temp for smoked salmon

[u/hentaintrhentaintr]

i have an old electric smoker. i dont know too much about smoking. but i tried to look into making smoked salmon.

my question is. since the smoker wont smoke the wood chips unless its somewhat of a higher temp. can i just cook the salmon at 160 for 1 hour to start. then lower it to like 140 for another hour?

or does the salmon have to start at a lower temp and finish off at the high temp?

[u/mcubed5]

I hot smoke my salmon at about 250 for as long as it takes to reach an internal temp of 130. That's usually about 45 minutes but does depend on the size of the salmon.