Originally Posted By: Lifter99
Tug, to your point. I was talking to a couple of guys a few weeks ago when coho fishing was open. They told me that they were going to fish for steelhead this winter even though they figured it would closed. They weren't going to keep any fish and were going to fish with selective gear. They didn't mind paying the fine. They just wanted to go fishing.


This is not okay. If you fish closed waters, you deserve to be prosecuted foe poaching, full stop. Breaking the law may result in cheap tickets, but the cost of repeated, bad behavior to the rest of the sport fishing community can be grave, indeed. Let's just say that fishing closed waters is NOT a winning strategy for the rest of us, so screw anyone who does it. Not exactly a heroic expression of freedom....