Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)


Chinook Salmon
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Oncorhynchus
Species: O. tshawytscha

The body of the chinook salmon is elongate and somewhat compressed. The head is conical. The color is bluish to dark gray above, becoming silvery on the sides and belly. There are black spots on the back and on both lobes of the tail. While five species of salmon occur along the Pacific Coast, over 99% of all salmon caught in the ocean off California are either chinook or cohos. Chinook and coho salmon can be distinguished by the color of the lining of the gums at the base of the teeth. In chinook salmon, this lining is blackish, while in cohos it is white.



Baker County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Snake River (57) 10-10-2023  
Snake River- Below Hells Canyon Reservoir (27) 8-23-2023  
 

Benton County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Alsea River (207) 11-29-2023 Alsea, OR
Yaquina River (156) 11-29-2023 Newport, OR
 

Clackamas County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Clackamas River (68) 11-29-2023 Estacada, OR
Molalla River (8) 4-7-2020 Molalla, OR
Sandy River (62) 11-29-2023 Sandy, OR
 

Clatsop County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Buoy 10 (14) 9-14-2022 Pacific Ocean,
Necanicum River (70) 11-8-2023 Seaside, OR
Nehalem River (171) 11-8-2023 Nehalm, OR
 

Columbia County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Columbia River (229) 9-21-2023  
Nehalem River (171) 11-8-2023 Nehalm, OR
 

Coos County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Coos River (182) 10-4-2023 Coos Bay, OR
Coquille River (209) 11-29-2023 Coquille, OR
Sixes River (48) 11-29-2023 Port Orford, OR
 

Curry County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Chetco River (439) 12-7-2023 Brookings, OR
Elk River (157) 11-30-2023 Port Orford, OR
Floras Lake (304) 8-18-2022 Port Orford, OR
Garrison Lake (98) 6-28-2023 Port Orford, OR
Pistol River (7) 3-24-2022 Pistol River, Oregon
Port of Brookings Harbor (22) 10-20-2018 Brookings, OR
Rogue Bay (10) 9-29-2022 Gold Beach, OR
Sixes River (48) 11-29-2023 Port Orford, OR
Winchuck River (21) 6-7-2023 OR
 

Douglas County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
North Umpqua River (54) 11-29-2023 Roseburg, OR
Siltcoos Lake (8) 11-3-2022 Florence, OR
Smith River (90) 11-29-2023 Reedsport, OR
Umpqua River (120) 11-29-2023 Roseburg, OR
 

Grant County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
John Day River (38) 11-8-2023 Dayville, OR
 

Harney County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
John Day River (38) 11-8-2023 Dayville, OR
 

Jackson County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Fish Lake (221) 11-29-2023 Lakecreek, OR
 

Jefferson County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Lake Billy Chinook (31) 9-13-2023 Culvar, OR
 

Josephine County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Rogue River - Middle (104) 11-29-2023 Grants Pass, OR
 

Lane County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Alsea River (207) 11-29-2023 Alsea, OR
Coast Fork Willamette River (7) 7-19-2023 Cottage Grove, OR
Siltcoos Lake (8) 11-3-2022 Florence, OR
Siuslaw River (172) 11-1-2023 Florence, OR
Upper McKenzie (5) 6-25-2020 OR,
Willamette River (46) 6-14-2023 Portland, OR
 

Lincoln County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Alsea River (207) 11-29-2023 Alsea, OR
Salmon River (161) 10-6-2023 Otis, OR
Siletz River (428) 11-29-2023 Lincoln City, OR
Yaquina River (156) 11-29-2023 Newport, OR
 

Linn County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Detroit Reservoir (117) 11-29-2023 Detroit, OR
Green Peter Reservoir (57) 11-1-2023 Sweet, OR
 

Marion County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Detroit Reservoir (117) 11-29-2023 Detroit, OR
 

Multnomah County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Columbia River (229) 9-21-2023  
Lower Willamette River (3) 5-19-2021 Oregon City, OR
Sandy River (62) 11-29-2023 Sandy, OR
 

Polk County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Salmon River (161) 10-6-2023 Otis, OR
Siletz River (428) 11-29-2023 Lincoln City, OR
 

Sherman County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Deschutes River- Lower (286) 12-1-2023 Maupin, OR
 

Tillamook County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Kilchis River (195) 11-8-2023 Idaville, OR
Nehalem River (171) 11-8-2023 Nehalm, OR
Nestucca River (250) 11-8-2023 Pacific, OR
Salmon River (161) 10-6-2023 Otis, OR
Tillamook Bay (90) 9-30-2022 Bay City, OR
Trask River (236) 11-1-2023 Tillamook , OR
Wilson River (228) 11-1-2023 Tillamook , OR
 

Union County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Grande Ronde River (67) 11-29-2023 Colville, OR
Wallowa River (56) 11-29-2023 Wallowa , OR
 

Wallowa County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Wallowa River (56) 11-29-2023 Wallowa , OR
 

Wasco County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Deschutes River- Lower (286) 12-1-2023 Maupin, OR
 

Washington County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Snake River (57) 10-10-2023  
 

Yamhill County Fishing Spots
Name (# of Reports) Last Update Location
Nestucca River (250) 11-8-2023 Pacific, OR