2012 Is a Pink Year

Every other year the Kenai is bubbling with pink salmon (Humpies), and this August they will be returning by the millions to spawn . Pink salmon has been misrepresented as “undesirable eating” by many, but it is my opinion that once you brine and smoke it, pink salmon is just as good as all the other salmon. I also use them for canned salmon, unless I mark them, I can’t tell which jar is sockeye and which is humpie. And with a bag limit of 6 per day it is easy to stock up on fish.
Pinks are a great way to introduce kids or non-anglers to fishing. It is almost impossible not to catch them if you have a line in the water.