I dont believe any enforced restriction about who can go where is a good thing. All it does is further empower law enforcement agencies, and puts some agencies where they probably shouldnt be, or stretches game enforcement resources already thinner than they already are. I do believe that people should exercise good sense about where they run and how they go about it. Smaller & low flow streams just cant take the wakes and turbulence sleds create when they run, damaging redds and injuring smolt. Furthermore when a sled runs up a smaller river they'll spook the fish into a sulk mode, and nobody gets a hit.
Then there's the safety of it all. Sunday on the Wynoochee a sled ran through a drift at nearly top speed. He almost washed a banker off the bank, the only reason his wake didnt damage our boat was that we held it off the beach, and he nearly ran himself onto the beach in the process. The hard part of the incident was that he had a small kid aboard, and I viewed his reckless behavior as child endangerment.
Later at Black Creek launch, he cut into the waiting line to haul out and took forever. I hope he doesnt come back. Lots of other boaters echoed the same sentiment.
There was another sledder, however who was the exact opposite. Conscientious and courteous, didnt slam anyone, I hope he caught fish.