Calling "moron" is a little extreme.

I do agree that a 38-pound salmon, (or even a 22-pound salmon), will do
everybody more good when left in the run to spawn additional big fish
than gaffed and gutted to win a derby prize.....

but man is part of the natural world and one of the top predators on
the food chain. Black-n-Gold may have different values than you, but
keeping a fish now and then doesn't make somebody a moron.

Personally, I enjoy a bit of tasty salmon now and then and I have *no*
illusions about how that filet gets from the ocean to my plate. :-)