I haven't waterfowl hunted in many, many years but when we didn't have a dog with us, we'd take a fishing pole with a big old heavy lure on it to "cast" and retrieve birds that fell way out in the water. Just a thought. Others will surely chime in if this practice is illegal for some reason in WA state.
I used to do the same thing . But I found tying up a large treble hook against an torpedo shaped bobber with a chunk of hollow core crimped in between them woked better , since ducks float .
Never heard or seen anything saying anything about laws . But again i havent waterfowl hunted in a long time ..... Dont see why it would be .
