seadeep.. Boy did I have my eyes opened when on a recent trip to the Chehalis Courthouse to help my son fight a speeding ticket in the Cowlitz Riverin our sled (WE ONE the officer Jeski sited the wrong county code ). I had the displeasure of watching the judge hang 3 people ahead of us for not displaying the decal properly...Gavel down 66 bucks, he would not even consider there defense. One guy took the day off and came down from Camano Island, explaing to the judge that he and his wife had not fished in 5 yrs and he assumed that the 5 bucks for the decal was for the conservation program and did not have to be displayed on the vehicle since NOWHERE on the decal did it say it had to be put on the vehicle. The judge had his legal ass sistant get the RCW'S so he could look it up..it took him about 5 minutes, than he looked at the guy and said " it is your responsability to know the laws, no break for him 66 bucks plus a days wages. By the way this occoured at Mineral lake and he was 15' from the car with his decals in his fishing box, and that did not matter the Fish Cop ( watch out for officer Jeski in the Cowlitz River area He'll write his mom a ticket!
Tight Lines,

scott@warter.com

[This message has been edited by RiverLiver (edited 01-10-2001).]