Roach's Hangout

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Thank you for the suggestion. I am going to try the chicken breast rubbed in mayo.

All I could manage to catch this trip was small salmon. My buddy had the golden touch and caught a 23 1/2 pd, 16 pd, and 15 pd king salmon the first day. He caught another big king on day two, along with a couple more good sized steelheads. I caught two more small kings, lol. What can I say? My neighbor went too. He caught 3 decent steelheads both days. Luckily, we split the fish as evenly as we can.

I grilled a couple of the smaller fillets when I got home Wed. afternoon. I got one of the fillets from the 23 1/2 pounder, and cut it in thirds and marinated it in Lawry's Teriyaki Marinade overnight. It was all I could do to stuff the fillets into a gallon sized baggie, buTT....I did it.

I patted them dry and put some Weber Boston Bay Seasoning on them before smoking them. I went with most charcoal for the heat source, and a few pieces of apple wood for the flavoring.

I don't know if it was the fact that the salmon was fresh? The marinade? the seasoning? or the smoke and heat was just right? It was far and away the best tasting fish I've ever smoked. I gave one third to my neighbor, another third to my buddy, and I kept a third. Both my neighbor and my buddy both called me that night and said it was the best they had ever had. Considering the fact that it's the biggest fish I've ever smoked, and bigger usually means fishy tasting? I was extremely surprised to the upside. This had no fishy taste at all.