+1

exactly why I've never told anyone that their smoke salmon was anything but "oh this tastes great"... because some things are better left un-said...



My taste says that it should be moist, tender and flakey on the inside and slightly sweet on the outside, and it should finish without an overpowering fishy or smokey finish...

coho, for me, is the perfect smoker fish for all those reasons... probably because I catch a shitload of them every year and have them dialed in... I love nice thick kings on the bbq but wont smoke them because the never smoke as evenly as a thinner fish.

I do not fish for pinks and have only tried other's peoples smoked pinks; they all have had a slightly "fishy" or "fishslime" flavor that I cant get past... Chums are dry and blah... never smoked a sockeye, just dont fish for them, but I would love to try it sometime.

All that matters is that you love what comes out of your own smoker... and if you cant do that... feed it to the cat and make fun of everybody else