Actually, Chums can get bars out in the salt too and they are still fresh=red meat. I look at fish as food, not trophies. I'm not an elitist, just out there having fun catching fish.

I explained it but to clarify this post...everyone who fishes Minter complains there are no bright fish. So I went out there and found the brightest ones I could in 8 hours. The limit is 4 and the hatchery just wants them gone, so I took them home so I can have the eggs. You cannot gut your fish there. I drove that far just to release bright hatchery fish? I give the rest of the fish away, because we (me and my fiancee) do not eat fish. I let them know what it is before giving it to them and will not keep a fish that doesn't have a white belly or firm red/pink meat. Everyone wins.