Hey Gooose, no offense taken and no fight trying to be started on my end. I just know the regs and they way they're enforced. It clearly states in the regs that if "special regs" are in force, then that means that no motorized vessle is allowed unless stated in the special rules column. They have that in force on the Upper Hoh and a few other rivers. As Os had said, you won't see a sledder running full bore up the Nooch to see a Stellar Jay up near the spillway. Usually they're people fishing. It'll be easily enforcable. If the officers look into the boat and see fishing gear, then they're busted. Easy enough since these rules are for fishermen/women anyways.

Now to the others, I own a sled, a cataraft, and I am a bankie too. I do all three. My cat is for upper rivers. My sled is for bigger rivers like the Chehalis and mouths of Sop, Nooch, and Hump (and etc). Then I bank all over the place if there's one hole I want to hit in particular. So I see every point in question. This is a debate that will be more a fight then a discussion. I say just close the thread. We've all been there done that with this topic.