best ways to cook or eat pink salmon

[lawdog]

does anyone have tips on the best ways to eat pink salmon, i know that once they enter fresh water there transformation is pretty rapid. ive never gone after the pinks on purpose and any of them i cought on the puy. i let go. and since this year is going to have a million plus from what i heard i was planning on keeping some while im out there going after the kings or silvers. anyway if someone has some helpful advice i would appreciate it

[jechicdr]

Crab bait.

[50CalJim]

I'm sure the general consensus will be to either smoke them or use them for bait.

[wildmanoutdoors]

Cook them with a nice white wine burblanc sauce, thaw some tenderloins, cook the Stinks, I mean Pinks, Cook the Stinks and BBQ the tenderloins, When the tenderloins are just rare, throw the Stinks out and cover the Tenderloins with the sauce and chow down!

[bowtech721]

I've only kept a few out of the river and smoked them and they ate just fine imo... ill prolly get fried for saying this but I've caught piles of them in the salt and if you clean and ice them immediately they will eat fine cooked just about anyway you would cook any other salmon. That's just my  though

[wapiti hunter2]

Smoke or Canned.  They are good for salmon patties and in caseroles.  They have to be bright though.  Once they even start to change, they are dog food.

[JackOfAllTrades]

Yes, if caught in the salt, Ok for a young one as a BBQ flilet. Otherwise smoke them.  From the river, smoke'm dry as jerky is actually great finger food on a hike.

-Steve

[MtnMuley]

I agree with bowtech. Fresh out of the salt they are fine cooked any way. Theres just so many better eating fish out there that they fall victim as the sh*t salmon.

[Fishnclifff]

If ya catch them in the river, gutem/gillem and bury them in ice.
They stay firmer and taste better.
We usually bbq them and smoke a bunch of them.

[mallard79]

If ya catch them in the river, gutem/gillem and bury them in ice.
They stay firmer and taste better.
We usually bbq them and smoke a bunch of them.

X2 gut them imediately!!!!! And if the have much color or a hump.......dont bother keepin em unless you smoke it or need crab bait. 

[TheHunt]

Smoke them... Keep the hens for the eggs that is it...

[Gobble Doc]

The hump smokes up tasty

[Button Nubbs]

Use them as fertilizer and reap the rewards when your veggies pop up. Either that or nail them to a large weighted board with a bell attached and just listen for the coons to come when they do kill em and grill em. Probably tastes better than the scumpies...

[FC]

If ya catch them in the river, gutem/gillem and bury them in ice.
They stay firmer and taste better.
We usually bbq them and smoke a bunch of them.

If they are chrome bright they are fine cooked/smoked as any other salmon but bleed them immediately and get them in ice. They seem best as patties or off of the BBQ. Stock up on white vinegar to cut the slime off of your counter top and your hands. Skin them before cooking for best results.

[RightPlace-RightTime]

How bout good old fashioned, CATCH AND RELEASE