Sockeye Salmon
Oncorhynchus nerka
Family / Type
Salmon
Habitat
Anadromous
Scientific Name
Oncorhynchus nerka
Family
Salmonidae
Order
Salmoniformes
Class
Actinopterygii
Edibility
Good
Ocean
Pacific Ocean

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Full Taxonomy
Animalia
› Chordata
› Actinopterygii
› Salmoniformes
› Salmonidae
› Oncorhynchus
› Oncorhynchus nerka
Overview
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Can be distinguished from chinook, coho, and pink salmon by the lack of large, black spots and from chum salmon by the number and shape of gill rakers on the first gill arch. Sockeye salmon have 28 to 40 long, slender, rough or serrated closely set rakers on the first arch. Chum salmon have 19 to 26 short, stout, smooth rakers.
Identifying
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Top Fishing Locations
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Filter by State:
60 fishing locations where you can catch Sockeye Salmon
British Columbia Outlook
🏞️ Freshwater
Capilano
🏞️ Freshwater
Chilliwack River:
🏞️ Freshwater
Quail Lake (Utah)
🏞️ Freshwater
Ray Roberts Lake
🏞️ Freshwater
Arizona Fish Report
🏞️ Freshwater
AZ
C. C. Cragin Reservoir
🏞️ Freshwater
AZ
Green Valley Lake AZ
🏞️ Freshwater
AZ
Dean River
🏞️ Freshwater
BC
Fraser River
🏞️ Freshwater
BC
Kokish
🏞️ Freshwater
BC
Pit River (BC, Canada)
🏞️ Freshwater
BC
Squamish
🏞️ Freshwater
BC
Arrowhead Lake (Mammoth Lakes)
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Backcountry
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Bishop Trails Report
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Butte Lake
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Eagle Canyon Lake
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Eastern Sierra Fishing Report
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Eastern Sierra Trail Report
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Edison Lake
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Gualala River
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Mammoth Lakes Basin
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Santa Barbara Surf
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Skelton Lake
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Trail Report
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Arkansas River
🏞️ Freshwater
Lamar, Colorado
Culebra Creek
🏞️ Freshwater
San Luis, Colorado
Miramonte Reservoir
🏞️ Freshwater
San Miguel County, Colorado
Pine River
🏞️ Freshwater
Colorado
South Platte River
🏞️ Freshwater
Colorado
Trinchera Creek
🏞️ Freshwater
Costilla County, Colorado
Bannock Reservoir
🏞️ Freshwater
Chubbuck, ID
Boise River Tributaries
🏞️ Freshwater
ID
Little Salmon
🏞️ Freshwater
ID
Redfish Lake Creek
🏞️ Freshwater
Hailey, ID
Armstrong Creek
🏞️ Freshwater
MT
Beaverhead River
🏞️ Freshwater
MT
Big Horn River
🏞️ Freshwater
MT
Boulder River
🏞️ Freshwater
MT
DePuy's Spring Creek
🏞️ Freshwater
MT
Gallatin River
🏞️ Freshwater
MT
Gallatin River- East
🏞️ Freshwater
MT
Jefferson River
🏞️ Freshwater
MT
Madison River- Lower
🏞️ Freshwater
MT
Madison River- Upper
🏞️ Freshwater
MT
Missouri River
🏞️ Freshwater
MT
Montana Fishing Overview
🏞️ Freshwater
MT
Nelson's Spring Creek
🏞️ Freshwater
MT
O'Hair's Spring Creek
🏞️ Freshwater
MT
Ruby River
🏞️ Freshwater
MT
Slough Creek
🏞️ Freshwater
MT
Smith River
🏞️ Freshwater
MT
Stillwater River
🏞️ Freshwater
MT
Yellowstone Country
🏞️ Freshwater
MT
Yellowstone Fish Report
🏞️ Freshwater
MT
Yellowstone River
🏞️ Freshwater
MT
Bluewater Lake
🏞️ Freshwater
Stoneridge, New Mexico
Brantley Lake
🏞️ Freshwater
Seven Rivers, New Mexico
State & Agency Records
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2 official records on file for Sockeye Salmon
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10 lbs. 10 oz.
Gary Krasselt
Lake Washington, Mercer Island, WA
Jul 20, 1982
Freshwater Angling
WDFW
#2
5 lbs. 0 oz.
L: 24.0"
June McCray
Redfish Lake, Hailey, ID
Aug 8, 1970
Freshwater Angling