Salmon

Salmon are a type of fish that are found in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. They may be caught by activating them, which adds raw Salmon Meat to the player's inventory. One can shoot arrows/bolts or use ranged destruction spells to kill salmon as well. Salmon caught leaping up falls may also contain Salmon Roe, an alchemical ingredient. The raw meat may later be cooked at a Cooking Place to produce Salmon Steak.

Salmon, though they can be caught, are one of the rarest harvestable food sources in the game and can only be found swimming up waterfalls. Fast moving water is the most common place to find salmon but there are rare reports of them being found in seemingly non-moving puddles. If found in such a place they are almost impossible to catch as, if detected, they will vanish. (It is unconfirmed as to whether or not this is a bug or just an interesting idea one of the developers had one day). Salmon can also be found dead on racks in camps, or in buckets, boats, etc. however if found dead they are only sold for very little coin whereas if freshly caught they can be sold for up to 200 gold, dependent on where you sell it.

A quest involving salmon can also be started, earning the player 5005 gold (despite the quest giver offering only 5 at the beginning of the quest.) It is given by the hooded traveler in the winking skeever inn inside solitude.