It's that time of the year again! I guess the weather affected the
catch yesterday, so instead of the 150,000 pounds they were hoping to
bring in, it was only 20,000. Are you ready to pay 35 dollars a pound?
There goes your economic stimulus check!! I think it's nuts...it is
very nice fish, but it just ain't worth that kind of money. Hopefully
in a few weeks, the price will go down like it usually does. Anyone
here willing to pay that kind of money?

On May 16, 12:12 pm, merryb > wrote:
> It's that time of the year again! I guess the weather affected the
> catch yesterday, so instead of the 150,000 pounds they were hoping to
> bring in, it was only 20,000. Are you ready to pay 35 dollars a pound?
> There goes your economic stimulus check!! I think it's nuts...it is
> very nice fish, but it just ain't worth that kind of money. Hopefully
> in a few weeks, the price will go down like it usually does. Anyone
> here willing to pay that kind of money?

Not I.

maxine in ri

very nice fish, but it just ain't worth that kind of money. Hopefully
> in a few weeks, the price will go down like it usually does. Anyone
> here willing to pay that kind of money?

Not exactly, but neither will I ever buy farmed Atlantic salmon, which
apparently is on sale here this week. I wonder how much the canned
good stuff will go up....

N.

On May 16, 9:12*am, merryb > wrote:
> It's that time of the year again! I guess the weather affected the
> catch yesterday, so instead of the 150,000 pounds they were hoping to
> bring in, it was only 20,000. Are you ready to pay 35 dollars a pound?
> There goes your economic stimulus check!! I think it's nuts...it is
> very nice fish, but it just ain't worth that kind of money. Hopefully
> in a few weeks, the price will go down like it usually does. Anyone
> here willing to pay that kind of money?

I'll wait until the price goes down, if it does.

Karen

Karen wrote on Fri, 16 May 2008 09:48:24 -0700 (PDT):

> On May 16, 9:12 am, merry > wrote:
>> It's that time of the year again! I guess the weather
>> affected the catch yesterday, so instead of the 150,000
>> pounds they were hoping to bring in, it was only 20,000. Are
>> you ready to pay 35 dollars a pound? There goes your economic
>> stimulus check!! I think it's nuts...it is very nice fish,
>> but it just isn't worth that kind of money. Hopefully in a
>> few weeks, the price will go down like it usually does.
>> Anyone here willing to pay that kind of money?

> I'll wait until the price goes down, if it does.

I like fresh salmon and I really like Copper River but not
enough to pay $35 a pound!

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

I-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.Jim.Silverton.at.venison.not

merryb > wrote:

> It's that time of the year again! I guess the weather affected the
> catch yesterday, so instead of the 150,000 pounds they were hoping to
> bring in, it was only 20,000. Are you ready to pay 35 dollars a pound?

I paid $5/lb for steelhead at CostCo yesterday. Good enough for me.
I'll buy CR salmon when it gets down to $8-9/lb, but no more than
that.

-sw

On May 16, 9:12*am, merryb > wrote:
> It's that time of the year again! I guess the weather affected the
> catch yesterday, so instead of the 150,000 pounds they were hoping to
> bring in, it was only 20,000. Are you ready to pay 35 dollars a pound?
> There goes your economic stimulus check!! I think it's nuts...it is
> very nice fish, but it just ain't worth that kind of money. Hopefully
> in a few weeks, the price will go down like it usually does. Anyone
> here willing to pay that kind of money?

The weather was bad on the first day of fishing, acc. to the Fairbanks
News Miner, which says they'll catch up later. No indication, at
least yet, that the actual fish population is smaller.

I bought Copper River sockeye fillets, frozen on site, from TJs a
couple of weeks ago for $7.99/lb. Delicious. Not as great as king,
not as great as fresh, but still delicious.

TJs has become a good place for salmon because they stock both fresh
and frozen, and because when it's farm-raised it's very plainly marked
so you can skip it. Pricing seems competitive to me. -aem

On May 16, 12:12*pm, merryb > wrote:
> It's that time of the year again! I guess the weather affected the
> catch yesterday, so instead of the 150,000 pounds they were hoping to
> bring in, it was only 20,000. Are you ready to pay 35 dollars a pound?
> There goes your economic stimulus check!! I think it's nuts...it is
> very nice fish, but it just ain't worth that kind of money. Hopefully
> in a few weeks, the price will go down like it usually does. Anyone
> here willing to pay that kind of money?

I don't particularly care of salmon he says laughing all the way to
the bank.

"merryb" > wrote in message
...
> It's that time of the year again! I guess the weather affected the
> catch yesterday, so instead of the 150,000 pounds they were hoping to
> bring in, it was only 20,000. Are you ready to pay 35 dollars a pound?
> There goes your economic stimulus check!! I think it's nuts...it is
> very nice fish, but it just ain't worth that kind of money. Hopefully
> in a few weeks, the price will go down like it usually does. Anyone
> here willing to pay that kind of money?


Hmmm...lemme think.....umm...NO.
:-)
kimberly