"Sierra fisher" wrote:
I once had a guy butcher a salmon and show me that the esophogus(sp?)
was
swollen shut. According to him, this is supposed to happen whithin a
day or
so after a salmon enters fresh water. I'm not a fish biologist, and
sometimes I'm too ready to accept other peoples theories. But he seemed
honest and knowledgeable.

Being honest and knowledgeable doesn't make one right. I've cleaned
quite a few of those guys this year who had more than a day or two in
the fresh water. The esophadus(sp!) was closed as it is in all fish,
but when I tried to pull out the gills my finger would slide easily
into the esophagus. It's not swolen shut. The stomach seems to
shrink, but that's because it's empty. You find the same thing in any
fish that hasn't eaten for a day.

Chas
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