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[skaha]

--It's a no brainer... if in doubt let it go.
--I like to eat fish but realistically how many do you need to keep.  I buy some fish.. try to get wild from sustainable stock or closed contained... if one can believe the labels and trust the store.

--If you fish a lot, even with the intent to catch and release, no matter how careful you are not all fish can be successfully released so...where legal to do so I keep some fresh fish to eat.  Usually ones that obviously might not survive release are number one priority.

--I often target larger fish thus want to see more of them so why would I keep a 3 lb plus kokanee if they are rare to the lake I'm fishing unless it was critically injured.  

--The regs (in my opinion)  are not meant to be challenged in court.... they are rules of thumb..which if followed will allow enough fish to survive and safely maintain the population. If people continually push the Grey Areas the regulations will have to become more and more restrictive including closure of the fishery.  

[skaha]

Isnt a lake that is landlocked have no river outflowes to the sea?  If thats the case you will never need to worry about distinguishing between a kokanee and a sockeye...they are 2 different fish that should never cross paths?!?  Same with steelhead...you can''t have a steelhead in a land locked lake so you wont need to differnetiate bewtween the two either!

--kokanee were land locked many years ago and habitually stay their life cycle in the fresh water in many instances the waterways are open and allow for sockeye to cross paths. 

[Gooey]

can you give me some examples of lakes/systems where socks and kokes mix?

[Nutterbug]

--It's a no brainer... if in doubt let it go.
--I like to eat fish but realistically how many do you need to keep.  I buy some fish.. try to get wild from sustainable stock or closed contained... if one can believe the labels and trust the store.

--If you fish a lot, even with the intent to catch and release, no matter how careful you are not all fish can be successfully released so...where legal to do so I keep some fresh fish to eat.  Usually ones that obviously might not survive release are number one priority.

--I often target larger fish thus want to see more of them so why would I keep a 3 lb plus kokanee if they are rare to the lake I'm fishing unless it was critically injured.  

--The regs (in my opinion)  are not meant to be challenged in court.... they are rules of thumb..which if followed will allow enough fish to survive and safely maintain the population. If people continually push the Grey Areas the regulations will have to become more and more restrictive including closure of the fishery.  

I fish for food, and find hooking and reeling fish I have no intention of eating to be pointless.  At the same time, I prefer to conserve wild stocks and protect vulnerable populations.  Therefore, I have no problem with closing them down to fishing.  It would be the utmost safeguard.

[Every Day]

can you give me some examples of lakes/systems where socks and kokes mix?

Chilliwack Lake
Cultus Lake
Babine Lake

There are 3 examples of some well known lakes... I'm sure there are MANY more.
Pretty much any lake that has sockeye going into it will have a small population of kokanee that will stay residents in the lake.