A Fisherman holds a large chum salmon for a picture before releasing it into Little Susitna River.  Chums arrive in late June and run through the entire month of July.  They often travel upstream in huge schools and have incredible fighting endurance when hooked.

Ocean fresh chum salmon can be bright silver in color and are sometimes mistaken for silver, sockeye, or pink salmon all of which are available in July.  Chums are caught on spoons, spinners, and flies during their upstream spawning migration.

This dog salmon or chum salmon was caught by wading and sight fishing with a #3 black Flashtrap spinner on the Little Susitna River near Anchorage, Alaska. A small dark colored spinner is a top producer when water is low and clear.

Alaska chum salmon develop wild looking pink and black tiger stripes during their upstream spawning migration.  Chum salmon are also called dog salmon, calico, and tiger fish by Alaska fishermen.

During the month of July chum-dog salmon are the most abundant salmon species available in Little Susitna River.  Chum salmon have lighter colored flesh than king, silver, and sockeye salmon and have a more mild flavor as well.

This Alaska chum salmon is easily identified by the distinctive pink and black vertical tiger stripes running up and down it's sides.  After a spirited fight this tigerfish was released to fight again another day.

Chum salmon fishing in Alaska where anglers may catch chum, sockeye, coho, and pink salmon all on one July fishing trip.

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