And in fact the WSP will back up the enforcement officers or even be the primary if none of the enforcement officers is nearby. My son quite often is called upon to back up the enforcement officers in his role as a WSP trooper. In more rural areas they often are "the" enforcement officer since they have statewide powers.
Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Speaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 9:06 AM Subject: FOLLOWUP: Cedar River: poachers! > Okay, I talked to the wildlife officer in my area. Unfortunately she told > me there really isn't anything they can do after the fact but that it was > great I wrote down their license plate numbers. > > She did tell me one really interesting thing: CALL 9-1-1 if a violoation is > in progress. WSP acts as dispatch for WDFW enforcement. I was surprised, > so I confirmed with her, asking, "So it's perfectly appropriate to use 9-1-1 > to report poachers?" She confirmed it. She said I should get as much info > as possible, descriptions of the individuals, license plate numbers, etc. > > So, no more fussing with 800 numbers and all the touch tone menus when I > witness a violation. I'll call 9-1-1 and then try to delay the perps by > chatting them up about the fishing (hehehe). > > -tight lines- > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Speaker > Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 5:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Cedar River: poachers! > > > They had spinning rods, that's all I can really say about their tactics. > Not sure if they were fishing lures or bait though. They were (acting as > if) unaware of the single barbless hook rule too. I enumerated the whole > thing for them. They weren't hostile but didn't seem too genuinely > appreciative of my third degree, albeit polite... One of them did say as > they were leaving, "well we won't keep any more." Hopefully that was true > but I'm not optimistic about it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 3:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cedar River: poachers! > > > Thanks Jim. Guys like that deserve to have their fishing gear confiscated > and a big fine to boot, and maybe even a loss of their licenses for a while, > if they had them in the first place. I'm curious. Not that it makes any > difference, but did you notice if the poachers were fly fishermen or gear > guys or maybe bait flingers? Were they hostile when you confronted them? > Bob > > > > > > > > >
