Interesting. My buddy always freezes a ton of sockeye whole, just gutted. Wraps them individually in cheap trash bags and stacks them like cordwood. I figured there must be a better way but it makes sense to not expose the meat to any air using water. I suffer through the winter with the salmon I froze, but it ain’t the same. Sockeye are the only ones I’ve been able to freeze and stand to eat. I’ll have to try that method out.