In my boat, all fishers must reel in when a fish is hooked. We pull plugs and leaving the others out only promises the best multiline knot a steelhead is capable of. The bait pitchers on the cowlitz seem to do this most times unless they are fishing with aircraft cable and are able to horse the fish straight in. I also pass the rod with the fish off to the person with the least fish so as to keep the bags even as long as possible. It also tends to keep everyone happier. I think we all know the intent of the law and also see every trip the jerks who try to step around it. Like the bankies at blue creek that walk unrecorded fish to the car and come back in 20 minutes for another limit. I would LOVE to have a fish cop pull up next to my boat and check for fish and tags once in a while on the cowlitz. I get checked four out of five times I go over in Idaho and see far fewer scumbags breaking the law because of it.

(crash bang boom)
my soap box just broke