The guide will not net the fish before it is on it's side, worn from the long fight with the ten foot rod. Netting a green fish that is not ready invites disaster. Broken rods, lost fish and great disappointment result from trying to bring a fish too quickly to the boat. Many inexperienced fishermen who hook big salmon put too much pressure on the fish. Landing a Spring is a matter of patience, a tight line, careful hand pressure on the reel spool .
Time is the fisherman's ally.
A well hooked fish will eventually tire and come to the boat under slow steady pressure. If it wants to run, let it go, keeping the rod tip up and the drag action smooth. When your guide dips the fish, immediately strip line from the reel to keep the rod from hitting the net or guide. Guided fishing trips are based on tides, providing for a four hour fishing trip. Seventeen foot Boston Whalers are the traditional guide boat for Seymour Narrows and surrounding waters, except for the famed Campbell River Tyee Fishery which is done only with guides using row boats and trolling spoons under a very strict and ritualistic fishery which has drawn fishermen to Campbell River since the late 1800's.