It came down to asking a simple question...."do you really have the thousands of dollars to pay a lawyer to prove you are right?" As far as I know no one recieved a citation for trespass....but if pressed the landowner could have a sheriffs deputy issue one and no matter how much you scream about what you believe the law to be your alternatives would be to pay a $275 fine or hire a lawyer. I paid the $50 for a season pass and had a very nice season. The Department of Natural Resources website has a map showing all of the waters in this state that are legally navigable due to precedents of use for commerce and transportation or due to court cases that specifically determined a rivers navigability. They also show rivers that might be assumed to fit the navigable criteria if taken to court. There's also some RCW's that refer to what is naviagable and what is not....sorry I don't have them here at home.
Sadly the Quilcene River is not listed as navigable.