Thought I'd revive the thread with something a little different. Took my boys fishing up north to Sacramento River for a couple days of salmon fishing. It's been a really bad year with the drought so instead of going up in August/September for the nice and bright "chromies" we went October at end of the summer run when salmon are at their spawning sites and aren't really hungry but will still bite at baits out of instinct and irritation. This ups our odds. The drawback to it is the fish have darkened on outside and aren't as bright and shiny and the meat, although still tasty, has lightened up to more of a whitish pink color. We brought back about 50# of fillets. The biggest fish was 22#, the smallest 8-9# and majority was 15-20#. Because of the lightness, we will bbq the big boy on Sunday and rest will go into smoker. So, first batch was brined and will be smoked today and second batch went into brine. Also caught a 6# steelhead by luck and that baby will get cooked next week