08-01-2011, 04:47 PM
When they are just beginning to turn the meat is still in good shape. It will be another couple of weeks or a month before you can't eat them any more. Also you don't want to release kokanee. When they come up from 60ft of water to the surface that quick they can't burp out the air fast enough and they have about a 85% chance of dying. So generally anytime you are targeting salmon you should keep what you catch. Some of the guys on here can explain this a lot better but basically there stomachs turn in a knot when they get to the surface.
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