Americans do not appreciate good food...

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We are blessed to live on a salt water beach and catch Dungeness crabs, prawns, clams, salmon, and oysters!

Never any issues with quality. Though summertime we tend let the oysters lay. Old rule...harvest oysters in the months with ‘R’s.

I’ve done that - off Vancouver Island! Ever tried to dig up a Geoduck clam?

 

[goeduck]

I’ve done that - off Vancouver Island! Ever tried to dig up a Geoduck clam?

A what?

 

[atsah]

Oh man, that must be a regional thing.

LOL.. Cat fish here are better here than most fresh water fish..

 

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I will agree that if something tastes good, or bad for that matter, I don't care where it comes from either. I base my tastes based on the same. That said, I would challenge you to do your own comparing of the tastes of like seafoods, from cold and warm waters and be your own judge.

Cold water generally yields seafood that is more oily/fatty that provide more taste and tenderness IMHO. I also understand that foods that folks grew up on regardless of locale, tend to become beloved whether they are 'good' or not.

Cases in point... I like the same fresh water trout I catch in the winter/spring much more than when the lakes/rivers warm up in the summer. They lose flavor and become a bit muddy tasting.

I like the pacific wild caught salmon vs. atlantic (especially farm raised) salmon also from warmer waters.

I like Maine Lobsters far better than Florida (Spiny) lobsters.

Funny why the cold water seafoods generally cost more as well. :confused3:

Let’s hear it for Pacific Salmon! Used to catch them of Vancouver as well.

 

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A what?

You didn’t know you were named after a clam?

 

[goeduck]

You didn’t know you were named after a clam?

Babies

 

[2LaneCruzer]

This guy likes clam chowder...and incahol.

A drunk on Dragnet - YouTube

 

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That's a new one on me..

Ether way I would eat a cat fish before I ate a trout, trout is survival food to me along with Salmon..

"mountain trout" are actually brook trout (possibly a sub species) that are the only native trout here..they tend to have a red to orange belly and only average about 8"-10"...they can only be found in the colder streams...

As for trout (i.e., rainbow, browns etc...) their flesh for table fare is a much higher quality than any salt water catfish I have ever seen...
The only way I eat salmon is smoked...