WSR 10-02-060

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 09-266 -- Filed January 1, 2010, 12:43 p.m. , effective January 1, 2010, 12:43 p.m. ]


     Effective Date of Rule: Immediately.

     Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-56-115 and 220-56-123.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020.

     Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest.

     Reasons for this Finding: This rule will implement the two-pole endorsement that was recently established by the legislature and allows anglers with the two-pole endorsement to use up to three hooks on each line. This rule is interim until permanent rules take effect.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: January 1, 2010.

Lori Preuss

for Philip Anderson

Director


NEW SECTION
WAC 220-56-11500G   Angling gear -- Lawful and unlawful acts.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-115, effective immediately until further notice, anglers who possess a valid two-pole endorsement may use up to two lines while fishing in lakes, ponds, and reservoirs open to fishing, except in the following waters:


AENEAS LAKE (Okanogan Co.)

ALDWELL LAKE (Clallam Co.)

AMBER LAKE (Spokane Co.)

ANDERSON LAKE (Jefferson Co.)

BAKER LAKE (Whatcom Co.)

BAYLEY LAKE (Stevens Co.)

BEAR LAKE (Spokane Co.)

BEAVER LAKE (Clallam Co.)

BEDA LAKE (Grant Co.)

BIG FOUR LAKE (Columbia Co.)

BIG TWIN LAKE (Okanogan Co.)

BLACK LAKE (Okanogan Co.)

BLACKBIRD ISLAND PD (Chelan Co.)

BLUE LAKE (Cowlitz Co.)

BLUE LAKE (Okanogan Co.) (near Wannacut Lake)

BLUE LAKE (Okanogan Co.) (Sinlahekin Creek)

BRADLEY LAKE (Pierce Co.)

BROOKIES LAKES (Grant Co.)

BROWNS LAKE (Pend Oreille Co.)

BUMPING LAKE (RESERVOIR) (Yakima Co.)

CADY LAKE (Mason Co.)

CAMPBELL LAKE (Okanogan Co.)

CARRIE BLAKE POND (Clallam Co.)

CASES POND (Pacific Co.)

CASTLE LAKE (Cowlitz Co.)

CHOPAKA LAKE (Okanogan Co.)

CLEAR LAKE (Yakima Co.)

COFFEEPOT LAKE (Lincoln Co.)

COLDWATER LAKE (Cowlitz Co.)

COLUMBIA PARK POND (Benton Co.)

COUGAR LAKE (Okanogan Co.) (Lost River)

COWLITZ FALLS RESERVOIR

CUSHMAN RESERVOIR (Mason Co.)

DAMON LAKE (Grays Harbor Co.)

DAVIS LAKE (Okanogan Co.)

DAYTON POND (Columbia Co.)

DE COURSEY POND (Pierce Co.)

DIABLO LAKE (Whatcom Co.)

DICKEY LAKE (Clallam Co.)

DRANO LAKE (Skamania Co.) (Little White Salmon River) downstream of markers on point of land downstream and across from Little White Salmon National Fish Hatchery and upstream of Hwy. 14 Bridge

DRY FALLS LAKE (Grant Co.)

DUSTY LAKE (Grant Co.)

EASTON LAKE (Kittitas Co.)

EBEY LAKE (Snohomish Co.) (Little Lake)

ELL LAKE (Okanogan Co.)

FORT BORST PARK POND (Lewis Co.)

FORTSON MILL POND #2 (Snohomish Co.)

GARFIELD JUVENILE POND (Whitman Co.)

GIBBS LAKE (Jefferson Co.)

GISSBURG POND, NORTH (Snohomish Co.)

GORGE LAKE (Whatcom Co.)

GRANITE LAKES (Skagit Co.) (near Marblemount)

GREEN LAKE (Okanogan Co.)

GREEN LAKE, LOWER (Okanogan Co.)

GRIMES LAKE (Douglas Co.)

HEADGATE POND (Asotin Co.)

Hidden LAKE (Okanogan Co.) (Lost River)

HOMESTEAD LAKE (Grant Co.)

HORSESHOE LAKE (Jefferson Co.)

JEFFERSON PARK POND (Walla Walla Co.)

JENNINGS PARK POND (Snohomish Co.)

KACHESS LAKE (RESERVOIR) (Kittitas Co.)

KEECHELUS LAKE (RESERVOIR) (Kittitas Co.)

KENNEDY CREEK POND (Thurston Co.)

KIWANIS POND (Kittitas Co.)

KOENEMAN LAKE (Kitsap Co.) (formerly Fern Lake)

LAKE WASHINGTON SHIP CANAL

LEECH LAKE (Yakima Co.) (White Pass area)

LENICE LAKE (Grant Co.)

LENORE LAKE (Grant Co.)

LEWIS RIVER POWER CANAL (Cowlitz Co.) and old Lewis River streambed between Swift No. 1 Powerhouse and Swift No. 2 Powerhouse

LINCOLN POND (Clallam Co.)

LIONS PARK POND (Walla Walla Co.) (College Place)

LONG LAKE (Ferry Co.)

LONG'S POND (Thurston Co.)

LUCKY DUCK POND (Stevens Co.)

MAYFIELD LAKE (RESERVOIR) (Lewis Co.) from Mayfield Dam to Mossyrock Dam

MCDOWELL LAKE (Stevens Co.)

MCLANE CREEK PONDS (Thurston Co.)

MEDICAL LAKE (Spokane Co.)

MERRILL LAKE (Cowlitz Co.)

MERRY LAKE (Grant Co.)

MIDDLE NEMAH POND (Pacific Co.)

MILL CREEK POND (Grays Harbor Co.)

MILL POND (King Co.) (Auburn)

MONTE CRISTO LAKE (Snohomish Co.)

MOOSES POND (Pacific Co.)

MUD LAKE (Yakima Co.)

MUNN LAKE (Thurston Co.)

MUSKEGON LAKE (Pend Oreille Co.)

MYRON LAKE (Yakima Co.)

NANEUM POND (Kittitas Co.)

NORTH SILVER LAKE (Spokane Co.)

NORTHERN STATE HOSPITAL POND (Skagit Co.)

NUNNALLY LAKE (Grant Co.)

OHOP LAKE (Pierce Co.)

OLD FISHING HOLE POND (King Co.) (Kent)

OWENS POND (Pacific Co.)

PACKWOOD LAKE (Lewis Co.)

PARA-JUVENILE LAKE (Grant/Adams Co.)

PASS LAKE (Skagit Co.)

PING POND (Grant Co.)

PIT LAKE (Douglas Co.)

PLEASANT, LAKE (Clallam Co.)

PORTAGE BAY (King Co.)

PRICES LAKE (Mason Co.)

PROMISED LAND POND (Grays Harbor Co.)

QUAIL LAKE (Adams Co.)

QUIGG LAKE - local name (Grays Harbor Co.) Located at Friends Landing near Montesano.

RAT LAKE (Okanogan Co.)

RATTLESNAKE LAKE (King Co.)

RAVENSDALE LAKE (King Co.)

RIGLEY LAKE (Stevens Co.)

RIMROCK LAKE (RESERVOIR) (Yakima Co.)

ROSS LAKE (RESERVOIR) (Whatcom Co.)

SALMON BAY

SAMMAMISH, LAKE (King Co.)

SARGE HUBBARD PARK POND (Yakima Co.)

SCANEWA LAKE (Lewis Co.) (Cowlitz Falls Reservoir)

SHYE LAKE (Grays Harbor Co.)

SILVER LAKE (Cowlitz Co.)

SILVERNAIL LAKE (Okanogan Co.)

SOUTH BEND MILL POND (Pacific Co.)

SPADA LAKE (RESERVOIR) (Snohomish Co.)

SQUALICUM LAKE (Whatcom Co.)

STUMP LAKE (Mason Co.)

SUTHERLAND LAKE (Clallam Co.)

SWANS MILL POND (King Co.)

SWIFT RESERVOIR (Skamania Co.) from dam to markers approximately 3/8 mile below Eagle Cliff Bridge

TANWAX LAKE (Pierce Co.)

TEAL LAKE (Jefferson Co.)

UNION, LAKE (King Co.)

VANCE CREEK POND #1 (Grays Harbor Co.)

VANCE CREEK POND #2 (Grays Harbor Co.)

VANCOUVER LAKE (Clark Co.) and all other waters west of Burlington-Northern Railroad from Columbia River drawbridge near Vancouver downstream to Lewis River

VOGLER LAKE (Skagit Co.)

WALUPT LAKE (Lewis Co.)

WAPATO LAKE (Pierce Co.)

WASHINGTON SHIP CANAL, LAKE (King Co.) (including Lake Union, Portage Bay, and Salmon Bay) waters east of a north-south line 400' west of the Chittenden Locks to the Montlake Bridge

WASHINGTON, LAKE (King Co.) including that portion of Sammamish River from 68th Ave. NE Bridge downstream

WENATCHEE, LAKE (Chelan Co.)

WHATCOM, LAKE (Whatcom Co.) (See Department of Health Fish Consumption Advisories, page 32)

WILLAME LAKE (Lewis Co.)

WYNOOCHEE RESERVOIR (Grays Harbor Co.)

YAKIMA SPORTSMEN'S PARK PONDS (Yakima Co.)

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NEW SECTION
WAC 220-56-12300C   Statewide freshwater hook rules.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-123, effective immediately until further notice, it is unlawful to use more than three hooks, total, to fish in freshwater, except that anglers with a valid two-pole endorsement may use up to three hooks on each line.

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