Two pole permits on WA rivers

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NWFishinguy
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Two pole permits on WA rivers

Post by NWFishinguy » Thu Feb 25, 2016 11:21 pm

I saw a post recently, for the Snake River, where an angler said that he used two poles while fishing the Snake. I didn't think that was correct so after re-reading the regs, I called WDFW to get the word. The nice lady there confirmed that we can not use two poles while fishing on the Snake.
Is there any River in WA that allows two poles per angler to be used? Just curious here.
Not talking reservoirs like FDR here, that is clearly stated in the regs.

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Re: Two pole permits on WA rivers

Post by Toni » Fri Feb 26, 2016 7:11 am

A couple of years ago we could on the Cowlitz below the Toledo Bridge. But it doesn't look like you can now.
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Re: Two pole permits on WA rivers

Post by Farva » Fri Feb 26, 2016 2:52 pm

Idaho resident.

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Re: Two pole permits on WA rivers

Post by NWFishinguy » Mon Feb 29, 2016 8:46 pm

No RamRod, Clarkston.

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Re: Two pole permits on WA rivers

Post by gassyboy » Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:20 pm

There are a bunch of rivers you can fish 2 rods. Here is a link to the regs. (they are high lighted in yellow with dates and boundries)

http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01726/2 ... _basin.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01726/2 ... rivers.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Copy of complete regs.
http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01726/wdfw01726.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: Two pole permits on WA rivers

Post by rojomojo » Tue Mar 01, 2016 1:46 pm

Columbia river during summer and fall. Yakima will change to two for salmon sometimes.

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