It’s always fun to see how many folks have such different opinions on fish. And I always marvel at how many folks can’t tell the difference between opinion and fact.i.e. fresh XXX are the best tasting.

I have had all the fish mentioned above. In a few cases I am simply amazed that someone thought their favorite was the best but there’s no accounting for taste.

I do agree that any salmonids entering the rivers about now are tops.

I agree with Snake on Chelan Kokanee. Not so much Sky Guy on Lake Washington sockeye, unless caught the day they enter the lake.

My favorite to date would be Columbia springers, but I sure would like to taste a Yukon chinook that is just beginning a 1200 mile journey. I think, as someone pointed out, the Yukopn fish may not be true springers, but they do makes the longest journey of any chinook.