Rock Island dam

[remington300mag]

This year.....Also at Wells dam! There goes another good stealie spot!

CLOSED WATERS - at Rocky Reach Dam and Rock Island Dam between the upstream line of the dam to
boundary markers 400' downstream of the fish ladders.

CLOSED WATERS - at Wells Dam between the upstream line of Wells Dam to boundary markers 400' below
the spawning channel discharge (on Chelan Co. side) and fish ladder (on Douglas Co. side).

[MtnMuley]

This year.....Also at Wells dam! There goes another good stealie spot!

CLOSED WATERS - at Rocky Reach Dam and Rock Island Dam between the upstream line of the dam to
boundary markers 400' downstream of the fish ladders.

CLOSED WATERS - at Wells Dam between the upstream line of Wells Dam to boundary markers 400' below
the spawning channel discharge (on Chelan Co. side) and fish ladder (on Douglas Co. side).

Nothing has changed at Wells Dam.  It's been closed there forever.

[remington300mag]

This year.....Also at Wells dam! There goes another good stealie spot!

CLOSED WATERS - at Rocky Reach Dam and Rock Island Dam between the upstream line of the dam to
boundary markers 400' downstream of the fish ladders.

CLOSED WATERS - at Wells Dam between the upstream line of Wells Dam to boundary markers 400' below
the spawning channel discharge (on Chelan Co. side) and fish ladder (on Douglas Co. side).

Fished above the dam last year several times. Never less than 10 others there and even checked by a fish and game officer a couple times. As far as I know if you walked in it was still allowed but not any more.


Nothing has changed at Wells Dam.  It's been closed there forever.

[MtnMuley]

This year.....Also at Wells dam! There goes another good stealie spot!
CLOSED WATERS - at Wells Dam between the upstream line of Wells Dam to boundary markers 400' below
the spawning channel discharge (on Chelan Co. side) and fish ladder (on Douglas Co. side).

What this is referring to as the "upstream line of Wells Dam", is the dam itself.  So, basically it's saying that from the dam to 400' below (which has always had a small vertical marker on the Chelan Co. side and a Sign on the Douglas Co. side) is closed.  This isn't referring to anything above the dam.  Hope this helps.

[Ripper]

I have launched at the Tarpiscan rough launch before. It wasn't a problem, but you do need to be careful. Especially with the water so high and fast right now. That area is dangerous as well with all the underwater islands. It has taken more than a few lower units off!

[teal101]

This year.....Also at Wells dam! There goes another good stealie spot!

CLOSED WATERS - at Rocky Reach Dam and Rock Island Dam between the upstream line of the dam to
boundary markers 400' downstream of the fish ladders.

CLOSED WATERS - at Wells Dam between the upstream line of Wells Dam to boundary markers 400' below
the spawning channel discharge (on Chelan Co. side) and fish ladder (on Douglas Co. side).

Fished above the dam last year several times. Never less than 10 others there and even checked by a fish and game officer a couple times. As far as I know if you walked in it was still allowed but not any more.


Nothing has changed at Wells Dam.  It's been closed there forever.

Like said above "upstream line" is referring to the dam itself.  Those closed waters have been in the regs for YEARS.  I've been checked down there multiple times with no issues.  They did however remove the anti snagging and night closure rule up there

[remington300mag]

I hope that is the case....I will run it past my gamie buddy just to be sure....I was thinking it was referring to the buoy lines above the dams.

[teal101]

I hope that is the case....I will run it past my gamie buddy just to be sure....I was thinking it was referring to the buoy lines above the dams.

The only thing that changed in the regs was the lack of anti snagging rules for this area and it's been the same wording/reg for years.  We havent had any issue while being checked before, havent been checked this year.  It's SLOWWWW there right now.

[MtnMuley]

It's SLOWWWW there right now.

It's actually FASTTTTT there right now, literally.

[teal101]

It's SLOWWWW there right now.

It's actually FASTTTTT there right now, literally.

    Literally yes it is, kinda scary wading in that mess right now.