I've had good results with cherry,apple,mesquite &
hickory but the best one for me is alder.
What's your favorite smoking chips ?

Alder with a apple or cherry to finish

same as you Scott, I like alder and sometimes mix in some apple. I like a mild smoke flavor so I can taste the fish and seasonings.

Alder as always but lately I've been experimenting with Blackberry Yes Blackberry.

Quite a dark spicy flavoured smoke so best used in conjunction with something like Alder.

I'll be doing some Sockeye later in the week brined in Demerara Sugar/Salt and smoked w/Alder/Blackberry 50/50.

I usually stick to the fruitwoods for fish and maple, hickory or alder for doing other things like pork shoulders, bear hams, bear jerky.

Alder for salmon. hickory/apple for pork. For beef I use (separate or together) hickory, mesquite, maple.

Anybody make their own wood chips for smoking?
I heard that if you take alder wood, without the bark, then turn to chips that it works. I was doing yard work and grinding up the yard waste and was amazed at the amount of wood chips I got. Must have been three green garbage cans of chips. Now if I had used alder, I would be set for life.
GLG

I've heard of it before but I'm not sure if they need to cure first or if you could put them in green? Anybody done it?

I don't think it would work with wet wood. I make my own using reject alder lumber I had milled up. It takes only minutes to make a big bag with my planer [It's a big one] I set it to take off about an 1/8''. You could also use one of those hand held electric planers and make chips from branches or hunks of firewood. I'd take off the bark first though.