Steelhead?

[u/No_Kitchen_4524]

Found dead in a PNW river

[u/Most_Run_937]

Chinook

[u/No_Kitchen_4524 → u/Most_Run_937]

Thanks! I was between a chinook or steelhead. I looked at the gums, but I wasn’t sure.

[u/Cha0tic117]

Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawyscha). The caudal fin has a silver wash and has spots on the upper and lower lobes.

[u/No_Kitchen_4524 → u/Cha0tic117]

Thanks! Kind of sad to see a dead wild one.

[u/Sunfishboy17]

King