Identification

• A silver salmon gets its name from its silver sides, which stick out even more than their dark metallic blue or green backs. Silver salmon can be over two feet long, and they have black spots on the tail when in the ocean or just returning from the ocean.
  
  

Migration

• Like other salmon, silver salmon migrate to the ocean for a time and become saltwater fish, before returning to the exact site of their freshwater birth to mate and then die.
  
  

Season

• The exact silver salmon season in Canada varies from year to year depending on the runs. Anglers need to check on a yearly and seasonal basis to see when the open angling season is and what the restrictions are, although most run from sometime in September to sometime in November.
  
  

Licenses

• Always check from year to year to make sure, but normally a regular recreational fishing license is enough to fish for silver salmon in Canada.
  
  

Best Locations

• Generally the best silver salmon fishing in Canada is considered to be in the province of British Columbia.