Didn't Know They Have Sockeye in New Zealand- 16.5# Caught in Freshwater

[Dogbreath]

Just a message on Reddit little info available but here's a pic

Sockeye salmon create autumn spectacle

The Mackenzie Country has a new autumn tourist attraction, with a spectacular run of sockeye salmon heading up the region’s rivers to spawn.

fishandgame.org.nz

 

[scott craven]

Looks like a triploid

 

[Gong Show]

Look at the colour of the flesh, that's not a sockeye. The rare white sockeye.

 

[Dogbreath]

Look at the colour of the flesh, that's not a sockeye. The rare white sockeye.

That's fat on the belly.

hth

 

[Bryan Allen]

Kokanee makes more sense than ocean going socks.

 

[mikep]

That thing has been spending to much time around the fish farm pens........

 

[Irishwolf]

That thing has been spending to much time around the fish farm pens........

or nuke plants...

 

[wishiniwasfishin1]

Looks like a sockeye / perch hybrid

 

[Aces]

They have some nice Chinooks there too

 

[Rain City]

Looks like a sockeye / perch hybrid

That's what I was thinking. Giant shiner.

 

[Claymaker]

ahh pellet pig!