Catching King Salmon near Seattle

Jen and I had so much fun on this trip. We spent the day on our friend Jerry's boat and traveled about 12 miles west of Aberdeen, WA deep into the Pacific Ocean. As soon as we put our bait into the water Jen caught the first King Salmon of the day. We had to wait a couple of hours before we caught the next one, but when we went back to shore we had 3 King Salmon. We took the fish to a local cannery and had them filleted, vacuum sealed, flash frozen, and shipped to us in Massachusetts. After the fish were filleted, they weighed a wopping 44 pounds. When they got here to Massachusetts, Jen and I had to buy a new freezer in order to store them. We have had lots of amazing salmon dishes. Fresh caught salmon like this is a million times better than what we get at the local fish markets here. Our favorite dish is when Craig grills the salmon on a cedar plank with the salmon smothered in a homemade pesto butter sauce. As the butter melts a delicious pesto crust forms on the top of the salmon. It is absolutely delicious. Another favorite is to grill the salmon, slice it up and add it to a ceasar salad with homemade dressing.