I think it is hard for people to let those big fish go.Isn't that why we are out there to catch the bigest fish we can?something about salmon season tht makes ordinarily ethical fishermen change into greedy little monsters anyways.

I think the farther along in a persons fishing experience the easiar it is to release the big ones,I know that is how it worked for me.

Akaska has the odds stacked against it with such a reputation as the monster salmon capital.A person spends several thousand dollars for the ultimate salmon experience and dreams to no end about the 60lb salmon he is going to catch.Chances are he is going to keep the big fish.He/she did not spend all that money just to bring home the smaller fish,even though they are the better eating fish.

The older a fish gets the more parisites it picks up and the more the parisites/worms it already has get to reproduce.If more people saw what was realy in those trophy fish they wouldn't eat them.Ever wonder why you do not see fifty lb fillets at your local grocery store?