I cannot figure out how some guy sitting at the terminal end of hatchery fish can call and have a warden show up because there is snagging going on when in October 2002 while I was fishing clients for Coho in lower Cow, there was 6 Jr. High boys snagging and keeping everything they caught even the BLACK BOOTS and Wild Coho bound for the Toutle System, I yelled over and asked why they were snagging and keeping these fish, there response "MR. xxx at the C&C Market pays us a $1.00 a pound even for the dark ones head and all.
I called the WDFW Region 5 and immediately reported this, I was told they would get back with me to sign the complaint and would look into this. In December I went to WDFW Olympia office to pay for my 2003 Guide Licenses, while there I thought I would follow up, since they never returned my call. Guess what they could not find the report, so I filled out a report and signed it, at the North of Falcon meeting at SeaTac in April I talked to the head enforcement officer for Region 5 and he had NO Clue about this violation, and he took my phone number and said that he would follow up on this. To this day I have not yet heard a word on this. I don't think WDFW could have had an easier major violation to do a Sting on than this!

Flossing, snagging hatchery fish for personal consumption is one thing but I think snagging and selling is several steps above when you have a state licensed buyer (tax license, business license etc.) for the record straight I am against flossing snagging and any illegal way of catching fish!