It's not like you were out there for sport. This is a meat fishery. Punch the fish and enjoy it for dinner.

What I find truly amazing is how lame these sockeye are at attemtping to put up a fight. I can only guess it's because the lake temp is so warm. I saw a lot of dead sockeye on the surface - usually small ones that people C & R'd. Oh well, the seagulls were happy.

I think the next time I go out, I'm gonna be forced to use my Snoopy Rod. I still don't think that's a fair fight, though.