by Leslie Cox; Friday; October 13, 2017

There are not many sights which are more spectacular than seeing a school of salmon returning upriver in the fall to spawn. It is a very humbling experience…knowing they are returning to the place of their birth after a period spent in the ocean.

Pink salmon spend two years in the ocean before returning to spawn. The males are very distinguishable from females by their humpback. Hence, the nickname for this salmon species, humpback or humpies.