Catching kokanee that are getting ready to spawn?

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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]I find the comments about the quality of the flesh once the kokanee start to turn color interesting because of my experiences in Alaska. I was stationed at King Salmon for a year and we caught 5 different species of salmon in the Naknek River. Some of the troops up there had what was called a subsistence fishing license and they could catch huge limits of salmon using methods not available to regular fishing license holders. They were allowed to use large treble hook setups to snag salmon that were heading up river to spawn. The reds (sockeye - what we call kokanee) were very thick and the snaggers didn't take long to fill there needs.[/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]To the best of my knowledge, all of the subsistence fish were canned, not eaten fresh. And I was told that those canned, red fish were just as good as anything you could buy in the stores. I never had the opportunity to try them, but that is what I was told.[/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]And since I do can fish, I would not hesitate to put some red kokanee to the test if I were given the opportunity to do so.[/#800000][/font]
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