Went up Sat. afternoon to the mouth of the Toutle/Green with my Son in Law and we were considering chasing some of the Kings. What I saw there really made me wonder.

I know Vince and a couple others like to fish that area, but the 40 or so people I saw there were just out to snag/floss the Kings as they swam by in that small water.

This was my first real exposure to that kind of fishing, but personally, I could see no honor in catching such a proud fish as a King Salmon in that manner. We made a couple half-hearted casts above the masses and left.

We did make a few casts at another pool much lower on the Toutle, but came up empty. Had the place to ourselves for a few minutes...then a crowd arrived and all but pushed us out of the hole.

Not my kind of fishing, in any sense.

Mike