The officer had to establish 'misdemeanor presence' in order to ticket these guys, but he can use you and your testimony to support the tickets he carved in case it comes down to a case of 'he said, she said', (the she's being the p***ies who couldn't fish the right way). He had to witness their actions in person.

As to the reward, well, you got it already. Seeing these pukes get carved, and then the personal thanks from the Gamie is all you will get, unless I am mistaken. The only rewards that I know of are when you report a poacher (not hunter) who has made some kind of game violation, not related to fish. See page 10 of the hunting regs.

Good job on getting these guys off of the river. Did they happen to lose any gear to the game warden?

Andy