Wow good Thread!....I would have never believed it if someone told me 20 years ago that the salmon runs would end up being the way they are now!...And if someone caught a 73lbs King and it would be looked at in a way of a poor mistake to keep it!...But now look at the runs and how the salmon are going away and fast...Maybe my grandkids will have to turn on the discovery channel to see what a salmon looks like in the future!..If I caught that fish yesterday I would of kept it and called all my friends and send pics of it to everyone I know and even drove it around town to show it off but after reading this thread I see the light so to speak and understand what most of you are saying that it was such a shame to see a fish like that caught and not able to spawn its off spring. I was thinking last night laying in bed that the silver run in the Snoho is fading away and the few silvers that I have caught so far maybe should have been released to spawn for the future!.....Good Post Doc!.....