Look like some typical coastal fall fish to me.

Has nothing to do with fishing on beds.

It's the strain of fish. Obviously TM knows enough that they weren't fit for table fare and did the proper thing by releasing them instead of wastin' them!

Wanna example from our book?



Early October, Pacific Ocean can be both seen and heard, tailed sea-lice all over this fish ... typical big fall boot. Fun to catch, not so fun to eat ... and I have no shame in sharing the picture of what was Corey's first salmon from Washington State ... almost 20 lbs. larger than anything she'd landed on the Kenai growing up.

Glad you got into a mess of 'em Kevin!