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#130494 - 12/13/01 10:50 PM High Water Mark RCW??????
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Fry

Registered: 04/19/01
Posts: 33
Loc: Walla Walla, WA
okay, ya'll know how some states let you fish anywhere on a river as long as its below the flood mark? i was curious to know if WA was like that? do any of you know what rcw says you can't do that here? i'm pretty sure you can't but i was just curious because i'm in an activity at my school called "youth in government" and i want to make up a law (of course its fake) that states you can fish anywhere on private property as long as your below the high water mark. so, yeah, if anybody has any info on a rcw or anything, that would be great!
thanx!

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#130495 - 12/14/01 01:27 AM Re: High Water Mark RCW??????
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Dick Nipples

Registered: 03/08/99
Posts: 28170
Loc: Seattle, Washington USA
CC,

Here are a couple of links to discussions on this BB about this topic, including all the laws about it.

Send me an e-mail if you have any questions about it.

Link One Link Two

Fish on...

Todd.
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#130496 - 12/14/01 05:37 AM Re: High Water Mark RCW??????
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Juvenille at Sea

Registered: 10/29/01
Posts: 133
if you can post a breif on that I've heard of alot of fight's because land owner's claim trespassing.


can't we all just get along smile

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#130497 - 12/14/01 01:34 PM Re: High Water Mark RCW??????
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Dick Nipples

Registered: 03/08/99
Posts: 28170
Loc: Seattle, Washington USA
At the risk of repeating everything that's in the above links, here's the general story.

For the most part, the state owns the land underneath navigable waterways, from shore to shore between the mean high water marks.

Practically speaking, that means that it's OK to drop anchor in a river, and it's OK to wade down the river within those bounds. Many landowners do not understand that, and problems do arise. It's easy to see their point, however, since there are just enough litterbugs out there to make a mess of almost everywhere.

That said, this is only a general rule. In some instances the state has indeed sold the ground under the river, too. An example that comes to mind is the Icicle River near Leavenworth. Where the river borders on private property, the owners own the ground to the middle of the river. Wading or dropping anchor would be trespassing. However, they don't own the water, so drifting or rowing is OK.

Technically speaking, you'd even be trespassing if your bait or weight hit the bottom, but I've sure not heard of anyone complaining about that one.

The technicalities and the specific laws and legal principles are pretty well discussed in the links above.

Fish on...

Todd.
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#130498 - 12/15/01 08:08 PM Re: High Water Mark RCW??????
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Fry

Registered: 04/19/01
Posts: 33
Loc: Walla Walla, WA
hey thanx guys for responding, these links are just what i needed! fish on!

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