Re-R/G
Last Feb I did what you are talking about. I had bought a new Pro-Lite rod in Jan and didn't want to wait until Fall to see how it would cast with the spoons I use.It was a beautiful Feb day so I drove down to lower Satsop with rod and spoons in hand-hooks had been removed from the 4 spoons I had and there was not a hook on me or in my truck. I walked down to the flood control project area to see how that looked and started casting and after a short period of time I looked up river and sure enough here came what looked like a Game Warden-it was -so I made a few more casts and then put my rod down and took some pictures of the erosion that had occurred. He asked me how many fish I had caught and I answered we both knew the river was closed and that I wasn't fishing. He said yes you were because he had watched me with binocs. I showed him my lure and the ones in my jacket with no hooks and that I was casting -not fishing. We had a nice conversation, walked out together and exchanged names and phone numbers in the parking lot.

Three days later I was clam digging and as I was walking back to my truck there was a Game Warden truck-same one! He checked my clams and told me his supervisor said I could have gotten a ticket for fish harrassment. I said how can you harass what you can't see-if fish on redds- I would agree- but no way in Feb.

Bottom line-he was courteous and polite-and He later helped me with a rules question . How would another Warden handle it-not sure-but his position was that he didn't like to go before a judge and look like a fool!