Tules are a strain of salmon that go up the Columbia and to the Spring Creek Hatchery.West of Bingen about 3miles. It is the only Tule Hatchery I know of. As far as table fare they are not as bad as chum but not as edible as up river brights. They do get up to forty pounds but are thin as you look at them from the top down, not much shoulder. I hope this helps. The Duck