2025: A Fantastic Pink Year?

Humpies tend to flop to one side when they land after jumping...
Or as AI would put it:

Pink salmon are known to exhibit a characteristic jumping behavior where they leave the water after a rapid swimming burst, initially oriented dorsoventrally, and then quickly rotate laterally, causing them to fall on their side or back.
 
Tallguy said:
Interestingly, today in MA 11, I saw a medium sized salmon jump 2 times in a very very pink salmon type location. If it would have been Aug 14, I would have said pink no doubt. On July 14, I don't know what to believe or think.
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I work on Commencement Bay and keep an eye out for them. Haven’t seen any jumpers yet, but I remember last pink year seeing a few jumpers start jumping in mid-July.
 
I believe it’s been noted here before, but the south sound pinks seem to arrive earlier than the north sound fish.
This link has some interesting graphs in it if anyone is interested in pink run timing.
SF

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Pink Salmon Run 2025

Sunny weather, non-stop smiles, and non-stop action are what pink salmon fishing in and around Puget Sound is all about, and this blog post is going to get you primed! You will want to bookmark it as the hordes of Pink Salmon make their into Puget Sound, the graphs on this page will let you know...
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Stonedfish said:
I believe it’s been noted here before, but the south sound pinks seem to arrive earlier than the north sound fish.
This link has some interesting graphs in it if anyone is interested in pink run timing.
SF

pnwbestlife.com

Pink Salmon Run 2025

Sunny weather, non-stop smiles, and non-stop action are what pink salmon fishing in and around Puget Sound is all about, and this blog post is going to get you primed! You will want to bookmark it as the hordes of Pink Salmon make their into Puget Sound, the graphs on this page will let you know...
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Thank for posting this! Super helpful.
 
J Watrous said:
I'd say it's to do with global climate change, but anymore that's unnecessarily political and strangely inflammatory, so I'll say it's in large part because pink salmon tend to eat zooplankton and small crustaceans whose populations are booming, especially in nursery areas, thanks in part to global clima reasons no one knows. They also have a two-year lifecycle, which can help them adapt to environmental and climate conditions that are changing rapidl somehow warmer because of global clim err anthropogenic cli reasons no one knows. There are, of course, many other contributing factors.
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Here's a source for Everything You Want to Know About Oncorhynchus gorbusha, But Were Afraid to Ask:

Northern Hemisphere Pink Salmon Expert Group. 2023. A review of pink salmon in the Pacific, Arctic, and Atlantic oceans. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Tech. Rep. 21. 58 pp. (Available at https://npafc.org/)

Opening statement: "Pink salmon are small but mighty fish on a warming planet. Already the most widely distributed Pacific salmon species in the northern hemisphere, they have expanded in recent years."
 
Go Humpies !!!
 
Where we are here in northern Norway should you catch a pink salmon, as one of us did a few days ago, you have caught what is termed an "alien species" and are required to report it and release it in the woods.
 
My friend got intel that 2 pinks are caught in Squamish, so we are packing to go in one hour. :) Ha, ha ...How little encouragement we need when fishing is an option. Since mid July, my wife asked me to clean balcony and I did it this morning quickly. She couldn't believe it.
 
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