I agree with Doc on this one, big time!

I could never really understand folks wanting to harvest salmonids that have made it to the river. I try to keep certain perspectives in simple terms, and regarding this issue of catch and release of salmonids, particularly big ones, whomever is harvesting a river fish is harvesting 'the best of the best'.

I mean, that fish harvested and put on the BBQ often made it past dams as a parr, made it past commercial fishers, orcas, seals, and what not, and made it all the way back to the river to spawn. Hey, those are the fish that I want to propagate and continue the species! And, if a person wants to keep a fish to eat, the fish of the same species caught in the salt is arguably better eating.

This is not disrespecting those who keep fish that make it back to the river to spawn; it's just providing a different perspective.

What a superb fish Greg caught, and two big thumbs up for letting it go to continue its genetics in the gene pool! Hope to catch one of its offspring some day.