OK Bob, I get your drift now. Just took a peek at the comm fish harvest to date. The Kasilof section has been open for maximum allowable fishing times to harvest enough Kasilof sockeye to prevent "overescapement".... here's what they've taken so far:

UCI commercial harvest

All this netting to harvest excess Kasilof reds is also having an impact on kings bound for both the Kasilof and the Kenai. As of July 5, about 2100 kings have been "incidentally" harvested in the nets.... 530 in the Kasilof section alone in just one day!

Granted, they're not all Kasilof fish, but I'll bet yesterday's one-day commercial take may well exceed the entire sport harvest of late run Kasilof kings for the entire month of July! That really puts the impact of killing or releasing a handful of Kasilof hawgs into better perspective. It also underscores the importance of determining the composition of the incidental king harvest in terms of contribution by river of origin, i.e. Kasilof vs Kenai. This info is woefully lacking.... another project to add to our ADFG research wish list.

That said, just remember the ones you are catching have already successfully evaded the nets to enter the river to spawn. If we are gonna target fish for the table, we ought not slaughter our best breeding stock. If it's a trophy mount that a client is seeking, consider suggesting a replica so the fish can be released unharmed. Unlike DV's pursuit of a record ling cod in a clearly abundant stock, the Kasilof late run king stock is presumed to be small, and therefore vulnerable to excessive harvest pressure. With the nets potentially doing so much unaccounted damage to the inriver return, we should tread lightly on those fish that actually escape.... and tread very heavily on fish managers to get a better handle on the composition of the commercial king harvest by river of origin.

BTW I see the sockeye dippers in the Kasilof haven't gotten much of a chance beyond their opening day on June 25 . The commercial nets are not allowing many fish into the river:

UCI Inriver Sockeye Passage