There's nothing wrong with Tules when they are in the salt at B10. Since there is only a 1 king limit I release them if they are not hurt and if the king bite is good, but I've kept a few too and they smoke up great. The Tules were actually considerably better than the Hood Canal kings I brined up in the same batch - oiler and moister. Actually ate fresh URBs and Tules side by side yesterday and there really wasn't any difference except in meat color, flavor and oil content were pretty much the same. I think Tules tend towards targeting baitfish more and this is why they are paler, kind of like white kings, except they are not white, more a pinkish/gray color, and frankly look pretty nasty which is the main reason for their bad rep. Last year I caught a chrome bright 22 pound Tule hen on August 1st when B10 opened and it was the same color inside as the 24 pound slightly colored buck that my 11 year old San Diego nephew caught yesterday (couldn't throw that one back now, could we :rolleyes: ). So smoke 'em if you don't like the looks of them, but don't throw them away