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Jeff, I don't know the reason the law is that way, but I got warned by the guy who sold me my first boat not to EVER deny access to law enforcement.
We fish every year up at Ross Lake, which is in the North Cascades National Park. We rent 12-foot wooden boats with 15hp outboards, which are fun little hot rods. The Park Service doesn't board very often, but when they do there's no fooling around. They usually just say they want to spot check one thing--whether the hooks are barbed or baited (neither allowed), but they tie up and look everywhere and at everything. Ross runs 35 miles and up into Canada, so they are always on the lookout for drug runners and terrorists and the like. They made a big coke bust up there about 20 years ago when we first started going.
I generally have zero problem with law enforcement doing their jobs. It's how some of them choose to go about it that I have a problem with. The Park Rangers have all been pretty cool. And you can get into some pretty serious trouble out on that lake, so I am happy they are there.
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