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[Banny]

Bonked a 15lb spring this evening and have a question regarding the typical flesh of white springs.  When I cleaned it and threw it into the cooler it appeared to be a white, but when I got home and filleted it, a lot of the flesh was a nice deep pink.  This is the first adult spring I have ever bonked so I have nothing to compare it to.

Is this normal or did I catch an adult marble?

Jordan

[Fish Slayer]

Sounds like a marble spring

[DavidD]

Have caught 2 of them late this summer off Ucluelet.  Thought the same when it was first gutted.  

Found that it tasted better than the all-white ones.

[lapetitebuse]

I caught a white spring in the skeena river this summer, best chinook I've ever eaten

[Eagleye]

When they are in PRIME shape they are VERY tasty especially if cooked soon after being caught.

[Banny]

Thanks for the clarification, until now I had only heard of marble jacks.  So to reiterate, all of the flesh on a white spring is white, even along the backbone?

J

[roeman]

I caught a white spring in the skeena river this summer, best chinook I've ever eaten

Don't know why but white springs from different systems are not all created equal.
Wish I could same the same about females from different cities... lol

[DavidD]

all of the flesh on a white spring is white, even along the backbone?

Yes.

[lapetitebuse]

Don't know why but white springs from different systems are not all created equal.
Wish I could same the same about females from different cities... lol

I find it's not so much what system they are from, but wether they starter to turn or not.
...like women!

[Hooks_of_Fury]

i dont know about you guys but ive never seen a white spring that was actually white . there always a bit pink

[rhino]

more like a very faint sandy pink  think. not white

[colin6101]

Same here, can't say that I've ever had a white spring thats flesh was actually white in colour, just a fainter pink.

[DavidD]

there always a bit pink

True - but its much lightly than the marbled springs. 

Albeit, I reckon that the flesh of a white spring is more 'off-white' than it is white - just a figure of speech as it is definitely not red. 

As Banny mentioned, when you slice the belly of a Marbled spring (at least those that I have caught), the flesh is off white - no pink hues (or very subtle). The coloration is much more noticable when you slice up the remainder of the fish. 

[Robert_G]

Anyone been there the last couple of days? The conditions are perfect.