I also had “contact” with some real winners, especially the one I argued with for over 30 minutes on opening day, fishing rule book in hand, until I demanded he call the District Commander, whom I knew. He was told that yes, we were all in legal waters, and ordered to go elsewhere. He then admitted, before leaving in a huff, that most people just take the ticket, and either pay it; or fight it and take a 50-50 chance on the judge! His contention ad been that we were not fishing in a tributary of the river, because it flowed into the river upstream from a dam which impounded the river, making it a tributary to the lake, not the river!
Ay yai yaiiii! That's a double-face palm.