The OHWM line of demarcation for access only applies to those waterways of the state that are deemed "navigable" by the Corps. If a river is not considered navigable the land owner, as is, can ask you to pull anchor and leave.

There has been many threads in the past on this issue that you can pull up under the search engine.

Every year some one always tries to boot me off of Puget Sound beach while fishing, usually I leave even though I know I have a legal right to be there since I've accessed the tidal area from a public access point. Fighting with the land owner and the biased cops would just cut into my fishing time for the day.

Guess you got to pick you battles. flog

BD
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"It makes no sense to regulate salmon habitat on land while allowing thousands of yards of gill nets to be stretched across salmon habitat in the water"

John Carlson, Gubernatorial Contender, Sept. 2000 speech at the Ballard Locks