RnG. I think the fish checker you are referring to is Tom Matthews. Have known him for years. He is still working for WDFW. Great guy and very passionate about fishing. Fishes when he is not working. His dad, Dr. Steve Matthews , worked for the Department and I had him as a professor at the UW. Dr. Matthews taught Fisheries Management. Tom checks here in the Sound in the summer months and then works up at Forks in the winter doing steelhead creels census. When he is not working he fishes the South Sound for salmon. He keeps a drift boat at Forks and fishes steelhead on his off days. Excellent fisherman and a great guy. He takes a lots of people fishing with him and is great with the people.