Buying salmon in Alaska, shipping to California

[CATandSQUID]

Is there a place to purchase salmon on the inside passage cruise and then ship to to California?

[1ANGELCAT]

6 minutes ago, CATandSQUID said:

Is there a place to purchase salmon on the inside passage cruise and then ship to to California?

I’ve used Taku in Juneau. They are right at the dock.

[mamma0233]

Virtually every shop on every stop of your cruise will offer a variety of smoked salmon to ship home...no worries.

[sppunk]

It’s often cheaper to just order online and not while in Juneau or Ketchikan.  

[Krazy Kruizers]

Many years ago we were introduced to "Salmon, Etc" in Ketchikan.

 

We still order from them --JMO -- best smoked salmon around.  I get the packets not the cans.

[knittinggirl]

We've used the riverboat discovery salmon from Fairbanks.  We took an excursion eleven years ago, had some shipped to us, and have been using them ever since.

 

If you buy it onboard and fly home, there may be TSA issues.  At the time, they asked all of us if we had cans of salmon in our carry-ons.  Don't understand their problem, because, that salmon isn't a liquid.

[Hlitner]

It is always wise to price out (before the cruise) what it would cost to simply order the same (or similar) product online.  Just Google something like "smoked salmon from Alaska."   Once you are armed with the online prices you can compare to what it costs to buy and ship from Alaska and which is the best value.  And if you are a member of Costco you might want to check-out the Smoked Wild Sockeye Salmon which is all sourced from Alaska.   I have had the Costco stuff and it compares well (and sometimes beats) what we have had in Alaska.

 

Hank

[JRG]

48 minutes ago, Hlitner said:

I have had the Costco stuff and it compares well (and sometimes beats) what we have had in Alaska.

 

I wonder if that is true for the King Crab Legs at Costco too....

Edited May 22, 2019 by JRG

[Hlitner]

6 minutes ago, JRG said:

 

I wonder if that is true for the King Crab Legs at Costco too....

I have not tried them, but they sure look good at the store.

 

Hank

[KroozNut]

On 5/22/2019 at 8:17 AM, Hlitner said:

I have not tried them, but they sure look good at the store.

 

Hank

 

They ARE good, as are the lobster tails... highly recommended! 😋

[Himself]

On 5/21/2019 at 7:29 PM, 1ANGELCAT said:

I’ve used Taku in Juneau. They are right at the dock.

When I do the run between Seward and Juneau you get into Juneau before seven and one can watch the fish coming off the boats and up the cover right into the Taku plant.  You know the fish is fresh and they catch lots of Salmon

[cccole]

Are you wanting to ship fresh or smoked salmon?  Cherie

[VennDiagram]

On 5/22/2019 at 9:10 AM, JRG said:

 

I wonder if that is true for the King Crab Legs at Costco too....

 

On 5/22/2019 at 9:17 AM, Hlitner said:

I have not tried them, but they sure look good at the store.

 

Hank

 

The ones we have had from Costco are every bit as good as the ones at Tracy's Crab Shack.  I laugh every time I read a comment waxing poetic about "oooooh fresh King Crab at Tracy's"..... Tracy's King Crab is frozen.

 

[CATandSQUID]

On 5/23/2019 at 1:32 PM, cccole said:

Are you wanting to ship fresh or smoked salmon?  Cherie

Fresh/frozen...