Before I headed out today I made sure that the app and tags both worked while online and offline. Big surprise the app would not let me tag a fish on my catch card on the app while offline.
I called OSP and talked to 3 different people. The 1st was a receptionist at the tip line. She had a game warden call me. His response was he was aware of the changes but would write a ticket even if a fish was not tagged properly. I questioned it but he didn’t change his stance.
Next I called the Salem office and talked to a very helpful gentleman. He tried to open the tagging portion of the app while on the phone with me and couldn’t either. He then called the OSP warden that I talked to for his story. He came back with “there was a misunderstanding....in this instance I would need to stop fishing and drive to cellular coverage and tag my fish. After this I could continue to fish. I told him I may be 25 miles from cell coverage and miles from my truck. The response was the still the same.
Tomorrow I am going to go talk to someone at the clackamas office of ODFW.
I called OSP and talked to 3 different people. The 1st was a receptionist at the tip line. She had a game warden call me. His response was he was aware of the changes but would write a ticket even if a fish was not tagged properly. I questioned it but he didn’t change his stance.
Next I called the Salem office and talked to a very helpful gentleman. He tried to open the tagging portion of the app while on the phone with me and couldn’t either. He then called the OSP warden that I talked to for his story. He came back with “there was a misunderstanding....in this instance I would need to stop fishing and drive to cellular coverage and tag my fish. After this I could continue to fish. I told him I may be 25 miles from cell coverage and miles from my truck. The response was the still the same.
Tomorrow I am going to go talk to someone at the clackamas office of ODFW.