I hear you on the snaggers. The guys around me were good on releasing the foul hooked fish. I release at least a half a dozen fish that came a calling at my feet from guys running down river trying to beach the snagged fish. I just grabbed the fish by the tail unhooked the fish and let them go. They didn't say anything about this however I really didn't give them a chance. I was fishing down river by the first man made dyke, rock bank, down river from the major snag fest. It is pretty easy to tell when someone or yourself has a fish snagged. If the fish goes up river or stays reasonaly close to where you hooked the fish, chances are it is a legal hook up. It is when the guys come running from up river and the fish is at least 30 yards from them with the line coming off the mid section of the fish that the fish is foul hooked. This used to piss me off a lot also, but hey, the run must be rather large for the Carbon to be consistently open for the number of years it has been with a two fish limit. Salmon fishing like this always brings out the yeah-whos. Thank god they don't have the endurance or patience to steelhead fish!!!!!!!! I fished the Carbon this morning and it was a lot slower than the opener.. I guess this can be good and bad. The lower river is looking really good for kings and if the silver run materializes it will be incredible. Down by the X_Mas tree farm , by the mouth, there is some great looking tail outs this year due to how the river is shaping up. Well good luck, I hear you man, the snaggers like you encounter suck, oh well, let them fill their freezers full of fish and this will keep them off the river during the river. Tight lines, SteelyDan