Originally Posted By: Jake Dogfish
I reported to wdfw 3 crab pots out in area 11 Tuesday. Those same pots are out this morning semi drifting in the same spot.
Its illegal to pull someone else's pot even on closed days.
So they create these weekly closures, we pay for audit because we are not allowed to police ourselves.
Derelict gear is free to roam.


I may be in a gray area but on occasion I have pulled floaters into shallow water and then left them. If there was a telephone number on the buoy I have called the owner. In one instance the owner reported he had lost the pot several days earlier but was out on his boat when he took my call. Didn't take him long to show up.
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