The warden in question was very friendly and knew that it was not a good law, he even stated that it wasn’t super clear and he would not even look us in the eye after he wrote out the citation tab, didn’t even say have a good day or anything prior to leaving and also made it clear that it was not his intention to ruin our fishing trip, it was a lesson learned for both of us, going forward I will be asking questions before hand. I knew that it stated that you could not clean the fish unless it was in the act of preparing for a meal, I guess in my defense and also in my guilt, I had my own interpretation to what that meant, I always wash my fillets well and keep them in a bowl of water with a little salt prior to cooking them or putting them in a seal bag for freezing, I also will let them sit out of water for a bit prior to cooking them (in the fridge of course) as that way the egg tends to stick better on a dry fillet than a wet one, it is what it is and we split the ticket and now we know. I’m not super impressed with the law in question as what difference does it make but thats not for me to decide… Keep a tight line!!!