Can someone help me out here:
In the regulations under Special Rules-Westside Rivers it states in selected areas, i.e. Stillaguamish River, North Fork that "fishing from any floating device prohibited upstream of..." Now does that mean that you can drift the river in a boat, get out of your boat and fish from shore, then keep drifting or does it mean that drifting the river with fishing gear is prohibited? I only ask because last year I got stopped by a Fish and Game Dept. guy and he cited that rule at me. I explained that I wasn't "fishing from a floating device" because it is kind of tricky to flyfish while drifting. I was simply drifting the river to get from one place to another. I noticed the same rule about the Wallace River. I have a pontoon boat so drifting a small river isn't a problem. Comments? Thanks. -Old Chum