Chinook come in two flavors... stream type and ocean type.

Ocean type refers to expeditious migration to the ocean at just a few months post-emergence from the gravel.... in other words sub-yearling smolts.

Stream type spend at least a year in freshwater before dawning their silver coats for their outmigration to the big blue pond.

Not all fall chinook smolt-up as sub-yearlings. I was told by one of the OR policy dudes that URB's smolt both ways.

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