CLEVELAND, Ohio — Pink salmon, or “humpies,” are prolific in Alaska, but this year surprising numbers of them have been showing up attempting to spawn in Lake Erie’s rivers and streams.

Male Pink salmon develop a pronounced hump when they migrate upstream to spawn and are often called “humpies”. (Courtesy photo) You might also come across a few weird jokes that include the ...

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 ...

SALMON FISHING — Western Washington anglers are starting to get pink fever for the big run of humpies that pours into coastal waters on odd-numbered years. Returns are expected to be huge ...

As they head for their native rivers, pinks often travel very close to the beach and are often in shallower water than other salmon. Pinks, also called humpies because of the large hump on the ...

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 ...

Pinks are the most abundant and smallest salmon species in the sound, averaging about four pounds. They are also known as “humpies” because the males develop a humpback when they return to the ...

pink salmon or "humpies" as they're affectionately nicknamed because of the pronounced hump that develops on their backs return en masse every two years to the northern reaches of the ...

She said she’s never seen so many humpies dying before it’s naturally time for them to spawn out. There are multiple possible explanations for the salmon die-offs, but Jones says the main ...

An ulu knife from Urban Inuk. My first job was washing humpies, or pink salmon, fished by my dad, brother, and uncles. I’d wade knee-deep into the river to clean them, then deliver them to the ...

One late-summer day, a day so hot the mosquitoes weren’t flying, my brother and his wife and I traveled nine miles up the Unalakleet River to seine for humpies, or pink salmon. We laughed and ...