Originally Posted By: eyeFISH
I'd be leery of any place selling locally caught spring chinook right now.

Wait a few weeks and the absolute best troll-caught salmon of the year will be hitting the markets en masse.

But it's rumored they'll be gettin' 8 bucks a pound at the dock. Average fish is a $100 bill to the troller! Who knows how much they will go for full retail.


Last time we had a season open down here (3 years ago?) I went out with a friend who is a troller. We brought in 5 fish, and he was getting calls from buyers before we hit the docks. Sold'em for $791... and the buyer sold them for WAAAAAY more to a fancy restaurant in the old bayfront in Newport not 2 blocks away mere minutes later...

I'm betting retail prices will be above $30/lb. here this year...
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