Don't you think the regs on the N. Fork Stilly are a bit odd already with split shot illegal one day during the season then anything goes with bait...right at midnight in November/December or whenever that is? Also, I did run into an enforcement officer about 2 weeks ago on the N. Fork that was really giving myself and my father-in-law a bad time. After checking for license etc. he started in on how we couldn't be fishing out of a boat above the Hwy. 530 bridge after Aug 1. We told him that we weren't fishing out of the pontoon boats, only using them to float the river then get out and fish. After an extended discussion he finally said "well I'll give you the benefit of the doubt this time." I just about lost it. This guy couldn't find anything else to do with his time except wait for us at the bridge (I think we were the only ones on the river), ask us about where our vehicle was parked, ask us "if we ever read the regs". Amazing. -Old Chum