If my sister, in the security of retirement, with as little opportunity as inclination to do evil, could not avoid censure, we must not rashly condemn those who, living in the world and surrounded with temptations, should be accused of errors which they are known to have the power of committing.
Between June and July, enormous schools of Alaska Silver Salmon enter the fray. During July our Anglers delight in multiple hookups of kings, silvers and halibut - often at the same time! Later in July even more silvers are caught and schools of kings head south to spawn.
During the 1989 to 2013 time frame an average of 42,000 king salmon a year have made it past fishermen to freshwater spawning grounds on the Taku River. One year, 1997, a record high of 114,938 fish made it into the river while last year, 2016, saw the all time historic low number of 12,381.