Conook

[bigugly]

Ok I hear guys talking about this and even had a guy try and tell me I just caught one. Well not today but a few days ago. I've researched like I always do and can't find anything on this. A mix between Chinook and coho. Now I can see if it was done in a lab working but in the wild? I'm sticking with my guns that it was a Chinook with just a deformed mouth. Sure kype was on top but not pronounced as much as a Chinook and with an egg coming out of it it reinforces my thought train. Just a weird Chinook. I'm no expert but I like science and facts not creek side biologists. Any info?

 

[fisgfreek]

Thanks for bringing that up BU, last week when I was out (home waters) for a short outing I would of sworn I saw a male Chinook spawning with a female Coho. I talked to a another angler on the river and he said it seemed strange but possible. Who knows , Coywolves , Polar bear Grizzly Hybird , I guess it could be possible.

 

[MuskieBait]

If you can get Pinooks, why not Conooks? Size disparity is much larger between Pink and Chinook, unless you have a jack Chinook spawning with a female Pink. Their runs basically overlaps to a greater degree here in Ontario than Pacific Northwest rivers (early Summer for Chinook, mid-summer to early fall for Coho), so I also don't see why not.

Pink, Coho and Chinook all belong to the same genus and has the propensity to hybridize at low frequency (differences in chromosome numbers, genomic maps and spawning time prevents frequency of hybrids). Rainbow Trout and Cutthroat Trout also belong to the same genus and we know how easily they can hybridize.

 

[Fisherman Dave]

Chinoho! Hybrids happen all the time in the wild, wouldn't say its common, then again maybe with the runs some rivers get it's more common than we think. Got a pic btw?

 

[salmotrutta]

There's also brook trout and brown trout hybrids. They aren't even in the same genus and they can produce hybrids.

Coho / steelhead hybrids also exist!

 

[bigugly]

Thanks for the reply everyone. Good information brought forward, I do not have a picture of fish in question.

 

[Fisherman Dave]

Arent Splake a hybrid? I am reaching here. And then there are "tiger trout", mix of brown and brookies IIRC. Saw one mounted once, maybe it was rainbow and brown, cant remember anymore. Tiger muskie would be a perfect example. And when dealing with small creeks, spawning beds, I could certainly see there being some confusion as to where the males need to be... spreading the wealth... if you get my drift.