Fishing News and Updates

06.26.2025 – LRNRA – News Release -2025 Total Fire Restrictions Implemented

11.8.2024 – LRNRA – News Release -Fee Changes beginning in 2025

Beginning January 1, 2025, the National Park Service (NPS) at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area will increase camping and boat launch fees and introduce a new dump station/water fill fee.

Fee increases beginning January 1, 2025
Weekly Boat Launch

• Good for seven consecutive days
• Increasing to $10 per week
• Eligible for a 50% discount with an America the Beautiful Annual or Lifetime Senior pass or a Lifetime Access pass.

Annual Boat Launch

• Good through Dec 31st of the year printed on the permit.
• Increasing to $60 per year

Fee increases beginning March 15, 2025
Campgrounds: Spring Canyon, Porcupine Bay, Fort Spokane, Hunters, Gifford, Kettle Falls, Evans

• Increasing to $30 per night
• No winter fee discount after this date.
• Eligible for a 50% discount with an America the Beautiful Annual or Lifetime Senior pass or a Lifetime Access pass.

All other campgrounds (excluding Keller Ferry, operated by Lake Roosevelt Adventures)

• Remains $23 per night
• No winter fee discount after this date
• Eligible for a 50% discount with an America the Beautiful Annual or Lifetime Senior pass or a Lifetime Access pass.

Group Campsites

• 1-25 person capacity increases to $65 per night
• 26-50 person capacity increases to $90 per night
• 51-75 person capacity increases to $115 per night

New Fee beginning March 15, 2025
Dump station/water fill

• $10 per use to dump grey and black water tanks and to fill potable water tanks.
• Dump Stations: Spring Canyon, Keller Ferry, Fort Spokane, Porcupine Bay, Hunters, Gifford, Kettle Falls, and Evans.

One of the requirements for participating in the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA), which allows public lands to charge user entrance and amenity fees, such as camping and boat launch fees, is that federal agencies are to charge fees commensurate with the local area, so as to not undercut the local markets. Camping fees at Lake Roosevelt have not been adjusted since 2021 and boat launch fees have not been adjusted since 2015. They are now lower than the average of the area around the park.

FLREA allows federal land management agencies to utilize recreation fee funds to provide quality recreation experiences for hundreds of millions of visitors every year to some of America’s most scenic, iconic, awe-inspiring, historical, and culturally rich lands and resources. Participating agencies use and leverage recreation fees to implement thousands of projects to enhance public safety, maintain recreation sites, provide eye-opening educational experiences, build informational wayside exhibits, fund interpretive programs, and offer a wide range of recreational and cultural opportunities.

Fees collected at Lake Roosevelt are used for improvements to visitor services. Through this year, fee dollars have been used to repair and upgrade boat launch and courtesy docks and improve water systems at several park locations. Future plans include upgrades and repairs to dock systems and parking facilities at Seven Bays, improving restroom facilities in Kettle Falls and Evans, and improving ADA accessibility at several of campgrounds. Additional information on some of these projects can be found at Your Dollars At Work – Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov).

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area thanks everyone that provided comments via email, social media or letter. Your involvement is greatly appreciated.

06.07.2022 – LRNRA – News Release – Fish Cleaning Stations

Coulee Dam, WA – The fish cleaning stations located throughout Lake Roosevelt National
Recreation Area will remain closed until further notice. While evaluating and trying to repair the
Fort Spokane fish cleaning station and associated septic system, it was discovered that the
accumulated oil from the fish remains have coated the sand in the drain field so thoroughly that
water can no longer filter through the sand and instead, sits on top and clogs the septic system.
To keep the existing fish cleaning station operational, the entire septic system would need to be
redesigned, including electrical engineering, more powerful motor, and installing a new drain
field. This is the third drain field at Fort Spokane destroyed by the fish oils in the past 30 years
and there is no available space for a fourth.

2025 Washington Fishing eRegulations- Eastside Lakes Special Rules: Q-Z

WDFW  Free Fishing Weekends

WDFW Fishing Prospects Lakes in Lincoln County

Lake Roosevelt Forum Fishing and Hunting

Lake Roosevelt Forum Map and Guide

Coffeepot Lake (317 acres): 12 miles northeast of Odessa.

Crab Creek: Fishing can be good for brown and rainbow trout in some portions of this Lincoln County farmland drainage.

Deer (Deer Springs) Lake (60 acres): About 12 miles northeast of Odessa.

Fishtrap Lake (196 acres): Located six and a half miles east of Sprague, on the Lincoln/Spokane County line, with about 173 acres in Lincoln County.

Fourth of July Lake (110 acres): Two miles south of the town of Sprague on State Highway 23 to Public Fishing sign, then west 1 mile to access.

Goose Creek: This waterway runs through the town of Wilbur on its way to join Wilson Creek.

Hawk Creek: This Lake Roosevelt tributary flows northwest from Davenport.

Rocky Ford/ Goose Butte Recreation Area, Washington –Map

Lake Roosevelt–Map

Hanson Harbor – Boat launch

Hawk Creek – Boat launch

Jones Bay – Boat launch

Keller Ferry Marina – boat slip rental & fuel available

Lincoln – Boat launch

Seven Bays Marina – boat slip rental & fuel available

Spring Canyon – boat launch

Sprague Lake (1,840 acres): This large lake is approximately two miles west of the town of Sprague, 

Spokane River Arm of Lake Roosevelt

Ft. Spokane – boat ramp

Porcupine Bay – boat launch

Upper Twin Lakes, Upper (39.2 acres) and Lower (44.9acres): Located in the Lake Creek drainage about 20 miles southeast of Davenport.

Lower Twin Lake