Rufous?

[bowhunterforever]

Has anybody fished up buy the rufous woods net pens lately from the bank? One of my buddies said that you don't need a tribal lisence any more buy the net pens so you can now use your state fishing lisence there because it's now a desinated fishing area, is this true?Thanks

[alanger]

If your on a boat your ok. Dont step on the land to pee though. might get an arrow thru ya. 

[Quackwhacker]

It is true.  If you are in the designated fishing area you do not need the tribal license. 

[bowhunterforever]

How are you supposed to know what the boundry is and do they have sighs up saying desinated fishing area?

[mossback91]

How are you supposed to know what the boundry is and do they have sighs up saying desinated fishing area?

Actually they do have signs up saying that.........their regs will tell you where the areas are at.......there are not very many of em

[Big D]

Fishing Regs for Rufus Woods
• License Requirement - In waters of Rufus Woods Lake or within the Colville Tribal Designated Fishing Areas, either a tribal permit or state license shall be acceptable. A state license is still required when fishing
from the Douglas County shoreline.
• Kokanee - are now included as part of daily (2) TROUT limit.• All Species - Chumming is not permitted
Effective Date: May 1, 2009 until further notice.
Species affected: All species.
Location: Rufus Woods Lake (Douglas/Okanogan County)
Reason for action: Standardize regulations on boundary waters (Lake Rufus Woods) for cooperative enforcement per agreement with the Colville Tribe.
IMPORTANT ANGLER NOTES: When fishing with bait or scent, all TROUT are counted as part of the daily limit, whether kept or released. (See statewide rules for TROUT, Page 31 of pamphlet). Anglers are encouraged to use artificial lures or flies with single barbless hooks if intending to release fish and to release uninjured fish only. Fish hooked in the gills or tongue will generally die after release.
The aforementioned “Colville Tribal Designated Colville Areas" will be determined in the near future. Please call the WDFW Region 2 office for updates, (509) 754-4624.
Information contacts: Bob Jateff, District 6 Fish Biologist, (509) 997-0316, Jeff Korth, Region 2 Fish Program Manager, (509) 754-4624.

[alanger]

So basically you can keep 5 fish on roofus right?

[DuckRanger]

Not to be a richard, but it is Rufus Woods.

[Geno]

(2) trout limit

[dirty.dan4]

Hows the fishing out there been?  I went there in April and it was a little slow.  Still managed to limit all three days of fishing, but locals were saying it was slow.  Great lake to fish in my opinion.

[mossback91]

Hows the fishing out there been?  I went there in April and it was a little slow.  Still managed to limit all three days of fishing, but locals were saying it was slow.  Great lake to fish in my opinion.

been a bit slower lately but still alot of fish out there.

[dirty.dan4]

Sounds like i need to go fishing....

[alanger]

same here.