You tell me!

What the heck is going on in the "Willapa River" (Pacific Co.)? Can anyone please explain the reasoning why the WDFW has restricted the fishing from any floating device from Nov. 1-Mar.31 from bridge on Willsps Rd. (Camp One Bridge) to Fork Creek"? Its been closed for many years to fishing from a boat, but I have never heard the reason for doing so! The rules say that this is the only time that this restriction applies. Why?

Where is their (WDFW) logic? You can fish from the banks in that same location during that same period. You can float your boat or tube down that same location because it is "navigable waters". So why not allow a guy to fish from his float tube or drift boat?

If it is to protect "wild fish" when they are spawning, then why not close it completely? Why not apply the same "restrictions" to all rivers if this is the reason?


All this land is private, so was this rule just made to give a few special land owners some special fishing opportunity on our public waters?

This time frame is really the only time that a person has enough water to make a float down river. It's also the time when all the fishing for salmon and steelhead occurs! I am at a total lost as to why this section of water has been closed to fishing from any floating device! Do any of you "really know" why it is closed to fishing from any floating device?


Cowlitzfisherman