I use to fish the upper river for rainbows in September after guiding all summer and you would be surprised by how many huge kings actually make it up to spawn. we would see lots of fish in the 80 to 100 pound range dead or near death in all most every hole which always made me wonder why they did not catch more of these monsters but when you see them in real life it was a experience I will always remember. I can understand why you would not want to kill one after experiencing the death dance of these monster's!!!PEACE