Here is the dam that marks the end of the fishable section of Ship
Creek. There is no salmon fishing allowed above the cable one hundred
feet below the dam. It is well marked, and easy to see when you are
fishing the creek. Above the dam, only catch and release trout fishing
is allowed.
Between the dam and the demarcation cable is a fish sanctuary where
the salmon that survive the Ship Creek gauntlet pile up. On the north
side of the dam, there is a small and inadequate fish ladder that
allows some of the salmon to go up river and return to the hatcheries
where they were raised.
Unfortunately, the dam does not allow salmon to come and go between
the fresh and salt waters and restricts habitat on the creek. The
dam has become one of the main targets of Ship
Creek Unplugged, a group that is trying to return Ship Creek to
its natural flow.
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