
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