Washougal

There is fish habitat wood in the section from the put-in to the fish hatchery. The logs are often river-wide but anchored to the bottom of the river so present as small ledges rather than strainers. At medium and low flows the logs don't create too many issues but could develop dangerous hydraulics at higher flows. We ran the first fish hathery weir on the right and left. Right seemed a bit smoother at these flows. The second weir at the bottom of the hatchery doesn't have a dangerous hydraulic at the bottom and can be run almost anywhere.

We used the take-out at Salmon Falls and while still posted as private, we stayed on the access road for the fish ladder. We weren't bothered either time recently. The property has changed ownership since the previous reports of conflict but don't know the current status of access.