Copper River Salmon Is Here!

We've been waiting all winter for the start of the fresh wild salmon season, and it's here, at least at the Pearl Street Whole Foods.  They told me this afternoon that it's day two of their having it, and they're selling it for $22.99 a pound for beautiful fillets.  It always starts out high at the beginning of the season (actually, I think $23 is lower than it has usually started in the past), but price wars tend to develop, with King Soopers and Safeway getting into the fray.  I'm envisioning a Memorial Day weekend of grilled fish (so I'm not the hot dog type), since Whole Foods also has excellent halibut steaks on sale through Tuesday for $14.99 a pound.