You bet. You’re not missing out on anything anyway. Just about any fish is better than salmon if you ask me. They’re fun to catch but that’s it for me. That’s why I don’t even go any more unless someone wants some. I don’t.

Very sad to hear this Plum. Ronnie and I visited through PM and email a lot. I haven’t received any communication or replies from him for quite a while. Now I know why. Thanks for letting us know. I’m gonna miss him.

Don’t we all G? 🤨🤷‍♂️

That’s it in a nutshell. None of the people working in the VA clinics are veterans and most of them are just there because they get 14 paid holidays a year, sick leave, easy hours, an easy paycheck with benefits and a retirement. They couldn’t care less about us veterans.

Looking forward to pictures of your fish. Good luck👍

If you want salmon the next time we have a run I’ll catch all you want and ship em to ya. Easy fish to catch when they’re running and headed for spawning grounds. Actually I’ve never had a problem catching my limit anywhere. There’s just not a lot of opportunities to catch them in the lower 48 any more. It’s basically fishing for big trout. Bigger hooks, bigger bait but the same stuff. I just throw a big blue fox spinner or a castmaster in the river from the bank and they’ll nail it. Trolling I just drag a quickfish with a sardine wrap on it.

I’ve only caught a handful of salmon here in Idaho and have only eaten them a couple of times here. Most of the salmon I’ve caught have been in the Columbia River from Astoria to Bonneville dam. That and Homer Alaska and surrounding areas. Very few have I caught here in Idaho. Not on the top of my list of fish to catch anywhere, especially here in Idaho. I will say though, after catching lots of salmon in Oregon these fish up here, headed for Chalis Idaho, are much more firm and better eating than the ones I’ve caught down around Bonneville dam. They leave the ocean according to how far they have to go. The “up-river brights” everyone is after are those headed “up-river” meaning my place and beyond. The reason they’re so shiny and bright is because they are in much better shape when they leave the ocean. Those west coast fish, headed up nearby tributaries, are way softer and darker than the fish headed “up-river”. I’ve fished for salmon a long time and I have buddies in Alaska who have been commercial salmon fishermen since before the Exxon Valdez spill so they’ve learned a thing or two in a few decades of fishing. Good source of info. I’ve only been in Idaho since 2018. I spent 25 plus years fishing in you neck of the woods down there and still do from May through September. 😎

Just never have cared for the taste really. I caught, literally, hundreds of salmon when I lived in Oregonand I still enjoy going to Alaska salmon fishing. We catch truck loads of wild king salmon out in the ocean and the bays up there but I, personally, don’t care to eat them. The fun is in the catching for me. Never really cared for them so I gave most of them away. Not much flavor to em but they’re fun to catch. My Mom loves fresh salmon so I catch them for her and a few of my friends but I’ll eat a crappie any day over a salmon. Wild salmon out of the ocean are quite a bit better but the running and spawning fish? No thanks.

Fresh caught blue back. Way to go. Nice looking fillets.👍

You can, definitively, have my share of the salmon out there. I’ve never eaten one that would compare to crappie but I’ll be looking forward to some pictures of the fish if you catch any. Good luck👍

White😎

Oregon is a rather unique state compared to any other state I’ve ever been in. I don’t have that problem here in Idaho. It’s just like Wyoming, Montana, Colorado and Alaska here. When I first moved here I contacted the VA and asked if I had to be registered with the state of Idaho to receive military benefits through the VA. The first thing they said was “No. why would you ask that?” So I told them. They said “That’s Oregon for ya”🙄

If you showed the same side of the fish in both pictures it would be easy to tell.

Me too Plum. I don’t let anyone anger me. Very few have that kind of power👍.

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