White King salmon meat

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

I caught a White King the other day in the Canal.  It was super clean and bright.  It was a hen hatchery fish.  I cut it and the meat is white like tuna.  Firm like tuna too.  I smoked a peice and it was the best salmon I've ever had.  I thought it was foul meat at first.  Untill I read about it online and it says they're rare and from the frasier river?  I dont know for sure.  Have any of you guys caught a white king or "ivory king"?

[pips4bucks]

The Vedder/Chiliwack river system in Canada has a huge fall run of white kings.  The locals don't particularly care for 'em because the kings push the coho out of the holes.  I think the white kings are pretty tasty.  They're especially good if you cold smoke 'em for an hour then can 'em.  YUM!

[jackmaster]

back in the day when the stuck river was open we would catch mainly white meat salmon, why i have no clue but that run that came up that river seem to be that way 

[iRem]

I've fished the Frasier River for years and I would agree the locals do not like the white salmon. They always look at the gills to determine if they are white or not! I never cared smoke it up and eat away! Nothing like catching BIG Kings in the Frasier River! I'll find some pics and post later!!

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

I like it more cause it seems lighter in the salmon flavor and firmer in texture the peice I smoked was like candy.  Soy vey marinade and lime jucie overnight and 6 hours low heat smoke alder chips.  Perfect.  I hope i find another one with the backstraps of a stergueon 

[Bone_Collector]

The canal has a few rivers where there are runs of the white kings we use to get a few every year out of the Skok before it turned into a hell hole! Good eatin fish for sure! Nice Catch

B_C

[lokidog]

The one I caught last month up here had white and pinkish meat.  Tasted fine!   

[257 Wby Mag]

I think they call em Tule kings on the the Columbia/Cowlitz?

[buglebuster]

Back when i first started fishing at Underwood, we used to yard in the big Tule salmon and take them home. Pure white meat on most of them! Nastiest salmon out there, didnt take us long before we didnt even let those stinky things in the boat!

[SteelheadDC]

Did the same thing for decades at underwood before it was ruined last year.  Keep them tules out of the boat, but they are sure fun to catch.  Would always have to keep one or two hens per year for eggs, they have about 4 lbs in them.  Then the carcass turns into "neighbor fish" as my buddy calls them.  MMMM tule the other white meat.

[buglebuster]

Did the same thing for decades at underwood before it was ruined last year.  Keep them tules out of the boat, but they are sure fun to catch.  Would always have to keep one or two hens per year for eggs, they have about 4 lbs in them.  Then the carcass turns into "neighbor fish" as my buddy calls them.  MMMM tule the other white meat.

funny you say that! we used to say tule, the other white meat to! we would always keep a giant hen for eggs and try to win the biggest salmon at hammers, then give the meat away!  underwood will be missed, a whole way of life the younger crowd will just not understand!

[JohnVH]

whites are good eating.

[cohoho]

We used to make our annual trip to Ketchican and 50% were white during the later season...  Good eats....

[BOWHUNTER45]

I have caught a couple but did not really care for it ...never tried to smoking it ....long as I am catching fish I am happy 

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

The red meat isn't near as good as the white.  I don't know why you would prefer the red?  The white meat cost more online.  I don't think it's a tule is it?  Or is that just what you named the big nasties down south there?  they market the meat online as white or ivory salmon and it's 40 a pound at most seafood company's from AK.