Steve, I was up in Alaska a few years ago and our guide made his son jump in the river and get the backbones from the King Salmon that he had just cleaned. Which we all thought he was crazy at the time because the water was a brisk 40 degrees and they were just backbones ! Then he put them on the grill and cooked them with some cajun seasoning and every day after that we threatened to throw his son in the river if he threw away the backbones !!! That there is some fine eating !!!!!