Calif Bill wrote:

Checking in by phone is probably more restrictive in Washington than San
Diego. As most of the boats fishing MX waters do not make landfall. It is
only 13 miles to the Coronado Islands and the offshore banks are further
out. Almost have to get to Ensenada to dock.

I suspect the laws are probably the same. I never heard of the Customs
regulations being regionally specific, and if you check the pamphlet I
linked for JimH you will see that everything is referred to on a
national basis.

Expect a much tougher time checking in by phone after the end of this
year. It's all part of the war on terror, I guess. If we get all the
border agents spending a lot more time hassling the honest people that
follow the law and report, that should make it all the easier for the
dishonest n'er do wells to sneak across undetected.
That said, it *was* a customs officer that made the stop in Port
Angeles in late December 1999 that snagged the guy headed to Los
Angeles to blow up the airport, or something, on Y2k day.