They’re certainly rare around Lake Erie, but every once in a while a “humpy” makes the scene, said Cleveland Metroparks fishery biologist Mike Durkalec. Pink salmon were first stocked in the ...

“We’re seeing quite a few pink salmon this year. They are an every-other-year fish. They spend two years (in the lake) before they return to the rivers and streams,” Mark Haffley, Lake Erie ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — As Lake Erie begins to cool a bit, Lake Erie steelhead trout are starting to move from the sprawling waters of Lake Erie to Northeast Ohio’s spawning rivers and streams.

“All of the salmon being caught in Lake Erie are adding to the diversity ... Other species of salmon that are occasionally found in Erie include pink, chinook (king) and coho.

“One year, we landed 39 pink salmon in Lake Erie and lost another 15 behind the boat. Two fish were just a few ounces below the state record. That is another salmon phenomena, and it last ...

Here's the kicker: In 1956, there was "an accidental introduction" of pink salmon to Lake Superior. The species survived and became an established population, spread throughout the Great Lakes ...