Lake Roosevelt??

[kglacken]

Has anyone ever bow fished lake roosevelt? Is it legal? I have never done it but I think it would be a blast on that lake. Anyone know if its legal?

[KFhunter]

It was shut down years ago - pissed me off too 

[Ridgeratt]

from Grand Coulee Dam to U.S.-
Canadian border) including Hawk
Creek downstream of the falls at the
Hawk Creek Campground, the Spokane
arm downstream of SR 25 Bridge, and
Kettle arm downstream of Barstow
Bridge
• see also: Hawk Creek, Kettle River,
Spokane River, and Roosevelt Lake
tributaries
• for San Poil Arm of Lake Roosevelt,
see San Poil River, page 80
• see DOH Fish Consumption
Advisories, page 20
CLOSED WATER S - Apr. 1-Friday before Memorial Day: Kettle arm upstream to Barstow Bridge.
CLOSED WATER S - Mar. 1-Friday before Memorial Day: Little Dalles power line crossing upstream 1.7 miles
to marked rock point.
closed waters - Mar. 1-Friday before Memorial Day: Northport power line crossing to most upstream
point of Steamboat Rock.
KOKANEE Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 6. No more than 2 with intact adipose fins.
All Other TROUT Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 5. Up to 2 over 20" may be retained.
KOKANEE not included in TROUT daily limit.
CARP Year-round Statewide min. size/daily limit. Unlawful to fish for CARP with bow and
arrow.WALLEYE Year-round No size restriction. Daily limit 16.
Other Game Fish Year-round Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SALMON Year-round Landlocked SALMON rules apply.
STURGEON CLOSED

Guess your on your own.   

Don't let Fear and common sense hold you back.

[Stickers]

I wonder what the thought process behind this restriction is?

[Carp Commander]

Scott (Stickers),

Your question relies upon the implication that WDFW has a thought process!

Sorry had to go there!

[Stickers]

I'm sure there is something.....I hope this is one of the restrictions that we can see lifted if we are able to organize bowfishers in this state. Most of the time restrictions are made without a challlenging voice. I think we need to dig into this one.

[lucky33]

I'm sure there is something.....I hope this is one of the restrictions that we can see lifted if we are able to organize bowfishers in this state. Most of the time restrictions are made without a challlenging voice. I think we need to dig into this one.

I think it has to do with grass carp. They dont want us killing carp since the grass carp keep the aquatic vegetation down.  I could be wrong.

[Stickers]

Grass carp are illegal to shoot state wide. Coukd be though if they think there's an abundance of them and they coukd be accidentally shot.

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Has anyone ever bow fished lake roosevelt? Is it legal? I have never done it but I think it would be a blast on that lake. Anyone know if its legal?

Its pretty cut and dry in the regs. Its illegal to bow fish for carp on Roseavelt. Which is totally rediculas!

[6haase6]

I can’t find find where is says no bowfishing on Roosevelt anymore. I know it used to sayin the reg book. Did this restriction get lifted?

[KFhunter]

hmm  TAG   I'd like this answer too!

I used to shoot a lot of carp!

[jshay]

I was looking for it this year when we were up there and couldn’t not find it anywhere in the fishing regs.


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[6haase6]

I can find it for the northern most section of the sanpoil but nothing about Roosevelt. If I don't hear anything here in the next day or two I will call the department.

[KFhunter]

I emailed them, it's best to have things in writing.

Show to WDFW and Park service when they get all excited thinking they "got someone"

[WALLEYEGUY]

I usually go to Long Lake for carp, (watched a guy wack em pretty good this weekend) would have never thought to even check for Roosevelt.  Might have saved myself a ticket over the years by not wanting to drive for carp.  Things that make you go 

[KFhunter]

We got our answer!

[KFhunter]

I'm digging out my old gear, I'll be out there soon

[Angry Perch]

We got our answer!

Excellent. We want pictures!

[6haase6]

Dang the gear is going in the boat and staying. Watched 2 40+ pounders swimming around in the shallows this past weekend.

[KFhunter]

Made a mad dash to Clarks, had what I needed.

Ended up with a Zebco 808 reel, had my own arrows already but the old spool got bent.

Swapped out my QAD fall away for a WB lol never thought I'd be doing that.

It's an old backup bow, turned it down to 45lb draw

[hunthard]

Sounds like a lot of fun, post up some pictures.

[KFhunter]

Must be too early, checked 3 sloughs and only bumped 1 fish, may have been a big pike I dunno, I just seen the swirl from from taking off.

No trails in tbe grass yet, no beds or tore up grass floating, I think they may be cruising tbe banks, but haven't moved into the grass flats yet.

Soon!

[KFhunter]

Or maybe I totally missed it, but the river doesn't come up to full pool until a week before july 4th


I used to see them clear into August

[Mt.Beaver]

Grass carp can be shot in Duck Lake in Ocean Shores , Grays Harbor Co. ( No min. size. No daily limit. May also be taken by bow and arrow) Mentioned in regulations for the lake. Not sure why the exemption, they were put in the lake to eat the grasses several years ago and this summer they are chemically treating parts of the lake to kill off some grasses. 

[GASoline71]

Dang the gear is going in the boat and staying. Watched 2 40+ pounders swimming around in the shallows this past weekend.

We have a place on Roosevelt and we see carp in the shallows of the small bays all the time that are friggin' enormous.  Some of them appear to be larger than the wave runners we're riding sometimes! 

Gary