Bob,

I was there this weekend fishing halibut (got a couple shorts). Those kids were so excited they could hardly contain themselves. I thought for sure they had a white seabass. My friend Mike caught a 20 inch salmon about a week ago and another friend (Rich) has caught 2 (26 and 28 inches) recently. All three were caught on lures.

The salmon have light colored mouths which leads me to think they are Cohos and not Kings (Chinook). If they are Cohos they are not legal to keep any time of the year (according to the DFG regs). They still look like a lot of fun - I hope I get one.

It didn't look like they measured it or anything as Woody kept telling them to release it quickly and they had to scramble for their pliers. Did he tell you how big he thought it was? Looked about 26 - 28 inches, 8 - 10 lbs. from where I was.

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You can't catch tomorrow what you kill today - please practice catch and release.