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Title: Elwha River "IS IT OPEN OCT. 1st"?
Post by: PA BEN on September 25, 2011, 09:55:50 AM

Last year the Game Dept. met and said the Elwha will be closed for the next 5 years because of the Dam removal. But the reg.s say it's open this year? Anybody hear other wise?
ELWHA RIVER (Clallam Co.)
SALMON Oct. 1-Nov. 15 Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 COHO only. Up to 4 adults may be retained.
https://fortress.wa.gov/dfw/erules/efishrules/rules_freshwater_river.j?body_of_water_id=1413

Title: Re: Elwha River "IS IT OPEN OCT. 1st"?
Post by: JimmyHoffa on September 25, 2011, 10:10:43 AM

I was under the impression that the Elwha and all tributaries (excluding Lake Sutherland) were closed for 5 years.  The park has shut down fishing inside its borders.
There are a few FW meeting papers I found online that say the closure is March 1, 2012--but nothing official.  But I don't know what is right anymore.  The rangers say the whole river is closed and there was a newspaper article saying it was already closed.