Originally Posted by
Walter
Dont send in the report card, in my opinion. But make sure you have one and fill it out BEFORE you start fishing. And at the end of the day. If you have blank spots from previous fishing days the Nazis will give you a ticket.
I really have no comments regarding your opinions on how the data is used, but I do question the last comment here. I forget to fill my card out all the time, and I sometimes do go back in and fill it out, but not all the time. I've only ever met a warden while steelhead fishing 2-3 times that I can remember, and only once every while trout fishing; and "Nazi" seems to be a pretty far off comparison. All of my interactions were quite amicable, and reasonable; if anything I was surprised at how forgiving they were: one of them was when I had poorly pinched a barb while trout fishing on the East Walker (he asked me to crimp it a bit more), and one time where there was some confusion about wether or not the stream I was fishing was open to C&R fishing for Chinook (in the end he was pretty sure that it was in fact closed, and suggested other nearby options instead).
I sort of doubt a warden would write a ticket for having some incomplete information on your card while fishing, if it were clearly a case of it being an honest mistake and you were clearly making every attempt to obey all angling regulations. Obviously it is better to be careful and diligent about filling out the cards.
JB
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