Read the perch blog here and got excited, took folks to B can this am, 7am lines in, lot of boats read what I did, not much jerking around us. Moved 3 times got a dozen. Went to west side of the islands to troll South for eyes at 11am. Got 6 in 90 min. Trying to impress the guys after a bad morning of perching and ran 10 lines, problem was I only had 4 guys. Saw a boat about to run over my lines and ready to start yelling, but realized it was Division of water craft.

Yes I was cheating, they new it, I new it, they were very professional as they boarded, measured and inspected. I'll pay my ticket with out complaint. But seems like a maximum number of lines per boat is better than lines per fisherman, no?

I do reiterate, officers were very professional and courteous. I was in the wrong, this is the rule. I have no issues with them.