I too, witnessed an unbarable act Saturday while fishing with my father. It was a busy day, but aren't they all this time of year. We were fishing a favorite river in Southern Oregon for late Fall Chinook. We were back bouncing bait when a boat behind us started screaming.... they had picked up a double pulling plugs. After watching this blue stickered boat (that's the color of the Oregon Guide stickers this year) for 10 minutes we noticed then landed both fish. Good for them, one was a nice buck, the other a nasty looking hen. We didn't pay much attention... waiting for them to release the nasty looking hen, when we heard shouting. The guide thumped both fish and the other boats exploded. Yelling and crusing, it was alomst, "Funniest Home Video" material... except for the cursing. This was a guide I had never seen, and later found out he was new to the area. Word got out about his catch of the day and he preceeded to receive abuse all day. Good for the FISH, bad for his clients....

The only good thing about keeping the nasty hen is she wasn't spewing eggs... she had already deposited them in her redd. I bet she was TASTY!

I have one rule in my boat. If you wouldn't want your picture posted on the cover of STS with a fish.... release it.

Snagly.. have you received anything in the mail??????