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[clarkii]

Go to a field and use a wiffle ball on the end.  Nice and safe and is a good visual aid as well.

In BC you are not allowed to put any fishing gear in the water of a closed area, so I believe he would be in a bad spot if he put any fishing gear in the water and does not have a license. 

[TNAngler]

I'm from the states but I know first hand down here if you don't have a hook and all you have is a weight, a game officer is NOT going to ticket you.  How could it be considered fishing?  It's called casting and I bet your buddy would get bored of casting after 30-60 minutes anyway.  There have been a few protests on the lower Skagit River during the closed season for Wild Steelhead where a bunch of guys did just that,  casting weights without any hooks.  Not one person was charged with a fishing violation.  However for the very little cost of a one day license who knows,  maybe he could learn to cast and also get lucky and catch a fish!  If he doesn't buy a license and goes casting and gets caught, as long as he doesn't look like some lying, low life white trash I'm sure the game officer will be logical about it.  On the other hand,  if he looks shifty or questionable to start with I'd buy the license as there will be a better chance the officer might think he's full of poo and trying to get away with "fishing" without a license.

As part of a protest it is obvious what is going on and probably not worth the hassle.  One lone guy out there while others are fishing?  He's likely to get nailed, Fraser, Vedder, Skagit, or anywhere else.  There is a huge difference between writing a couple dozen or hundred tickets and writing one.

[clarkii]

There is a huge difference between writing a couple dozen or hundred tickets and writing one.

Exactly.   More revenue in a hundred tickets!.

[TNAngler]

Exactly.   More revenue in a hundred tickets!.

More revenue if they get upheld.  Chances of a couple hundred guys joining together to get some great attorney support?  Chances of it making the local news causing more people to get up in arms?  Chance of the bosses or people much higher than the ticker writer not wanting a crap storm of such a large portion happening in their district/during their election period/to take priority away from project x and deciding this needs to go away?  One DFO or game warden in the states can write a ticket to a single individual very easily.  On a large scale protest like that, it would have to be the department deciding.  If one officer did it on their own, they are likely going to lose their job.