[briansnat]

For years I respected that 200 ft limit. Over that time I saw hundreds of people fishing within feet of them without an issue. I eventually realized that it was merely a paper rule and not something that that the park cared enough about to enforce.

As itapparently wasn't something important enough for them to enforce so I joined those who fished close to to the dams. I never once received any grief over doing so.

I liken it to something like speed limit laws. Who here has never broken the speed limit? How may times have we passed a cop while going 10-15 MPH over the speed limit, thought "Oh crap", then realized that the cop didn't even give us a second look. They are looking for people doing 30+ MPH over the speed limit. The a holes.

I think similarly, that the park police at RV are looking for people who are being jerks and going too far. Anchor to the dam or climb up on it to fish then you might find trouble

Similarly, alcohol is banned at RV, but it is quite common to see people drinking beer at the campsites and on the water. It's not like they are scanning the water with binoculars looking for people with a can of beer or going through camper's coolers. If they taciity say go ahead and fish by dam, swin with your blow up swan and have a beer, but just don't be a jerk., I'm OK with that