Oh my. It is a good thing they taste better than they look.
That one probably wouldn't taste very good. It had already spawned and died - just off I5 south of Redding. Besides, in California if it didn't have its fin snipped at the hatchery you could get fined for having a "wild" salmon in your possession. I'm afraid that the sport fisherman is an endangered species here.
Most of the time it is better to get a small fish to eat.
More tender and tastier.
I once caught an 8 pound lobster and fed its tail to my father in law. I ate a three pounder and I guarantee ya mine was much tastier and much more tender BUT the sheer size knocked my father in laws socks off.
It looks smoked. lol