But make no mistake, there’s a horde of humpies on the way. State Fish and Wildlife Department salmon managers expect upwards of 6 million pinks to enter Puget Sound, and another 6 million ...

Pink salmon, which are also called humpback salmon or humpies for short, are routinely observed in low numbers climbing fish ladders at dams on the Columbia River and, in rare occurrences ...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has stopped reporting the ... Tens of thousands of pink salmon, also known as humpies, have flooded the river, making it difficult for biologists to ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Pink salmon, or “humpies,” are prolific in Alaska ... raised until they are a year old at the Castalia State Fish Hatchery in the Sandusky, Ohio, area and were chosen ...

“I respect humpies a great deal for the recreation they ... “and trying to find a silver in all those fish is going to be a problem. That’s too bad, because there have been more and more ...

Knowing that Yukon salmon were richer than our salmon on the Unalakleet, because of how big and long that river is and how far those fish had to travel upriver to spawn. Knowing that if humpies ...

I missed three strikes before I landed my first humpy. The fish was probably three pounds and fought well. The humpies were stacked up in a hole upriver from where the king salmon usually hold ...

Also known as humpies or humpback salmon, these fish only return from the Pacific Ocean to spawn in odd-numbered years. And when their turn comes, the fish often arrive in big numbers. The ...

"This fishery is an outstanding shot in the arm, both for putting boats and anglers on the water to go fishing, but also to catch fish. Humpies? We love 'em." Glen Bayer patrolled the mouth of the ...