DrGonZo 157 Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 I went out Salmon fishing for the first time this season with a few coworkers today. We went out at the ass crack of dawn and trolled around for a while with one nice fish and then a while of nothing... after about an hour and a half more of trolling, we finally got into em and limited out pretty quickly. We hooked into about 15-17 total but had a few shake off the hook right at the boat (I landed all my fish with out losing one ) We ended up having 2 older rods break and our landing net broke on the last double hook up pulling in both at the same time! All in all it was a great fishing trip! I cant wait to go out for some Pacific Halibut!!!!! There are a few nice things about living in (northern) California... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HighPlainsDrifter 466 Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Nice, leave some for us. Dip netting season starts in 6 weeks... You smoke'em? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 7,074 Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Nice! One of my recent catches at the pier. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remek 771 Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Awesome! I prefer to catch them in the river, but they still rock in open water! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jerry52 893 Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Time to fire up the smoker! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrGonZo 157 Posted May 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Oh yeah! I'll probably share these split up in fillets. Theres still plenty of season to go out for more to smoke up! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zombiehunter762 376 Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Nice catch DrGonzo & Chile. I'll be heading out to the flats in the Gulf of Mexico a little south of Cedar Key in July. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Syndicate 812 Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 Nice Black drum or is it sheep head there chile? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YOT 3,743 Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 I need to go out and pick up some night crawler. Tonight is the first rain we've had in more than a week. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 7,074 Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 (edited) Nice Black drum or is it sheep head there chile? 6 Spanish, 6 Sheepshead and 1 Black Drum on the bottom. Edited May 9, 2013 by ChileRelleno Quote Link to post Share on other sites
breid1970 327 Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 Im almost certain that is a sheepshead. Look at the dorsal fin and the stripes. Good looking fish. Once the season opens Im going walleye fishing. Now that is some damn good eating fish. Though Jumbo perch are pretty tasty too. You sir, have made me jealous. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 7,074 Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 The Sheepshead are very fine eating... Everyone at my fish dry last weekend liked them the best. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wasrNwarpaint 184 Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 If anyone is in the pacific North West, I live on the Columbia river your welcome to fish the salmon runs off my docks, there is a run of some sort almost all year, one of many Salmonoids, Steelhead or Cutthroat...."Springers" (Kings Salmon spring run) are still running the tail end of the run now, they are the local favorites, my best springer is a 48 pounder 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HighPlainsDrifter 466 Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 (edited) Tsk, tsk... You inlanders talk sheepshead and walleye while the op sits silently by nibbling on his coho delicacy. DrGonZo, what's your favorite way to prepare your silvers? We first smoke them for roughly four hours and then can them in 1/4 pint jars with a few slices of jalapeños. From time to time my uncle likes to add BBQ sauce when canning but I don't think it's necessary. My girlfriend makes the best damn salmon chip dip. I'll post the recipe if you wish. Edited May 9, 2013 by HighPlainsDrifter 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 7,074 Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 (edited) Tsk, tsk... You inlanders talk sheepshead and walleye while the op sits silently by nibbling on his coho delicacy. DrGonZo, what's your favorite way to prepare your silvers? We first smoke them for roughly four hours and then can them in 1/4 pint jars with a few slices of jalapeños. From time to time my uncle likes to add BBQ sauce when canning but I don't think it's necessary. My girlfriend makes the best damn salmon chip dip. I'll post the recipe if you wish. Inland? I'm right on the Gulf of Mexico, and this is literally a salt & fresh water fisherman's paradise. I'll put some fresh fried or grilled Sheepshead, Pompano and Specks up against Salmon anyday. That said, I've fished out of Sitka, AK and caught 'barndoor' Halibut and hit a grand slam on Salmon, catching a King, Coho, Sockeye, Pink & Chum in one day. Good stuff fresh on the grill. Edited May 9, 2013 by ChileRelleno 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HighPlainsDrifter 466 Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 You have me chuckling. That inland comment was more geared toward breid living up there in the land of 10,000 lakes. Back home in North Dakota walleye was or still is king. Those Minnesota boys tend to get me thinking about home. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
netpackrat 566 Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 (edited) That said, I've fished out of Sitka, AK and caught 'barndoor' Halibut and hit a grand slam on Salmon, catching a King, Coho, Sockeye, Silver & Chum in one day. Did you mean to repeat yourself there? Coho = silver. Edited May 9, 2013 by Netpackrat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 7,074 Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 That said, I've fished out of Sitka, AK and caught 'barndoor' Halibut and hit a grand slam on Salmon, catching a King, Coho, Sockeye, Silver & Chum in one day. Did you mean to repeat yourself there? Coho = silver. Oops... Meant Pink. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrGonZo 157 Posted May 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 (edited) Tsk, tsk... You inlanders talk sheepshead and walleye while the op sits silently by nibbling on his coho delicacy. DrGonZo, what's your favorite way to prepare your silvers? We first smoke them for roughly four hours and then can them in 1/4 pint jars with a few slices of jalapeños. From time to time my uncle likes to add BBQ sauce when canning but I don't think it's necessary. My girlfriend makes the best damn salmon chip dip. I'll post the recipe if you wish. I'd love to hear the recipe! We can't keep silvers here... only King. These are just early season little guppies. The grade will improve as the season progresses. This year is supposed to have a higher percentage of 4-5 year old behemoths, but not quite as high of total numbers as last season. For being early season, there sure were a LOT of limits being caught before noon. Most between 10 and 20 lbs. We should see some 30+ pounders here pretty soon! My favorite way to prepare them is straight raw cuts with a little bit of soy sauce or Cooked slowly in a covered pan, skin down, with a little sesame and olive oil and butter, a little salt and pepper, covered in diced garlic and drizzled with lemon juice. most of the garlic carmalizes in the sesame/olive oil/butter and is absolutely delicious. Once its done I drizzle a little bit of Larrupin Sauce on top. Its like angels copulating on your tongue! Edited May 9, 2013 by DrGonZo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
netpackrat 566 Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 Oops... Meant Pink. That's pretty cool to be able to get 5 of the 6 species of Pacific salmon in the same day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akastormi 617 Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 I've been pulling 12 hour night shifts for weeks now. The GF wanted to go fishing this past Sunday.... So after a quick nap... We went out. I was so out of it, I was bitching there was something wrong with my pole...... IT WAS A FISH!!!!!!! After that I sat down on the dock.... Laid down on the dock...... GF wakes me up 3 hours later to tell me how many people went by in boats laughing at me snoring. Had enough of this outage. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SwissyJim 117 Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 Sweeet! Nice haul of fish.... as soon as I fill all the family's freezers with fresh shrimp, I'll be moving my boat back down to Homer and trolling for kings till I get my season limit - then it's on to halibut! Dippnetting reds doesn't count as it's just flat out work. Screwing around with my GoPro, I tested out something to try and get video of the Dall Porpoise I see every time I go out shrimping. This was the first run, and now that I can see what it sees, I am going to tweak it and I should have some stellar footage soon. That, and when a co-worked emails me the video off his iphone we'll have video of clay target shooting with my S12 off my boat in a bay we slept in. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
netpackrat 566 Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 Sweeet! Nice haul of fish.... as soon as I fill all the family's freezers with fresh shrimp, I'll be moving my boat back down to Homer and trolling for kings till I get my season limit - then it's on to halibut! Dippnetting reds doesn't count as it's just flat out work. You could always drive to Chitina and try dipnetting there. Add in the constant peril of falling into the Copper, never to be seen again, and you might get the thrill out of it you are missing. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SwissyJim 117 Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 Sweeet! Nice haul of fish.... as soon as I fill all the family's freezers with fresh shrimp, I'll be moving my boat back down to Homer and trolling for kings till I get my season limit - then it's on to halibut! Dippnetting reds doesn't count as it's just flat out work. You could always drive to Chitina and try dipnetting there. Add in the constant peril of falling into the Copper, never to be seen again, and you might get the thrill out of it you are missing. been to Chitina many many years in a row - the only time my brother and I get together (he's in Squarebanks). We've probably made the trip together for 30 or more years? Besides, I MUCH prefer Copper River reds over Kenai. When I said reds don't count, I meant as 'fun' fishing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
breid1970 327 Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 Ok, enough nonsense. Lets see some salmon recipes. Most importantly the ones on the grill...And the dip high plains...Yes the dip! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 7,074 Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 Smoked Mackerel Dip (should work well with smoked Salmon) Ingredients:8 cups broken-up smoked King or Spanish Mackerel 8 ounces cream cheese, softened1/3-cup sour cream1/3-cup mayonnaise1/2-medium onion8 ounces of jalapeno2 green onions1 bundle of celery1/2-teaspoon cayenne pepperPreparation: Put all ingredients on a food processor and enjoy! (Note: Mustard and blackened seasoning on skinless king mackerel fillets and smoke them for about 3 hours with hickory chips. Spray the grill with Pam to keep the fillets from sticking.) 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HighPlainsDrifter 466 Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) That dip recipe is pretty close minus the mayo and both peppers. I'll post it up when I get home, but I thinking I might like chile's recipe more. Edited: Just what I thought. My girlfriends cooking isn't too precise.... 1 part smoked canned salmon 1 part cream cheese dash of onion dash of celery mix to a thickened consistency and serve... Her advice is not to over whip or it get's creamy. Edited May 10, 2013 by HighPlainsDrifter 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Syndicate 812 Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 Saved!!! thank you chile. I may use smoked tuna next time I make that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
breid1970 327 Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 Ok, so the dip is perfect. Now, on to the grilling of said fish!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunfun 3,931 Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 Tsk, tsk... You inlanders talk sheepshead and walleye while the op sits silently by nibbling on his coho delicacy. DrGonZo, what's your favorite way to prepare your silvers? We first smoke them for roughly four hours and then can them in 1/4 pint jars with a few slices of jalapeños. From time to time my uncle likes to add BBQ sauce when canning but I don't think it's necessary. My girlfriend makes the best damn salmon chip dip. I'll post the recipe if you wish. I never thought of silvers as delicacies. Smoked kings, now that's a delicacy. (unless you've had that pasty flavorless farmed stuff they call chinook) Coho is OK, but I prefer Sockeye or kings every time. I had no idea Cali's season was so early. In Bristol bay, silvers start coming in quantity about the 3rd week of July when the reds are just starting to wane. Rub em down with olive oil, a hand full of minced garlic, splash on soy sauce then hit it with another rub of maple syrup and brown sugar. maybe another splash of soysauce when you check them. Keep the heat under 300 so the sugar doesn't scorch. Alt method for baking in the round. Slice up an onion, and garlic if handy. fill the belly with sliced onion and Pesti's italian seasoning. Bake until the meat flakes properly. The best salmon dip I have ever had by far is made by a guy I know in AK. He wet smokes kings and then cans them with an extra splash of liquid smoke. I don't know the brine recipe, sadly. Then he makes the dip with cream cheese instead of mayo and barely any salt. Serve on Pilot Bread. Dang now I am so hungry. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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