@SmilingBoognish We’re lucky to live near Pillar Point Harbor (Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco) and they allow off-boat sales, so we often can get fresh ocean-caught salmon. Yes, top-tier!
Living in the Pacific Northwest it’s much more available than in the rest of the country, and prices tend to be better. There are also a lot more varieties depending on time of year. And yes you can catch your own though I have never done that — and the season and licensing is very restricted. Local native Americans have an exemption and sometimes sell fresh salmon out of cooler chests from their trucks.
I just saw the first of the Alaska Copper River salmon was here this week. Prices are always high on this at first because it’s the first fresh wild salmon and is flown in daily from Alaska. After the first week or two the prices drop a bit and stores have sales. Costco even gets some in. The run is only a few weeks long, but then there is still fresh wild salmon available from other parts of Alaska and the Northwest. It is so different (and so much better IMHO) than the generic farmed stuff you can buy all year which often comes from Chile or the EU.
@pmarin totally. pacific salmon is the only one I’ll eat. Honestly any wild salmonid is great to me now. I wish I had appreciated rainbow trout more as a kid when we would vacation in Wyoming… oh well.
Freshly caught in the bay? Top tier.
@SmilingBoognish We’re lucky to live near Pillar Point Harbor (Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco) and they allow off-boat sales, so we often can get fresh ocean-caught salmon. Yes, top-tier!
Living in the Pacific Northwest it’s much more available than in the rest of the country, and prices tend to be better. There are also a lot more varieties depending on time of year. And yes you can catch your own though I have never done that — and the season and licensing is very restricted. Local native Americans have an exemption and sometimes sell fresh salmon out of cooler chests from their trucks.
I just saw the first of the Alaska Copper River salmon was here this week. Prices are always high on this at first because it’s the first fresh wild salmon and is flown in daily from Alaska. After the first week or two the prices drop a bit and stores have sales. Costco even gets some in. The run is only a few weeks long, but then there is still fresh wild salmon available from other parts of Alaska and the Northwest. It is so different (and so much better IMHO) than the generic farmed stuff you can buy all year which often comes from Chile or the EU.
@pmarin totally. pacific salmon is the only one I’ll eat. Honestly any wild salmonid is great to me now. I wish I had appreciated rainbow trout more as a kid when we would vacation in Wyoming… oh well.