To fish for chum salmon you should use lures as chum salmon are attracted to lures.
Chum are also attracted by lures in green, purple, and hot pink colors.
The closer they are to their spawning streams, the more likely they are to take herring.
Up until then, artificial lures are the most effective.
Salmon eggs are the top choice for bait when catching and fishing for chum salmon, although sand shrimp are very popular for chinook salmon.
Some anglers like to fish both at the same time.
Marabou jigs can be used instead of bait and can be especially effective on pink salmon, or other salmon when the water is very low and clear.
Chum Salmon is good for grilling, baking, pan frying etc or you can add the chum salmon to other dishes as well.
Chum salmon has a mild taste, is low in sodium, and is a good source of omega-3 fatty acids, niacin, vitamin B12, and selenium.
Another name for Chum Salmon is Silverbrite Salmon.
Silverbrite salmon are good but Silverbrite salmon is not as tasty as some other salmon are and they are not as fatty or tasty as other types of salmon and have obtrusive bones.
Silverbrite salmon also known as chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta), also known as dog salmon or keta salmon, is a species of anadromous salmonid fish from the genus Oncorhynchus (Pacific salmon) that is native to the coastal rivers of the North Pacific and the Beringian Arctic, and is often marketed under the trade name silverbrite salmon in North America.
Pacific Salmon is safe to eat and actually Pacific Salmon is healthier to eat than Atlantic Salmon.
Wild-caught Pacific salmon are typically considered to be the healthiest salmon.
The acanthocephalan, Echinorhynchus salmonis, is the most common parasite infecting Pacific salmon, followed by the nematode, Cystidicola farionis.
Thirty four (83%) of the 41 helminth species from Pacific salmon are represented by adults indicating that most species mature in their salmonid hosts.
Atlantic Salmon is considered to be bad because Atlantic Salmon is higher in PCB's which is a contaminant that is believed to be a carcinogen or causes cancer and also because Atlantic Salmon is most often higher in contamination from their environment and their processed feed.
According to studies, the consumption of farmed salmon results in elevated exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like compounds that elevate your health risk.
Dioxin has an immunosuppressive property that increases your chances of developing infections.
Alaskan Salmon is safe to eat in moderation.
It's considered safe to eat up to 12 ounces of Alaskan Salmon weekly and that is for both children and adults and for pregnant and nursing women.
The salmon that is the least fishy is Atlantic Salmon.
The Atlantic salmon which is the least fishy is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae.
It is the 3rd largest of the Salmonidae, behind Siberian Taimen and Pacific Chinook Salmon, growing up to a meter in length.
Atlantic salmon are found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and in rivers that flow into this ocean.
The best salmon is from places such as the North Pacific waters of the USA and Canada.
Atlantic salmon is typically farmed, while Pacific salmon species are primarily wild-caught.
Wild-caught Pacific salmon are typically considered to be the healthiest salmon.
The color of salmon that is the best are pink salmon.
Although red salmon is healthier than pink salmon but pink salmon has a better taste.
Red salmon is healthier than pink due to its higher number of heart healthy omega-3 fatty acids and B vitamins.
Red salmon contains 35% more omega-3s and a higher percentage of B6, B12, B5, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate, vitamin A, calcium and zinc.
The best tasting salmon to eat is the King Salmon also called the Chinook Salmon.
It's also the most expensive salmon as well but it's well worth it as it tastes very good.
Coho salmon is not a king salmon as they are different.
King Salmon has a deep red to white flesh color, softer flesh, with the highest oil content among all species of Salmon while the Coho Salmon has an orange-red flesh with a firm and mild flavor.
The most expensive salmon is King Salmon.
King Salmon is the most expensive salmon costing between $30.00 to $70.00 per lb.
The King Salmon also known as the Chinook salmon is the largest and most valuable species of Pacific salmon in North America, as well as the largest in the genus Oncorhynchus.
Its common name is derived from the Chinookan peoples.
The reason salmon is considered bad for you is salmon contains high levels of chemicals such as arsenic, mercury, PCBs, DDT, dioxins, and lead in their flesh and fat.
In excess these things can cause health issues and if you get too much mercury you can suffer mercury poisoning.
Although when eaten in moderation the salmon is not bad for you and actually healthy for you.
Keta Salmon is not bad for you in moderation as Keta Salmon contains healthy fats and Omega 3 which is very healthy for you and can support brain health, heart health and much more.
Keto Salmon and other Salmon is also good for weight loss and even Keto diets.
Keta Salmon is mostly from Hokkaido and Alaska although Keta Salmon is also native to Russia, Korea, Japan and China.
Sockeye Salmon is better than Keta Salmon because Sockeye Salmon is not as dry and is more flavorful than Keta Salmon.
Keta Salmon is still good to eat although it's more of a dry salmon with less flavor.
Sockeye Salmon does have mercury but the mercury content in Sockeye Salmon is not as high as other fish and other salmon so it's one of the safest types of salmon when ti comes to mercury content.
Because wild sockeye are naturally low in all contaminants and high in nutrients, it is safe as well as advisable to eat two to three servings per week.
Coho Salmon is better than Sockeye Salmon as Coho Salmon is healthier and a higher amount of Omega-3 Fatty Acids than Sockeye Salmon.
Coho Salmon also contains more iron, folate, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, calcium and selenium than sockeye salmon.
Sockeye Salmon also contains more cholesterol than coho salmon.
The GREY part of salmon is just a type of fat known as subcutaneous fat..
The subcutaneous fat in Salmon is full of omega-3 fatty acids and healthy and it is situated between the skin and the flesh.
Eat it together with the pink/red colored meat.
Soaking Salmon before cooking makes the salmon taste better.
If you want to simply soak the salmon in something before cooking it then you can soak the salmon in a mixture of salt and water.
Take one spoon of salt per one cup of cold water and put it in something large enough to soak the salmon in.
You then soak the salmon in the salt water solution for 10 minutes.
If you want to marinate the salmon before cooking the best solution to marinate the salmon in is a solution of olive oil, honey, lemon juice, soy sauce, lemon zest and other herbs and garlic.
To get the best results you should marinate Salmon for up to 1 hour in the refrigerator.
Salmon should be marinated for a minimum of 30 minutes but marinating the salmon for an hour makes the salmon much better.
But any longer than an hour of marinating the salmon can become mushy and fall apart.
You should never leave Salmon or any other fish marinating overnight because if you marinate the salmon or other fish overnight the salmon or fish can become mushy and fall apart.
Salmon should be marinated for no longer than 1 hour while in the refrigerator.