Just about every trip I take out to Sekiu or Neah Bay I meet up with enforcement. Visit are usually pretty short and always cordial.

Two issues are at hand.

#1. So many areas to monitor.
#2. Reductions in staff at WDFW.

Many times there are one or two officers on duty in any given region. This means that they cover a number of counties. How many places are there to fish in Grays Harbor County? About 200. So one or two guys are supposed to check all of these places every day, and see every violation? They also have a myriad of other things they do other than look for fishing violations.

If you (not just you W. Coyote, I mean everybody) voted for Tim Eiman's initiative to lower vehicle license tabs, you contributed to lower enforcement levels.

You do see emphasis patrols from time to time in different areas, like Sekiu, the Skok, Cowlitz (They take a jet boat to Blue Creek, not walk in. This maximizes their effectiveness instead of wasting time to and from their vehicles to walk down the trail.)

One solution I might suggest would be that you join Eyes in the woods. It is a voluteer group of hunters and fishermen who are trained observers who look for violations and report them. Here is a link. Eyes in the woods
Sometimes the folks manning game check stations are WDFW employees, other times they are volunteers.

It is our job to help enforcement. Anybody can complain, but these folks are part of the solution. The volunteer hours also count towards your AHE Master Hunter project, if you should choose to do so.

You never know who is an observer, heck, I might even be one. Will you ever really know?

Give it a try, and lend a hand.