They don’t really feed in the river, if you get them it’s by flossing and I don’t do that. I don’t eat Salmon from fresh water, it’s gross. I am spoiled. Steelhead is what I’m after, far and away a better fish than a zombie Salmon.
Yay! Gradings are great, in a very specific way. Last time I graded I was gasping for breath with someone and managed to utter "That... was not humane or reasonable" and they were like "Same thing again in six months?" Roger that....
Any port in a storm.
Oh I like Salmon, but only from the ocean. A spring Coho is my favorite.
Plenty of salmon live their lives in both. That's why I said it's hard to know.
ocean.si.edu
Coho salmon were introduced to Lake Michigan in the 1960s. They have some monsters in there. I’m aware of the life cycle of anadromous Salmonids in general. I only catch them and eat them in the ocean because once they return to rather River to spawn they begin to rot ever so slowly. By the time they spawn they have open sores and might even be missing an eye. Some people do eat them from the river but I can taste the difference. We have Kokanee here too. That’s a landlocked salmon. Kokanee are always good from a lake but they never go to the ocean.Plenty of salmon live their lives in both. That's why I said it's hard to know.
Farmed salmon are one thing, but it's very common for those salmon you see going upstream to have spent part of their lives in the sea.
Spring Coho are commonly found in Lake Michigan. They will travel thousands of miles from the Pacific to the lake and back.
The technical term is anadromous. It applies to almost all salmon you see in the wild. There are no real "ocean only" salmon.
The Complicated Tale of Salmon and Trout
Do you have full spectrum lighting in your home and office? That can help.The sun is shining today after days of low grey cloud making things very depressing. I might be able to forgo my afternoon session with my SADS spectacles
No, nothing like that. My other half would turn it all of, anyway! It seems to become more difficult with each passing year and England is extra dreary in December, January and February. We’ve organised an end of January trip to Athens to cheer us up.
I live in the foggiest spot in the US, They built the airport here for pilots to practice landing in the fog. I like it but lots of folks have issue with it. It rains a ton from November til June
Cape Disappointment? The clue to avoiding the are is in the name, I think!
Smearing vaseline onto their spectacles would’ve been cheaper.
Sounds like Scotland!
I plan to visit Scotland and the whole UK in 2026. Maybe we can meet for tea or cocktails.
Oh yes, that’d be great…you’re paying for the cocktails though, aren’t you?
I’m a barbarian, it’s true, but I would never invite someone to drinks and then expect them to pay. I would love suggestions, thank you very much.
Ahhh, but you’d be a guest in my country so your money would be of no use here.
