Chris,

You're in a tight spot but like others have said your friend is giving the rest of us a bad name. It's like one guy leaving wrappers and crap behind on the bank. People see that and think all fishermen are a bunch of redneck slobs. One or two guys poach a couple Kings and "lay" people get the impression we're all a bunch of morons out to kill 'em all off.

Maybe your friend had a brain fart and didn't really think about what he was doing. When my wife and I were recently up in AK we stopped in a little town that had a huge King hatchery run. Fishing or messing with them above the mouth of the creek was illegal. Lots of tourists were walking along the creek checking out this amazing site, including a set of incredibly strong falls the Kings had to jump up. Midway up the falls there was some slack water where they stacked up to rest before the final few leaps. One day we walked up and saw a couple tourists in Miami Dolphins hats (a true sign of low IQ) trying to grab the Kings out of the water to hoist up for pictures. Lots of folks off the cruise ships were amused. My wife and I were steaming till she finally yelled (in a nice way) that they shouldn't be doing that and explained why. Once they got the idea they apologized and headed back to their ship. Maybe your friend will be smart enough to realize what he did was pretty boneheaded.

Sorry to ramble.

Bruce