This is a red salmon - best for eating - all around 5 to 6lbs each - where we were fishing you can only keep fish that are hooked in the mouth - salmon don't feed when they are spawning and only hit something out of aggression as to something in their space so alot of hook ups some where besides their mouth occur - this is called snagging and you can't keep the fish - some times in Alaska you can snag a salmon but not here.