Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-300 - Fish-Definitions and classifications › Section 220-300-220 - Geographical definitions-River mouth definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
When pertaining to angling, unless otherwise defined, any
				  reference to the mouths of rivers or streams includes those waters of any river
				  or stream, including sloughs and tributaries, upstream and inside of a line
				  projected between the outermost uplands at the mouth. The term "outermost
				  upland" means those lands not covered by water during an ordinary high tide.
				  The following river mouths are hereby otherwise defined:
Abernathy Creek - Highway 4 Bridge.
Bear River - Highway 101 Bridge.
Bone River - Highway 101 Bridge.
California Creek - Drayton Harbor Road Bridge.
Chambers Creek - Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge.
Chehalis River - Highway 101 Bridge in Aberdeen.
Chelan River - Railroad Bridge.
Cispus River - Posted markers at the Lewis County P.U.D.
				  kayak launch, approximately 1.5 miles upstream from the confluence of the
				  Cowlitz and Cispus rivers.
Cowlitz River - A line projected across the river between two
				  fishing boundary markers set on each bank of the river approximately one-half
				  mile downstream from the lowermost railroad bridge crossing the Cowlitz
				  River.
Dakota Creek - A line from the outermost headland of the
				  south bank to a house at 1285 Runge Avenue, Blaine, Washington, approximately
				  one-quarter mile downstream from the Blaine Road Bridge.
Deschutes River - A line projected across the river 400 feet
				  below the lower Tumwater Falls fish ladder.
Drano Lake - Highway 14 Bridge.
Duwamish River - An east-west line extending through the
				  southernmost tip of Harbor Island.
Elk River - Highway 105 Bridge.
Entiat River - Railroad Bridge.
Hawk Creek (Lincoln County) - Falls at the Hawk Creek
				  campground.
Hoquiam River - Highway 101 Bridge.
Humptulips River - Mouth of Jessie Slough.
Johns River - Highway 105 Bridge.
Kalama River - Boundary markers at mouth.
Kennedy Creek - An arc 500 yards east of the midpoint of the
				  northbound Highway 101 Bridge.
Kettle River - Barstow Bridge.
Klickitat River - Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge.
Lake Washington Ship Canal - A line 400 feet west of the fish
				  ladder at the Chittenden Locks.
Lewis River - A straight line running from a fishing boundary
				  marker or from the outermost upland at the north shore of the Lewis River
				  mouth, southerly across the Lewis River to a fishing boundary marker near the
				  south shore.
McLane Creek - A line 100 feet upstream of and parallel to
				  the southernmost Highway 101 Bridge.
Minter Creek - A line from a point on the eastern most spit
				  at the mouth of Minter Bay (47°21.49'N, -122°41.53'W) north to the
				  opposite shore.
Methow River - Highway 97 Bridge.
Naselle River - Highway 101 Bridge.
North Nemah River - Highway 101 Bridge.
Niawiakum River - Highway 101 Bridge.
Nisqually River - At the upstream end of Alder Lake, the
				  mouth of the Nisqually River is the Highway 7 Bridge at Elbe.
North River - Highway 105 Bridge.
Palix River - Highway 101 Bridge.
Puyallup River - 11th Street Bridge.
Samish River - The Samish Island Bridge (Bayview-Edison
				  Road).
Sammamish River - 68th Avenue NE Bridge.
Skagit River - A line projected from the terminus of the
				  jetty with McGlinn Island to the white monument on the easterly end of Ika
				  Island, then to a white monument on the westerly end of Craft Island, then to a
				  white monument near the corner of the levee on the westerly side of Dry Slough,
				  and then to a white monument on the easterly side of Tom Moore Slough.
Skamokawa Creek - Highway 4 Bridge.
Skookum Creek - A line 400 yards below the old railroad
				  bridge.
Snake River - Railroad bridge between Burbank and
				  Pasco.
Snohomish River - Burlington Northern Railway Bridges
				  crossing main river and sloughs.
South Nemah River - Lynn Point 117 degrees true to the
				  opposite shore.
Spokane River - State Route 25 Bridge.
Tahuya River - North Shore Rd. Bridge.
Tucannon River - The water south of a line of sight from a
				  sign with an orange triangle along the shoulder of Highway 261 (the northwest
				  of the Tucannon River), southeast across to the eastern, unsubmerged shoreline
				  of the Tucannon River. (The embayment between the eastern shoreline of the
				  Tucannon River and the rock bluff to the east that has an affixed orange
				  channel navigation marker, along the south shore of the Snake River, is
				  considered part of the Snake River.)
Wallace River - The furthest downstream railroad
				  bridge.
Washougal River - A straight line from the Crown Zellerbach
				  pumphouse southeasterly across the Washougal River to the east end of the
				  Highway 14 Bridge near the upper end of Lady Island.
Whatcom Creek - A line projected approximately 14 degrees
				  true from the flashing light at the southwesterly end of the Port of Bellingham
				  North Terminal to the southernmost point of the dike surrounding the Georgia
				  Pacific treatment pond.
Little White Salmon River - At boundary markers on river bank
				  downstream from the Little White Salmon National Fish Hatchery.
White Salmon River - Burlington Northern Railroad
				  Bridge.
Willapa River - City of South Bend boat launch.
Wind River - Boundary line markers at mouth.
Yakima River - Highway 240 Bridge.