Honest Dave, when I went to that Makah salmon bake I was 13 and hated EVERYTHING that wasn't a burger or hot dog. This experience reformed me!
The Makah indians take the salmon, fillet it and use cedar stakes to fan it out and mount it on a large cedar stake next to a roaring bonfire on the beach. It cooks by reflected heat and gains flavor from the bonfire smoke.
Eaten warm with a nice spritz of fresh lemon juice, it is nectar of the gods. Even to a picky 13-year-old.
Here's a shot of a salmon fillet I smoked last week:
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