Most, if not all, of the charters will net "any" legal fish and bonk it, if I understand your question correctly. They are there to spend as little money on gas as possible while getting their customers on fish.

Last weekend while up at Sekiu the hatchery fish were about 1 in 3 fish caught, but we had a run of 10 native fish caught in a row. So sometimes it can take a while before you get your limit of hatcheries.

Most clients out there want to take home fish, even a few small ones. The charter boats need to get folks their limits because it is just good business. Who would want to pay that kind of money and come back with no fish?

I'm sure that you could ask the deckhand to release the small ones that you catch, but then you run the risk of getting no fish at all, or getting someone elses smaller fish. The other option would be to charter a smaller boat with a bunch of your buds, like the SIXPACK, and tell the deckhand that no small fish will be kept.

Hope this helps, I am a business banker and have a lot of clients in that area, so I have a bit of inside knowledge.

Andy