Sockeye for $3 per lb !!!

I don't know if this is the proper forum, but I felt like I ought to alert any Washington members who might have missed the adds:

$3.00 per pound for WILD Sockeye salmon at Fred Meyer !!!!!

UN-beleivable!!  I was previously thinking that I did well when I laid in a small supply of Sockeye for $5/lb last summer and Coho for $5.50, but this is outrageous!

Back when I first took up the sport of kayak angling part of my excuse (to myself I suppose) was that this would be an excellent way to get ahold of some non-farmed salmon.  If you guys and gals are anything like me, well here's your chance to lay in a supply as big as you think you can handle!  Don't tell me you weren't told.

Fishin-T

Hunh??!!

Seems like the wrong time of the year to get (fresh) sockeye.

Ahh, I just checked an online ad- it's previously frozen. Must be a glut of it in the warehouses.

Ahh, I just checked an online ad- it's previously frozen. Must be a glut of it in the warehouses.

That'd be exactly right.

You'd be disgusted, however, at the wholesale prices on salmon. At $3/# they're still making money. Albeit not a whole lot.

Yeah I was i nFM on Sunday and saw that and thought "hrm, this stuff must be old" and skipped out on it.

Hunh??!!

Seems like the wrong time of the year to get (fresh) sockeye.

Ahh, I just checked an online ad- it's previously frozen. Must be a glut of it in the warehouses.

Not fresh, but certainly wild.  That's the big issue to me.  If you ask the attendant, they'll get you some right out of the freezer.  That way when you thaw it and use it, it's only been frozen one time.  How would that be any different from catching more fish on one trip than you can use and so you've frozen some for later use?  They taste great to me.

As for the glut at the warehouse... maybe, maybe not.  Since they're frozen it makes no difference to me.  I was told that this is their annual anniversary sale.  I was finding things like wine for $5 off etc., and I found a lot of items that were 1/2 off for real.  I can't imagine that it's any older than any other previously frozen salmon that you might buy over the coming winter.  It looked like a real steal to me.  To each his own I suppose.


Fishin-T

I'm with you on the wild issue, T. And if you can get it straight out of the freezer and it's been treated well, it does sound like a pretty good deal, to me, too. I do have to admit preferring fresh, fatty, king or coho, though.

Dang it, though, I have not been fishing enough to have to worry about freezing and storing any excess.