WFDW patrols Puget Sound for illegal crabbing

Crabbing in the Puget Sound is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, but the 4th of July holiday is creating a lot of confusion. Fish and wildlife police cracked down on people breaking the rules.

[justing]

As a life long fishing resident of Wa, I'd like to say that, apart from the necessity of needing to have a lawyer to just understand the regulations and to fish Wa. waters, the crabbing season is is very clearly marked.

[gurnblanstein]

$150 fine is not nearly enough. They should have immediately lost their crab pots and whatever other gear they use to illegally catch crab or fish. And the fine should be around a thousand bucks. With a zero tolerance policy. Maybe then people would quit breaking the rules

[troutbum]

As a Washington resident, I'd like to go on record and give a big THANK YOU to the men and women of the WFDW for their service. From the officers in the field, to the folks on the administrative side of the house, and those behind the scenes, we as outdoor enthusiasts never meet and are seldom aware of.

[BenDover-cswq]

They did that man dirty for putting his picture on the thumbnail🤣

[johngrady]

Is it still closed every Tuesday Wednesday

[johnnydo]

Should know the rules before crabbing or fishing any states in America??

[devinrodriguez]

I find it quite fitting that it's an Asian guy on the cover of the video. It's pretty common for Asian people to illegally harvest animals, and WDFW doesn't seem to do much to the Asians that are breaking these laws, wether it's due to language barrier, or it's just to easy to target people from the States that can't pretend they don't speak a word of English. Whatever the reason, more should be done, and not necisarily to only people of asian decent. Targeting the commercial industries and native American people that net rivers, stacking there nets opposite the other every 25 yards or so, not quite breaking the law, but also chosing not to listen to the law as intended, further harming local salmon and steelhead populations. I dare say it's commercial and native American tribes that are really hurting the population more than hook and line/recreational anglers. Idk. Just putting my two cents out there.

[shawnhenderson]

Yeah and washington was the only state in the US to close fishing because of covid.. wdfw management is pure and utterly garbage.

[stevehelmholz]

should be $1000 dollar fine and confiscate ALL GEAR AND THE BOAT....maybe these idiots would KNOW THE RULES THEN