What have you guys been smoking?

Do you think all poachers are stupid enough to leave illegally taken fish out in plain view? Some are I'm sure, but not many.

How do you expect WDFW enforcement to catch poachers if you don't give them reasonable tools to do so? I don't think looking through someone's boat is unreasonable when the boat is coming off a river. How else are they going to catch poachers who have boats? Not all poachers are bank maggots.

The attitude of the cop is important -- I've dealt with some jerk enforcement cops, not pleasant -- but so is the attitude of the person whose boat is getting checked. If the boater decided to get pissed off about something that in the long run will benefit the very resource he is using, then that's his choice and problem. Remember, the main part of their jobs is to check for fish and game violations, not to soothe your ruffled feathers.

There seems to be a general consensus on this board that WDFW is understaffed, now half of you want to make it even more difficult for them to do their jobs? How more ineffective would enforcement be if they had to get a search warrant to check each boat coming off all the busy rivers in this state?

Cut 'em some slack. It's a hard and important job.