The Last Salmon…

On my last trip to Alaska- I caught a king salmon- (around 30-40lbs)- it was one of the most unlikely catches- I was literally falling asleep after a day of hiking, late night partying and had about 2 hours sleep in the land of the midnight sun- only to get up at 6am to hit tower rock fishing station. A few hours out on the kenai river, I remember about to drop of asleep holding out the fishing rod over the edge of the boat when out of nowhere the bite of the king salmon forced the reel of my rod! I jolted forward and entered “matrix” slow motion as I lunged to grab the reel from falling in and losing my catch. Our fishing guide was as shocked as I was to seeing this and said, “That is not meant to happen”, as he helped me fasten the reel back to the rod and I reeled the king salmon in… What a day. So now I present to you my salmon culinary “Grilled salmon with pasta sauce over Italian potato Ginocchi”- this my last salmon meal before the trip in hopes of catching the real thing again in a few days- nothing beats a fresh king salmon eaten the same day- I look forward to tasting the difference- maybe Alexander the Dutch will catch it this year 🙂