You must have great fishing there and are probably cool while you’re fishing. Can’t imagine fishing for salmon. I’m in Texas.
Thing is, if I was fishing for survival, I wouldn’t even bother trying to catch salmon.
I’d be at the local ponds filling my stringers with crappies and bluegills and sunfish and the occasional smallmouth bass...
Those little panfish are bony buggers, but they will hit just about anything!
You are legally required to evicerate or gill grass carp. They are good eats. Alligator Gar is also good eats if you have tin-snips to clean them with. Recipes available on request.
/johnny