are copper river kings really better eating than springers or do they just have a better pr person? i have never eaten a copper river and find it hard to believe that they are better than a fresh caught springer.

Cooper river salmon, in my opinion, is just a great marketing program, nothing else.

i have had the copper river sockeye and i think that is the best fish i have ever had. just my opinion.

copper river salmon is kinda like starbucks

I've never had Copper River fish, but I must say that no fish that's been stuffed in a hold and flown for several hours and then sat on a shelf could match the taste of one you've just hauled out of the water yourself and slapped on the BBQ.

IMHO, Copper River salmon are overrated.

maybe they should try to match a dye with the color of copper river salmon!

Increase sales on all those "farm raised FRESH fish"!!!

I think taste wise they are no better than fresh caught prepared the same way, Color and texture is a different ballgame. I have always been curious as to wether other Alaska rivers produce such a perfect colored and texxtured fish. Since I have never been to AK

I've tried it, disliked them just as much as any other salmon. IMHO, overrated.

just herd on the news today that you could be paying up to $30 a lb for copper river kings no fish is worth that much money per lb way over rated.

I've eaten it many times and to me it tastes very good but not nearly as moist and fresh as a Salmon I have caught and cooked. And that doesn't matter if it's a spring or fall run king. The price they get though is outrageous. Good marketing. We should have that kind of PR people lobbying for our fishing rights in this state.

johnny there is a fish that is better then the copper river kings it's the yukon river kings way under rated and it runs about the same as all the other kings on the market per lb

fishstick thats fact about whos selling them they love those prices

In lead throwers book all fish taste nasty.

Every fish I ever bonk goes to family or friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Lead do not eat anything that swims

I've had Copper river Sockeye right out of the Copper and Columbia River springer also fresh from the river. The sockeye's meat is brilliant red and taste phenomenal but the Columbia River Springer is just as good. The taste is a little different but its like comparing apples and oranges to me.

~steelymann~

when I was up in alaska last year we had the same discussion with the guide we were with. He said that Copper river salmon just have great PR. nothing else. I have to say that silvers I catch, bleed, immediately ice, and cook that night, are far better than anything you could buy. They have a catchy name, and lots of recognition.

Copper River Kings and Sockeye are excellent eating fish but no better that other Alaska big river salmon sockeye/kings. The Copper River hype was conjured up by Seattle area restaurants and super-markets a decade or so ago to increase business. The hype has worked.

These fish are the same as the ones you would catch out of any of the AK rivers at this time of year. I am told they are all GILLNET fish.
They are among the first runs and this makes for an great PR opportunity. Glad to see you guys are pretty smart and don't take the bait that the markets and fish houses are offering to catch your wallets.

I have hah fresh sockeye and chinook from at least seven Alaska Rivers. Copper River chinook are no better or worse than any other early run chinook from a big river. It's pure marketing.

IMHO the finest chinook in the world is Columbia River spring chinook. I haven't' had the Yukon fish, but I bet they are excellent. They come in the river prepared for a VERY long journey. I beleive that's what makes the difference.

I think a sockeye is a sockeye is a sockeye. Pretty color, not much fat.

my uncle is a netter up in cordova, so we get free copper river salmon

theyre good, but fresh caught still beats them

i've fished around the copper river before, it's muddier than the nisqually after a flood!

Ive caught many Columbia river springers and there pretty tough to beat a for taste and texture. But in my opinion the white King out of alaska is my favorite, its awsome. I spent 6 weeks in ketchcan last june fishing the mountain pt. fishery and 1for every 5 fish was a white king. I sure wish we had strong runs of them down here.