Generally I prefer steelhead because it is more firm and less mushy than salmon. There are exceptions like the springer jack I caught and ate last June. He was delicious. Hopefully this year I will catch a mature springer and eat it. Most of the steelhead I eat are early summer fish and are loaded with fat and have reddish orange flesh. Even tastes better skinned and boned with the belly and back fat cut out and eaten same day as caught. Summers are still good into fall. I've caught and eaten brite summers with orange flesh into November. However the last summer I caught in mid-November was bleached out as was the last winterun I caught last time out in January. I've caught and eaten silvers in late summer and early fall that have orange/red flesh but the texture is soft. I tried some Copper River sockeye from the store that tasted good. I've never eaten a chum before because they look nasty. Pinks are okay but better smoked. I've had summer Chinook that tasted pretty good too. Winter run steelhead tastes good early in the season but not as good as early summerun steelhead.

Big Tule - Keep on trying for those winteruns. I used to get skunked on winteruns all the time but kept on trying and got the monkey off my back. A few years ago my wife used to make fun of me when I went winter fishing. There are way more winter steelheaders than summer steelheaders to compete against. There is also less daylight to fish in winter too. Winteruns are lighter biters generally so it is harder to detect the bite.