$70 fine for no sticker
$30 fine for no PFD
Doesn't that seem backwards? Safety should be more important than the state
getting some money........................
It is good that they are checking folks now though. I've never been checked
either.
Ray
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent Lufkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 9:03 AM
Subject: WDFW Enforcement
> Was finally able to sneak away for a couple hours of fishing
> yesterday evening at Langlois Lake in nearby Carnation. Took my
> pontoon boat and worked the east shore up past the outlet, persuading
> a dozen or so happy (hapless?) planters to temporarily impale
> themselves on a #18 BWO.
>
> I didn't pay much attention to the rest of the fishers trolling
> hardware from boats out in the middle until one approached and the
> occupant hailed me. He identified himself as a WDFW enforcement
> officer and asked to see my personal floatation device.
>
> Fortunately, I was wearing my SOSuspenders and showed him. He also
> asked to see my license and to know which vehicle in the lot was
> mine. He radioed his partner to verify that it had a new yellow
> Access Stewardship sticker on the rear window.
>
> We chatted for a while and he told me they had made a list of parked
> vehicles without stickers and were in the process of finding their
> owners and writing citations. He said they're under orders to step up
> enforcement and that he'd already written more citations than in all
> of last year. (Guess that's one way to pay for the licensing
> machines!)
>
> After he left me, he found the owner of a stickerless truck in a
> nearby rowboat who also had his young son on board. Not only was the
> son not wearing a PFD, there were none in the boat. The poor guy
> protested that he had his yellow sticker still attached to his
> license, but his complaints didn't help.
>
> No yellow sticker on the truck; child under age 12 not wearing a PFD;
> no PFDs on board: cha-ching - a $100 ticket.
>
> On the way back in, he picked up another boat, likewise without
> floatation devices. No PFDs on board: cha-ching - a $30 ticket.
>
> When I pulled out, the wardens had just left, leaving the two boat
> owners grumbling about how the guys could really ruin a good time
> fishing.
>
> First time I'd ever been checked and thought I'd better share the
> experience with the list.
>
> Kent Lufkin
>
>
>
