Post by: quadrafire on July 02, 2012, 08:49:43 PM
Post by: kyle78 on July 04, 2012, 07:44:30 AM
Post by: uplandhunter870 on July 04, 2012, 08:46:14 AM
drove over the obedashin (sp?) bridge the other day on my way to work and there were about two dozen boats all doing the merry go round about 200 yards down stream of the mouth of the wenatchee.
problem right now is the water is stupid high, so high that they had to relocate the fireworks launch pad at walla walla park for tonights show, last i saw rock island and rocky reach were all doors wide open but the salmon are here and from what i heard from the guys that fished the opener they are running around a 20 pound average size
Post by: quadrafire on July 04, 2012, 02:15:57 PM
Speaking of Cresent Bar I saw a dead elk on the highway just above it near the wind sock. This was sunday. What herd would it be from do you think?
Post by: vandeman17 on July 04, 2012, 02:37:18 PM
Thanks for the info. Yes looks like all the doors on the Rock Island were open (crazy high water). The nearest launch below that would be at Cresent Bar?
Speaking of Cresent Bar I saw a dead elk on the highway just above it near the wind sock. This was sunday. What herd would it be from do you think?
That would be the closest launch to get up there. I actually saw that same dead cow on Monday morning on my way to work and wondered the same thing. I see them across the river all the time but not much on the CB side.
Post by: Feanix on July 04, 2012, 02:45:58 PM
Post by: uplandhunter870 on July 04, 2012, 04:23:51 PM
nearest launch would probably be crescent bar but im not sure if thats open to the public or a private launch.
Post by: kyle78 on July 04, 2012, 04:35:08 PM
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on July 04, 2012, 05:07:49 PM
Thanks for the info. Yes looks like all the doors on the Rock Island were open (crazy high water). The nearest launch below that would be at Cresent Bar?
Speaking of Cresent Bar I saw a dead elk on the highway just above it near the wind sock. This was sunday. What herd would it be from do you think?
That would be the closest launch to get up there. I actually saw that same dead cow on Monday morning on my way to work and wondered the same thing. I see them across the river all the time but not much on the CB side.
No, the closest launch to the dam is down from just inside the Dept. of Wildlife gate on the West side of the river when you get into the Tarpiscan area. It's a steep climb coming out, and if the road is bad, you will need 4x4 to pull the hill at the bottom.
Post by: teal101 on July 05, 2012, 09:26:24 AM
Fishing below Rock Island is generally for Sturgeon and Walleyes. The fishing between Rock Island and Rocky Reach is generally for Walleye and the Salmon.
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on July 05, 2012, 09:39:04 AM
There is a launch right below Rock Island at the sand bar, dont recall if it is public or not though.
The launch/swimming area at the sandbar right below Rock Island Dam has been closed to the public for years.
Post by: Happy Gilmore on July 05, 2012, 09:39:54 AM
Used to clean up there when I lived in Weht-snatchie.
Post by: remington300mag on July 05, 2012, 10:48:32 AM
Post by: Happy Gilmore on July 05, 2012, 11:28:50 AM
Bad advice Happy! That area is now closed to fishing....The snaggers finally pushed the gamed department to closing it down inside the buoy line. Sucks cause I have fished that area for years. Just wanted to make sure no one was sent there and got a ticket.
Whoops! Been a while since I lived in Wenatchee- My good buddy used to work at that hatchery and I'd meet him and the other guys there all the time to fish- He's up at Wells now.
Post by: teal101 on July 05, 2012, 12:42:58 PM
Bad advice Happy! That area is now closed to fishing....The snaggers finally pushed the gamed department to closing it down inside the buoy line. Sucks cause I have fished that area for years. Just wanted to make sure no one was sent there and got a ticket.
And when did they do this?
Post by: remington300mag on July 05, 2012, 01:30:45 PM
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).
Post by: MtnMuley on July 05, 2012, 01:50:37 PM
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.
Post by: remington300mag on July 05, 2012, 02:42:23 PM
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.
Post by: MtnMuley on July 05, 2012, 02:57:31 PM
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.
Post by: Ripper on July 05, 2012, 04:57:27 PM
Post by: teal101 on July 05, 2012, 05:22:48 PM
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 :tup:
Post by: remington300mag on July 05, 2012, 11:45:39 PM
Post by: teal101 on July 06, 2012, 08:56:07 AM
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.
Post by: MtnMuley on July 06, 2012, 09:24:26 AM
It's SLOWWWW there right now.
It's actually FASTTTTT there right now, literally. :chuckle:
Post by: teal101 on July 06, 2012, 12:20:16 PM
It's SLOWWWW there right now.
It's actually FASTTTTT there right now, literally. :chuckle:
:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: Literally yes it is, kinda scary wading in that mess right now.