Once again, your not quite getting it.

First of all, there are many ways of float fishing. Some do well fishing spinners and other hardware beneath a float. Others use various types of bait. And there are so many types of jigs and bait and jig combos...

Secondly, I'm only thinking of specific areas of rivers (or other bodies of water like at HOODSPORT) where the salmon stack up in the popular snagg fisheries. Not the entire river.

Thirdly, it would only need to be in place during the month or 2 that the salmon are stacking up.

Fourthly (?), WDFW limits gear all the time in certain places (fly fishing onle, no bait, etc). So this kind of thinking is not way out of line if there is benefit to the sport and to the fish.

And finally, why is it that so many fisherman cry about the indian netters and want them to stop what they've been doing for centuries but they aren't willing to budge an inch if someone asks them to slightly modify the way they prefer to fish if it helps the fish and improves the 'sportingness' of it. I think 99% of it is simple greed - "I want to catch as many fish as possible - MY way, and if anyone gets in my way - indians, commercials, wdfw, PETA, fly fishing purists, yada yada, they can go to hell - mine mine mine!!!"
I know - we've taken the short end of the stick for years, and it takes a Phd to understand the Regs, but how can we expect one group to change their ways or come up with reasonable compromises if we don't show a willingness to help as well? Fight for your rights but also fight for the fish, fight for the habitat, and fight for the sport of fishing as a whole. If we're all in it for the meat or pure self indulgance then we'll all lose in the end...