Blodgett said he thought he was fishing Clear Creek, where what his clients were doing is allowed. Troopers say that the location was, in fact, Fish Creek.
Everyone agrees the area was once deemed to be part of Clear Creek, but major flooding in the Valley in 2006 changed those channels. Blodgett points to maps in the state's regulation book that show the area as Clear Creek.
"They're going to try to make it look like I'm a very bad guy here and I'm just getting hosed," he said.
Baloney, says Assistant District Attorney Christopher Orman.
"Any guide you talk to knows Fish Creek's flow and movements at present," Orman wrote in an email. ... "He gets paid for knowing the regulations and knowing where to take people to fish."
In 2007, Blodgett paid $10,300 in fines and did community service for guiding fishermen the day after the king salmon season closed in 2006.
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