Tattoo inks include the pigment, which can include a variety of metallic salts (e.g., oxides, selenides, sulfides), organic dyes, or plastics, and the carriers with which they are mixed to help provide an even application of the ink.
This particular Chinook salmon was found by biologist Doug Killam in Battle Creek, near Anderson and is apparently the largest salmon in the world, weighing 85 pounds. I should say was the largest salmon in the world since Killam only found the carcass. Take a look: Share.
A vast majority of the salmon caught in Puget Sound are caught by using downriggers. Northwest Fishing Charters specializes in downrigger fishing but will, if conditions warrant, switch to alternative methods.