If someone bets me that I can't hook a king in the mouth on the ditch with a jig thats been coated in glue then rolled in the same sand we stand in up there Ill take it. I would also bet that the first one I caught and most of the ones I caught would be in the mouth. Think about it if you feel a tap tap while you are holding tension on a jig couldn't it mean that a kings gasping mouth just ran into your line 4" to 3' away from your jig and is draging it. Try throwing your jig to the far side of your bathtub and have your wife hold the rod like you would with the same line angle at the ditch. tell her to jerk as hard as she can when she feels something tap it. Now you dive into the tub at one end and swim with you mouth open to the other end. If you do this enough times eventualy your gona get a hook in your mouth. How would a 10 to 30lb pound king go about tapping on a jig. He can't be licking it because I aint never seen one lick anything. Its hole life it's been hitting moving targets but now it smells that wonderful dead shrimp in cow crap creek and it.s got to have it. They will hit eggs but not because they are there favorit food. They simply want to kill them. The same reason they will ocasionaly grab a milt sack off a sand bar. If you have ever watched salmon in the river you have probably seen them attack each other. A spinner ,a plug, a spoon evan a cut plug in fresh water are reaction and reflex baits. I think if you hook a king in the mouth with a 1/2 to 1 ounce jig thats just laying in the mud or on the sand you should feel free to keep it BUT
I THINK it,s a snaged fish.
The Samish is a hatchery creek and as long as they keep the hatchery open there will be fish for all types. I just hope the jig thing dosn't spread to real rivers.
Lifes to short to not have fun. We shouldn't waste to much of our own time complaining about the way that someone else is having fun.
Tight lines to all