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Nice! Is it dinner time yet? Could fly down...😎

I would have said halibut until I tasted a salmon my buddies BIL from Alaska cooked for us. Being a Texan, I didn't know that salmon could be so good. The stuff we get down here is the equivalent of buying shrimp in South Dakota. Just don't.

Taking the girls out tomorrow for some fresh fish. Might get a little bit of everything.

Been eating fresh king all winter. Been nice. Had a huge halibut break a rod this week. Probably would have cut her loose anyways. Raghorn had quite the fight for a little bit. It came to the surface and ran like king.

Originally Posted by bruinruin

"... I've yet to taste a saltwater fish that made me want more. ..."

Used to say the same thing! .....until I tried P(acific) cod.
Cleanest, whitest fish I've ever tasted.
I won't eat catfish now and I'm from east Texas! LOL!
Crappie are the only freshwater fish I've found to compare to P cod.

We all have different tastes and preferences.

I've seen people that will actually eat the fatty streak on any fish and savor it.
That's about the most revolting taste I've ever put in my mouth. When I'm making dip out of smoked salmon, I'll remove the fat streak.
I caught a big "buffalo" and took it home to show my dad. He went nuts!
He showed me how to score the skin and pull the fish apart to keep the feather bones together.
I was at work when my wife brought me a plate of "buffalo ribs" (not the animal!).
FRIED FISH FAT ON A BONE! 😖 YUCK!!!!!

I went fishing with a buddy and his dad. I was I. invited for fish that afternoon. Sitting at the table, I noticed the dad eating some grey glop on a piece of bread.
It was fish "gravy". I was offered some. To be polite, I accepted! SAD MISTAKE! Fish fat on toast!
To be polite, I choked down that serving, but turned down seconds! EEEWWWWWWW!

I have caught several White Chinooks on the Skeena River in BC. I didn't even know they existed so I had to call around to find out why it was White compared to Pink.

To be honest I didn't notice much difference between the two, maybe it's me!

KB

I used to eat halibut at a place called "Just For The Halibut" in Bobcaygeon, Ontario quite often!

Great Lakes Salmon does little for me unless smoked, easy pass,

Friends fish for Haibut and share with me, decent fish, like it,

Fresh Tuna might be my preferred, when prepared right,

Walleye is my bread and butter fish,

Tilapia, the road kill of fish, Don’t even want it in the house.

In Lk.Michigan make mine coho. Unless, there's some perch to be had. Much better.

Lk trout are the worst.....

One morning on the water, all caught by the handsome fella in the photo! lol

KB

The Homer Winter King Salmon Derby was set for today but was postponed to next Saturday due to weather ...

Winter King Derby

Pics from a few days ago... practicing ! Picked up a double, fish on ... both sides of das boot !

They look pretty small, shoulda released em.

Hey, some folks apparently like grainy halibut and killing hens. Charter boats are full of pukers, but never have seen them tell their clients they are headed to chicken hole! Never seen one bleed them either.

15-20 lb winter kings are typical around Homer, an occasional 25-30 lb'r comes along

Last year a 15 year old kid won $85 K with a 28 lb king

We don't catch n release, we kill & eat

My buddy and I had a rule that we wouldn’t keep halibut over 100#. We’ve had to throw 3 back that we estimate were 100#+. Small fish are much better eating.

Swamplord…nice job on the double. I can’t tell but is that reel a TLD or Charter Special?

I’m not a fan of the “lateral line” meat either and I remove it from the albacore when I cut them up. Halibut and salmon are frozen skin on.

Ahhh....halibut, the tilapia of the sea.

Chums smoke really good

Do you know what they feed Tilapia at inland fish farms in AZ?

GROSS! I do not eat Tilapia.

KB

What’s the hot lure in Homer this winter?

In 2015, my bil* called and wanted to go to Kodiak fishing.
I had been there a couple of times so I set us up a trip.
First day, we're trolling for salmon. He's standing by an outrigger at the back of the boat when thd rod pops! The Cap'n was standing right there, grabbed the rod, shoved it in his hands and said, "This one's yours!"
It almost snatched his 145 pound a$$ off the boat!!!
He and that salmon danced around and around the deck. Everyone else watched as the Cap'n kept saying, "Turn him! He's gonna spool ya!" repeatedly!
It took about 20 minutes to finally bring the beast to net! A 45 pound chinook!
After the fish was cleaned, we discovered it was an "ivory" king! The ivory kings are a bit more oily that the pink kings.

P.S. - as I understand it, the "ivory" king is highly prized by connoisseurs.

* - when he arrived at the house to fly out, I figured out he had Parkinson's style palsy.
Just before he passed, he told my wife he had tumors on his brain, lungs and liver!
Glad I could take him on one last "Hurrah!".