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[brandooner]

Anyone ever see one of these gremlins. Couldnt get a better picture of him he was squirmin too much.

[bkk]

Not a Jack, just an extremely small male as pinks do not Jack. I have ran into a couple of them over the years that were in the 11 - 14 inch range. Usually see them on years where the run is quite large. Just another neat example of biodiversity. Who knows, maybe that small size allows them to access habitat that other bigger pinks can not get into due to there size.

[brandooner]

Hmmmm, cool, smallest one ive ever seen by far!

[Suther]

Pinks only live for 2 years, so they can't come spawn a year early like the other species that live 3+ years.

Maybe this guy just didn't have a big enough appetite when he was out in the ocean. haha

[brandooner]

Yeah, definitely a unique catch.

[Every Day]

Pinks only live for 2 years, so they can't come spawn a year early like the other species that live 3+ years.

Coho only live just over 2 years as well and they do jack. Don't think it has much to do with how long a fish lives. A typical coho will spend 18 months at sea, a jack will only go out for 3 or 4 and come straight back. Personally I'm not sure if pinks jack, but every other species does to my knowledge, although not in the numbers you see with Chinook and coho

[bbronswyk2000]

Coho only live just over 2 years as well and they do jack. Don't think it has much to do with how long a fish lives. A typical coho will spend 18 months at sea, a jack will only go out for 3 or 4 and come straight back. Personally I'm not sure if pinks jack, but every other species does to my knowledge, although not in the numbers you see with Chinook and coho

I have never seen a chum jack have you?

[BCfisherman97]

I caught a very small chum a few years back on the Nicomen that I posted about. I think it was the last few days of November and was just too cold and did not take a picture, regret it now.

[adriaticum]

I have never seen a chum jack have you?

Neither have I, nor sockeye jacks.

[adriaticum]

Anyone ever see one of these gremlins. Couldnt get a better picture of him he was squirmin too much.

Consider yourself lucky, I just read that all salmon species have jacks but some are extremely rare. No wonder most of us have never seen them.
So you are the lucky winner today.

[Sandman]

I have never seen a chum jack have you?

You probably have.  If you ever caught a 5-7 pound chum (I have caught more than a few), it was probably a jack (3 year fish).  Most 4-5 year fish are in the 10-20 pound range.  I am not sure why these "jack" chum do not normally get referred to as jacks, but I believe it is because they are almost as common as 4 and 5 year fish in most returns.

[minnie-me]

Looks like he is just starting to develop the pan hump too...

[bkk]

I have never seen a chum jack have you?

Yes I have. Chum on Tenderfoot Creek on the Cheakamus 2+ lbs and one about the same size on the Mamquam River. There there but not often. Three year old chum happen quite frequently

Neither have I, nor sockeye jacks.

Sockeye jacks are quite common on some stocks. Babine sockeye have lots as do several FraserRiver stocks.

[BCfisherman97]

Dad caught a sockeye on the Thompson on a prawn yesterday, I would have given it 3 pounds tops. And my chum was also probably 2 pounds, had its fall dress.

[koifish]

I wonder if there's a salmon that hasn't returned to a river  and just lives in ocean that would be cool catching 7-8 yrs old springs LOL