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[Koho]

Been fishing the past few weekends for humpies in the Snohomish River.  Yup, pinks.  They don't normally run in even years, but there has been a small run thats been slowly increasing in strength every year here.  It got strong enough to allow a first time opening of the run this year.  

Limited 2 pinks the first weekend and got another 2 pinks this past Sat.  They're in general smaller than their odd year cousins, and are in the rivers earlier, but they put up a decent fight and many are still chromers.  

Here's a pic of them.

[Koho]

This is the states, right?

Yup, just north of Everett

[dead head]

cool nice looking fish

[Koho]

One other thing.  In odd years when I catch a pink in the river, I can tell right away whether its a buck or a doe.  
When I caught these fish, I figured these were does right away because they didn't have humps.  I was surprised when only one of them had roe.  The other was a buck.

So my question is, can you tell which one is the buck in the pic, and what do you look for

I will let you know which one is the buck later.

Koho.  

[stryker 07]

doe on top buck on bottom?

[Bantam_50]

ditto....larger mouth already showing on the buck (bottom fish)...plus a more pronounced back.

[Fish Assassin]

Nice fish, What did you caught it on ? I think the bottom one is the male

[fishin_chick]

My guess too, is doe on top. so which is it???

[Rodney]

My guess too, is doe on top. so which is it???

Excuse me? Come on now... Family site...

Nice fish Koho. Usually the one with the broader body is a male. Down here in the Lower Fraser, only some of the males develop a hump when they pass by Steveston. A good feel of the tummy is also a good indicator.

[Fish Assassin]

 A good feel of the tummy is also a good indicator.

Thought this is a family site Rodney ? (just joking guys !)

[The Gilly]

Doe on top.  Notice the difference in the size of the head.  Males usually have larger, longer heads.

[Koho]

You guys are good.  Yup, the buck is on the bottom.  
I caught these on wee Dick Nite spoons-- er, thats D*ck Nite (family site right).  

[pepsitrev]

doe on top but nice fish.

[Gooey]

I have always found it odd that pinks return every other year and now some pinks are starting to show up out of cycle on 2 different river systems...any ideas why they cycle like that anyhow?

[DragonSpeed]

My understanding is that the even year pink run on the Fraser was destroyed one year (natural disaster?)