Copper River king salmon, also known as Chinook, weigh from 25 to 80 lbs. Mighty fish with legendary endurance, king salmon are rich in healthy Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids, which power and insulate them up the cold and swift Copper River. The ocean fish are a beautiful, silvery blue-green. Upon entering the river they turn bright red to dark copper. They run from early May to July.
Sockeye: Red
Weighing 6 to 15 lbs., bright silver-colored ocean sockeyes run upriver from late spring through late summer. Spawning adults turn bright red with green heads. Female salmon dig nests (redds) with their tails and then deposit their eggs. Sockeye fry (fingerlings) emerge from the gravel in spring and quickly move into undisturbed clear-water nursery lakes where they spend one or more years in shallow water feeding on small crustaceans and insects before journeying to the sea.
Coho: Silver
The aggressive Copper coho is the second-largest species of salmon and runs from August through November. Weighing 10-20 lbs., adults school in pools or lakes until ripe, then move to shallow clear waters with clean gravel to spawn. Females protect their nest area while males chase and combat each other for occupancy of the same location.
Pleasing as Gifts
Don't forget to share Hot-Smoked Salmon Portions as gifts! Your friends, family and business associates will thank you when they remove a Copper River smoked salmon fillet from the freezer and enjoy the rich and healthy taste of wild Alaska salmon.
Also perfect for gift-giving and at-home snacking are combination packs including Copper River smoked sockeye salmon and plenty of Creole smoked keta and honey pepper smoked keta.
