I'm in agreement with Steelheader69, anywhere on the head is legit. This includes gillplate, the chin and top of head. I do a lot of saltwater salmon fishing and foulhooking kings and silvers is a common occurance, especially when I'm jigging darts and buzzbombs. Oh, and let's not forget about that trailing hook on the cut plug that always seems to find the pectoral fin. The situation changes in the river, where the salmon probably wasn't in hot pursuit of the yarn "fly" when it got hooked in the anus (or even the gillplate). Also, what's up with drift fishers who think a corkie/yarn combo hooks river chinook as well as an egg cluster. Lining dosen't just happen in Alaska!!! I only know one angler whose moral fishing integrity is completely air-tight (only keeps fish hooked in the mouth from the inside). The vast majority of us talk the talk and keep as many bright kings as "legally" possible...

[This message has been edited by Hohwaiian (edited 06-16-2000).]