Post by: CP on July 26, 2013, 01:33:41 PM
I smoke 8 to 10 every pink season and I keep a few to give away and after that they go back in the water.
Post by: Smossy on July 26, 2013, 01:39:00 PM
I smoke 95% of it.
I've had day's where we've caught 10-12 in 3 hours.
If I bank a fish, Its getting eat'n :dunno:
I see no point in throwing back a fish when Its on its last stretch of life.
Post by: hunt_fish on July 26, 2013, 02:24:25 PM
Post by: mallard79 on July 26, 2013, 02:47:31 PM
Post by: jackmaster on July 26, 2013, 02:57:45 PM
Post by: Smossy on July 26, 2013, 03:07:22 PM
hey pinks make great smoked salmon for dips and stuff, if i fish for them they get smoked, aint nothin wrong with pinks, especially if you catch them out in the saltMm pink salmon dip.
Post by: Button Nubbs on July 26, 2013, 03:15:09 PM
Post by: LndShrk on July 26, 2013, 03:20:10 PM
Smoked, or Canned.. Can't go wrong...
Here is a little trick for ya..
Bleed Gut Ice right away..
When you go to filet. In a spray bottle mix 1 part water to 4 parts apple cider vinegar. Spray on skin (both sides) when it turns white spray off with hose jet.. (Caution scales will fly)
This will rid the slime from the rockets. Makes the brine process and rising much more pleasant.
Post by: LndShrk on July 26, 2013, 03:21:39 PM
Eggs eggs eggs....
Eggs go to my Sushi Chef he makes jars of yummies for me.. :IBCOOL:
Post by: 3nails on July 26, 2013, 03:36:32 PM
Hmm... I may try this. How long until it turns white?
Smoked, or Canned.. Can't go wrong...
Here is a little trick for ya..
Bleed Gut Ice right away..
When you go to filet. In a spray bottle mix 1 part water to 4 parts apple cider vinegar. Spray on skin (both sides) when it turns white spray off with hose jet.. (Caution scales will fly)
This will rid the slime from the rockets. Makes the brine process and rising much more pleasant.
Post by: LndShrk on July 26, 2013, 03:39:09 PM
Hmm... I may try this. How long until it turns white?
Smoked, or Canned.. Can't go wrong...
Here is a little trick for ya..
Bleed Gut Ice right away..
When you go to filet. In a spray bottle mix 1 part water to 4 parts apple cider vinegar. Spray on skin (both sides) when it turns white spray off with hose jet.. (Caution scales will fly)
This will rid the slime from the rockets. Makes the brine process and rising much more pleasant.
A minute or two.. Not long at all.
Post by: Kc_Kracker on July 26, 2013, 04:01:59 PM
Post by: Kc_Kracker on July 26, 2013, 04:02:48 PM
HUMPIES, THE OTHER WHITE MEAT :chuckle:
Post by: Smossy on July 26, 2013, 04:12:32 PM
we usually can around 75-100, all out of the salt, out of the river ZEROI eat ALL mine out of the rivers. :wave: and all I do is bleed and throw on stringer untill Im done fishing. Never had a problem with the meat turning.
Very rare that I get a bad fish unless its really late in the run. :dunno:
Post by: 3nails on July 26, 2013, 04:30:43 PM
Ignorance is bliss! :chuckle:we usually can around 75-100, all out of the salt, out of the river ZEROI eat ALL mine out of the rivers. :wave: and all I do is bleed and throw on stringer untill Im done fishing. Never had a problem with the meat turning.
Very rare that I get a bad fish unless its really late in the run. :dunno:
Go catch them off the beach in the salt with buzz bombs, bleed and put on ice right away and you'll be rewarded with WAY better fish.
Post by: mallard79 on July 26, 2013, 04:58:51 PM
I see people every year just throwin them up on the bank or in the bottom of the boat and continuing to fish :bash: they bite all day....take a few seconds to take care of them and they will be a decent fish for the table assuming it is still chrome and not turning.
Post by: bowhunterforever on July 26, 2013, 05:07:37 PM
Post by: Smossy on July 26, 2013, 05:14:01 PM
There's no ignorance involved, I know all the tricks but I don't see them necessary. Guess I'm not picky. Food is Food. Do what you want.Ignorance is bliss! :chuckle:we usually can around 75-100, all out of the salt, out of the river ZEROI eat ALL mine out of the rivers. :wave: and all I do is bleed and throw on stringer untill Im done fishing. Never had a problem with the meat turning.
Very rare that I get a bad fish unless its really late in the run. :dunno:
Go catch them off the beach in the salt with buzz bombs, bleed and put on ice right away and you'll be rewarded with WAY better fish.
How do you guys bled them? I have never fished pinks and might this yearInsert knife through gills, from one side to the other side of the head, cut straight down through the neck. Then turn the fish over and cut through the neck untill about 50-60% of it is open, then just make sure you make it through the heart arteries, Blood will start to pump and squirt out, that's when you know you hit the spot, Usually want to do it while the hearts still bleeding so it pumps most of the blood out of the meat.
Post by: bowhunterforever on July 26, 2013, 05:28:04 PM
That's what I thought ,thanks :tup:There's no ignorance involved, I know all the tricks but I don't see them necessary. Guess I'm not picky. Food is Food. Do what you want.Ignorance is bliss! :chuckle:we usually can around 75-100, all out of the salt, out of the river ZEROI eat ALL mine out of the rivers. :wave: and all I do is bleed and throw on stringer untill Im done fishing. Never had a problem with the meat turning.
Very rare that I get a bad fish unless its really late in the run. :dunno:
Go catch them off the beach in the salt with buzz bombs, bleed and put on ice right away and you'll be rewarded with WAY better fish.How do you guys bled them? I have never fished pinks and might this yearInsert knife through gills, from one side to the other side of the head, cut straight down through the neck. Then turn the fish over and cut through the neck untill about 50-60% of it is open, then just make sure you make it through the heart arteries, Blood will start to pump and squirt out, that's when you know you hit the spot, Usually want to do it while the hearts still bleeding so it pumps most of the blood out of the meat.
Post by: Hunterman on July 26, 2013, 08:31:49 PM
Hunterman(Tony)
Post by: FC on July 26, 2013, 08:39:40 PM
How do you guys bled them? I have never fished pinks and might this year
The best way I have found is to give them enough of a whack on the head to stand theirfins up but not enough to kill them, open your cooler cut a gill racer and drop them in on the ice. It makes a nasty mess in the cooler but they bleed out very well and the meat stays very firm.
Post by: CP on July 26, 2013, 09:52:24 PM
How do you guys bled them? I have never fished pinks and might this year
Just snip the gills with scissors or a knife. One side is enough, no need for excessive gore.
Post by: CP on July 26, 2013, 09:56:36 PM
I see no point in throwing back a fish when Its on its last stretch of life.
How about so it can spawn?
Post by: Fowlweather25 on July 26, 2013, 10:20:15 PM
Post by: lokidog on July 26, 2013, 10:24:08 PM
I've found the best way to cool them is a couple of frozen 2 liter bottles of water in the cooler and then I add sea water to the cooler. This way the fish is 100% in contact with the cold rather than just one side on the ice.
Post by: Smossy on July 26, 2013, 10:36:01 PM
Dont think my few fish are going to hurt the millions that come in, being how one fish gives birth to 1000-2000 eggs. :tup: Guess we should stop killing deer, bear, and elk so they can reproduce now to eh?
I see no point in throwing back a fish when Its on its last stretch of life.
How about so it can spawn?
Post by: kenzmad on July 26, 2013, 11:04:28 PM
In a single humpy season? 20-30+
I smoke 95% of it.
I've had day's where we've caught 10-12 in 3 hours.
If I bank a fish, Its getting eat'n :dunno:
I see no point in throwing back a fish when Its on its last stretch of life.
I need to you and your gal out on the salt. Pinks are real good out there. Bled, iced good food for the table. River fish dont hold a candle to salt fish.
Post by: Smossy on July 26, 2013, 11:16:27 PM
Lets do it then.In a single humpy season? 20-30+
I smoke 95% of it.
I've had day's where we've caught 10-12 in 3 hours.
If I bank a fish, Its getting eat'n :dunno:
I see no point in throwing back a fish when Its on its last stretch of life.
I need to you and your gal out on the salt. Pinks are real good out there. Bled, iced good food for the table. River fish dont hold a candle to salt fish.
Post by: kenzmad on July 26, 2013, 11:59:02 PM
Lets do it then.In a single humpy season? 20-30+
I smoke 95% of it.
I've had day's where we've caught 10-12 in 3 hours.
If I bank a fish, Its getting eat'n :dunno:
I see no point in throwing back a fish when Its on its last stretch of life.
I need to you and your gal out on the salt. Pinks are real good out there. Bled, iced good food for the table. River fish dont hold a candle to salt fish.
Another couple of weeks and it should be good. I would be more than happy to get you two out to catch some pinks. Will be out tomorrow for a cast for kids event. Should have a good idea of the number of pinks in the sound then.
Post by: Kola16 on July 27, 2013, 12:04:12 AM
Wow there...not even close to what CP was getting at. Saying "I see no point in throwing back a fish when Its on its last stretch of life," is not the wisest thing to say. If you catch a king in a river that has few, should you keep it since, "Its on its last stretch of life?" :dunno:Dont think my few fish are going to hurt the millions that come in, being how one fish gives birth to 1000-2000 eggs. :tup: Guess we should stop killing deer, bear, and elk so they can reproduce now to eh?
I see no point in throwing back a fish when Its on its last stretch of life.
How about so it can spawn?
Now talking about humpies, it would be better to release it then let it get freezer burnt because you have waaaaaay to many in your fridge (not saying you did this, but with all of the possible humpies that one could catch, it could easily happen).
Post by: Smossy on July 27, 2013, 12:09:16 AM
If I catch a fish, Its getting ate. Doesn't matter if its two, or two hundred. If I know I'm not hurting anything, Its dinner fair. Again, If its banked, Its getting ate. Only a few times have I let some salmon go, usually kings. That I feel are too small.Wow there...not even close to what CP was getting at. Saying "I see no point in throwing back a fish when Its on its last stretch of life," is not the wisest thing to say. If you catch a king in a river that has few, should you keep it since, "Its on its last stretch of life?" :dunno:Dont think my few fish are going to hurt the millions that come in, being how one fish gives birth to 1000-2000 eggs. :tup: Guess we should stop killing deer, bear, and elk so they can reproduce now to eh?
I see no point in throwing back a fish when Its on its last stretch of life.
How about so it can spawn?
Now talking about humpies, it would be better to release it then let it get freezer burnt because you have waaaaaay to many in your fridge (not saying you did this, but with all of the possible humpies that one could catch, it could easily happen).
Post by: Kola16 on July 27, 2013, 12:12:24 AM
Post by: Smossy on July 27, 2013, 12:14:54 AM
That's fine and all, and I am glad that it doesn't go to waste (I will admit for me, one year I had about 4 humpise left in the freezer that had to be turned into bait, and will never do that again), BUT there is definitely a point in letting them go for many people.To each they're own morals. I'm a big believer in not killing ANYTHING that is not going to get ate. I live my life by Karma, and killing for fun is very bad juju.
Post by: Kola16 on July 27, 2013, 12:20:12 AM
Post by: Smossy on July 27, 2013, 12:24:27 AM
Yes, totally agreed by me and almost everyone else, but that is still not my point :chuckle:We may both just be mis-understanding eachother alittle.
Post by: Becky on July 27, 2013, 12:28:07 AM
We don't get out to the rivers every day and have 30 fish in a span of a few days, nothing like that ever. Maybe across the whole season we'll get up to there. So when he says he keeps all that are eatable (not zombified) and including keeping ones that are almost dead, wouldn't that actually UP the chances of survival for the healthy ones if he fills his limit for the day on tired half dying fish? :dunno: and also, we ARE talking pinks, not kings, so the comparison isn't really valid. We fish to eat, not sport, if we're going to fish for kings then we're going to go somewhere that has a healthier population than only one or two in a river. :tup: Lighten up guys.
Post by: Kola16 on July 27, 2013, 12:39:20 AM
My main point is that there is a point in letting them go sometimes. I am not telling you to let what you catch go, I am just saying for many of us it is a good idea.
....and also, we ARE talking pinks, not kings, so the comparison isn't really valid. We fish to eat, not sport, if we're going to fish for kings then we're going to go somewhere that has a healthier population than only one or two in a river. :tup: Lighten up guys.I just mentioned kings due to the "I see no point in throwing back a fish when Its on its last stretch of life." That is all.
Post by: Smossy on July 27, 2013, 12:42:25 AM
Ok....let's get this straight here then...I am NOT making my main point about someone wasting fish. I just said some of us may if we get to much.:rolleyes:
My main point is that there is a point in letting them go sometimes. I am not telling you to let what you catch go, I am just saying for many of us it is a good idea.....and also, we ARE talking pinks, not kings, so the comparison isn't really valid. We fish to eat, not sport, if we're going to fish for kings then we're going to go somewhere that has a healthier population than only one or two in a river. :tup: Lighten up guys.I just mentioned kings due to the "I see no point in throwing back a fish when Its on its last stretch of life." That is all.
Post by: Kola16 on July 27, 2013, 12:57:37 AM
Now I will say it one more time then I am done. Me, and many others could get plenty of bright pinks that we caught in the salt. Our freezer is full, and smoker is stacked. We head to the river to have fun, and end up catching a few dark pinks. We don't see much value in the meat, and we let it go to spawn. Done. Not thrashing on you for keeping it either, doesn't really matter to me.
Logging out for tonight. No harsh feelings from me...
Post by: Smossy on July 27, 2013, 01:06:07 AM
Oh my...that explained so much! I never said YOU were wasting fish anywhere in my posts, but it would be easily doable if you were to fish 4 or more times a week. Just forget about the numbers thing then! Many of us see a point and love to CnR dude. That is all I am trying to say.lol I gotcha, Not hating on anyone that does catch and release, I've done it also. Just hard to really have fun with all the grumpy old whiners out there complaining about crossed lines and braid and blah blah blah. Just like to get my fish and go.
Now I will say it one more time then I am done. Me, and many others could get plenty of bright pinks that we caught in the salt. Our freezer is full, and smoker is stacked. We head to the river to have fun, and end up catching a few dark pinks. We don't see much value in the meat, and we let it go to spawn. Done. Not thrashing on you for keeping it either, doesn't really matter to me.
Logging out for tonight. No harsh feelings from me...