Salmon cakes are a great use for lesser species of salmon. Capers shallots and panko breadcrumbs can make any salmon into a gourmet meal. I like pinks and Keta salmon smoked as long as the fish was caught while still chrome and in ocean form. Old folks will take any salmon u give them and they will think its delicious. Glad to hear the pink eggs work on the nooks, can't wait to take mine to fish under a bobber where the nooks don't see humpie eggs. Having something different produces bites. I know guys in oregon who haul eggs in Alaska to fish down south and do very well on them. How about shad eggs? Seen them work on springers. I would use the shad for crab and sturgeon bait, not a recipe in the world to make shad something I will eat