Can you say off topic? Common guys. This is supposed to be about enforcement not jig fishing or farting or whatever.

As far as enforcement goes. I've been fishing in this state for over 25 years. I've been thoroughly checked twice and encountered enforcement of any kind only when salmon & steelhead fishing.

I don't think enforcement on fish is really a priority to the WDFW, at least in many areas.

Take the skagit river (an enforcement free zone I think) I've fished the skagit probably 50 times in the past decade and never seen any enforcement, but encountered lots of suspect behavior. For example, two poleing is the norm on the skagit for salmon fishing.

I suspect our game wardens are afraid of the lawless types that poach on the skagit, I've seen guys breaking the rules, while packing a visible gun. Makes a confrontation a bit unerving.