That's a great salmon! looks like 30+ pounds easily! Such a paleo catch... bare hands. Why did you cook it? Raw salmon is probably my favorite raw food.
Yeah was a heavy one! I cooked it mainly just cause I never had fresh water river salmon, from what I think is a polluted river. I dont know if they are planted in lake Michigan by humans or natural. The meat was white when raw (very pale), not even pink or orange/red etc.
You cooked the entire salmon?
Didn't you at least eat part of the salmon raw so you could relay to us how the wild salmon tasted?
I've always been wondering...
No unfortunately I didn't try any raw. Just washed it and let it sit over night in the fridge. I imagine this fish is nothing compared to truly wild salmon swimming in from oceans.
lol at the sperm! I ran into some rednecks who had just pulled about 4 salmon that size or bigger out of the Rouge River. I sat and talked with them while they cleaned the fish and they offered me the best tail portion! They also played a joke on me and made me smell the sperm sack, lolol!!!!!!!! We had many laughs that day. The fresh meat was GREAT! but not salty Inger, I think they spawn in fresh water only. Too bad you didn't get a female Sully! those rednecks had SO MUCH SALMON ROE, and they horded it for use as bait, what a shame!
heres a photo of the fish and the river it came out of, plastic bag provided by rednecks, not my own 

Ah nice! Yes I would Have preferred a female for sure! Its nice meeting new people and exploring wild foods. Sounds like you had a great time too! haha
They can become so sickly that parasites take over.
I think I agree with this. When I fileted the salmon and the meat was very pale. I just cooked it. Something from Alaska I would most definitely would have eaten it all raw. But if I was near those streams....I'd be armed with a shot gun, no brown/grizzly bear is going to get me!