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The biggest reason for bad tasting salmon isn't the grey fat line, its you left blood in the meat. If there is still blood in the meat and you freeze it, then you have a problem. I rinse, rinse and rinse the salmon. I then usually place in gallon bags with water in the frig over night and then rinse again the next day. You would be surprised on how much more blood comes out. I then freeze in quart size bags without skin, but with gray fat line and add about 1/4 cup on Italian dressing. After cooking I just scrape off the gray fat line and it taste great. The secret to grilling salmon is to cook it as hot as possible on the grill or deep fryer. I place on foil with grill very hot, close the lid and let it cook until done. I don't flip it at all.

It was in a pole barn, they broke the door open.

Stolen Fishing Equipment Just talked with a friend that had all of is fishing equipment stolen off his boat up by Whitehall. They took everything, Fishhawk probe, Cannon Downriggers, weights, Shimano reels, tons of spoons, meat rigs, $1000's of dollars worth of stuff. If you hear of anyone selling this kind of stuff that seems suspicious, please give my friend a call at 847-209-6054. Thanks, Steve

Stolen Fishing Equipment Just talked with a friend that had all of is fishing equipment stolen off his boat up by Whitehall. They took everything, Fishhawk probe, Cannon Downriggers, weights, Shimano reels, tons of spoons, meat rigs, $1000's of dollars worth of stuff. If you hear of anyone selling this kind of stuff that seems suspicious, please give my friend a call at 847-209-6054. Thanks, Steve

Buying 2 fishing licenses to get more poles in water. I know this isn't possible yet, but why not let individuals buy 2 separate fishing licenses so they could run 6 rods instead of just 3 on Lake Michigan. I often fish by myself and would like to run more than 3 rods and I would be willing to pay for another fishing license. Any thoughts on this topic? I would say you would have to limit using that additional license only when everyone on the boat has their own license. I would also still limit the number of fish to just one license limit. It would be just to get more rods in the water.

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I think the key to freezing fish is to make sure all of the blood is out of the meat. I also skin the filet and let them set in really cold water for several hours, then I put them in gallon size bags with water and leave them in the frig over night and rinse again, then I freeze them in smaller size quart bags with the Italian dressing. I make sure I get all of the air out of the bag also to prevent freezer burn. When you thaw them out you are actually marinating the fish at the same time.

I love salmon and eat it 4-5 times a week. I freeze my fish also and do a very good job of rinsing and rinsing and rinsing the blood out. I store in quart size bags with 1/4 cup Italian dressing. I cook most of my fish by just boiling up a quart size bag for 5-7 minutes, then I rinse, crumble it up and add mayo, onion and relish for an awesome salmon salad spread that i eat mostly without bread, but occasionally with put on bread with a slice of cheese. Sometimes I make a grilled cheese salmon salad sandwich. soo good... Very healthy way to eat salmon. It's in my lunch almost every day for work.

ditto on horse fly spray

First real trip of the year, ended up 2 for 2. (1 coho and 1 small king throw back). Beautiful morning on the water. Fished 150-225. Fish came in about 180 FOW on stinger pinky and stinger purple magic 5 color. I had a failed trip on last Friday. headed out of port and had to stop in 40 FOW to assist a boat that left port without any oil in his I/O (not good). Towed him back then headed back out again. I got to 100 FOW and put boat in neutral to have it stall. It started right back up again, so turned it off and went to start the kicker motor for trolling. Couldn't get the kicker motor to stay running, so went back the the big motor and it wouldn't start! Dang, after several attempts, I went back to the kicker and got it going and used it to troll back to the dock. The problem with the big motor ended up being needed to replace the fuel filter/ water separator. Once this thing gets to a certain point of having water in it, it shuts off the gas flow to the engine. I guess it should be changed every year or at least checked. I'm going to have a spare on from now on.