Lol wow, someone is a bit triggered, maybe you're a fan boy it seems? Or maybe you know something that you aren't sharing with the group since your obvious hot to trot on this one.
Nice one trying to call out [Bleeeeep!] talking, several here have a license

Are you going to take this little temper tantrum of yours to 12 pages?

What happened at the gas station?

No, not if I have a say in all of this.

Oh wait, I do.

So what's going on here? Did a couple of guides get popped for fishing out of their boats?

Fish on...

Todd

For Pete's sake lets here it.

PM's accepted.

i want to hear it!!!

i dont think any guides would fish illegal

Don’t be a buzz kill, Paker. Let ‘em keep squabbling. Neither knows how to stop. The darkside has been boring lately.

02/09/2021

Well, I've not even seen a floating device on my home river, so I can't say if the rules are being followed but I can tell you this....

1st Launch site had 6 drift boat and looked like a big raft trailer

2nd site I went by....didn't see any bank fishermen, so I assumed the 3 cars were "turn around rigs"

3. I decided not to go to the other WDFW launch's but when I got to one of the few stop signs on the valley road, 2 trucks pulling drift boat were heading down the valley......so that tells me they either put in at the newest WDFW 7400 launch or the private launch about halfway to 7400 line.

The water color is PERFECT, there are LOT's of areas from 7400 line to tide water, to do some fishing from shore BUT a hell of a lot more to fish from a "floating device"....oh, for the old days from 7400 line down....mmmmm wow now only memories for me.

And! Lots of areas not visible for enforcement unless on the river in a boat to drop off and stage officers or lots of hiking. I doubt the latter, but some are still hard core. Would be fun in a race boat sneaking up on rule breakers.

I hear they are flying a Drone up and down the rivers looking for rule breakers..

True...but there are LOTS of places on the west end that seem really remote, and I have had gamies step out of the bushes to congratulate me on a nice and legal release of a native; they were watching all along from the hookup to getting to shore, netting, pic taking, and releasing.

Fish on...

Todd

Can confirm with drones and Todd comment.
Got buzzed on a river after our first float option fell thru yesterday.
Look up in the sky it's an eagle...no its a superman...no..wtf is that? Oooooo, sneaky sneaky

02/10/2021

I don't know how the fishing has been this year, I just drive to the local launches and common plunking spots. In all my travels this season, I've not seen a boat coming down the river.....must be my timings.

I can tell you that the following:

453 hatchery winter steelhead have been hauled above the dam and released
137 hatchery winter steelhead were taken back to hatch, brood stock
25 Wild steelhead were also taken back to the hatchery, I assume for brood stock.

Be safe

f

I was thinking old school. Drones make much more sense. Take a pic of a guy casting out of the boat and you got him at the next easy access location he floats by. Whole new world of enforcement!

if your sitting there and hear the noise it makes and u see the drone dont flip it off THEY dont like that..lol

Didn't hear it till it was too late, we play by the rules so they didn't get much of a show besides me pulling my white arse out of my waders in their general direction

I've fished with a few drones.

Some of them buzzing.

I remember Clay Butler when he was an Olympic Park Ranger came down out of a tree on the Queets to check my documentation after releasing an undersize chinook!

Bank ettiquette are you serious Parker are we talking at the ATM machine or drive up banking ???????
Peace Fly