Kings, kings, kings....

Best ones on the planet arguably hail from the big river to the south.

CR summers
CR upriver springs
CR fall upriver brights

I rate springers second because they're typically so small that the belly slabs aren't as thick as I like for my favorite recipes. Plus they're a lot of work to catch in unpredictable seasons. And did I mention they tend to be dinks.

Summers eat every bit as good but have bigger size on their side, and they run when the weather is a bit more pleasant. So they nudge ahead in my rating scale.

That's not to say URB's are third rate garbage. Again, they grow big.... they are caught at the height of the best weather the PNW has to offer.... given their abundance, they are MUCH easier to catch... AND they taste GREAT!