Alaska troll caught kings and coho HuntWa group buy

[WSU]

Those do look like some really well cared for fish.  At that price, I can't imagine buying the low quality stuff you see at the store instead of this. 

If you vacuum pack, preferrably with a chamber sealer and good bags, they'll keep for a while in the freezer and still be good quality.  Just make sure you get a really good seal.

[andersonjk4]

I ended up filleting all 80 pounds of coho I got.  Ended up with about 54 pounds of fillets and 9.5 pounds in the carcass pile (which I'm going to brine and smoke to get all the little bits of meat).  The fillets sat exposed in the fridge for 5-6 hours and dried out a little, so I'm sure there was a tiny amount of water weight loss in the fillets.  Factoring in shipping it came out to $7.40 per pound of finished fillets.  Which is a dang good deal for this quality of fish. Except for the one fillet we ate right away, I vacuum sealed all of the rest.  I meant to keep a fish or two whole for the BBQ, but I got carried away while filleting and totally forgot until I was done with all of the fish.   

[DaveMonti]

Didn't log in for a few days and I missed it!  I'm in for an 80 lb box of coho, and/or some rockfish and lings. 

I'm in Snohomish if anyone want's to coordinate pickup when the time arrives.

Dave

[trophyhunt]

I’d like to go in on a box with others if this happens again.

Aren’t you in Bonney Lake?  We could probably split one.  I’m in Enumclaw

I am in Bonney lake, I’d like to go in with enough guys to make this affordable to me. I’d like to keep my portion to around 100 dollars, to busy right now to figure out the details.

[ctwiggs1]

We still might be able to make that work.  My family of 4 will definitely consume the remainder.

[trophyhunt]

We still might be able to make that work.  My family of 4 will definitely consume the remainder.

id be more into the coho, if skillet does another round I’ll go in w ya then. 

[trophyhunt]

Ctwiggs , you in box is full

[ctwiggs1]

fixed that, sorry

[Ridgeratt]

More evidence photos. 

Steaked 2 of them, Ran one thru the smoker and canned a batch of them and one made it to the grill.


Sorry no photos of fish in jars.   

[Boss .300 winmag]

More evidence photos. 

Steaked 2 of them, Ran one thru the smoker and canned a batch of them and one made it to the grill.


Sorry not photos of fish in jars.   

Your cruel.

[Ghost Hunter]

    

[Macs B]

tag

[Dhoey07]

Tagged for a hopeful round 2, Spokane area

[Skillet]

Checking in here. Great feedback andersonjk4 and Ridgeratt, thanks for supporting your small-time fisherman! 

The fishing moved away from town a bit, making it difficult to get you guys the  fish in the timelines and condition I'd want to.  I'm going to do an exploratory trip off of the Crawfish Bay area. If it fishes, I'll offload those fish and do another dedicated HuntWa run.  Probably looking at 8-10 days out, if everything aligns.

Rockfish and lings are scarce on the coho grounds right now, as the coho are pretty far offshore.  I'm offloading one ling today (hit a coho spoon about 15 fathoms down over 80 fathoms of water!) but it's about a 22-25# carcass.  That would be about a $150 fish to someone here at $6/#...

If/when I can put together another trip for HuntWa, I'll post up here ibn this thread but start a new one.

Thanks guys-

Chris

[Ridgeratt]

Checking in here. Great feedback andersonjk4 and Ridgeratt, thanks for supporting your small-time fisherman! 

The fishing moved away from town a bit, making it difficult to get you guys the  fish in the timelines and condition I'd want to.  I'm going to do an exploratory trip off of the Crawfish Bay area. If it fishes, I'll offload those fish and do another dedicated HuntWa run.  Probably looking at 8-10 days out, if everything aligns.

Rockfish and lings are scarce on the coho grounds right now, as the coho are pretty far offshore.  I'm offloading one ling today (hit a coho spoon about 15 fathoms down over 80 fathoms of water!) but it's about a 22-25# carcass.  That would be about a $150 fish to someone here at $6/#...

If/when I can put together another trip for HuntWa, I'll post up here ibn this thread but start a new one.

Thanks guys-

Chris

That doesn't seem out of line since it fills up close to 1/3 of the 80 pound box.