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Topic: Salmon eggs/Hood River/The Dalles area  (Read 6047 times)

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fiszka

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  • Location: The Dalles
  • Date Registered: Oct 2012
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Hello,

Does anybody know of a good place to buy fresh or high quality cured salmon eggs in Hood River/The Dalles area?

Needed for the upcoming weekend. Thank you in advance!

Fiszka
Let them spawn - catch and release.


ronbo613

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Home Valley Store or maybe the tackle shop at Wind Mountain Resort in Home Valley, near Stevenson.


fiszka

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Thank you so much Ronbo613! You are a wealth of information! See you on the river.

Fiszka
Let them spawn - catch and release.


snopro

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Gilmore's Fish House in Dallesport can be a good source of fresh, as are natives selling salmon in many gorge locations like Cellilo and Kohlberg's beach.


Pelagic

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I'd advise thinking twice about buying eggs from net caught fish from the natives.  They come from un-bled fish and the skeins are often full of blood.  Plus they most likely have not been iced.  Unbled, warm, day old eggs soaking in a bread sack full of slime and blood don't make good bait.  Garbage in Garbage out.

If I was in your location/position I'd order them online from folks like the Amermans or Sunrise baits

https://www.amermaneggs.com/store/list.php/cat_id/39

http://www.sunrisebait.com/cured-salmon-eggs-shop


fiszka

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Thank you for the post Pelagic Paddler. I was concerned about the eggs from salmon caught in nets as well. I will look into the suppliers you mentioned. Where in the Northwest do you fish?
Let them spawn - catch and release.


Noah

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Thank you for the post Pelagic Paddler. I was concerned about the eggs from salmon caught in nets as well. I will look into the suppliers you mentioned. Where in the Northwest do you fish?
The better question is where doesn't he fish :D


snopro

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From what I've seen this summer, the tribes are doing a  better job of bleeding and icing than years past.  It appears to be a focus of their marketing strategy.  If you time it right you can get quality product.  Just be picky when buying.


Pelagic

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From what I've seen this summer, the tribes are doing a  better job of bleeding and icing than years past.  It appears to be a focus of their marketing strategy.  If you time it right you can get quality product.  Just be picky when buying.

I'm glad they are starting to make an effort to improve their product. I agree every once in a blue moon you can find decent eggs.  But in general "Egg" money can be spent more effectively elsewhere.

 Do you know how they are bleeding their fish? Salmon caught in tribal set gill nets almost all die in the nets and often hang for 24 hours or more (if its real windy) in mid 60-70 deg water.  Seems to me proper bleeding and prompt icing would be a bit of a challenge.

(not intended as any form of "Native" bashing.  Went to OSU with one of the Sohappy clan and have much respect and empathy for their traditions and current circumstances)