Hey guys if the tickets are that cheap I would be surprised, Several years
back I was stopped at Lake Stevens on a 19' boat and we were three PFDs
short, the written warning was for $300.00 EACH. Luckily it was a
warning.The fine may differ according to from who issues the citation, in
this case it was the Snohomish County Sheriffs Dept.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ray Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: WDFW Enforcement
> $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
> >
> >
> >
>
