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Sinaran

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When are salmons not safe for eating?
« on: November 01, 2005, 03:53:10 PM »
i've always heard the spawned out salmons/spawning salmons r not good for eating, some even mentioned that the coloured ones already have some kind of toxic developed in them. i don't know, i personally don't keep any spawning or spawned out salmons, haven't even tried those before. thanks for any information, that might help some of us here.
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Re: When are salmons not safe for eating?
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2005, 03:59:00 PM »
I don't know about the toxins (perhaps a biologist can help out here) but coloured salmon are mushy and tasteless. I made the mistake once and never again.
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Re: When are salmons not safe for eating?
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2005, 10:48:07 PM »
Coloured fish that are near spawning phase don't taste good, period. Not sure why people sometimes bonk a coloured fish and say, "it's for the smoker."

A old fish smoked, is still an old fish. The flesh are still soft, and will fall apart when you pick it up.
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Re: When are salmons not safe for eating?
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2005, 10:55:01 PM »
Let me break it down in picture form.

Good eating



Questionable



Too dark



"Still good, still good.......it'll smoke out" eh BP?!?

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Re: When are salmons not safe for eating?
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2005, 12:13:58 AM »
Holly cow!!! How long did you hold that fish?!?!  ;D ;D
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Re: When are salmons not safe for eating?
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2005, 12:31:55 AM »
Biff is a little fish spoiled i think the third coho to me still looks fine.
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Re: When are salmons not safe for eating?
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2005, 12:33:19 AM »
When you can get into that many coho, you are allowed to be picky. ;)
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Re: When are salmons not safe for eating?
« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2005, 12:34:39 AM »
They got coho in alberta? :P
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Re: When are salmons not safe for eating?
« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2005, 07:22:18 AM »
Quote from: Floater on November 02, 2005, 12:34:39 AM
They got coho in alberta? :P

No but chums have been documented as far up as the Alberta border in the Mackenzie system.
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Re: When are salmons not safe for eating?
« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2005, 10:36:27 PM »
Now thats a trip.
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Re: When are salmons not safe for eating?
« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2005, 11:07:14 PM »
weird, i thought chum travelled the least distance away from the ocean
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Re: When are salmons not safe for eating?
« Reply #11 on: November 03, 2005, 05:30:20 PM »
I have caught many like the one in the third pic and decided to keep one . That was a mistake it turned out to be horrible. It went pitch black! :P :P
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Re: When are salmons not safe for eating?
« Reply #12 on: November 03, 2005, 05:35:13 PM »
the last one looks questionable ::) ;D ;D ;D
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Re: When are salmons not safe for eating?
« Reply #13 on: November 03, 2005, 05:54:16 PM »
No as soon as you bring out of the water and kill it. It turns really dark almost as dark as this one


http://photobucket.com/albums/d63/cohoslayer/?action=view&current=fishing012.jpg
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Re: When are salmons not safe for eating?
« Reply #14 on: November 03, 2005, 06:03:39 PM »
Keep fish that have a white chin and belly
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