A good question Josh. As far as I know, it's not illegal to fish on their beds. But as a matter of ethics, when they're on their beds, they ought be be left alone.

Over time, you'll learn the areas where they spawn every single season and you'll even be able to time them within a few days of when spawning activity in that area will start occurring.

It's often hard right now to see the king beds due to discolored water that we often have and the fact that many of the rocks will be scoured free of most of their algae growth and they won't stand out.

This spring look fo rthe grey patches that you'll see amongst the brownish colord rocks in riffles and some of the tails and you'll see the beds. Don't walk on them or drag your anchor through them ... very bad for future little fish