WSR 02-21-094

PROPOSED RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Filed October 21, 2002, 3:04 p.m. ]

     Original Notice.

     Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 02-18-107.

     Title of Rule: Personal use fishing rules.

     Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.

     Statute Being Implemented: RCW 77.12.047.

     Summary: WAC 220-12-020, clarifies that classified shellfish includes native marine clams. Delete old scientific family name. This will assist in establishing lower limits on unclassified freshwater clams and mussels.

     WAC 220-56-105, define mouth of Cispus River. Distinguishes the river from Lake Scanewa.

     WAC 220-56-129, sets limit on freshwater clams and mussels at 10 shellfish. Freshwater clams and mussels may be locally abundant, but are generally a poorly understood group, subject to over exploitation, with some populations extirpated. Some of the species are being considered for classification as sensitive, and a limited harvest will protect populations until further study is completed.

     WAC 220-56-230 and 220-56-255, close bottomfish and halibut fishing in an approximately fifteen by twenty-mile rectangle about eight miles west of Cape Alava. Part of this area was previously closed to halibut fishing to protect incidentally taken yelloweye rockfish. The closed area is expanded and closed to all bottomfish and halibut fishing for further yelloweye rockfish protection.

     WAC 220-56-235, set aggregate bottomfish limit in Catch Areas 1 through 4 at 15 bottomfish, of which no more than 1 may be a canary rockfish and release all yelloweye rockfish. Prohibit retention of yelloweye and canary rockfish in Catch Areas 5 through 13. These measures are intended to protect rockfish and other bottomfish.

     WAC 220-56-250, expand season for lingcod in ocean waters to provide additional fishing opportunity. The lingcod rebuilding schedule is successful, and there are additional fish for harvest.

     WAC 220-56-265, set maximum mesh size for forage fish dip net gear. A maximum mesh size will prevent gilling of forage fish.

     WAC 220-56-320, change escape ring size for crab gear in the Columbia River from 4-1/4 inches to 4 inches. The crab size in the Columbia River matches Oregon's, and a smaller escape ring allows retention of lawful size crab, while providing escapement for undersize crab.

     WAC 220-56-325, establish Port Townsend Shrimp District and clarify openings. Shrimp openings in Discovery Bay, Hood Canal and Port Townsend are of such short duration that the season needs to be set by emergency rule. This allows for a season of up to 120 days, but eliminates the problem of an early closure inadvertently expiring and a season accidentally reopening.

     WAC 220-56-350 and 220-56-380, housekeeping changes are needed to correct names and clarify open areas. These sections are also opened for the annual beach season settings which will be available before the public hearing.

     WAC 232-12-619 and 232-28-619, extend statewide season in rivers, streams, and beaver ponds to November 30; change seasons in exceptions to statewide rules where season closes on October 31 to November 30. This will provide a fall fishing opportunity, particularly in "opening day" lakes. This change affects 272 openings in exceptions to statewide rules.

     WAC 232-28-619, delete Cashmere and Nason Creek ponds, as the ponds were washed out; clarify Chehalis River boundary bridge as bridge at Boistfort School to reduce confusion among several bridges; Cle Elum river selective gear area does not include Tucquala Lake; Columbia River from Highway 395 to Pasco and Ringold Springs Rearing Facility release hatchery steelhead with only adipose fin clips as these are upriver fish; Cowlitz Falls Reservoir eliminate landlocked salmon rules, wild chinook release June 1 through July 31 and release wild coho in order to utilize hatchery plants; Cowlitz River, Mayfield Lake and Riffe Lake clarify Cowlitz River is below Mayfield Dam and above Cowlitz Falls Reservoir, all intermediate waters are either Mayfield Lake, Riffe Lake or Cowlitz Falls Reservoir (Lake Scanewa); Crabb Creek provide walleye opportunity with terminal gear restrictions March 1 through May 31 Highway 17 to Road 7; Dry Falls Lake season to open April 1 for additional opportunity; Grande Ronde selective gear rules end August 1 and barbless hooks begin September 1; Hamilton Creek to (new) statewide stream season as no hatchery steelhead or cutthroat are available; East Fork Lewis close tributaries above Horseshoe Falls and mouth to Horseshoe Falls delete selective gear, allow gamefish other than trout retention, and close March 16 through May 31; Mayfield Lake eliminate landlocked salmon rules and salmon open only September 1 through December 31 with wild coho release to utilize hatchery plants; Mill Creek delete Punjab Bridge reference; Naches River trout catch and release in order to survey anglers and activity; North Silver Lake change from fly fishing only to split season (October closure), selective gear, trout limit 2 fish March 1 through September with marked fish release and catch and release November 1 through December 31; Skagit River allow motors during selective gear season at mouth; Skykomish River at rearing ponds prohibit fishing for any species from a floating device, not just gamefish; Snoqualmie River at Tokul Creek prohibit fishing for any species from a floating device, not just gamefish; Tye River whitefish gear rules apply December 1 through last day in February; Washougal River delete April 16 though May 31 additional season; plus housekeeping changes to comply with new November 30 closing date as well as housekeeping changes for clarification.

     WAC 232-28-621, reduce size of terminal gear restricted area in Duwamish waterway to waters upstream from an east-west line through Southwest Hanford Street to a line projected east from the south tip of Harbor Island. This covers the area where snagging occurs, and allows different gear to be used elsewhere.

     Reasons Supporting Proposal: See Summary above.

     Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Evan Jacoby, 1111 Washington Street, Olympia, (360) 902-2930; Implementation: Lew Atkins, 1111 Washington Street, Olympia, (360) 902-2651; and Enforcement: Bruce Bjork, 1111 Washington Street, Olympia, (360) 902-2373.

     Name of Proponent: Department of Fish and Wildlife, governmental.

     Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.

     Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: See Summary above.

     Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: See Summary above.

     No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. These rules affect recreational fishers, not small businesses.

     RCW 34.05.328 does not apply to this rule adoption. Not hydraulics rules.

     Hearing Location: Skagit County PUD, 1415 Freeway Drive, Mount Vernon, WA, on December 6-7, 2002, at 8:00 a.m.

     Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Nancy Burkhart by November 22, 2002, TDD (360) 902-2207 or (360) 902-2449.

     Submit Written Comments to: Evan Jacoby, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, fax (360) 902-2155, by November 29, 2002.

     Date of Intended Adoption: February 7-8, 2003.

October 21, 2002

Evan Jacoby

Rules Coordinator

OTS-5978.1


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 98-06-031, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98)

WAC 220-12-020   Shellfish -- Classification.   The following species are classified as shellfish under RCW 75.08.080 and are subject to the provisions of this title:


     Abalone
Red abalone Haliotis refescens
Pinto abalone Haliotis kamtschatkana
     Mussel
Blue mussel Mytilis edulis
California mussel Mytilis californianus
     Scallops
Pacific pink scallop Chlamys rubida
Rock scallop Crassadoma gigantea
Spiny scallop Chlamys hastata
Weathervane scallop Patinopecten caurinus
     Clams
Bent nose clam Macoma secta
All other macoma clams Macoma spp.
Butter clam Saxidomus giganteus
Common cockle Clinocardium nuttalli
Geoduck Panope abrupta
Horse or Gaper clam Tresus nuttalli,
     Tresus capax
Mud or soft shell clam Mya arenaria
Manila clam Tapes philippinarum
Piddock Zirfaea pilsbryi
Razor clam Siliqua patula
Rock or native little neck

clam

Protothaca staminea

All other native marine clams (((Eulamellibranchia)))
     Oysters
Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica
Olympia or native oyster Ostrea lurida
Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas
Kumamoto oyster Crassostrea gigas (kumamoto)
European oyster Ostrea edulis
All other oysters (Ostreidae)
     Squid
Pacific Coast squid Loligo opalescens
Nail squid Onychoteuthis borealijaponica
Flying squid Ommastrephes bartramai
All other squid Sepioidea or Teuthoiden
     Octopus
Octopus Octopus dolfeni
     Barnacles
Goose barnacle Pollicipes polymerus
     Shrimp
Coonstripe shrimp Pandalus danae
Coonstripe shrimp Pandalus hypsinotus
Ghost or sand shrimp Callianassa spp.
Humpy shrimp Pandalus goniurus
Mud shrimp Upogebia pugettensis
Ocean pink shrimp Pandalus jordani
Pink shrimp Pandalus borealis
Sidestripe shrimp Pandalopsis dispar
Spot shrimp Pandalus platyceros
     Crab
Dungeness or Pacific crab Cancer magister
Red rock crab Cancer productus
Tanner crab Chionoecetes tanneri
King and box crab Lopholithodes spp.
     Crawfish
Crawfish Pacifastacus sp.
     Sea cucumber
Sea cucumber Parastichopus californicus
Sea cucumber Cucumaria miniata
     Sea urchin
Green urchin Strongylocentrotus

     droebachiensis

Red urchin Strongylocentrotus

     franciscanus

Purple urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040 and 75.08.080. 98-06-031, § 220-12-020, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 95-04-066 (Order 95-10), § 220-12-020, filed 1/30/95, effective 5/1/95; 91-10-024 (Order 91-22), § 220-12-020, filed 4/23/91, effective 5/24/91; 88-12-025 (Order 88-28), § 220-12-020, filed 5/25/88, effective 8/22/88; 87-23-006 (Order 87-187), § 220-12-020, filed 11/6/87; 86-24-046 (Order 86-190), § 220-12-020, filed 11/26/86; 85-09-017 (Order 85-20), § 220-12-020, filed 4/9/85; 85-01-010 (Order 84-214), § 220-12-020, filed 12/7/84; 83-24-024 (Order 83-200), § 220-12-020, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; Order 1186, § 220-12-020, filed 1/13/75; Order 990, § 220-12-020, filed 5/11/72; Order 807, § 220-12-020, filed 1/2/69, effective 2/1/69; Order 677, Shellfish classification, filed 3/31/66; Order 256, Shellfish classification, filed 3/1/60; Abalone and octopus from Order 483 and 256, filed 3/1/60.]

OTS-5989.1


NEW SECTION
WAC 220-56-129   Unclassified freshwater invertebrates.   (1) Definitions. For purposes of this section:

     (a) "Daily limit" means individual animals retained, alive or dead.

     (b) "Freshwater clams and mussels" means all freshwater bivalves existing in Washington in a wild state, except prohibited aquatic animal species classified under WAC 232-12-090.

     (2) It is unlawful for any person to fail to comply with the following provisions regarding the take of freshwater clams and mussels:

     (a) The daily limit is ten freshwater clams and mussels.

     (b) The daily limit and the possession limit are the same.

     (c) Freshwater clams and mussels may only be taken by hand. No tools or implements may be used to take freshwater clams and mussels.

     (d) Each person taking freshwater clams and mussels must retain their take in a separate container.

     (3) Violation of this rule is punishable under RCW 77.15.140.

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OTS-6012.1


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 90-06-026, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90)

WAC 220-56-230   Bottomfish -- Closed areas.   It is unlawful to fish for or possess bottomfish taken for personal use from ((the San Juan Islands Marine Preserve Area)) within a rectangle defined by the following points: 48°N, 125°18'W; 48°18'N, 125°18'W; 48°18'N, 124°59'W; and 48°N, 124°59'W.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 90-06-026, § 220-56-230, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90.]


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 00-139, filed 8/3/00, effective 9/3/00)

WAC 220-56-250   Lingcod -- Areas and seasons.   It is unlawful to take, fish for or possess lingcod for personal use except during the seasons and within the areas herein provided:

     (1) Coastal area (a) Catch Record Card Areas 1 through 3 - ((April 1)) March 16 through ((September 30)) October 15, (b) Catch Record Card Area 4 - April 16 through ((September 30)) October 15.

     (2) Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13 - May 1 through June 15 by angling and May 21 through June 15 by spear fishing.

[Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-17-016 (Order 00-139), § 220-56-250, filed 8/3/00, effective 9/3/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 220-56-250, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 92-11-012 (Order 92-19), § 220-56-250, filed 5/12/92, effective 6/12/92; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-250, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 89-10-032 (Order 89-26), § 220-56-250, filed 4/27/89; 84-09-026 (Order 84-22), § 220-56-250, filed 4/11/84; 83-07-043 (Order 83-16), § 220-56-250, filed 3/17/83; 82-07-047 (Order 82-19), § 220-56-250, filed 3/18/82; 80-07-017 (Order 80-45), § 220-56-250, filed 6/11/80; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-250, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80.]


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 99-102, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99)

WAC 220-56-255   Halibut -- Seasons -- Daily and possession limits.   (1) It is unlawful to fish for or possess halibut taken for personal use except from:

     (a) Catch Record Card Area 1: Open May 1 through September 30, unless closed earlier by emergency regulation. Minimum size limit 32 inches in length.

     (b) Catch Record Card Area 2:

     (i) Those waters south of the Queets River, north of 47° and east of 124°40'W - Open May 2 through September 30, unless closed earlier by emergency regulation.

     (ii) All other open waters in Area 2 - Open May 2 through September 30, unless closed to fishing for halibut 12:01 a.m. of each Friday through 11:59 p.m. of each Saturday.

     (iii) The following waters are closed to halibut fishing: Inside a rectangle defined by the following four corners: 47°19'0"N, 124°53'0"W; 47°19'00"N, 124°48'0"W; 47°16'0"N, 124°53'0"W; 47°16'0"N, 124°48'0"W.

     (c) Catch Record Card Area 3 and those waters of Catch Record Card Area 4 west of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line: Open May 1 through September 30 unless closed by emergency regulation. Closed to fishing for halibut 12:01 a.m. of each Sunday through 11:59 p.m. of each Monday. The following area southwest of Cape Flattery is closed to halibut fishing at all times:

     Those waters within a rectangle defined by the following four corners: 48°18'N, ((125°11'W)) 125°18'W; 48°18'N, 124°59'W; ((48°04'N, 125°11'W)) 48°N, 125°18'W; ((48°04'N)) 48°N, 124°59'W.

     (d) Catch Record Card Area 4 east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line and Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13: May 27 through July 12 - Closed 12:01 a.m. Tuesday through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday of each week during the open period.

     (2) Daily limit one halibut. The daily limit in Area 1 is the first halibut over 32 inches in length brought aboard the vessel.

     (3) The possession limit is two daily limits of halibut in any form, except the possession limit aboard the fishing vessel is one daily limit.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 77.12.040. 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 220-56-255, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99; 99-08-029 (Order 99-13), § 220-56-255, filed 3/30/99, effective 5/1/99; 98-06-031, § 220-56-255, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 97-07-078 (Order 97-53), § 220-56-255, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 95-12-027 (Order 95-46), § 220-56-255, filed 5/31/95, effective 7/1/95; 94-14-069, § 220-56-255, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-15-011, § 220-56-255, filed 7/8/93, effective 8/8/93; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-56-255, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-255, filed 3/16/89; 88-10-013 (Order 88-15), § 220-56-255, filed 4/26/88; 85-10-062 (Order 85-39), § 220-56-255, filed 5/1/85; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-255, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-56-071.]

OTS-5980.2


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 02-53, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02)

WAC 220-56-105   River mouth definitions.   When pertaining to food fish angling, unless otherwise defined, any reference to the mouths of rivers or streams shall be construed to include those waters of any river or stream including sloughs and tributaries upstream and inside of a line projected between the outermost uplands at the mouth. The term "outermost upland" shall be construed to mean those lands not covered by water during an ordinary high tide. The following river mouths are hereby otherwise defined:


Abernathy Creek - Highway 4 Bridge.
Bear River - Highway 101 Bridge.
Bone River - Highway 101 Bridge.
Chambers Creek - Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge.
Chehalis River - Highway 101 Bridge in Aberdeen.
Chelan River - Railroad Bridge.
Cispus River - Posted markers at the Lewis County P.U.D. kayak launch, approximately 1.5 miles upstream from the confluence of the Cowlitz and Cispus rivers.
Cowlitz River - A line projected across the river between two fishing boundary markers set on each bank of the river approximately one-half mile downstream from the lowermost railroad bridge crossing the Cowlitz River.
Dakota Creek - A line from the outermost headland of the south bank to a house at 1285 Runge Avenue, Blaine, Washington, approximately one-quarter mile downstream from the Blaine Road Bridge.
Deschutes River - A line projected across the river 400 feet below the lower Tumwater Falls fish ladder.
Drano Lake - Highway 14 Bridge.
Duwamish River - First Avenue South Bridge.
Elk River - Highway 105 Bridge.
Entiat River - Highway 97 Bridge.
Hawk Creek (Lincoln County) - Falls at the Hawk Creek campground.
Hoquiam River - Highway 101 Bridge.
Humptulips River - Mouth of Jessie Slough.
Johns River - Highway 105 Bridge.
Kennedy Creek - An arc 500 yards east of the midpoint of the northbound Highway 101 Bridge.
Kettle River - Barstow Bridge.
Lake Washington Ship Canal - A line 400 feet west of the fish ladder at the Chittenden Locks.
Lewis River - A straight line running from a boundary marker on a piling at Austin Point southerly across the Lewis River to a boundary marker on the opposite shore.
Methow River - Highway 97 Bridge.
Naselle River - Highway 101 Bridge.
North Nemah River - Highway 101 Bridge.
Niawiakum River - Highway 101 Bridge.
North River - Highway 105 Bridge.
Palix River - Highway 101 Bridge.
Puyallup River - 11th Street Bridge.
Samish River - The Samish Island Bridge (Bayview-Edison Road).
Sammamish River - 68th Avenue NE Bridge.
Skagit River - A line projected from the terminus of the jetty with McGlinn Island to the white monument on the easterly end of Ika Island, then to a white monument on the westerly end of Craft Island, then to a white monument near the corner of the levee on the westerly side of Dry Slough, and then to a white monument on the easterly side of Tom Moore Slough.
Skamokawa Creek - Highway 4 Bridge.
Skookum Creek - A line 400 yards below the old railroad bridge.
Snohomish River - Burlington Northern Railway Bridges crossing main river and sloughs.
South Nemah River - Lynn Point 117 degrees true to the opposite shore.
Spokane River - State Route 25 Bridge.
Wallace River - The furthest downstream railroad bridge.
Washougal River - A straight line from the Crown Zellerbach pumphouse southeasterly across the Washougal River to the east end of the Highway 14 Bridge near the upper end of Lady Island.
Whatcom Creek - A line projected approximately 14 degrees true from the flashing light at the southwesterly end of the Port of Bellingham North Terminal to the southernmost point of the dike surrounding the Georgia Pacific treatment pond.
White Salmon River - Between markers on the east and west shores downstream of the Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge except when buoys are in place southerly from the shore to the buoys and east and west between the buoys.
Little White Salmon River - At boundary markers on river bank downstream from the Little White Salmon National Fish Hatchery.
Willapa River - South Bend boat launch.
Wind River - Boundary line markers at mouth.
Yakima River - Highway 240 Bridge.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), § 220-56-105, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02; 01-14-001 (Order 01-107), § 220-56-105, filed 6/21/01, effective 7/22/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 220-56-105, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00; 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 220-56-105, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99; 98-06-031, § 220-56-105, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 97-07-078 (Order 97-53), § 220-56-105, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 96-11-078 (Order 96-44), § 220-56-105, filed 5/13/96, effective 6/13/96; 95-04-066 (Order 95-10), § 220-56-105, filed 1/30/95, effective 5/1/95; 94-14-069, § 220-56-105, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-56-105, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-105, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 90-06-026, § 220-56-105, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-105, filed 3/16/89; 88-10-013 (Order 88-15), § 220-56-105, filed 4/26/88; 85-09-017 (Order 85-20), § 220-56-105, filed 4/9/85; 84-09-026 (Order 84-22), § 220-56-105, filed 4/11/84; 82-13-040 (Order 82-61), § 220-56-105, filed 6/9/82; 81-05-027 (Order 81-13), § 220-56-105, filed 2/17/81, effective 4/1/81; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-105, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80.]


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 02-53A, filed 4/3/02, effective 5/4/02)

WAC 220-56-235   Possession limits--Bottomfish.   It is unlawful for any person to take in any day more than the following quantities of bottomfish for personal use. The possession limit at any time shall not exceed the equivalent of two daily limits in fresh, frozen or processed form. Unless otherwise provided bottomfish fishing is open the entire year.

     (1) Coastal (Catch Record Card Areas 1 through 4) - 15 fish in the aggregate of all species and species groups of bottomfish, which may include no more than:

     (a) Lingcod - 2 fish minimum length 24 inches.

     (b) Rockfish - 10 fish of which no more than ((2)) 1 may be a canary rockfish. Release all yelloweye rockfish.

     (c) Surfperch (excluding shiner perch) - 15 fish.

     (d) Wolfeel - 0 fish from Catch Record Card Area 4.

     (e) Cabezon - 2 fish east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line.

     (((f) All other species - no limit.))

     (2) Inner Puget Sound (Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13):

     (a) Catch Record Card Areas 5 and 6 - 15 fish in the aggregate of all species and species groups of bottomfish, which may include no more than:

Rockfish, except canary and yelloweye rockfish except 1 fish
((Rockfish)) May 1 through September 30 in Marine Area 5 west of Slip Point 3 fish of which no more than 1 may be other than black rockfish, and release canary and yelloweye rockfish
Surfperch 10 fish
Pacific cod 2 fish
Pollock 2 fish
Flatfish (except halibut) 15 fish
Lingcod 1 fish
Wolf-eel 0 fish
Cabezon 2 fish
Pacific hake 2 fish
     (b) Catch Record Card Area 7 - 15 fish in the aggregate of all species of bottomfish, which may include no more than:

Rockfish, except canary and yelloweye rockfish 1 fish
Surfperch 10 fish
Pacific cod 2 fish
Flatfish (except halibut) 15 fish
Lingcod 1 fish
Wolf-eel 0 fish
Cabezon 2 fish
Pollock 2 fish
Pacific hake 2 fish
     (c) Catch Record Card Areas 8-1 through 13 - 15 fish in the aggregate of all species and species groups of bottomfish, which may include no more than:

Rockfish, except canary and yelloweye rockfish 1 fish
Surfperch 10 fish
Pacific cod 0 fish
Pollock 0 fish
Flatfish (except halibut) 15 fish
Lingcod 1 fish
Wolf-eel 0 fish
Cabezon 2 fish
Pacific hake 0 fish
     (d) It is unlawful to possess lingcod taken by angling less than 26 inches in length or greater than 40 inches in length.

     (e) The daily limit taken by spear fishing may include no more than one lingcod. There is no size restriction on the one lingcod allowed in the daily limit if taken by spear fishing.

     (f) It is unlawful to retain cabezon taken from Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13 from December 1 through April 30.

     (g) It is unlawful to retain six-gill shark taken from Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13.

     (h) It is unlawful to retain canary or yelloweye rockfish taken from Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 02-09-001 (Order 02-53A), § 220-56-235, filed 4/3/02, effective 5/4/02; 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 220-56-235, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-17-016 (Order 00-139), § 220-56-235, filed 8/3/00, effective 9/3/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 220-56-235, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00; 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 220-56-235, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 98-15-032 (Order 98-119), § 220-56-235, filed 7/7/98, effective 8/7/98; 97-07-078 (Order 97-53), § 220-56-235, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 96-05-004 (Order 96-13), § 220-56-235, filed 2/9/96, effective 5/1/96; 95-04-066 (Order 95-10), § 220-56-235, filed 1/30/95, effective 5/1/95; 94-14-069, § 220-56-235, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-56-235, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93; 92-11-012 (Order 92-19), § 220-56-235, filed 5/12/92, effective 6/12/92; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-235, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 90-06-026, § 220-56-235, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-235, filed 3/16/89; 88-10-013 (Order 88-15), § 220-56-235, filed 4/26/88; 85-09-017 (Order 85-20), § 220-56-235, filed 4/9/85; 84-09-026 (Order 84-22), § 220-56-235, filed 4/11/84; 83-07-043 (Order 83-16), § 220-56-235, filed 3/17/83; 80-07-017 (Order 80-45), § 220-56-235, filed 6/11/80; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-235, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80.]


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 02-53, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02)

WAC 220-56-265   Forage fish -- Lawful gear.   It shall be unlawful to take, fish for and possess herring, candlefish, pilchards, anchovies and smelt taken for personal use except with hand dip net gear not exceeding 36 inches across the bag frame having a maximum mesh size of one-half inch, and forage fish jigger gear having not more than three treble or nine single hooks. It is unlawful to use a dip bag net to take forage fish unless the operator of the net holds the handle at all times the netting is in the water. It is unlawful to operate a dip bag net to harvest forage fish from a vessel under power, or to use more than one forage fish dip net at a time. Only persons with a disability license may use a hand-operated gate on a dip net while fishing for forage fish. Forage fish jigger gear hooks may not have a gap between the shank and the point exceeding 3/8 inch.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), § 220-56-265, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040 and 75.08.080. 98-06-031, § 220-56-265, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 95-04-066 (Order 95-10), § 220-56-265, filed 1/30/95, effective 5/1/95; 88-10-013 (Order 88-15), § 220-56-265, filed 4/26/88; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-265, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80.]


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 01-24, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01)

WAC 220-56-325   Shrimp -- Areas and seasons.   (1) The following areas shall be defined as shrimp fishing districts:

     (a) Discovery Bay Shrimp District - All waters south of a line from McCurdy Point on the Quimper Peninsula to the northern tip of Protection Island, to Rocky Point on the Miller Peninsula, and including all waters of Discovery Bay;

     (b) Port Angeles Shrimp District - All waters of Port Angeles Harbor west of a line from the eastern tip of Ediz Hook to the ITT-Rayonier dock;

     (c) Sequim Bay Shrimp District - All waters of Sequim Bay south of a line projected west from Travis Spit on the Miller Peninsula;

     (d) Hood Canal Shrimp District - All waters of Hood Canal south of the Hood Canal Floating Bridge;

     (e) Carr Inlet Shrimp District - All waters of Carr Inlet north of a line from Penrose Point to Green Point;

     (f) Port Townsend Shrimp District - All waters of Port Townsend Bay south and west of a line from Marrowstone Point to Point Wilson, including Kilisut Harbor.

     (2) It shall be unlawful to fish for or possess shrimp taken for personal use from the following areas, except as otherwise provided in this section:

     (a) Discovery Bay Shrimp District - Open 7:00 a.m. the first Saturday in June ((through September 5)) and open only on days set by emergency rule;

     (b) Port Angeles Shrimp District - Open 7:00 a.m. the first Saturday in June through September 30;

     (c) Hood Canal Shrimp District - Open 9:00 a.m. on the third Saturday in May and open only on days set by emergency ((regulation)) rule;

     (d) Port Townsend Shrimp District and Marine Area 10 - Open 7:00 a.m. the third Saturday in April and open only on days set by emergency rule;

     (e) All other areas - Open 7:00 a.m. the third Saturday in April through October 15 except:

     (i) Closed in Sequim Bay Shrimp District and Carr Inlet Shrimp District.

     (ii) Marine Areas 8-1, 8-2, and 9 ((and 10)) closed Monday through Wednesday of each week during the open period.

     (3) During the general shrimp seasons described above, it is unlawful to retain spot shrimp except as provided below:

     (a) Discovery Bay Shrimp District - ((First Saturday in June through third Saturday in August.)) Spot shrimp may be retained on Saturdays only.

     (b) Port Angeles Shrimp District - ((First Saturday in June through first Saturday in September.)) Spot shrimp may be retained on Saturdays and Sundays only.

     (c) Marine Areas 8-1, 8-2, and 9 ((and 10)) - ((Third Saturday in April through June 30.)) Spot shrimp may be retained ((each day)) only as set by emergency rule.

     (d) All other areas - Spot shrimp may be retained each open day ((the third Saturday in April through October 15)).

[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 220-56-325, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 77.12.040. 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 220-56-325, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99; 98-06-031, § 220-56-325, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 97-07-078 (Order 97-53), § 220-56-325, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 96-05-004 (Order 96-13), § 220-56-325, filed 2/9/96, effective 5/1/96; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-56-325, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-325, filed 3/16/89; 86-09-020 (Order 86-08), § 220-56-325, filed 4/9/86; 84-09-026 (Order 84-22), § 220-56-325, filed 4/11/84; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-325, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-56-084.]


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 02-193, filed 8/9/02, effective 9/9/02)

WAC 220-56-350   Clams other than razor clams, cockles, borers, mussels -- Areas and seasons.   (1) It is lawful to take, dig for and possess clams, cockles, borers and mussels taken for personal use on Puget Sound the entire year except that public tidelands at the following beaches are closed unless otherwise provided:

     (a) ((Ben Ure)) Ala Spit: Open May 1 through May 31.

     (b) Brown Point (DNR 57-B): Open January 1 through June 30.

     (c) Cama Beach State Park: Closed the entire year.

     (d) Camano Island State Park: Open June 1 through June 30.

     (e) Cline Spit: Closed the entire year.

     (f) Cutts Island State Park: Open January 1 through June 15.

     (g) Dabob Bay - All state-owned tidelands in Dabob Bay north of a line drawn from Camp Harmony to Lindsays Beach are closed to the harvest of clams the entire year except as follows:

     (i) State-owned tidelands from a row of tires at Camp Discovery south approximately 2,000 feet to a second row of tires.

     (ii) State-owned tidelands beginning approximately 3/4 mile north of Camp Harmony extending approximately 1,200 feet north.

     (iii) State-owned tidelands from markers and signs posted immediately north of the community of Lindsays Beach north to a line immediately north of Broad Spit identified by markers and signs.

     (h) Dosewallips State Park: Open March 1 through September 15 only in area defined by boundary markers and signs posted on the beach.

     (i) Duckabush - All state-owned tidelands on the west shore of Hood Canal from Quatsap Point to the south end of the Duckabush flats are open March 1 through December 31.

     (j) Dungeness Spit and Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge Tidelands - Open May 15 through September 30.

     (k) Eagle Creek: Open January 1 through May 31.

     (l) Fort Flagler State Park including that portion of the spit west of the park boundary (Rat Island): Open April 1 through June 30.

     (m) Freeland County Park - Open January 1 through June 30.

     (n) Frye Cove - Open January 1 through June 30.

     (o) Garrison Bay: Tidelands at Guss Island and those tidelands at British camp between the National Park Service dinghy dock at the north end and the park boundary at the south end are closed the entire year.

     (p) Gertrude Island - All tidelands at Gertrude Island closed the entire year.

     (q) Hoodsport: Tidelands at Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery are closed the entire year.

     (r) Hope Island State Park (South Puget Sound): Open April 1 through April 30.

     (s) Illahee State Park: Closed the entire year.

     (t) Kayak Point County Park: Closed the entire year.

     (u) Kitsap Memorial State Park: Open May 15 through June 30.

     (v) Kopachuck State Park: Open June 1 through June 30.

     (w) Liberty Bay - All state-owned tidelands in Liberty Bay north and west of the Keyport Naval Supply Center are closed to the harvest of clams the entire year.

     (x) McNeil Island - All tidelands on McNeil Island are closed the entire year.

     (y) Mukilteo State Park - Closed the entire year.

     (z) Mystery Bay State Park: Open October 1 through April 30.

     (aa) North Bay - All state-owned tidelands in North Bay (Case Inlet) north of a line drawn southwest from Rocky Point to the north end of Reach Island thence due west to the mainland are closed to the harvest of clams the entire year except state-owned Tidelands on the east side of North Bay north of the power transmission lines and south of the power transmission lines for 1,600 feet.

     (bb) North Sequim Bay State Park - Open May 16 through June 15.

     (cc) Oak Bay County Park: Open July 1 through July 15.

     (dd) Oyster Reserves: Puget Sound and Willapa Bay state oyster reserves are closed the entire year except as follows:

     (i) Case Inlet: Tidelands on the east side of North Bay at the north end of the inlet open the entire year.

     (ii) North Bay: State-owned oyster reserves on the east side of North Bay north of the power transmission lines which cross the bay at the north end of Case Inlet open the entire year.

     (iii) Oakland Bay: Tidelands at the north end of Oakland Bay and on the channel of the northwest shore of the Bayshore Peninsula between department markers open the entire year.

     (iv) Willapa Bay - Long Island oyster reserve: Northwest side of Long Island between reserve monuments 39 and 41 and southwest side of Long Island between reserve monuments 58 and 59.

     (ee) Penrose Point State Park: Open April 1 through April 30.

     (ff) Picnic Point County Park: Closed the entire year.

     (gg) Pitship Point: Closed the entire year.

     (hh) Pitt Island - All tidelands on Pitt Island are closed the entire year.

     (ii) Point Whitney (excluding Point Whitney Lagoon): April 1 through April 30.

     (jj) Point Whitney Lagoon: Open May 1 through May 31.

     (kk) Port Townsend Ship Canal/Portage Canal: Open January 1 through March 31.

     (ll) Potlatch DNR tidelands: Open April 1 through July 15.

     (mm) Potlatch East: Open April 1 through July 15.

     (nn) Potlatch State Park: Open April 1 through July 15.

     (oo) Purdy Spit County Park: The southern shore of the spit from the boat ramp to the bridge is closed the entire year.

     (pp) Quilcene Bay Tidelands - All state-owned tidelands in Quilcene Bay north of a line drawn from the Quilcene Boat Haven to Fisherman's Point are closed to the harvest of clams the entire year, except those state-owned tidelands on the west side of the bay ((defined by boundary markers and a sign on the beach)) north of the Quilcene Boat Haven are open April 1 through December 31((, daily from official sunrise to official sunset only)).

     (qq) Rendsland Creek: Open January 1 through May 31.

     (rr) Saltwater State Park: Closed the entire year.

     (ss) Scenic Beach State Park - Open April 16 through June 15.

     (tt) Seahurst County Park: Closed the entire year.

     (uu) Sequim Bay State Park - Open May 1 through June 15.

     (vv) Shine Tidelands State Park: Open January 1 through May 15.

     (ww) South Indian Island County Park: Open May 1 through August 15.

     (xx) Spencer Spit State Park: Open March 1 through July 31.

     (yy) Triton Cove ((Oyster Farm)) Tidelands: Closed the entire year.

     (zz) Triton Cove State Park: Open April 1 through June 30.

     (aaa) Twanoh State Park: Closed the entire year.

     (bbb) West Dewatto: DNR Beach 44A is open January 1 through June 30.

     (ccc) Willapa Bay: State-owned tidelands east of the department Willapa Bay Field Station and Nahcotta Tidelands Interpretive Site are closed year-round.

     (ddd) Wolfe Property State Park: Open January 1 through May 15.

     (2) It is lawful to take, dig for and possess clams, cockles, borers, and mussels, not including razor clams, taken for personal use in Grays Harbor and Willapa Harbor the entire year, except from state oyster reserves, which are closed to clam digging the entire year.

     (3) It is lawful to take, dig for and possess clams, cockles, borers, and mussels, not including razor clams taken for personal use from the Pacific Ocean beaches from November 1 through March 31.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 02-17-019 (Order 02-193), § 220-56-350, filed 8/9/02, effective 9/9/02; 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), § 220-56-350, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02; 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 220-56-350, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-16-091 (Order 00-134), § 220-56-350, filed 7/31/00, effective 8/31/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 220-56-350, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00; 99-08-029 (Order 99-13), § 220-56-350, filed 3/30/99, effective 5/1/99; 98-06-031, § 220-56-350, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 97-07-078 (Order 97-53), § 220-56-350, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 96-11-078 (Order 96-44), § 220-56-350, filed 5/13/96, effective 6/13/96; 95-12-027 (Order 95-46), § 220-56-350, filed 5/31/95, effective 7/1/95; 94-14-069, § 220-56-350, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-15-011, § 220-56-350, filed 7/8/93, effective 8/8/93; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-56-350, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93; 92-11-012 (Order 92-19), § 220-56-350, filed 5/12/92, effective 6/12/92; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-350, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 90-06-026, § 220-56-350, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-350, filed 3/16/89; 88-10-013 (Order 88-15), § 220-56-350, filed 4/26/88; 87-09-066 (Order 87-16), § 220-56-350, filed 4/21/87; 86-09-020 (Order 86-08), § 220-56-350, filed 4/9/86; 85-12-046 (Order 85-57), § 220-56-350, filed 6/5/85; 83-07-043 (Order 83-16), § 220-56-350, filed 3/17/83; 81-05-027 (Order 81-13), § 220-56-350, filed 2/17/81, effective 4/1/81; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-350, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-56-082.]


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 02-53, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02)

WAC 220-56-380   Oysters -- Areas and seasons.   (1) It is lawful to take and possess oysters taken for personal use from public tidelands the entire year, except that public tidelands at the following beaches are closed unless otherwise provided:

     (a) Brown Point (DNR 57-B): Closed the entire year.

     (b) Dabob Bay - All state-owned tidelands in Dabob Bay north of a line drawn from Camp Harmony to Lindsays Beach are closed to the harvest of oysters the entire year, except as follows:

     (i) State-owned tidelands from a row of tires at Camp Discovery south approximately 2,000 feet to a second row of tires.

     (ii) State-owned tidelands beginning approximately 3/4 mile north of Camp Harmony extending approximately 1,200 feet north.

     (iii) State-owned tidelands from markers and signs posted immediately north of the community of Lindsays Beach north to a line immediately north of Broad Spit identified by markers and signs.

     (c) Dosewallips State Park: Open March 1 through September 15 only in areas defined by boundary markers and signs posted on the beach.

     (d) Duckabush - All state-owned tidelands on the west shore of Hood Canal from Quatsap Point to the south end of the Duckabush flats are open to the harvest of oysters March 1 through December 31.

     (e) Hoodsport: Tidelands at the Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery are closed the entire year.

     (f) Illahee State Park: Open May 1 through May 31.

     (g) Kitsap Memorial State Park: Open May 15 through August 31.

     (h) Kopachuck State Park: Open March 1 through June 30.

     (i) Liberty Bay - All state-owned tidelands in Liberty Bay north and west of the Keyport Naval Supply Center are closed to the harvest of oysters the entire year.

     (j) Mystery Bay State Park: Open October 1 through April 30.

     (k) North Bay - All state-owned tidelands in North Bay (Case Inlet) north of a line drawn southwest from Rocky Point to the north end of Reach Island thence due west to the mainland are closed to the harvest of oysters the entire year except for state-owned tidelands on the east side of North Bay north of the power transmission lines and south of the power transmission lines for 1,600 feet.

     (l) Oyster Reserves: Puget Sound and Willapa Bay oyster reserves are closed the entire year except the following are open the entire year:

     (i) Oakland Bay - Tidelands at the north end of Oakland Bay and on the channel of the northwest shore of the Bayshore Peninsula between department markers - open the entire year.

     (ii) North Bay - State-owned reserves on the east side of North Bay north of the power transmission lines.

     (iii) Willapa Bay - Long Island oyster reserve: Northwest side of Long Island between reserve monuments 39 and 41 and southwest side of Long Island between reserve monuments 58 and 59.

     (m) Penrose Point State Park: Open April 1 through April 30.

     (n) Point Whitney (excluding Point Whitney Lagoon): Open April 1 through December 31.

     (o) Potlatch East: Open April 1 through September 30.

     (p) Potlatch State Park: Open April 1 through September 30.

     (q) Quilcene Bay Tidelands - All state-owned tidelands in Quilcene Bay north of a line drawn from the Quilcene Boat Haven to Fisherman's Point are closed except those state-owned tidelands on the west side of the bay ((defined by boundary markers and a sign at the beach)) north of the Quilcene Boat Haven are open April 1 through December 31((, daily from official sunrise to official sunset, only)).

     (r) Scenic Beach State Park: Open April 16 through September 30.

     (s) Triton Cove ((Oyster Farm)) Tidelands: Open May 1 through September 30.

     (t) Triton Cove State Park: Open April 1 through June 30.

     (u) Willapa Bay: State-owned tidelands east of the department Willapa Bay Field Station and the Nahcotta Tidelands Interpretive Site are open only between boundary markers and posted signs.

     (v) Wolfe Property State Park: Open January 1 through May 15.

     (2) It is unlawful to pick or take oysters for personal use from waters measuring more than two feet in depth at the time of removal.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), § 220-56-380, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02; 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 220-56-380, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-16-091 (Order 00-134), § 220-56-380, filed 7/31/00, effective 8/31/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 220-56-380, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00; 99-08-029 (Order 99-13), § 220-56-380, filed 3/30/99, effective 5/1/99; 98-06-031, § 220-56-380, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 97-07-078 (Order 97-53), § 220-56-380, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 96-11-078 (Order 96-44), § 220-56-380, filed 5/13/96, effective 6/13/96; 95-12-027 (Order 95-46), § 220-56-380, filed 5/31/95, effective 7/1/95; 94-14-069, § 220-56-380, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-56-380, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93; 92-11-012 (Order 92-19), § 220-56-380, filed 5/12/92, effective 6/12/92; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-380, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 90-06-026, § 220-56-380, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-380, filed 3/16/89; 88-10-012 and 88-10-013 (Orders 88-14 and 88-15), § 220-56-380, filed 4/26/88; 87-09-066 (Order 87-16), § 220-56-380, filed 4/21/87; 86-09-020 (Order 86-08), § 220-56-380, filed 4/9/86; 84-09-026 (Order 84-22), § 220-56-380, filed 4/11/84; 82-13-040 (Order 82-61), § 220-56-380, filed 6/9/82; 82-07-047 (Order 82-19), § 220-56-380, filed 3/18/82; 81-05-027 (Order 81-13), § 220-56-380, filed 2/17/81, effective 4/1/81; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-380, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-56-086.]

OTS-5979.1


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 01-24, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01)

WAC 220-56-320   Shellfish gear -- Unlawful acts.   (1) It is unlawful for the owner or operator of any personal use shellfish gear to leave such gear unattended in the waters of the state unless said gear is marked with a buoy to which shall be affixed in a permanent visible and legible manner the first and last name and permanent mailing address of the operator. It is unlawful for more than one person's name and address to appear on the same marker buoy. Unattended shellfish gear must have the line attaching the buoy to the pot weighted sufficiently to prevent the line from floating on the water's surface. The following additional requirements apply to buoys attached to unattended shellfish pots:

     (a) All buoys must consist of durable material and remain visible on the surface at all times except during extreme tidal conditions. It is unlawful to use bleach, antifreeze or detergent bottles, paint cans or any other container.

     (b) All buoys attached to shrimp gear must be yellow or fluorescent yellow in color. Flags and staff, if attached, may be any color.

     (c) All buoys attached to crab gear must be half red or half fluorescent red in color and half white in color. Flags and staff, if attached, may be any color.

     (2) The maximum perimeter of any shrimp pot shall not exceed 10 feet, and the pot shall not exceed 1-1/2 feet in height.

     (3) It is unlawful to fish for or possess crab taken with shellfish pot gear that are equipped with tunnel triggers or other devices which prevent free exit of crabs under the legal limit unless such gear is equipped with not less than two escape rings located in the upper half of the pot which are not less than 4-1/4 inches inside diameter in all waters except the Columbia River. In the Columbia River east of the Buoy 10 line the escape ring minimum size is 4 inches inside diameter. The minimum mesh size for crab pots is 1-1/2 inches.

     (4) It is unlawful to take, fish for or possess shrimp taken for personal use with shellfish pot gear in the waters of Hood Canal southerly of the site of the Hood Canal Floating Bridge unless such gear meets the following requirements:

     (a) The entire top, bottom, and sides of the shellfish pots must be constructed of mesh material and except for the entrance tunnels have the minimum mesh opening size defined below.

     (b) The minimum mesh opening size for Hood Canal shrimp pots is defined as a mesh that a 7/8-inch square peg will pass through each mesh without changing the shape of the mesh opening.

     (c) All entrance tunnels must open into the pot from the side.

     (d) The sum of the maximum widths of all entrance tunnels must not exceed 1/2 the perimeter of the bottom of the pot.

     (5) It is unlawful to fish for or possess shellfish taken for personal use with shellfish pot gear unless the gear allows for escapement using at least one of the following methods:

     (a) Attachment of pot lid hooks or tiedown straps with a single strand or loop of untreated, 100 percent cotton twine no larger than thread size 120 so that the pot lid will open freely if the twine or fiber is broken.

     (b) An opening in the pot mesh no less than three inches by five inches which is laced or sewn closed with untreated, 100 percent cotton twine no larger than thread size 120. The opening must be located within the top half of the pot and be unimpeded by the entry tunnels, bait boxes, or any other structures or materials.

     (c) Attachment of pot lid or one pot side serving as a pot lid with no more than three single loops of untreated 100 percent cotton or other natural fiber twine no larger than thread size 120 so that the pot lid or side will open freely if the twine or fiber is broken.

     (6) Shellfish pots must be set in a manner that they are covered by water at all times.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 220-56-320, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 77.12.040. 99-08-029 (Order 99-13), § 220-56-320, filed 3/30/99, effective 5/1/99; 98-06-031, § 220-56-320, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 97-07-078 (Order 97-53), § 220-56-320, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 94-14-069, § 220-56-320, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-56-320, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93; 92-11-012 (Order 92-19), § 220-56-320, filed 5/12/92, effective 6/12/92; 90-06-026, § 220-56-320, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-320, filed 3/16/89; 88-12-025 (Order 88-28), § 220-56-320, filed 5/25/88, effective 8/22/88; 87-09-066 (Order 87-16), § 220-56-320, filed 4/21/87; 85-09-017 (Order 85-20), § 220-56-320, filed 4/9/85; 84-09-026 (Order 84-22), § 220-56-320, filed 4/11/84; 82-07-047 (Order 82-19), § 220-56-320, filed 3/18/82; 81-05-027 (Order 81-13), § 220-56-320, filed 2/17/81, effective 4/1/81; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-320, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-56-088.]

OTS-5981.1


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 02-53, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02)

WAC 232-12-619   Permanent Washington statewide game fish rules.   The following statewide rules apply to all waters unless modified under regional regulation exceptions.

     (1) Fishing seasons open at 12:01 a.m. on the first day and close at 11:59 p.m. on the last day and fishing is allowed 24 hours per day.

     (2) It is unlawful to:

     (a) Use a gaff hook to land game fish.

     (b) Take bullfrogs except by angling, hand dip netting, spearing (gigging) or with bow and arrow.

     (c) Feed or use any substance to attract game fish unless specifically authorized by special regulations.

     (d) Fish for game fish with a bow and arrow or spear.

     (e) Possess fish which are under the minimum size or over the maximum size as shown in general or exceptions to state-wide rules.

     (3) Seasonal steelhead limit: Each angler who possesses a valid steelhead catch record card may not retain more than thirty steelhead April 1st through the following March 31st of which no more than five may be wild steelhead from waters in which wild steelhead retention is allowed.

     (4) Military personnel, regardless of the length of time in the state of Washington, who are permanently stationed at a military installation within the state, are entitled to purchase a resident license. Military personnel must have a license to fish for game fish anywhere in the state. Dependents must establish a ninety-day residency.

     (5) Wild cutthroat release: In waters requiring a wild cutthroat release, it is unlawful to possess any cutthroat that does not have a missing adipose fin and a healed scar in the location of the missing fin.

     (6) Wild steelhead release: In waters requiring wild steelhead release, it is unlawful to possess any steelhead trout that does not have a missing adipose or ventral fin and a healed scar at the location of the missing fin.

     (7) Free fishing weekend: The Saturday and Sunday following the first Monday in June is declared as free fishing weekend in Washington. On this weekend a fishing license is not required for any person, regardless of residency or age, to fish for or possess game fish and a fish and wildlife lands vehicle use permit is not required to utilize department parking facilities, except that it is unlawful to fish for or possess steelhead trout without the required catch record card. During free fishing weekend only the licensing requirement is affected, and all other rules remain in effect.

     (8) Trout taken with bait: When fishing with bait, all trout equal to or greater than the minimum size are counted as part of the daily limit, whether kept or released, except steelhead trout may be caught and released while using bait until the daily limit is retained.

     (9) Fish taken with artificial flies and lures: Where use of bait is prohibited, or where artificial flies or lures are used voluntarily, fish may be released until the daily limit is retained. If any fish has swallowed the hook or is hooked in the gill, eye or tongue, it should be kept if legal to do so.

     (10) Burbot taken with set line: Where use of a set line is allowed for burbot, a single set line identified with the fisher's name and address and a maximum of five hooks may be used.

     (11) Rainbow trout taken from landlocked lakes: Rainbow trout taken from landlocked lakes shall not be considered steelhead and no catch record card is required.

     (12) OPEN SEASONS:


LAKES, PONDS,

AND RESERVOIRS:

YEAR AROUND, unless specified otherwise under exceptions to statewide rules.
RIVERS, STREAMS

AND BEAVER PONDS:

JUNE 1 THROUGH ((OCTOBER 31)) NOVEMBER 30, unless specified otherwise under exceptions to statewide rules.
((Note: The date set for "traditional" April openers for Lakes, Ponds, and Reservoirs for this year and future years is the last Saturday in April.))

     (13) Daily limits and minimum sizes:


GAME FISH

SPECIES

DAILY LIMIT MINIMUM SIZE

LIMIT

BASS Five - release bass greater than twelve but less than seventeen inches in length, only one over seventeen inches may be retained


Bass may be caught, retained, and released alive from a livewell until a daily limit is in possession.

None
GRASS CARP.... It is unlawful to fish for or retain grass carp.
TROUT

(except Eastern Brook trout)

A total of five trout, of which no more than two may be from Rivers, Streams, and Beaver Ponds.
None in Lakes, Ponds, and Reservoirs.
No more than two of the trout daily catch limit of 5 may be Steelhead.
Eight inches in Rivers, Streams, and Beaver Ponds.
EASTERN BROOK TROUT

(Salvelinus

fontinalis)

Five - to be considered part of the trout daily catch limit.
None
BURBOT
Five
None
CHANNEL

CATFISH

Five. None.
     (a) The following game fish species are managed as trout:


     Eastern brook trout

     Brown trout

     Cutthroat trout

     Dolly Varden/Bull trout

     Golden trout

     Grayling

     Kokanee/Silver trout

     Lake trout

     Landlocked Atlantic salmon

     Rainbow trout/Steelhead

     Landlocked chinook and coho


     (b) Wild steelhead release is required year-round except as provided in exceptions to statewide rules.


     (c) All waters, statewide, are CLOSED YEAR AROUND to fishing for or retaining Dolly Varden/Bull Trout.


Where exceptions to the above closure for Dolly Varden/Bull Trout occur under individual listings in the exceptions to state-wide rules, Dolly Varden/Bull Trout count as part of the combined trout daily limit of five.


WALLEYE Five, not more than one over twenty-two inches Sixteen inches
Walleye may be caught, retained, and released alive from a livewell until a daily limit is in possession.
WHITEFISH Fifteen None
ALL OTHER

GAME FISH

No Limit None


BULLFROGS No Limit None
     (14) Daily wild steelhead limit: It is unlawful for any person to retain more than one wild steelhead per day from those waters in which wild steelhead retention is allowed.

     (15) Possession limit. Except as otherwise provided, the possession limit is two daily limits in fresh, frozen or processed form.

     (16) Marine waters rules: These rules apply to all marine waters contained within the boundaries of Washington state, within Puget Sound, Hood Canal, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the San Juan Islands, the Straight of Georgia, and the Pacific Ocean, including estuaries (river mouths) from salt water upstream to a line between the outermost headlands measured at the highest high tide (usually the debris line furthest inshore on surrounding beaches), unless otherwise described under area regulations (see individual areas, below):

     (a) Fishing hours: Twenty-four hours per day year around except those waters of Area 10 west of the Lake Washington Ship Canal to a north-south line 175 feet west of the Burlington-Northern Railroad Bridge are closed waters.

     (b) License requirements: A valid current Washington state department of fish and wildlife saltwater license, and, if appropriate, a sport catch record card, is required to fish for game fish including steelhead in marine waters. All steelhead taken from marine areas shall be entered on the catch record card using the words Marine Area and followed by the appropriate marine area code number.

     (c) Gear restrictions: Angling gear only, and in those waters of Area 10 downstream of the First Avenue South Bridge to an east-west line through southwest Hanford Street on Harbor Island and parallel to southwest Spokane Street where it crosses Harbor Island, nonbuoyant lure restriction July 1 through November 30. In all areas, underwater spearfishing, spearing, gaffing, clubbing, netting, or trapping game fish is unlawful.

     (d) All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), § 232-12-619, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-16-091 (Order 00-134), § 232-12-619, filed 7/31/00, effective 8/31/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 232-12-619, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00; 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 232-12-619, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99; 99-08-029 (Order 99-13), § 232-12-619, filed 3/30/99, effective 5/1/99. Statutory Authority: 1998 c 191 and RCW 75.08.080. 99-03-029 (Order 99-02), § 232-12-619, filed 1/13/99, effective 2/13/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040 and 75.08.080. 98-06-031, § 232-12-619, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 75.12.040. 97-18-035, § 232-12-619, filed 8/27/97, effective 9/27/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 97-07-076 (Order 97-50), § 232-12-619, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 96-11-079 (Order 96-45), § 232-12-619, filed 5/13/96, effective 6/13/96; 95-17-063 (Order 95-103), § 232-12-619, filed 8/15/95, effective 9/15/95; 95-05-008 (Order 95-11), § 232-12-619, filed 2/1/95, effective 5/1/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.055 and 77.12.040. 93-21-070 (Order 617), § 232-12-619, filed 10/20/93, effective 4/16/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 93-10-054 (Order 600), § 232-12-619, filed 4/30/93, effective 5/31/93. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.055 and 77.12.040. 92-01-084 (Order 524), § 232-12-619, filed 12/16/91, effective 4/16/92.]

OTS-6010.2


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 02-249, filed 9/30/02, effective 10/31/02)

WAC 232-28-619   Washington food fish and game fish -- Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules.   (1) All freshwater streams and lakes not listed as open for salmon fishing are closed.

     (2) County freshwater exceptions to statewide rules:

     (a) Adams and Grant counties: All seasons in specific freshwater exceptions to statewide rules apply to inlet and outlet streams of named lakes in Grant and Adams counties.

     (b) Adams, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, and Okanogan counties, except Zosel Dam (Okanogan River): Lawful to fish to base of all dams.

     (c) Benton County: Rivers, streams and beaver ponds open year around.

     (d) Ferry and Lincoln counties: Except those tributaries listed under specific water exceptions to statewide rules, all tributaries to Lake Roosevelt between Grand Coulee Dam and the State Highway 25 Bridge at Northport except Barnaby and Nancy creeks: Trout: Daily limit 5, no minimum size.

     (e) Kitsap County and Mason County on Tahuya Peninsula west of Belfair-Bremerton Highway (S.R. 3): Beaver ponds: Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Trout: No minimum length.

     (3) Specific freshwater exceptions to statewide rules:


Aberdeen Lake (Grays Harbor County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Abernathy Creek (Cowlitz County):

     From mouth to a point five hundred feet downstream from salmon hatchery: June 1 through August 31 and November 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Release wild cutthroat. Release all steelhead June 1 through August 31.

     From Abernathy Falls to posted markers five hundred feet downstream from salmon hatchery: Closed waters.


Aeneas Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout: Daily limit one.


Ahtanum Creek, including North and Middle Forks (Yakima County): Selective gear rules. North Fork from Grey Rock Trailhead Bridge crossing to Shellneck Creek: Closed waters.


Alder Creek (Cowlitz County): Closed waters.


Aldrich Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Aldwell Lake (Clallam County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules except fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor permitted. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches.


Alexander Lake (Kitsap County): Closed waters.


Alkali Lake (Grant County): Crappie: Not more than five greater than eight inches in length. Bluegill: Not more than five greater than six inches in length.


Alta Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season.


Amber Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season. Selective gear rules, except electric motors allowed. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length fourteen inches; release rainbow trout missing adipose fin. Additional season October 1 through November 30 and March 1 through last Saturday in April. Selective gear rules except electric motors allowed. All species: Release all fish.


American Lake (Pierce County): Chumming permitted.


American River (Yakima County): Selective gear rules.


Anderson Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. From September 1 through ((October 31)) November 30, selective gear rules and all species: Release all fish.


Armstrong Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Asotin Creek, mainstem and forks (Asotin County): Closed to fishing for steelhead.

     From SR 129 Bridge upstream to the forks: Lawful to fish up to base of Headgate Dam.

     North Fork from mouth upstream to USFS boundary: Selective gear rules.

     North Fork from USFS boundary upstream and all other tributaries: Closed waters.


South Fork and tributaries: Closed waters.


B.C. Mill Pond (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Bachelor Creek (Yakima County): Year around season. Trout: Daily limit five, no minimum length.


Badger Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season.


Baker Lake (Whatcom County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season, except closed waters in an area two hundred feet in radius around the pump discharge at the south end of the lake. Chumming permitted. Trout: Minimum length six inches and maximum length eighteen inches.


Baker River (Skagit County): Mouth to Highway 20 Bridge: September 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches, except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of the trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches.

     Highway 20 Bridge to Baker River fish barrier dam: Closed waters June 1 through August 31.


Banks Lake (Grant County): Perch: Daily limit twenty-five.


Barnaby Slough (Skagit County): Closed waters.


Battle Ground Lake (Clark County): Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Trout: No more than 2 trout 20 inches or greater in length may be retained.


Bay Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Bayley Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through July 4 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout: Daily limit one, minimum length fourteen inches. Additional season, July 5 through ((October 31)) November 30. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. All species: Release all fish. Inlet stream: Closed waters.


Bear Creek (Yakima County), tributary to South Fork Tieton River: From the mouth to the falls (approximately 3/4 mile): Closed waters.


Bear Lake (Spokane County): Juveniles, holders of disability licenses, and licensed adults accompanied by a juvenile only.


Bear River (Pacific County): June 1 through March 31 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 16 through November 30. Single point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30 downstream from the Lime Quarry Road. Upstream from the Lime Quarry Road: Selective gear rules June 1 through March 31. All game fish: Release all fish. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult fish and of these two fish no more than one may be a wild adult coho. Release adult chinook.


Beaver Creek (tributary to Elochoman River) (Wahkiakum County): Closed waters.


Beaver Lake (Clallam County): Selective gear rules except electric motors allowed. Trout: Daily limit one.


Beaver Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.


Beda Lake (Grant County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one fish.


Beehive (Lake) Reservoir (Chelan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. July 5 through ((October 31)) November 30, selective gear rules, and all species: Release all fish.


Bennington Lake (Mill Creek Reservoir) (Walla Walla County): Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.


Benson Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Berry Creek (tributary to Nisqually River) (Lewis County): Selective gear rules.


Big Bear Creek (tributary of Sammamish River) (Snohomish/King counties): Closed waters.


Big Beaver Creek (Whatcom County):

     From closed water markers on Ross Lake upstream one-quarter mile: Closed waters.

     From one-quarter mile markers upstream, including tributary streams, and beaver ponds that are tributary to Big Beaver Creek: July 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.


Big Beef Creek (Kitsap County): June 1 through August 31 season. Trout: Release all cutthroat trout.


Big Four Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout: Daily limit two.


Big Lake (Skagit County): Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Big Meadow Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Big Quilcene River (Jefferson County):

     From mouth to upper boundary of Falls View Campground June 1 through last day in February season except closed August 16 through October 31 from mouth to Rodgers Street: August 16 through December 31 - closed to fishing from one hour after official sunset to one hour before official sunrise in those waters upstream from Rodgers Street to the Highway 101 Bridge. Selective gear rules. All game fish: Release all fish. Salmon: Open only August 16 through October 31 from Rodgers Street to the Highway 101 Bridge. Daily limit 4 coho salmon.

     From Highway 101 Bridge upstream to the electric weir at the Quilcene National Fish Hatchery: Closed waters.


Big River (Clallam County): June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Wild steelhead may be retained December 1 through last day in February.


Big Twin Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules except electric motors permitted. Trout: Daily limit one.


Bird Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.


Black Lake (Lower Wheeler Reservoir) (Chelan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. July 5 through ((October 31)) November 30, selective gear rules, and all species: Release all fish.


Black Lake (Okanogan County): Selective gear rules.


Black Lake (Pacific County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Black Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Black River (Thurston County), from mouth to Black Lake and including all tributaries west of Interstate Highway 5, including Waddell Creek, Mima Creek, Dempsey Creek, Beaver Creek, Salmon Creek and Blooms Ditch: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Blockhouse Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.


Bloodgood Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.


Blue Creek (Lewis County), from mouth to Spencer Road: Closed waters except December 1 through December 31 season from mouth to posted sign at rearing pond outlet. Closed waters: Upstream from cable crossing to posted signs at fence. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure. Only wheelchair-bound anglers may fish from posted signs above rearing pond to posted signs approximately 40 feet downstream at fence including the rearing pond outlet. Trout: Daily limit five. Minimum size 12 inches no more than two fish over 20 inches. Release wild cutthroat, wild steelhead and hatchery steelhead with missing right ventral fin.


Blue Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.


Blue Lake (Cowlitz County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.


Blue Lake (Grant County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season.


Blue Lake (near Sinlahekin) (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules, except electric motors allowed. Trout: Daily limit one.


Blue Lake (near Wannacut Lake) (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules, except electric motors allowed. Trout: Daily limit one.


Bobcat Creek and Ponds (Adams County): April 1 through September 30 season.


Bogachiel River (Clallam County), from mouth to Olympic National Park boundary: June 1 through April 30 season. December 1 through April 30, selective gear rules from Highway 101 to Olympic National Park boundary. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. December 1 through April 30, mouth to Highway 101, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only July 1 through November 30 from mouth to Highway 101 Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. July 1 through August 31 release wild adult coho and wild adult chinook.


Bonaparte Lake (Okanogan County): Trout: No more than one over twenty inches in length may be retained.


Bosworth Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Boundary Creek (Clallam County): Closed waters.


Bowman Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.


Box Canyon Creek (Kittitas County), from mouth to waterfall approximately 2 miles upstream: Closed waters. From waterfall approximately 2 miles upstream of mouth to USFS Road #4930 Bridge: Selective gear rules.


Boxley Creek (North Bend) (King County), from its mouth to the falls located at approximately river mile 0.9: Closed waters.


Boyle Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. The inlet and outlet streams to Boyle Lake are closed waters.


Bradley Lake (Pierce County): Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Bridges Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. The inlet and outlet streams to Bridges Lake are closed waters.


Brookies Lake (Grant County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one fish.


Browns Creek (Pend Oreille County): Fly fishing only.


Browns Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout: No more than one fish greater than 11 inches in length may be retained.


Buck Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Buckskin Creek and tributaries (Yakima County), from mouth to the west boundary of Suntides Golf Course: Closed waters.


Bumping Lake (Reservoir) (Yakima County): Chumming permitted. Trout: Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit sixteen.


Bumping River (Yakima County):

     From mouth to Bumping Reservoir: Lawful to fish to base of Bumping Dam. Selective gear rules June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30. Whitefish: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.


Burbank Slough (Walla Walla County): Fishing from any floating device prohibited.


Burke Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.


Burley Creek (Kitsap County): June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Butter Creek (Lewis County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length ten inches.


Buttermilk Creek, mouth to confluence of East and West Forks (Okanogan County): Closed waters.


Cady Lake (Mason County): Fly fishing only. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. All species: Release all fish.


Cain Lake (Whatcom County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Calawah River (Clallam County), from mouth to forks: June 1 through April 30 season. December 1 through April 30, selective gear rules from Highway 101 to forks. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. December 1 through April 30, mouth to Highway 101, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only July 1 through November 30 from mouth to Highway 101 Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. July 1 through August 31 release wild adult coho and wild adult chinook.


Calawah River, South Fork (Clallam County) from mouth to Olympic National Park boundary: June 1 through last day in February season. December 1 through last day in February, selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Caldwell Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches.


Caliche Lakes, Lower, Upper and West (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.


Calispell Creek (Calispell River) (Pend Oreille County):

     From mouth to Calispell Lake: Year around season.

     From Calispell Lake upstream to source: Selective gear rules.


Calligan Lake (King County): June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. All tributary streams, and the upper third of the outlet are closed waters.


Campbell Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.


Campbell Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through August 31: Selective gear rules and all species: Release all fish.


Canyon Creek (Clark County): Trout: Daily limit five.


Canyon River (Mason County and Grays Harbor County): Closed waters.


Canyon Creek (S.F. Stillaguamish River) (Snohomish County), mouth to forks: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Capitol Lake (Thurston County), from its outlet to a point four hundred feet below the lowest Tumwater Falls (Deschutes River) fish ladder: Closed waters: Percival Cove, west of a set of markers on the western shoreline of the south basin of Capitol Lake. June 1 through March 31 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: June 1 through July 31 daily limit five, minimum length eight inches. August 1 through March 31 daily limit two, minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only July through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release coho.


Carbon River (Pierce County), from its mouth to Voight Creek: June 1 through March 31 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Voight Creek to Highway 162 Bridge: June 1 through August 15 and December 1 through March 31 season: Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30 mouth to Voight Creek. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 4 may be adult salmon and of these 4 fish no more than 2 may be chinook. Release pink and chum salmon.


Carlisle Lake (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April through last day in February season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Bass: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Carl's Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Carney Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through June 30 and September 1 through November 30 seasons. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Carson Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Cascade Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.


Cascade Lake (San Juan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Cascade River (Skagit County):

     From the mouth to the Rockport-Cascade Road Bridge: October 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout, minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of the trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open only September 16 through November 30. Daily limit 4 hatchery coho salmon.

     From the Rockport-Cascade Road Bridge upstream: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout, minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of the trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches.


Cases Pond (Pacific County): Last Saturday in April through November 30 season. Juveniles only. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


((Cashmere Pond (Chelan County): Juveniles only.))


Castle Lake (Cowlitz County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one, minimum length sixteen inches.


Cattail Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30 season.


Cavanaugh Lake (Skagit County): Chumming permitted.


Cedar Creek (tributary of N.F. Lewis) (Clark County), from mouth to Grist Mill Bridge: From the Grist Mill Bridge to 100 feet upstream of the falls: Closed waters. June 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release wild cutthroat.


Cedar Creek (Jefferson County): June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. December 1 through last day in February wild steelhead may be retained.


Cedar Creek (Okanogan County), from mouth to Cedar Falls: Closed waters.


Cedar Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Cedar River (King County), from mouth to Cedar Falls: Closed waters.


Chain Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Release Kokanee.


Chambers Creek Estuary (downstream from markers 400 feet below the Boise-Cascade Dam to the Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge) (Pierce County): July 1 through November 15 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only July 1 through November 15. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild coho.


Chambers Lake (within Ft. Lewis Military Reservation) (Pierce County): Selective gear rules, except electric motors allowed. Trout: Release all trout.


Chaplain Lake (Snohomish County): Closed waters.


Chapman Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Chumming permitted. Trout: Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit ten.


Chehalis River (Grays Harbor County), from Highway 101 Bridge in Aberdeen to high bridge on Weyerhaeuser 1000 line (approximately 400 yards downstream from Roger Creek): June 1 through April 15 season. Single point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only April 16 through July 31 from mouth to high bridge, September 16 through January 31 from mouth to Porter Bridge, and October 16 through last day in February from Porter Bridge to high bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. September 16 through November 30, mouth to Porter Bridge, the daily limit may contain no more than one adult chinook. October 16 through November 30, Porter Bridge to High Bridge, release adult chinook. December 1 through January 31, mouth to Porter Bridge, the daily limit may contain no more than one wild adult coho, and release adult chinook. December 1 through last day in February, Porter Bridge to High Bridge, release adult chinook and wild adult coho. Sturgeon: Open year-round from mouth to high bridge on Weyerhaeuser 1000 line.


Chehalis River, South Fork (Lewis County), from mouth to Highway Bridge at Boistfort School: June 1 through April 15 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Chehalis River Potholes (adjacent to the Chehalis River south of Highway 12 in Grays Harbor County, this does not include sloughs or beaver ponds): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Chelan Hatchery Creek (Chelan County): Closed waters.


Chelan Lake (Chelan County): Closed waters: Within 400 feet of all tributaries south of a line from Purple Point at Stehekin and Painted Rocks. Trout except kokanee and lake trout: Daily limit 5. Release wild cutthroat. Lake trout not counted in daily trout limit. Lake trout no minimum size, no daily limit. Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit five, no minimum length. Burbot: Set line gear allowed. North of a line between Purple Point at Stehekin and Painted Rocks: April 1 through July 31: All species: Release all fish. Salmon: Open only May 1 through May 31 south of a line from Purple Point to Painted Rocks: Daily limit 1, minimum length 15 inches.


Chelan Lake Tributaries (Chelan County), from mouths upstream one mile except Stehekin River: August 1 through September 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release wild cutthroat.


Chelan River (Chelan County): Closed waters.


Chewuch River (Chewack River) (Okanogan County), from mouth to Eight Mile Creek: June 1 through September 30 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.

     Upstream from Eight Mile Creek to Pasayten Wilderness boundary: Closed waters June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30.

     From mouth to Pasayten Wilderness boundary: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.


Chimacum Creek (Jefferson County):

     From mouth to Ness's Corner Road: June 1 through August 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

     From Ness's Corner Road to headwaters: Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Chiwaukum Creek (Chelan County): Mouth to Fool Hen Creek: Closed waters.


Chiwawa River (Chelan County): Mouth to Buck Creek: Closed waters.


Chopaka Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout: Daily limit one.


Cispus River (Lewis County), from mouth to North Fork: Trout: Release all cutthroat. Additional season ((November)) December 1 through May 31, release all game fish other than steelhead. Salmon: Open year around. Daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 fish may be adult salmon. Salmon minimum size 8 inches. Release wild coho at all times and release wild chinook January 1 through July 31.


Cispus River, North Fork (Lewis County): Trout: No more than one over twelve inches in length. Release cutthroat.


Clallam River (Clallam County): June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Clara Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Clear Lake (Chelan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. From July 5 through ((October 31)) November 30, selective gear rules and all species: Release all fish.


Clear Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Chumming permitted. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Clear Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Clear Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Clearwater River (Jefferson County):

     From mouth to Snahapish River: June 1 through April 15 season. Single point barbless hooks required September 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. December 1 through April 15, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon.

     From Snahapish River upstream: Trout, minimum length fourteen inches.


Cle Elum Lake (Reservoir) (Kittitas County): Trout except kokanee: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches. Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit sixteen, no minimum size. Burbot: Set line gear allowed.


Cle Elum River (Kittitas County), from mouth to Cle Elum Dam: Lawful to fish to base of Cle Elum Dam. Selective gear rules. Above Cle Elum Lake to outlet of Hyas Lake, except Tucquala Lake: Selective gear rules. Additional December 1 through March 31 season mouth to Cle Elum Dam. Whitefish gear rules apply.


Cliff Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.


Cloquallum Creek (Grays Harbor County):

     From mouth to second bridge on Cloquallum Road: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

     From mouth to Highway 8 Bridge: Additional March 1 through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Clough Creek (North Bend) (King County): Closed waters.


Clover Creek (Pierce County), within the boundaries of McChord Air Force Base: Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches.


Coal Creek (Cowlitz County), from mouth to four hundred feet below falls: June 1 through August 31 and November 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Release wild cutthroat.


Coal Creek (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County): Closed waters.


Coal Creek (near Snoqualmie) (King County), from mouth to Highway I-90: Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Juveniles only. Trout: No minimum length.


Coffee Pot Lake (Lincoln County): March 1 through September 15 season. Selective gear rules except motors allowed. Trout: Daily limit two. Bass: Daily limit two, maximum length fourteen inches. Crappie: Daily limit ten.


Coldwater Lake (Cowlitz County): Selective gear rules except use of electric motors allowed. Trout: Daily limit one, minimum length sixteen inches.


Coldwater Lake inlet and outlet streams (Cowlitz County): Closed waters.


Columbia Basin Hatchery Creek (Grant County): Hatchery outflow to confluence with mainstem Hatchery Creek: Juveniles and holders of disability licenses only. Mainstem Hatchery Creek: Juveniles and licensed adults accompanied by a juvenile only.


Columbia Park Pond (Benton County): Juveniles and holders of disability licenses only. All species: Daily limit of five fish combined.


Columbia River, including impoundments and all connecting sloughs, except Wells Ponds: Year-round season unless otherwise provided. General species provisions (unless otherwise provided for in this section): Bass: Below Priest Rapids Dam: Daily limit five fish, not more than three of which may be over 15 inches. Trout: Daily limit two fish, minimum length 12 inches, except release all Dolly Varden/Bull Trout. Walleye: Daily limit five fish of which not more than one may be over 24 inches, minimum length 18 inches. Whitefish: Daily limit 15 fish. All other gamefish: No daily limit, except release all grass carp.

     In the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon, the license of either state is valid. Anglers must comply with the fishing regulations of the state in which they are fishing. This provision does not allow an angler licensed in Oregon to fish on the Washington shore, or in the sloughs or tributaries in Washington.

     Anglers fishing the Columbia River are restricted to one daily limit, as defined by the laws of the state in which they are fishing, even if they are licensed by both states.

     From a true north-south line through Buoy 10 to a line between Rocky Point in Washington to Tongue Point in Oregon: Trout: Release wild cutthroat. Release all trout April 1 through July 31. Walleye: No minimum size. Daily limit ten, of which no more than five may be greater than eighteen inches in length and one greater than twenty-four inches in length. Fishing from the north jetty is allowed during salmon season openings. Salmon: Open only August 1 through March 31. August 1 through September 30, daily limit 2 salmon. Release chum, sockeye, wild coho, chinook less than 24 inches in length, and coho less than 16 inches in length. October 1 through December 31 daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum, sockeye, and wild coho. January 1 through March 31 daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum, sockeye, and wild coho and wild chinook. Fishing from the north jetty for salmon open during both Area 1 and Buoy 10 fishery openings.

     From the Rocky Point - Tongue Point line to the I-5 Bridge: Trout: Release wild cutthroat. Release all trout April 1 through May 15. Walleye: No minimum size. Daily limit ten, of which no more than five may be greater than eighteen inches in length and one greater than twenty-four inches in length. Salmon: Open only May 16 through March 31. May 16 through July 31 daily limit 6 fish, except release all salmon except jack chinook. August 1 through March 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum, sockeye, and wild coho. Release wild chinook January 1 through March 31.

     From the I-5 Bridge to the Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco: Closed waters: (1) From the upstream line of Bonneville Dam to boundary markers located six hundred feet below the fish ladder. (2) Waters from the upstream side of the Interstate Bridge at The Dalles to upper line of The Dalles Dam except that bank fishing is permitted up to the downstream navigation lock wall on the Washington shore. (3) From John Day Dam downstream about three thousand feet except that bank fishing is permitted up to four hundred feet below the fishway entrance on the Washington shore. (4) From McNary Dam downstream to a line across the river from the red and white marker on the Oregon shore on a line that intersects the downstream end of the wing wall of the boat lock near the Washington shore. September 1 through October 15: Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure from Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam. Trout: Release wild cutthroat from I-5 Bridge to Bonneville Dam and release all cutthroat in the waters of Drano Lake. Release all trout April 1 through June 15. Walleye: No minimum size. Daily limit ten, of which no more than five may be greater than eighteen inches in length and one greater than twenty-four inches in length. Sturgeon: (1) Sturgeon fishing is closed from Bonneville Dam to a line from a boundary marker on the Washington shore approximately 4,000 feet below the fish ladder to the downstream end of Cascade Island to an Oregon angling boundary on Bradford Island. (2) It is unlawful to fish for sturgeon except with hand-casted lines from shore from Bonneville Dam to a line from the Hamilton Island boat ramp to an Oregon boundary marker on Robins Island. (3) It is unlawful to fish for sturgeon or possess sturgeon taken from a floating device May 1 through July 15 downstream from the Bonneville Dam boating deadline to a line between markers on the shore at Beacon Rock. (4) Release sturgeon September 1 through December 31 from the upstream line of Bonneville Dam and 400 feet below McNary Dam. Salmon: Open only June 16 through December 31 except closed November 1 through December 31 from Beacon Rock to Bonneville Dam. June 16 through July 31, daily limit 6 fish, except release all salmon except jack chinook. August 1 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum and sockeye. Release wild coho downstream of Bonneville Dam.

     From the Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco to the old Hanford townsite (wooden towers) powerline crossing, in Sec. 30, T13N, R28E except Ringold Hatchery waters: Closed waters: Ringold Springs Creek (Hatchery Creek). Trout: Release all trout except hatchery steelhead having both adipose and ventral fin clips may be retained October 1 through March 31. Release hatchery steelhead having only adipose fin clips. Salmon: Open only August 16 through December 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Ringold ((Hatchery)) Springs Rearing Facility waters (from WDFW markers 1/4 mile downstream from the Ringold wasteway outlet to WDFW markers 1/2 mile upstream from Spring Creek): Open only ((May)) April 1 through ((June)) April 15 to fishing from the bank on the hatchery side of the river. Trout: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead((. Salmon and trout: Daily limit 2 fish combined)) having both adipose and ventral fin clips. Release hatchery steelhead having only adipose fin clips.

     From the old Hanford townsite (wooden towers) powerline crossing in Sec. 30, T13N, R28E, to Vernita Bridge, (Highway 24): All species: February 1 through October 22 season. Trout: Release all trout. Salmon: Open only August 16 through October 22. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 fish may be adult salmon.

     From Vernita Bridge (Highway 24) to Priest Rapids Dam: Closed waters: (1) Priest Rapids Dam - waters between the upstream line of Priest Rapids Dam downstream to the boundary markers six hundred fifty feet below the fish ladders. (2) Jackson (Moran Creek or Priest Rapids Hatchery outlet) Creek - all waters of the Priest Rapids Hatchery system to the outlet on the Columbia River, extending to midstream Columbia between boundary markers located one hundred feet upstream and four hundred feet downstream of the mouth. Trout: Release all trout. Salmon: Open only August 16 through October 22. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon.

     From Priest Rapids Dam to Chief Joseph Dam, including up to base of Washburn Pond outlet structure: Closed waters: (1) Wanapum Dam - waters between the upstream line of Wanapum Dam to the boundary markers seven hundred fifty feet downstream of the east fish ladder and five hundred feet downstream of the west fish ladder. (2) Rock Island Dam to boundary markers four hundred feet downstream of the fish ladders. (3) Rocky Reach Dam - waters between the upstream line of Rocky Reach Dam to boundary markers four hundred feet downstream of the fish ladders. (4) Wells Dam - waters between the upstream line of Wells Dam to boundary markers four hundred feet downstream of the spawning channel discharge (Chelan County) and fish ladder (Douglas County). (5) Chief Joseph Dam - closed to fishing from the Okanogan County shore between the dam and the Highway 17 Bridge. Closed to fishing from a floating device from the boundary marker to the Corps of Engineers safety zone marker. Trout: Release all trout. Sturgeon: Release all sturgeon.

     Above Chief Joseph Dam: See Lake Roosevelt and Rufus Woods Lake.


Colville River (Stevens County):

     From mouth to bridge at Town of Valley: Year-round season. Trout: Daily limit five fish, not more than two of which may be brown trout October 1 through November 30. Walleye: No minimum size. Daily limit five fish not more than one of which may be longer than 18 inches. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon.

     From bridge at Valley upstream and tributaries: Selective gear rules.


Conconully Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Conconully Reservoir (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Conger Pond (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Connelly Creek and tributaries (Lewis County), from four hundred feet below the city of Morton Dam to its source: Closed waters.


Conner Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Cooper River (Kittitas County): Mouth to Cooper Lake: Selective gear rules.


Coot Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30 season.


Copalis River (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through January 31 from mouth to Carlisle Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release adult chinook.


Cottage Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Cottonwood Creek (Lincoln County): Year-round season.


Cougar Creek (tributary to Yale Reservoir) (Cowlitz County): June 1 through August 31 season.


Cougar Lake (near Winthrop) (Okanogan County): September 1 through March 31 season.


Coulter Creek (Kitsap/Mason counties): Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


County Line Ponds (Skagit County): Closed waters.


Coweeman River (Cowlitz County), from mouth to Mulholland Creek: June 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release wild cutthroat.


Cowiche Creek (Yakima County): Selective gear rules.


Cowlitz Falls Reservoir (Lake Scanewa) (Lewis County): June 1 through last day in February season. The upstream boundary of the reservoir in the Cowlitz arm is the posted PUD sign on Peters Road. The upstream boundary of the reservoir in the Cispus arm is the posted markers at the Lewis County PUD kayak launch, approximately 1.5 miles upstream from the confluence of the Cowlitz and Cispus arms. Trout and salmon: ((Daily limit five,)) Minimum length eight inches. Trout: Release cutthroat. Salmon: ((Landlocked salmon rules apply except October 1 through December 31)) Daily limit 6 fish, of which not more than ((4)) 2 may be adult salmon ((and of which not more than five may be trout)). Release wild coho. Release wild chinook June 1 through July 31.


Cowlitz River (Lewis County):

     From mouth to Mayfield Dam: Year-round season. Lawful to fish up to four hundred feet or the posted deadline at barrier dam. From the barrier dam downstream to a line from the mouth of Mill Creek to a boundary marker on the opposite shore, it is unlawful to fish from any floating device. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure April 1 through October 31 from mouth of Mill Creek to the barrier dam. All game fish: Release all fish except steelhead April 1 through May 31. Trout: Daily limit five, minimum length twelve inches, no more than two over twenty inches. Release wild cutthroat. Below Barrier Dam release all steelhead missing right ventral fin. Salmon: Open year-round. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon, except May 1 through July 31 the daily limit may contain no more than one adult salmon. Release chum and wild coho August 1 through April 30. Release wild chinook January 1 through July 31. Mill Creek to Blue Creek - release all chinook October 1 through December 31.

     From ((Mayfield Dam)) posted PUD sign on Peters Road to mouth of Muddy Fork: Year-round season. Trout: Release cutthroat. Salmon: Open year-round from upstream boundary of Lake Scanewa. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Salmon minimum size 8 inches. Release wild coho. Release wild chinook January 1 through July 31.


Cowlitz River, Clear and Muddy Forks (Lewis County): Trout: ((Daily limit five, no more than one over twelve inches in length may be retained.)) Release cutthroat.


Coyote Creek and Ponds (Adams County): April 1 through September 30 season.


Crab Creek (Adams/Grant counties):

     From Highway 26 to Morgan Lake Road in Section 36: March 1 through September 30 season.

     From Morgan Lake Road in Section 36 to O'Sullivan Dam (including Marsh Unit I and II impoundments): Closed waters.


Crab Creek (Lincoln/Grant counties) and tributaries: Year-round season. ((Closed waters)) All species: Night closure and terminal gear limited to one single point hook measuring maximum three-quarter inch point to shank in mainstem and tributaries March 1 through May 31 from State Highway 17 to Grant County Road 7.


Crabapple Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Cranberry Creek (Mason County), mouth to Lake Limerick: Closed waters.


Crawfish Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.


Crescent Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Crescent Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Crocker Lake (Jefferson County): Closed waters.


Crystal Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.


Cup Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.


Curl Lake (Columbia County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.


Curley Creek (Kitsap County): June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Cushman Reservoir (Mason County): Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Dakota Creek (Whatcom County): Salmon: Open only October 1 through December 31 from mouth to Giles Road Bridge. Daily limit 2 salmon.


Damon Lake (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Davis Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Davis Lake (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April to last day in February season.


Davis Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through August 31: Selective gear rules except electric motors allowed, and all species: Release all fish.


Davis Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Dayton Pond (Columbia County): Juveniles only.


Deadman Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30 season.


De Coursey Pond (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through November 30 season. Juveniles only. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Deep Creek (Clallam County): December 1 through last day in February season. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.


Deep Creek (tributary to Bumping Lake) (Yakima County): Mouth to second bridge crossing on USFS Rd. 1808 (approximately 3.7 miles from junction of USFS Rds. 1800 and 1808): Closed waters.


Deep Lake (Grant County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season.


Deep Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Deep Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Deep River (Wahkiakum County): Year-round season. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Salmon: Open year-round only from mouth to town bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum and wild coho. Release wild chinook January 1 through July 31.


Deer Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.


Deer Creek and Little Deer Creek (tributaries to North Fork Stillaguamish) (Skagit County): Closed waters.


Deer Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.


Deer Lake (Island County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Deer (Deer Springs) Lake (Lincoln County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season.


Deer Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Deer Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Trout: No more than two over twenty inches in length may be retained.


De Roux Creek (Yakima County): Selective gear rules.


Deschutes River (Thurston County), from old U.S. Highway 99 Bridge near Tumwater to Henderson Boulevard Bridge near Pioneer Park, except waters from Old Highway 99 Bridge to four hundred feet below lowest Tumwater Falls fish ladder are closed waters: June 1 through March 31 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only July 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release coho.

     From Henderson Boulevard Bridge upstream: Year-round season. Selective gear rules. All game fish: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead. Salmon: Open only July 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release coho.


Devereaux Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Devil's Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Dewatto River (Mason County): Mouth to Bear Creek-Dewatto Road June 1 through last day in February season. Selective gear rules except September 16 through October 31 single point barbless hooks only from mouth to Dewatto-Holly Road Bridge. All game fish species: Release all fish. Salmon: Open only September 16 through October 31 mouth to Dewatto-Holly Road Bridge. Daily limit two coho. Release all salmon other than coho.

     Upstream from Bear Creek-Dewatto Road: Selective gear rules. Game fish: Release all fish.


Diamond Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Dickey River (includes all forks) (Clallam County): June 1 through April 30 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. December 1 through April 30, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only July 1 through November 30 from mouth to East Fork Dickey, including Olympic National Park. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. July 1 through August 31 release wild adult coho and wild adult chinook.


Dosewallips River (Jefferson County), from mouth to Olympic National Park boundary about three-quarters mile downstream of falls: June 1 through last day in February season except closed September 1 through October 31 from mouth to Mason County P.U.D. No. 1 overhead electrical distribution line. All game fish: Release all fish except that up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only November 1 through December 15 from mouth to Highway 101 Bridge. Daily limit 2 chum salmon.


Dot Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.


Downs Lake (Lincoln/Spokane counties): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season.


Dry Falls Lake (Grant County): ((Last Saturday in)) April 1 through November 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.


Duck Lake (Grays Harbor County): Crappie: Daily limit ten.


Duckabush River (Jefferson County), from mouth to the Olympic National Park Boundary: June 1 through last day in February season except closed September 1 through October 31 from mouth to Mason County P.U.D. No. 1 overhead electrical distribution line. All game fish: Release all fish except that up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only November 1 through December 15 from mouth to Mason County P.U.D. No. 1 overhead electrical distribution line. Daily limit 2 chum salmon.


Dungeness River (Clallam County):

     From mouth to junction of Gray Wolf and Dungeness rivers, October 16 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 16 through December 31 from mouth to the hatchery intake pipe at river mile 11.3. Daily limit 4 hatchery coho salmon.

     From junction of Gray Wolf River upstream to Gold Creek - Closed waters.

     From junction of Gold Creek upstream to headwaters: Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Dusty Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.


Early Winters Creek (Okanogan County): Closed waters.


East Twin River (Clallam County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Easton Lake (Kittitas County): Saturday before Memorial Day through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Trout: Daily limit five fish of which no more than 2 may be trout other than Eastern brook trout. Minimum length 8 inches.


Ebey Lake (Little Lake) (Snohomish County): Fly fishing only. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout: Daily limit one, minimum length eighteen inches.


Echo Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Eightmile Lake (Chelan County): Trout: Daily limit five, not more than two mackinaw may be retained.


Elbow Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Elk River (Grays Harbor County), from the Highway 105 Bridge upstream: June 1 through last day in February season. Single point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30 downstream of the confluence of the east and middle branches. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 1 through November 30 from Highway 105 Bridge to the confluence of the East and Middle Branches. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release adult chinook.


Ell Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.


Ellen Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Elochoman River (Wahkiakum County): Closed waters: Waters from 100 feet above the upper hatchery rack downstream to the Elochoman Hatchery Bridge located 400 feet below the upper hatchery rack; waters from a point 50 feet above to 100 feet below the outlet pipes from the most downstream Elochoman Hatchery rearing pond and extending 30 feet out from the south bank of the river; waters between the department of fish and wildlife temporary rack downstream to Foster (Risk) Road Bridge while rack is installed in the river; mainstem waters from the confluence of the west fork to source.

     From mouth to West Fork: June 1 through March 15 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure September 1 through October 31. Fishers may not allow their line, lure or bait to remain stationary in the water September 1 through October 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Release wild cutthroat. Salmon: Open only September 1 through December 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult chinook. Release chum and wild coho. October 1 through December 31 release chinook upstream of Highway 4 Bridge.


Elwha River (Clallam County): Closed waters: From south spillway on Aldwell Lake Dam downstream two hundred feet and from approximately fifty yards upstream to fifty yards downstream of Elwha Tribal Hatchery outfall as posted.

     From mouth to two hundred feet below the south spillway on the Aldwell Lake Dam: June 1 through last day in February season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. August 1 through September 30, fly fishing only from mouth to the marker at the outfall of the WDFW rearing channel. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 1 through November 15. Daily limit 6 coho salmon of which no more than 4 may be adult coho salmon.

     From Lake Aldwell upstream to four hundred feet below spillway at Lake Mills Dam, including all tributaries except Indian Creek: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.


Empire Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Enchantment Park Ponds (Chelan County): Juveniles only.


Entiat River (Chelan County), from mouth to Entiat Falls: December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.


Erie Lake (Skagit County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Failor Lake (Grays Harbor County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Fan Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.


Fazon Lake (Whatcom County): Fishing from any floating device prohibited from first Friday in October through January 15. Channel catfish: Daily and possession limit two.


Fio Rito Lakes (Kittitas County): Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.


Fish Lake (Chelan County): Trout: No more than two over fifteen inches in length may be retained.


Fish Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Fish Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Fish Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.


Fisher Slough (Snohomish County):

     From mouth to Highway 530 Bridge: Year-round season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

     Upstream from Highway 530 Bridge: Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Fishhook Pond (Walla Walla County): March 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.


Fishtrap Creek (Whatcom County): From Koh Road to Bender Road: June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Juveniles only.


Fishtrap Lake (Lincoln/Spokane counties): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season.


Forde Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Fort Borst Park Pond (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April through last day in February season. Juveniles and licensed adults accompanied by a juvenile only.


Fortson Mill Pond # 2 (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Juveniles only.


Fourth of July Lake (Adams/Lincoln counties): December 1 through March 31 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Trout: No more than two over fourteen inches in length may be retained.


Franz Lake (Skamania County): Closed waters.


Frater Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Frenchman Hills Lake (Grant County): February 1 through September 30 season.


Gadwall Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30 season.


Garfield Juvenile Pond (Whitman County): Juveniles only.


George Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.


Geneva Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Germany Creek (Cowlitz County), from mouth to end of Germany Creek Road (approximately five miles): June 1 through August 31 and November 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Release wild cutthroat. Release steelhead June 1 through August 31.


Gibbs Lake (Jefferson County): Selective gear rules except electric motors allowed. Trout: Release all trout.


Gillette Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Gissberg Ponds (Snohomish County): Channel catfish: Daily limit 2, no minimum size.


Goat Creek (Okanogan County): Closed waters.


Gobar Creek (tributary to Kalama River) (Cowlitz County): June 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release wild cutthroat. Release steelhead.


Gold Creek, Gold Creek Pond and Outlet Channel (tributary to Keechelus Lake) (Kittitas County): Closed waters.


Gold Creek (Okanogan County): From mouth to confluence north fork Gold Creek: Closed waters.


Goldsborough Creek (Mason County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Goodman Creek (Jefferson County) outside Olympic National Park: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout, minimum length fourteen inches. December 1 through last day in February one wild steelhead per day may be retained.


Goodwin Lake (Snohomish County): Chumming permitted.


Goose Creek (Lincoln County), within the city limits of Wilbur: Year around season. Juveniles and holders of disability licenses only.


Goose Lake, Lower (Adams County): Crappie: Not more than five over eight inches in length: Bluegill: Not more than five over six inches in length.


Gorst Creek (Kitsap County): Closed waters: From lower bridge on the old Belfair Highway upstream to source (including tributaries). From mouth upstream to lower bridge: Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Gosnell Creek and tributaries (tributary to Lake Isabella) (Mason County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Goss Lake (Island County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Grande Ronde River (Asotin County):

     From mouth to County Road Bridge about two and one-half miles upstream: Year-round season. Selective gear rules September 1 through May 31. Trout: Minimum length ten inches, maximum length twenty inches.

     From County Road Bridge upstream to Oregon state line and all tributaries: June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules June 1 through August 31. Barbless hooks only September 1 through November 30. Additional season ((November)) December 1 through April 15: Barbless hooks required. All tributaries: Closed waters. All species: Release all fish except whitefish and hatchery steelhead.


Granite Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Closed waters.


Granite Lakes (near Marblemount) (Skagit County): Grayling: Release all grayling.


Grass Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Gray Wolf River (Clallam County): From junction with Dungeness River to bridge at river mile 1.0 - Closed waters.

     From bridge at river mile 1.0 upstream - selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Grays River (Wahkiakum County), from mouth to Highway 4 Bridge: September 1 through October 15 and November 15 through March 15 season; and from Highway 4 Bridge to mouth of South Fork: September 1 through October 15 and December 15 through March 15 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure September 1 through October 15. Fishers may not allow their line, lure or bait to remain stationary in the water September 1 through October 15. All game fish: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead. Salmon: Open only September 1 through October 15 from mouth to South Fork. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than two may be adult salmon. Release chinook, chum, and wild coho.


Grays River, East Fork (Wahkiakum County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Release cutthroat.


Grays River, West Fork (Wahkiakum County), downstream from hatchery intake footbridge: June 1 - August 31 season. Trout: Additional December 15 through March 15 season downstream from hatchery intake footbridge except closed from Hatchery Road Bridge to posted sign at hatchery outlet. Release all fish other than hatchery steelhead.


Green Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through November 30: Selective gear rules except electric motors allowed, and all species: Release all fish.


Green Lake (Lower) (Okanogan County): April 1 through November 30: Selective gear rules, and all species: Release all fish.


Green River (Cowlitz County): Closed waters: All tributaries.

     From mouth to 2800 Bridge: June 1 through November 30 season except closed from 400 feet above to 400 feet below the water intake at the upper end of the hatchery grounds during the period September 1 through November 30 and from 400 feet or posted signs above and below the salmon hatchery rack when the rack is installed in the river. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure September 1 through October 31 from mouth to 400 feet below salmon hatchery rack. All game fish: Release all fish except steelhead. Salmon: Open only April 1 through May 31 from mouth to 400 feet below the water intake at the upper end of the hatchery grounds and June 1 through November 30 from mouth to 2800 Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum and wild coho. April 1 through July 31 release wild chinook. October 1 through November 30 release chinook.

     From 2800 Bridge to source: Closed waters.


Green (Duwamish) River (King County):

     From the First Avenue South Bridge to South 277th Street Bridge in Auburn: June 1 through July 31 and September 16 through last day in February season except waters from the SW 43rd Street/South 180th Street Bridge to the South 277th Street Bridge are closed September 16 through September 30. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure September 16 through November 30. Fishing from any floating device prohibited November 1 through last day in February. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Wild steelhead may be retained July 31 through August 15 and September 16 through November 30. Salmon: Open only September 16 through December 31 except closed September 16 through September 30 from SW 43rd Street/South 180th Street Bridge to the South 277th Street Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which not more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chinook salmon.

     From the 277th Street Bridge to Auburn-Black Diamond Road Bridge: June 1 through July 31 and October 16 through March 15 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure October 16 through November 30. Fishing from a floating device prohibited November 1 through March 15. Trout, minimum length fourteen inches. Wild steelhead may be retained July 1 through July 31 and October 16 through November 30. Salmon: Open only October 16 through December 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chinook.

     From the Auburn-Black Diamond Road Bridge to the Tacoma Headworks Dam: June 1 through March 15 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Closed waters: Within 150 feet of the Palmer Pond outlet rack and within 150 feet of the mouth of Keta Creek. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Wild steelhead may be retained July 1 through November 30. Salmon: Open only November 1 through December 31. Daily limit 2 chum salmon.


Greenwater River (King County), from mouth to Greenwater Lakes: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.


Grimes Lake (Douglas County): June 1 through August 31 season. Selective gear rules, except fishing from a floating device equipped with an electric motor allowed. Trout: Daily limit one.


Grizzly Lake (Skamania County): Closed waters.


Halfmoon Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30 season.


Halfmoon Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Hamilton Creek (Skamania County): ((June 1 through March 15 season.)) Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release wild cutthroat. All tributaries downstream from the Highway 14 Bridge: Closed waters.


Hamma Hamma River (Mason County):

     From mouth to four hundred feet below falls: June 1 through August 31 and November 1 through last day in February season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.


Hammersley Inlet Freshwater Tributaries (Mason County), except Mill Creek: Closed waters.


Hampton Lakes, Lower and Upper (Grant County): April 1 through September 30 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.


Hancock Lake (King County): June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. All tributary streams and the upper third of the outlet are closed waters.


Harrison Pond (Skagit County): Closed waters.


Harvey Creek (tributary to Sullivan Lake) (Pend Oreille County):

     From mouth to Bridge 4830 on county road (about one and one-half miles): Closed waters.

     From Bridge 4830 upstream: Selective gear rules.


Harvey Creek (tributary to Stillaguamish River) (Snohomish County): Closed waters.


Hatch Lake (Stevens County): December 1 through March 31 season.


Hatchery Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Haven Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Hawk Creek and tributaries (Lincoln County): Year-round season.


Hays Creek and Ponds (Adams County): April 1 through September 30 season.


Headgate Pond (Asotin County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Juveniles, seniors and holders of disability licenses only.


Heart Lake (near Anacortes) (Skagit County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Heins Lake (Kitsap County): Closed waters.


Hemlock Lake (Trout Creek Reservoir) (Skamania County): Closed waters.


Hen Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30 season.


Heritage Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Herman Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30 season.


Hicks Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Hog Canyon Lake (Spokane County): December 1 through March 31 season. Trout: No more than two over fourteen inches in length may be retained.


Hoh River (Jefferson County), from mouth to Olympic National Park boundary below mouth of South Fork: June 1 through April 15 season. December 1 through April 15, from DNR Oxbow Campground Boat Launch to mouth of south fork, selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. December 1 through April 15, from mouth to DNR Oxbow Campground Boat Launch: Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches and one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only May 16 through November 30 mouth to Willoughby Creek and October 16 through November 30 Willoughby Creek to Morgan's Crossing Boat Launch. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon except May 16 through August 31 from mouth to Willoughby Creek open Wednesday through Sunday only of each week and daily limit may contain no more than one adult salmon.


Hoh River South Fork (Jefferson County), outside Olympic National Park: June 1 through April 15 season. December 1 through April 15, selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Hoko River (Clallam County): Trout, minimum length fourteen inches.

     From mouth to upper Hoko Bridge: Fly fishing only September 1 through October 31. Additional November 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Wild steelhead may be retained December 1 through March 15.

     From upper Hoko Bridge to Ellis Creek Bridge (river mile 18.5): Additional November 1 through March 31 season. Fly fishing only. All species: Release all fish.


Homestead Lake (Grant County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one fish.


Hoquiam River, including all forks (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through March 31 season. Single point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 1 through November 30 from mouth to bridge on Dekay Road on mainstem and East Fork mouth to the abandoned flat car bridge downstream of the mouth of Berryman Creek. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon, except release adult chinook.


Horseshoe Lake (Clark/Cowlitz counties): Trout: No more than 2 trout 20 inches or greater in length may be retained. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Horseshoe Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit 1.


Horseshoe Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Horseshoe Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Trout except kokanee: Daily limit five. Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit five.


Horsethief Lake (Klickitat County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Hourglass Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30 season.


Howard Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Howell Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Hozomeen Lake (Whatcom County): July 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Huff Lake (Pend Oreille County): Closed waters.


Humptulips River (Grays Harbor County), from mouth to forks: June 1 through last day in February season. Night closure and single point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 1 through November 30 from mouth to Highway 101 Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release adult chinook, and wild adult coho.


Humptulips River, East Fork (Grays Harbor County), from mouth to concrete bridge on Forest Service Road between Humptulips Guard Station and Grisdale: Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Humptulips River, West Fork (Grays Harbor County): Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Mouth to Donkey Creek Road Bridge: Additional ((November)) December 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Hutchinson Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.


I-82 Ponds, 1 through 7 (Yakima County): Fishing from vessels equipped with internal combustion engines prohibited.


Icehouse Lake (Skamania County): Trout: No more than 2 trout 20 inches or greater in length may be retained.


Icicle River (Creek) (Chelan County):

     From mouth to four hundred feet below Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery rack: Closed waters. From Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery rack upstream to Leland Creek: Selective gear rules.


Indian Creek (tributary to Elwha River) (Clallam County), from mouth upstream to first Highway 101 crossing: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.


Indian Creek (Yakima County): From mouth to waterfall approximately 5 and three-quarters miles upstream: Closed waters. Upstream of waterfall: Eastern brook trout do not count as part of trout daily limit. Eastern brook trout: No minimum size and no daily limit.


Indian Heaven Wilderness Lakes (Skamania County): Trout: Daily limit three.


Ingall's Creek (Chelan County): Mouth to Wilderness boundary: Closed waters.


Issaquah Creek (King County): Closed waters.


Jackson Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Jameson Lake (Douglas County): Last Saturday in April through July 4 and October 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 seasons.


Jasmine Creek (Okanogan County): Year-round season. Juveniles only.


Jefferson Park Pond (Walla Walla County): Juveniles only.


Jennings Park Pond (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Juveniles only.


Jewitt Creek (Klickitat County): Juveniles only. Trout: Daily limit five, no minimum length.


Jimmy-Come-Lately Creek (Clallam County): June 1 through August 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Joe Creek (Grays Harbor County): Upstream from State Highway 109 Bridge to Ocean Beach Road Bridge: June 1 through November 30 season. Single point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30 from Highway 109 Bridge to Ocean Beach Road Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release adult chinook.


Johns Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.


Johns River, including North and South Forks (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through last day in February season. Single point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30 from mouth to Ballon Creek. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 1 through November 30 from mouth to Ballon Creek. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon, except release adult chinook.


Johnson Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length ten inches.


Johnson Creek (Whatcom County), from Northern Pacific Railroad tracks to the Lawson Street footbridge in Sumas: Juveniles only.


Jump-Off Joe Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Kachess Lake (Reservoir) (Kittitas County): Chumming permitted. Trout except kokanee: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches. Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit sixteen. Burbot: Set line gear allowed.


Kachess River (Kittitas County): Lawful to fish to base of Kachess Dam. Selective gear rules. From Kachess Lake (Reservoir) upstream to waterfall approximately one-half mile above Mineral Creek: Closed waters.


Kalaloch Creek (Jefferson County), outside Olympic National Park: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Wild steelhead may be retained December 1 through last day in February.


Kalama River (Cowlitz County): Release wild cutthroat.

     From mouth upstream to one thousand feet below fishway at upper salmon hatchery: Year-round season except during the period the temporary fish rack is installed. Waters from two hundred feet above to one thousand five hundred feet below the rack are closed waters. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure September 1 through October 31 from mouth to one thousand five hundred feet below the rack. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited upstream of Modrow Bridge. September 1 through October 31: Fly fishing only from the pipeline crossing to the posted deadline at the intake to the lower salmon hatchery. Trout: Minimum length 20 inches. Salmon: Open year-round. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum and wild coho. Release wild chinook January 1 through July 31. October 1 through December 31 release chinook upstream from natural gas pipeline crossing.

     From one thousand feet below to one thousand feet above the fishway at upper salmon hatchery: Closed waters.

     From one thousand feet above the fishway at the upper salmon hatchery to Summers Creek: Year-round season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Release steelhead in mainstem and tributaries.

     From Summers Creek upstream to the 6420 Road at about one mile above the gate at the end of the county road: June 1 through March 31 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Fly fishing only. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Release steelhead in mainstem and tributaries.

     From 6420 Road to Kalama Falls: Closed waters.


Kalispell Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules.


Keechelus Lake (Reservoir) (Kittitas County): Chumming permitted. Trout except kokanee: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches, additionally up to sixteen kokanee may be retained. Burbot: Set line gear allowed.


Kelsey Creek (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County): Closed waters.


Kennedy Creek (Thurston County), from mouth to four hundred feet below falls: June 1 through last day in February season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure October 1 through December 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 1 through November 30 from mouth to northbound Highway 101 Bridge. Barbless hooks required. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release coho.


Kennedy Creek Pond (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Kettle River (Stevens County):

     June 1 through October 31 season. Trout: Selective gear rules, minimum length 12 inches. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon.

     Additional season: November 1 through May 31. Whitefish gear rules apply.


Ki Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Kidney Lake (Skamania County): Last Saturday in April through last day in February season.


Kimball Creek (near Snoqualmie) (King County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Juveniles only. Trout: No minimum length.


Kings Lake and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Closed waters.


Kings Lake Bog (King County): Closed waters.


((Kiwanas)) Kiwanis Pond (Kittitas County): Juveniles and holders of disability licenses only.


Klaus Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season((, except)). Closed waters: The inlet and outlet to first Weyerhaeuser spur ((are closed waters)).


Klickitat River (Klickitat County):

     From mouth to Fisher Hill Bridge: May 1 through January 31 season. Game fish: Closed December 1 through January 31. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Steelhead and salmon: May 1 through May 31 daily limit one hatchery steelhead or one salmon. Salmon: June 1 through January 31 daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon.

     From Fisher Hill Bridge to four hundred feet above # 5 fishway: Closed waters.

     From four hundred feet above # 5 fishway to the Yakama Indian Reservation boundary: June 1 through November 30 season, except waters from boundary markers above Klickitat salmon hatchery to boundary markers below hatchery are closed waters. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Salmon: Open only August 1 through November 30 from 400 feet above No. 5 Fishway to boundary markers below Klickitat Salmon Hatchery. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.

     From the Yakama Indian Reservation boundary upstream to source, including all tributaries: Closed waters.


Klineline Ponds (Clark County): Trout: No more than 2 trout 20 inches in length or greater may be retained.


Koeneman Lake (Fern Lake) (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.


Kress Lake (Cowlitz County): Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Trout: No more than 2 trout 20 inches in length or greater may be retained. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Lacamas Creek (Clark County): Lawful to fish upstream to the base of Lacamas Lake Dam.


Lacamas Creek, tributary of Cowlitz River (Lewis County): June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Release cutthroat.


Lake Creek (Okanogan County): Mouth to Black Lake: Closed waters. Black Lake to Three Prong Creek: Selective gear rules.


Langlois Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Latah (Hangman) Creek (Spokane County): Year-round season.


Leader Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season.


Ledbetter Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Ledking Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Leech Lake (White Pass area) (Yakima County): Fly fishing only. Fishing prohibited from floating devices equipped with motors. Trout: No more than two over twelve inches in length.


Lemna Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30 season.


Lenice Lake (Grant County): March 1 through November 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.


Lena Lake, Lower (Jefferson County): Closed waters: Inlet stream from mouth upstream to footbridge (about one hundred feet).


Lenore Lake (Grant County): Closed waters: Area within two hundred yard radius of trash rack leading to the irrigation pumping station (south end of lake) and area approximately one hundred yards beyond the mouth of inlet stream to State Highway 17. March 1 through May 31 season: Selective gear rules, except fishing from a floating device equipped with an electric motor permitted. All species: Release all fish. Additional season June 1 through November 30: Selective gear rules, except fishing from a floating device equipped with an electric motor permitted. Trout: Daily limit one.


Leo Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Lewis River (Clark County), from mouth to forks: Year-round season. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release wild cutthroat. Salmon: Open year-round. May 1 through July 31 daily limit six fish of which not more than one may be an adult salmon. August 1 through April 30, daily limit of 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum and wild coho. Release wild chinook January 1 through July 31.


Lewis River, North Fork (Clark/Skamania counties):

     From mouth to Colvin Creek: Year-round season except those waters shoreward of the cable buoy and corkline at the mouth of the Lewis River Salmon Hatchery fish ladder are closed waters. Fishing from a floating device prohibited from May 1 through July 31 from Johnson Creek to Colvin Creek. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure April 1 through October 31 upstream from Johnson Creek. Trout: Minimum length twenty inches. Release wild cutthroat. Salmon: Open year-round. May 1 through July 31 daily limit six fish of which not more than one may be an adult salmon. August 1 through April 30 daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum and wild coho. Release wild chinook January 1 through July 31.

     From mouth of Colvin Creek to overhead powerlines at Merwin Dam: June 16 through September 30 and December 16 through April 30 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure April 1 through ((October 31)) September 30. Trout: Minimum length twenty inches. Release wild cutthroat. Salmon: Open only August 1 through September 30 and January 1 through April 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum and wild coho. Release wild chinook January 1 through April 30.

     From overhead powerlines at Merwin Dam to Merwin Dam: Closed waters.

     From the cable crossing 1,300 feet below Yale Dam to Yale Dam: Closed waters.

     Within Lewis River Power Canal: Closed waters.

     From Eagle Cliff Bridge to lower falls including all tributaries: Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.


Lewis River, East Fork (Clark/Skamania counties): Closed waters: From the posted markers at the lower end of Big Eddy to one hundred feet above Lucia Falls; from four hundred feet below to four hundred feet above Molton Falls; from four hundred feet below Horseshoe Falls upstream including all tributaries above Horseshoe Falls.

     Mouth to ((top boat ramp at Lewisville Park: Year-round season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Top boat ramp at Lewisville Park to)) 400 feet below Horseshoe Falls: June 1 through March 15 season. ((Selective gear rules.)) All fish: Release all ((fish)) trout except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.


Liberty Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season.


Lilliwaup River (Mason County): Mouth to 200 feet below falls: June 1 through August 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.


Lilly Lake (Chelan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. July 5 through ((October 31)) November 30, selective gear rules, and all species: Release all fish.


Limerick Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Lincoln Pond (Clallam County): Juveniles only. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Lions Park Pond (Walla Walla County): Juveniles only.


Little Ash Lake (Skamania County): Trout: No more than 2 trout 20 inches in length or greater may be retained.


Little Bear Creek (tributary of Sammamish River) (Snohomish/King counties): Closed waters.


Little Hoko River (Clallam County): Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.


Little Klickitat River (Klickitat County), within Goldendale city limits: Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Juveniles only. Trout: Daily limit five, no minimum length.


Little Lost Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Little Naches River (Yakima County): Selective gear rules.


Little Nisqually River (Lewis County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length ten inches.


Little Pend Oreille River (Stevens County) from Buffalo Road to Crystal Falls: Selective gear rules, and all species: Release all fish except up to five Eastern brook trout may be retained.


Little Quilcene River (Jefferson County), from mouth to the Little Quilcene River Bridge on Penny Creek Road, June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Little Spokane River (Spokane County):

     From mouth to SR 291 Bridge: Year-round season.

     From SR 291 Bridge upstream to the West Branch: Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.

     Upstream from bridge at Frideger Road: Closed waters: From the inlet to Chain Lake upstream one-quarter mile to the railroad crossing culvert. Trout: Release kokanee taken upstream from bridge.


Little Twin Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through November 30: Selective gear rules and all species: Release all fish.


Little Twin Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Little Wenatchee River (Chelan County): From Lake Wenatchee to the falls below U.S. Forest Service Road 6700 Bridge at Riverside Campground: Closed waters.


Little White Salmon River (Skamania County): Closed waters: From the orange fishing boundary markers at Drano Lake upstream to the intake near the Little White Salmon National Fish Hatchery north boundary. Trout: Daily limit five. Drano Lake (waters downstream of markers on point of land downstream and across from Little White Salmon National Fish Hatchery): May 1 through March 15 season, except closed Wednesdays May 1 through May 31. Night closure and nonbuoyant lure restriction May 1 through June 30. Nonbuoyant lure restriction August 1 through December 31. May 1 through June 30 daily limit of two fish, of which two fish one or both may be hatchery steelhead or one or both may be chinook salmon. Trout and salmon: May 1 through June 30 release all fish except hatchery steelhead and chinook salmon. Trout: July 1 through March 15 minimum size twelve inches. Release wild cutthroat. Salmon: Open only August 1 through December 31. Daily limit six fish of which no more than two may be adult salmon.


Lone Lake (Island County): Selective gear rules, except electric motors allowed. Trout: Daily limit one, minimum length 18 inches.


Long Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fly fishing only. Unlawful to fish from floating devices equipped with motors.


Long Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season.


Long Lake (Spokane River Reservoir) (Spokane County): Bass: Release all bass May 1 through June 30.


Long Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Long's Pond (Thurston County): Juveniles only.


Loomis Lake (Pacific County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Loomis Pond (Grays Harbor County): Closed waters.


Loon Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Trout except kokanee: Daily limit five, except no more than two over twenty inches in length may be retained. Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit ten.


Lost Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Lost Lake (Okanogan County): Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion engine.


Lost River (Okanogan County):

     From mouth to mouth of Monument Creek: Closed waters.

     From mouth of Monument Creek to outlet of Cougar Lake: Selective gear rules. Trout: Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit. Dolly Varden/Bull Trout daily limit two, minimum length fourteen inches.


Love Lake (Clark County): Closed waters.


Lucas Slough (Skagit County): Closed waters.


Ludlow Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April ((to October 31)) through November 30 season.


Lyle Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30 season.


Lyre River (Clallam County):

     From mouth to falls near river mile 3: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.      From falls to source: Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.


Mad River (Chelan County), from mouth upstream to Jimmy Creek: Closed waters.


Maggie Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through November 30 season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Margaret Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Marshal Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Martha Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.


Martha Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Mattoon Lake (Kittitas County): Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.


May Creek (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County): Closed waters.


Mayfield Lake (Reservoir) (Lewis County) Mayfield Dam to 400 feet below Mossyrock Dam: Trout and salmon: Minimum length eight inches. Salmon: ((Landlocked salmon rules apply)) open only September 1 through December 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild coho.


McAllister Creek (Thurston County): Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only July 1 through November 30 from mouth to Olympia - Steilacoom Road Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon.


McCabe Pond (Kittitas County): Fishing from any floating device prohibited. All species: Five fish daily limit for all species combined.


McDonald Creek (Clallam County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


McDowell Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. All species: Release all fish.


McIntosh Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


McLane Creek (Thurston County), from the south bridge on Highway 101 upstream: Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only July 1 through November 30 from a line 50 feet north of and parallel to Mud Bay Road Bridge to a line 100 feet upstream of and parallel to the south bridge on Highway 101. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release coho.


McLane Creek Ponds (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


McManaman Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30 season.


McMurray Lake (Skagit County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Medical Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length fourteen inches.


Medical Lake, West (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season.


Melaney Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.


Melbourne Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Mercer Creek (Kittitas County), that portion within Ellensburg city limits: Juveniles only. Trout: Daily limit five, no minimum length.


Mercer Slough (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County): Closed waters.


Merrill Lake (Cowlitz County): Fly fishing only. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion engine. Trout: Daily limit two, maximum length twelve inches.


Merritt Lake (Chelan County): Trout: Daily limit sixteen.


Merry Lake (Grant County): March 1 through November 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.

    
Merwin Lake (Reservoir) (Clark/Cowlitz County): Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Methow River (Okanogan County):

     Mouth to Gold Creek: Closed waters June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30. Gold Creek to Weeman Bridge: June 1 through September 30 season: Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish. Upstream from Weeman Bridge to the falls above Brush Creek: Closed waters June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30: From mouth upstream to the falls above Brush Creek. Additional season: December 1 through March 31. Whitefish gear rules apply.


Methow River tributaries not otherwise provided for: Selective gear rules. Trout: Maximum length twenty inches.


Middle Nemah Pond (Pacific County): June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Mill Creek (Chelan County): Closed waters.


Mill Creek (Cowlitz County): June 1 through August 31 and November 1 through March 15 seasons. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Release wild cutthroat.


Mill Creek (Lewis County): Additional season December 1 through December 31, mouth to hatchery road crossing culvert. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure. All species: Release all fish except that up to two hatchery steelhead with intact ventral fins may be retained per day.


Mill Creek (Mason County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Mill Creek (Walla Walla County):

     From mouth to 9th St. Bridge: June 1 through April 15 season. All species: Barbless hooks required and release all fish except hatchery steelhead September 1 through April 15.

     From 9th St. Bridge to Roosevelt St. Bridge, within city limits of Walla Walla: Closed waters.

     From Roosevelt St. Bridge upstream, including all tributaries: All tributaries: Closed waters. ((Mainstem from Roosevelt Street Bridge to Panjab Bridge:)) Selective gear rules. Trout: Maximum length twenty inches. ((Upstream from Panjab Bridge: Closed waters.))


Mill Creek Pond (Grays Harbor County): Juveniles only.


Mill Pond (Auburn) (King County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Juveniles only.


Mill Pond (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Mineral Creek (tributary to upper Kachess River) (Kittitas County), from mouth to Wilderness Boundary: Closed waters.


Mineral Creek (tributary to Nisqually River), and Mineral Creek, North Fork (Lewis County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.


Mineral Lake (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season.


Minter Creek (Pierce/Kitsap counties): Closed waters: Area from department intake dam downstream to mouth. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only November 1 through December 31 from mouth to 50 feet downstream of the hatchery rack. Daily limit 4 chum. All species: Release all fish except chum.


Mirror Lake (Grant County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season.


Mission Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Moclips River (Grays Harbor County), from mouth to outside the Quinault Indian Reservation: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Monte Christo Lake (Snohomish County): June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules.


Mooses Pond (Pacific County): June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Moran Slough (including inlet and outlet streams) (Grant County): Closed waters.


Morgan Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30 season.


Morse Creek (Clallam County), from mouth to Port Angeles Dam: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Moses Lake (Grant County): Crappie: Daily limit five, only crappie more than ten inches in length may be retained. Bluegill: Daily limit five, only bluegill more than eight inches in length may be retained. Bass: Fish twelve to seventeen inches in length may be retained as part of the daily limit. No more than 3 bass over fifteen inches in length may be retained. Walleye: Minimum length eighteen inches. Up to five fish eighteen to twenty-four inches in length may be retained in the daily limit. No more than one walleye over 24 inches in length may be retained.


Mosquito Creek (Jefferson County) outside Olympic National Park: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Wild steelhead may be retained December 1 through last day in February.


Muck Creek and tributaries (within Ft. Lewis Military Reservation) (Pierce County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all trout.


Mud Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Mud Lake (Yakima County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.


Mudget Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Munn Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Muskegon Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit two.


Myron Lake (Yakima County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.


Mystic Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Naches River (Yakima/Kittitas counties):

     From the mouth to Little Naches River: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches, maximum length twenty inches. Release trout June 1 through November 30 from confluence with Tieton River to mouth of Rattlesnake Creek. Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.

     ((From Little Naches River upstream: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches, maximum length twenty inches.))


Naneum Creek (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.


Naneum Pond (Kittitas County): Juveniles only.


Napeequa River (Chelan County): Mouth to Twin Lakes Creek: Closed waters.


Naselle River (Pacific/Wahkiakum counties), from Highway 101 Bridge upstream including all forks: Closed waters: Area from four hundred feet below falls in Sec. 6, T10N, R8W (Wahkiakum County) to falls, and waters within four hundred feet both upstream and downstream of the entrance to the Naselle Salmon Hatchery attraction channel.

     Mainstem: June 1 through March 31 season, except sturgeon. Single point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30 upstream from Highway 4 Bridge to Crown Main Line (Salme) Bridge. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 16 through November 30 downstream from North Fork. Downstream from the Crown Main Line Bridge fishers may not allow their line, lures or bait to remain stationary in the water during the period August 16 through November 30. All game fish: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only August 1 through January 31 from Highway 101 Bridge to Highway 4 Bridge and October 16 through January 31 from the Highway 4 Bridge to the Crown Main Line Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 3 may be adult salmon and of these 3 fish no more than 1 may be a wild adult coho and not more than 2 may be adult chinook or chum.


Sturgeon: Open year-round from mouth to Highway 4 Bridge.


     From Highway 101 Bridge to mouth of North Fork: ((Additional)) November 1 through March 31 ((season.)): All game fish: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.

     From mouth of North Fork to source: Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.

     South Fork, from mouth to Bean Creek: June 1 through last day in February season except sturgeon. Game fish: Selective gear rules((.)) except nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 16 through November 30. ((All game fish:)) Release ((all)) game fish. ((Additional November 1 through last day in February season.)) Sturgeon: Open year-round.


Nason Creek (Chelan County): From the mouth upstream to Smith Brook: Closed waters.

     From Smith Brook to Stevens Creek: Selective gear rules.


((Nason Creek Fish Pond (Chelan County): Juveniles and holders of disability licenses only.))


Negro Creek (Lincoln County): Year-round season from mouth at Sprague Lake to town of Sprague.


Negro Creek (Whitman County): Last Saturday in April through July 15 season.


Nemah River, North, Middle, and South: June 1 through March 31 season. Single point barbless hooks required on North Nemah upstream to the lower bridge on dead end lower Nemah Road August 16 through November 30, on Middle Nemah upstream to the Department of Natural Resources Bridge on Middle Nemah A-line Road August 16 through November 30, and on South Nemah upstream to confluence with Middle Nemah August 16 through November 30. Selective gear rules on Middle Nemah above DNR Bridge. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 16 through November 30 on North and Middle Nemah and on South Nemah from mouth to confluence with Middle Nemah. On the North Nemah from the mouth to the lower bridge on dead end lower Nemah Road, fishers may not allow their line, lures or bait to remain stationary in the water during the period August 16 through November 30. All game fish: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained in the North Nemah. Salmon: Open only August 1 through January 31 on Middle Nemah from mouth to DNR Bridge and South Nemah from mouth to confluence with Middle Nemah and October 1 through January 31 on North Nemah from mouth to the lower bridge on dead end Lower Nemah Road. Middle and South Nemah: Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon and of the two adult fish no more than one may be a wild adult coho. North Nemah: Daily limit 6 salmon of which not more than 3 may be adult salmon and of the adult fish no more than one may be a wild adult coho and no more than two may be adult chinook or adult chum.


Newhalem Ponds (Whatcom County): Closed waters.


Newaukum River, main river and South Fork (Lewis County): June 1 through March 31 season. Night closure and single point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30 from mouth to Gheer Creek. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches mouth to Highway 508 Bridge near Kearny Creek. Salmon: Open only October 16 through last day in February from mouth to Gheer Creek. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release adult chinook. Release wild adult coho December 1 through last day in February.


Newaukum River, Middle Fork, mouth to Taucher Road Bridge (Lewis County): June 1 to March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Newaukum River, North Fork (Lewis County):

     From mouth to four hundred feet below Chehalis city water intake: June 1 through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

     From Chehalis city water intake upstream: Closed waters.


Niawiakum River (Pacific County): From Highway 101 Bridge to the South Bend/Palix Road Bridge: Night closure and single point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30. All game fish: Release all fish. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30 from Highway 101 Bridge to South Bend/Palix Road Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon and of the adult fish not more than one may be a wild adult coho. Release adult chinook.


Nile Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Nisqually River (Pierce County), from mouth to four hundred feet below LaGrande Powerhouse: June 1 through January 31 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Game fish: Closed December 1 through January 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only July 1 through January 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release pink salmon.


Nooksack River (Whatcom County), from mouth to forks, Middle Fork to Dam and North Fork to Nooksack Falls: June 1 through last day in February season except closed June 1 through September 30 in mainstem from Mount Baker High School bus barn at Deming to confluence of the North and South Forks. Fishing from floating devices equipped with motors prohibited on the North and Middle Forks November 1 through last day in February. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30 on mainstem and North Fork to Maple Creek. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through December 31 in mainstem from Lummi Indian Reservation boundary to Mount Baker High School bus barn. Open only October 16 through December 31 in mainstem from the bus barn to the confluence of the North and South Forks, and October 1 through October 31 on the North Fork from confluence to Maple Creek. Daily limit 2 salmon, except release chinook and wild coho.


Nooksack River, South Fork (Skagit/Whatcom counties): From mouth to Skookum Creek: June 1 through last day in February season. Selective gear rules. Night closure August 1 through October 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 16 through December 31. Daily limit 2 salmon, except release chinook and wild coho.

     From Skookum Creek upstream: Closed waters.


No Name Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


North Creek (tributary of Sammamish River) (Snohomish/King counties): Closed waters.


North Elton Ponds (Yakima County): December 1 through March 31 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited. Trout: Daily limit two.


North Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


North Potholes Reserve Ponds (Grant County): February 1 through the day before opening of waterfowl season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited, except float tubes permitted.


North River (Grays Harbor/Pacific counties), from Highway 105 Bridge upstream to Falls River: June 1 through last day in February season. Night closure August 16 through November 30. Single point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30 upstream to Salmon Creek. All game fish: Release all fish except that up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30 from Highway 105 Bridge to Salmon Creek. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon and of the adult fish not more than one may be a wild adult coho. Release adult chinook. Sturgeon: Open year-round from Highway 105 Bridge to Salmon Creek.


Upstream from Falls River: Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.


Northern State Hospital Pond (Skagit County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Juveniles only.


Northwestern Reservoir (Klickitat/Skamania counties): Last Saturday in April through last day in February season.


Nunnally Lake (Grant County): March 1 through November 30 season. Closed waters: Outlet stream of Nunnally Lake. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.


Oakland Bay freshwater tributaries (Mason County), except Goldsborough Creek (including Shelton Creek, Canyon Creek, Uncle John Creek, Campbell Creek, Melaney Creek, Deer Creek, John's Creek, and Cranberry Creek to Lake Limerick): Closed waters.


Ohanapecosh Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis/Pierce counties): Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.


Ohop Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Okanogan River (Okanogan County):

     From the mouth to the highway bridge at Malott: Year-round season. Trout: Release all trout. Upstream from the highway bridge at Malott: June 1 through August 31 season. Trout: Release all trout.

     Closed waters: From Zosel Dam downstream to one-quarter mile below the railroad trestle.


Old Fishing Hole Pond (Kent) (King County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Juveniles only.


Olequa Creek (Lewis County): June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Release cutthroat.


Osborne Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Outlet Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.


Owens Pond (Pacific County): June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Packwood Lake (Lewis County): Closed waters: All inlet streams and outlet from log boom to dam. Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit five, minimum length ten inches.


Padden Lake (Whatcom County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.


Palix River, including all forks (Pacific County): June 1 through March 31 season. Single point barbless hooks and night closure August 16 through November 30 upstream to the confluence of the South and Middle Forks. Above the confluence of the South and Middle Forks: Selective gear rules. All game fish: Release all fish. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30 from the Highway 101 Bridge to the confluence of the South and Middle Forks. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon and of the adult salmon not more than one may be a wild adult coho. Release adult chinook. Sturgeon: Open year-round from the Highway 101 Bridge to the confluence of the South and Middle Forks.


Palouse River and tributaries, except Rock Creek (Whitman County): Year around season.


Palmer Lake (Okanogan County): Burbot: Set line gear allowed.


Pampa Pond (Whitman County): March 1 through September 30 season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.


Panhandle Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Panther Creek (Chelan County): Closed waters.


Panther Creek (tributary to Wind River) (Skamania County): Closed waters.


Panther Lake (Kitsap/Mason counties): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Para-Juvenile Lake (Adams/Grant counties): April 1 through September 30 season. Juveniles only.


Park Lake (Grant County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season.


Parker Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Pass Lake (Skagit County): Fly fishing only. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. All species: Release all fish.


Pataha Creek (Garfield County):

     Within the city limits of Pomeroy: Juveniles only.

     From city limits of Pomeroy upstream: Selective gear rules.


Patterson Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Pattison Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Peabody Creek (Clallam County): Juveniles only.


Pearrygin Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season.


Pend Oreille River (Pend Oreille County): Year-round season. All sloughs within the boundaries of the Kalispell Reservation except Calispell Slough: Closed waters.


Perch Lake (Grant County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season.


Percival Creek (Thurston County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Peshastin Creek (Chelan County): Mouth to Ruby Creek: Closed waters.


Petit Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.


Phalon Lake (Stevens County): Closed waters.


Pheasant Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April to ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Philippa Creek (tributary to N.F. Snoqualmie River) (King County): Closed waters.


Phillips Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Phillips Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Pilchuck Creek (Snohomish County), mouth to Highway 9 Bridge: June 1 through November 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Additional December 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Pilchuck River (Snohomish County)

     From its mouth to five hundred feet downstream from the Snohomish City diversion dam: December 1 through last day in February season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

     From 500 feet below diversion dam to diversion dam: Closed waters.


Pillar Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30 season.


Pine Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Pine Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Pioneer Ponds (tributary to Stillaguamish River) (Snohomish County): Closed waters.


Pipers (Carkeek) Creek (King County), from its mouth to its source, including tributaries: Closed waters.


Pit Lake (Douglas County): Juveniles only.


Pleasant Lake (Clallam County): Trout: Kokanee minimum length eight inches, maximum length twenty inches.


Plummer Lake (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April through last day in February season.


Poacher Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30 season.


Portage Creek (tributary to Stillaguamish River) (Snohomish County): Closed waters.


Potholes Reservoir (Grant County): Crappie and bluegill: Combined daily limit twenty-five fish. Perch: Daily limit twenty-five fish.


Potter's Pond (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Pratt River (tributary to Middle Fork Snoqualmie) (King County): Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.


Prices Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.


Promised Land Pond (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Purdy Creek (Mason County): June 1 through August 15 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.


Puyallup River (Pierce County):

     From mouth to the Electron power plant outlet: June 1 through January 31 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30 from the mouth to the Carbon River. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only August 1 through December 31 from mouth to Carbon River. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon and of which not more than one may be an adult chinook salmon. Release pink salmon.

     From mouth to the Soldier's Home Bridge in Orting: Additional February 1 through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Pysht River (Clallam County): June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Wild steelhead may be retained December 1 through last day in February.


Pysht River South Fork (Clallam County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Quail Lake (Adams County): Fly fishing only. Fishing from any floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. All species: Release all fish.


Quarry Pond (Walla Walla County): Fishing from any floating device prohibited.


Quillayute River (Clallam County): June 1 through April 30 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. December 1 through April 30, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only March 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. July 1 through August 31 release wild adult coho and wild adult chinook.


Quinault River, Upper (Jefferson County), from mouth at upper end of Quinault Lake to the National Park boundary: June 1 through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Wild steelhead may be retained December 1 through March 31. Salmon: Open only July 1 through October 31. Daily limit 6 fish except release adult salmon.


Quincy Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.


Radar Ponds (Pacific County): Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Raging River (King County), from its mouth to the Highway 18 Bridge: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Railroad Pond (Franklin County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit two.


Rainbow Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.


Rapjohn Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Rat Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through November 30: Selective gear rules except electric motors allowed, and all species: Release all fish.


Rattlesnake Creek (Yakima County): Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.


Rattlesnake Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules, except fishing from a floating device equipped with an electric motor allowed.


Ravensdale Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches.


Reflection Pond (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Renner Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Riffe Lake (Reservoir) (Lewis County) Mossyrock Dam to 400 feet below Cowlitz Falls Dam: Lawful to fish up to the base of Swofford Pond Dam. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Rigley Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length fourteen inches.


Riley Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Rimrock Lake (Reservoir) (Yakima County): Chumming permitted. Trout except kokanee: Daily limit five. Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit sixteen.


Ringold Springs Creek (Hatchery Creek) (Franklin County): Closed waters.


Robbins Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Rock Creek (Adams/Whitman counties): Mouth to Endicott Road year-round season.

     Endicott Road to bridge on George Knott Road at Revere: Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.

     Upstream from bridge on George Knott Road: Year-round season.


Rock Creek (Cedar River tributary below Landsburg Dam) (King County): Closed waters.


Rock Creek (Skamania County): June 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release wild cutthroat.


Rocky Ford Creek and Ponds (Grant County): Fly fishing only. Fishing from bank only (no wading). All species: Release all fish.


Rocky Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 selective gear rules and all species: Release all fish.


Roosevelt Lake (Ferry/Lincoln/Stevens counties): All species: Closed February 1 through May 31 in San Poil arm upstream from outlet of French Johns Lake, and April 1 through May 31 in Kettle arm upstream to Barstow Bridge. Trout except kokanee: Daily limit five. No more than two over twenty inches in length. Kokanee daily limit two. Walleye: No minimum size. Daily limit 5 fish not more than one of which may be longer than 18 inches. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon from Roosevelt Lake and tributaries.


Rose Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Ross Lake (Reservoir) (Whatcom County): July 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules, except fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor allowed. Trout: Daily limit three, possession limit six, minimum length thirteen inches.


Ross Lake tributary streams (Whatcom County), except Big Beaver Creek and Ruby Creek: Closed waters: From closed water markers near mouth upstream for one mile. Above closed water marker in tributaries not listed as closed: July 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Round Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season.


Rowland Lakes (Klickitat County): Last Saturday in April through last day in February season.


Royal Lake (Adams County): Closed waters.


Royal Slough (including Marsh Unit IV impoundments) (Adams County): Closed waters.


Ruby Creek (tributary to Ross Lake) (Whatcom County): Closed waters.


Rufus Woods Lake (Douglas County): Trout: Daily limit two. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon from Rufus Woods Lake and tributaries.


Sacheen Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Saddle Mountain Lake (Grant County): Closed waters.


Sago Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30 season.


Salmon Creek (Clark County), from mouth to 72nd Avenue N.E.: June 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release wild cutthroat. Release all steelhead June 1 through October 31.


Salmon Creek, including all forks (Jefferson County): Closed waters.


Salmon Creek, mainstem (Okanogan County): Closed waters.


Salmon Creek, North Fork and West Fork from mouth to South Fork (Okanogan County): Selective gear rules.


Salmon Creek (tributary of Naselle River) (Pacific County): June 1 through last day in February season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.


Salmon River (Jefferson County): June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Wild steelhead may be retained November 1 through last day in February. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30 from mouth to Q 1000 Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon.


Salt Creek (Clallam County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

     From mouth to bridge on Highway 112: Additional ((November)) December 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Samish Lake (Whatcom County): Trout: Cutthroat trout daily limit two, minimum length fourteen inches.


Samish River (Whatcom County):

     From its mouth to the old Highway 99 Bridge and from the department rack to the Hickson Bridge: June 1 through March 15 season. From Highway 99 Bridge to department salmon rack: Closed waters. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through December 31.

     Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only July 1 through December 31 from mouth to Thomas Road Bridge and October 1 through December 31 from Thomas Road Bridge to I-5 Bridge. Daily limit two salmon.


Sammamish Lake (King County): Trout: No more than two over fourteen inches in length. Release all kokanee. Kokanee/sockeye under fifteen inches are kokanee while those fifteen inches and over are sockeye salmon. December 1 through June 30: Release all steelhead and rainbow trout over twenty inches in length. Salmon: Closed to salmon fishing within 100 yards of the mouth of Issaquah Creek. Open only August 16 through November 30. Daily limit two salmon. Release sockeye.


Sammamish River (Slough) (King County), from the 68th Avenue N.E. Bridge to Lake Sammamish: Closed waters: All tributaries. June 1 through August 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all trout.


Sandyshore Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April to ((October 31)) November 30 season.


San Poil River (Ferry County): Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon.


Sarge Hubbard Park Pond (Yakima County): Juveniles and holders of disability licenses only.


Satsop Lakes (Grays Harbor County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Satsop River, (Grays Harbor County): Mainstem and East Fork single point barbless hooks and night closure August 16 through November 30 except only August 16 through October 31 on East Fork upstream from bridge at Schafer State Park. Middle and West forks downstream from Cougar Smith Road nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 16 through November 30. Middle and West Forks upstream from Cougar Smith Road night closure and nonbuoyant lure restriction August 16 through October 31. All open periods: Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

     From mouth to bridge at Schafer Park: Additional ((November)) December 1 through March 31 season. Salmon: Open only October 1 through January 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon, except release adult chinook.

     Middle Fork (Turnow Branch), from mouth to Cougar Smith Road: Additional ((November)) December 1 through last day in February season.

     West Fork, from mouth to Cougar Smith Road: Additional ((November)) December 1 through last day in February season.


Sauk River (Skagit/Snohomish counties):

     From mouth to the mouth of the White Chuck River: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches.

     From the mouth of the White Chuck River to headwaters, including North Fork and South Fork upstream to Elliot Creek: Selective gear rules. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches.

     South Fork upstream from Elliot Creek: June 1 through August 31 season. Selective gear rules.

     From mouth to the Darrington Bridge: Additional March 1 through April 30 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.


Sawyer, Lake (King County): Chumming permitted.


Schaefer Lake (Chelan County): Trout: Daily limit sixteen.


Sekiu River (Clallam County): All open periods: Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

     From mouth to forks: Additional ((November)) December 1 through last day in February season.


Serene Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Shady Lake (King County): June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Trout: No more than one over fourteen inches in length.


Shannon, Lake (Skagit County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Chumming permitted. Trout: Minimum length six inches and maximum length eighteen inches.


Shellneck Creek (Yakima County): Closed waters.


Shelton Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.


Sherman Creek (Ferry County):

     From the mouth at Lake Roosevelt upstream to four hundred feet above the water diversion dam for the hatchery: Closed waters, except December 1 through August 31 season from the mouth upstream to the hatchery boat dock.


Sherry Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Sherwood Creek (Mason County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Sherwood Creek Mill Pond (Mason County): June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2 fish.


Shiner Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.


Shoe Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Shoveler Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30 season.


Shye Lake (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Sidley Lake (Okanogan County): Trout: Daily limit two.


Siebert Creek (Clallam County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Silent Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.


Silver Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis County), mouth to USFS Road 4778: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.


Silver Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Silver Lake, North (Spokane County): ((Fly fishing only.)) March 1 through September 30 and November 1 through December 31 season. Selective gear rules. March 1 through September 30: Trout: Daily limit 2 fish, minimum length 14 inches, except release fish with clipped adipose fin. November 1 through December 31: All species: Release all fish.


Silver Lake (Whatcom County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Silvernail Lake (Okanogan County): Juveniles only.


Similkameen River (Okanogan County):

     From mouth to ((Enloe Dam: December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.

     From Enloe Dam to)) Canadian border: ((Additional)) December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.


Sinlahekin Creek (Okanogan County), from Palmer Lake to Cecile Creek bridge: June 1 through August 31 season. Selective gear rules. Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.


Sixteen Lake (Skagit County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Skagit River (Skagit/Whatcom counties):

     From mouth to the Memorial Highway Bridge (Highway 536 at Mt. Vernon): Year-round season. Selective gear rules March 1 through May 31 except lawful to fish from a floating device equipped with a motor. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through December 31. Daily limit 2 salmon. Release chinook.

     From Memorial Highway Bridge (Highway 536 at Mt. Vernon) upstream to Gilligan Creek: June 1 through March 31 season. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through December 31. Daily limit 2 salmon. Release chinook.

     From Gilligan Creek to Bacon Creek: June 1 through March 15 season except closed June 1 through June 30 and August 1 through August 31 between a line 200 feet above the east bank of the Baker River to a line 200 feet below the west bank of the Baker River. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure July 1 through November 30. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of the trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open only September 16 through December 31 Gilligan Creek to the Cascade River, daily limit two salmon. Release chinook.

     From Bacon Creek to Gorge Powerhouse: June 1 through last day in February season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure July 1 through November 30. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of the trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches.

     From the Gorge Powerhouse to Gorge Dam: Closed waters.

     From the Dalles Bridge at Concrete to the mouth of Bacon Creek: Additional March 16 through April 30 season. Selective gear rules, except lawful to fish from a floating device equipped with a motor but not while under power. All species: Release all fish.


Skamokawa Creek (Wahkiakum County), mouth to forks just below Oatfield and Middle Valley Road: November 1 through March 15 season. All species: Release all fish other than steelhead. Trout: Minimum length twenty inches.


Skate Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis County): Trout: Daily limit five, no more than one over twelve inches in length.


Skokomish River (Mason County), mouth to forks: June 1 through last day in February season. Night closure, nonbuoyant lure restriction and single point barbless hooks required August 1 through November 30. ((June 1 through last day in February season.)) All game fish: Release all fish except that up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only August 1 through December 15 mouth to Highway 101 Bridge. Daily limit 1 salmon August 1 through September 30 and 6 salmon October 1 through December 15, except October 1 through December 15 the daily limit may contain no more than 4 adult fish and of these adults not more than one may be an adult chinook. August 1 through October 15 release chum salmon.


Skokomish River, South Fork (Mason County):

     From mouth to mouth of Church Creek: June 1 through last day in February season. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.

     From mouth of Church Creek to mouth of Rule Creek: Closed waters.

     From mouth of Rule Creek to headwaters: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.


Skokomish River, North Fork (Mason County):

     From mouth to lower dam: June 1 through last day in February season. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.

     Above Lake Cushman, mouth to Olympic National Park boundary: June 1 through August 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all fish.


Skookum Creek (Mason County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Skookum Lakes, North and South (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Skookumchuck Reservoir (Thurston County): June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches.


Skookumchuck River (Thurston County):

     From mouth to four hundred feet below the outlet of the PP&L/WDFW steelhead rearing pond located at the base of the Skookumchuck Dam: June 1 through April 30 season. Single point barbless hooks and night closure August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 16 through last day in February. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon, except December 1 through the last day in February release adult wild coho. Release adult chinook.

     From Skookumchuck Reservoir upstream and all tributaries: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.


Skykomish River (Snohomish County):

     From mouth to mouth of Wallace River: June 1 through last day in February season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Fishing from any floating device prohibited November 1 through last day in February from the boat ramp below Lewis Street Bridge at Monroe downstream two thousand five hundred feet. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open June 1 through July 31 Lewis Street Bridge in Monroe to Wallace River. Daily limit 1 hatchery chinook. Open September 1 through December 31. Daily limit 2 salmon. Release chinook and pink salmon.

     From the mouth of the Wallace River to the forks: June 1 through last day in February season, except closed June 1 to 8:00 a.m. August 1 in those waters one thousand five hundred feet upstream and one thousand feet downstream of the outlet at Skykomish Rearing Ponds. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Fishing ((for game fish)) from any floating device prohibited in the area one thousand five hundred feet upstream and one thousand feet downstream of the outlet at Skykomish Rearing Ponds August 1 through last day in February. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through December 31. Daily limit 2 salmon. Release chinook and pink salmon.


Skykomish River, North Fork (Snohomish County):

     From mouth to one thousand feet downstream from Bear Creek Falls: June 1 through last day in February season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

     From one thousand feet below Bear Creek Falls to Deer Falls: Closed waters.


Skykomish River, South Fork (King/Snohomish counties):

     From mouth to six hundred feet downstream from the Sunset Falls Fishway: June 1 through last day in February season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

     From a point six hundred feet downstream of the Sunset Falls Fishway to the Sunset Falls Fishway: Closed waters.

     From Sunset Falls to source: June 1 through November 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Whitefish: Additional December 1 through last day in February season. Release all fish other than whitefish.


Smith Creek (near North River) (Pacific County): June 1 through last day in February season. Single point barbless hooks, and night closure August 16 through November 30 upstream to the Highway 101 Bridge. All game fish: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon and of the adult salmon not more than one may be an adult wild coho. Release adult chinook. Sturgeon: Open year-round from mouth to Highway 101 Bridge.


Snake River: Year-round season. Closed to the taking of all trout April 1 through June 15. Trout: Daily limit six, minimum length ten inches, no more than two over twenty inches. Release all steelhead June 16 through August 31. Barbless hooks required when fishing for steelhead. Sturgeon: Unlawful to retain sturgeon in mainstem and tributaries upstream from Lower Granite Dam. Bass: Fish twelve to seventeen inches in length may be retained as part of the daily limit. No more than 3 bass over fifteen inches in length may be retained. Walleye: Minimum length eighteen inches. Up to five fish eighteen to twenty-four inches in length may be retained in the daily limit. No more than one walleye over 24 inches in length may be retained. Channel catfish: No daily limit.

     Closed waters: Within four hundred feet of the base of any dam and within a four hundred foot radius around the fish ladder entrance at Lyons Ferry Hatchery, within a two hundred foot radius upstream of the fish ladder exit above Lower Granite Dam, and within an area one thousand two hundred feet downstream from the base of the west lock gate at Little Goose Dam on the south bank of the Snake River and one hundred feet out into the river from said river bank.


Snipe Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30 season.


Snohomish River (Snohomish County), including all channels, sloughs, and interconnected waterways, but excluding all tributaries: June 1 through last day in February season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through December 31. Daily limit 2 salmon. Release chinook and pink salmon. Sturgeon: Open year-round from mouth to Highway 2 Bridge.


Snoqualmie River (King County):

     From mouth to the falls: June 1 through last day in February season, except waters within the Puget Power tunnel at the falls and within fifty feet of any point on Puget Power's lower Plant # 2 building (north bank) are closed waters. June 1 through November 30 selective gear rules, except fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor allowed. Fishing ((for game fish)) from any floating device prohibited November 1 through last day in February from the mouth of Tokul Creek downstream to the boat ramp at Plumb access, about one-quarter mile. Night closure September 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through December 31. Daily limit 2 fish. Release chinook and pink.

     From Snoqualmie Falls upstream, including the North and South Forks: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length ten inches. Additional ((November)) December 1 through May 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.

     Snoqualmie Middle Fork from mouth to source including all tributaries except Pratt and Taylor rivers: June 1 through May 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.


Snow Creek (Jefferson County), including all tributaries: Closed waters.


Sol Duc River (Clallam County): June 1 through April 30 season. November 1 through April 30, selective gear rules from the concrete pump station at the Soleduck Hatchery to the Olympic National Park boundary. November 1 through April 30 from the Highway 101 Bridge downstream from Snider Creek to the Olympic National Park boundary unlawful to fish from a floating device and all species: Release all fish. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. December 1 through April 30, from mouth to the concrete pump station at the Soleduck Hatchery, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only March 1 through November 30 from mouth to concrete pump station. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. July 1 through August 31 release wild adult coho and wild adult chinook.


Sooes River (Suez River) (Clallam County): June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Soos Creek (King County), from mouth to bridge near hatchery residence: June 1 through August 31 and October 12 through October 27 season. ((September 1)) October 12 through October ((31)) 27 - night closure. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Game fish: Release game fish October 12 through October 27. Salmon: Open only October 12 through October 27 to fishing by juveniles only. Terminal gear restricted to one single hook. Daily limit two coho salmon.

     Bridge near hatchery residence to Salmon hatchery rack: June 1 through August 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


South Bend Mill Pond (Pacific County): Juveniles only.


South Prairie Creek (Pierce County), mouth to Page Creek: Closed waters.


Spada Lake (Reservoir) (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules except fishing from a floating device equipped with an electric motor permitted. Trout: Maximum length twelve inches.


Spada Lake (Reservoir) tributaries (Snohomish County): Closed waters.


Spanaway Lake and Spanaway Lake outlet downstream to the dam (approximately 800 feet) (Pierce County): Year-round season. Bass: Release fish 12 to 17 inches in length. Only one fish over 17 inches in length may be retained.


Spearfish Lake (Klickitat County): Last Saturday in April through last day in February season.


Spectacle Lake (Okanogan County): March 1 through July 31 season.


Spirit Lake (Skamania County): Closed waters.


Spokane River (Spokane County):

     From SR 25 Bridge upstream to the Seven Mile Bridge, except Long Lake, formed by Long Lake Dam (see also Long Lake): Year-round season ((except walleye)). Trout: Daily limit five, no more than two over twenty inches in length. Walleye: Daily limit five, no minimum length, no more than one over eighteen inches in length. April 1 through May 31 release all walleye. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon.

     From Seven Mile Bridge upstream to the Monroe Street Dam: Year-round season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one. Release wild trout. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon.

     From Monroe Street Dam upstream to Upriver Dam: Year-round season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.

     From Upriver Dam upstream to the Idaho/Washington state line: Selective gear rules, except fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor permitted. All species: Release all fish.


Sprague Lake (Adams/Lincoln counties):

     Waters south of the lakeside edge of the reeds and waters of Cow Creek south to Danekas Road: July 1 through September 15 season.


Spring Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.


Spring Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.


Spring Lakes (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.


Squalicum Lake (Whatcom County): Fly fishing only. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout: Daily limit two.


Stan Coffin Lake (Grant County): Bass: Release all bass.


Starvation Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through ((May 31 season. Additional June 1 through October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.


Steel Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Stehekin River (Chelan County), from the mouth to Agnes Creek: July 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fifteen inches. Release cutthroat. Additional March 1 through June 30 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.


Stetattle Creek (Whatcom County), from its mouth to mouth of Bucket Creek (one and one-half miles upstream): Closed waters.


Stevens Creek (Grays Harbor County), mouth to Highway 101 Bridge: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Stevens, Lake (Snohomish County): Chumming permitted. Kokanee: Kokanee not included in trout daily limit. Kokanee daily limit ten fish.


Steves Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Stickney Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Stillaguamish River (Snohomish County):

     From mouth to Warm Beach-Stanwood Highway, including all sloughs: Year-round season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 16 through December 31. Daily limit 2 chum salmon.

     From Warm Beach-Stanwood Highway to the forks, except from the barrier dam (downstream of I-5) downstream two hundred feet which is closed waters: June 1 through last day in February season. Night closure August 1 through November 30. Selective gear rules June 1 through November 30 except fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor allowed June 1 through November 30. Trout: June 1 through November 30 release all fish except hatchery steelhead. Minimum length fourteen inches December 1 through last day in February. Salmon: Open only October 16 through December 31. Daily limit 2 chum salmon.


Stillaguamish River, North Fork (Snohomish County), from mouth to Swede Heaven Bridge: Year-round season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Fishing from any floating device prohibited upstream of the Highway 530 Bridge at mile post 28.8 (Cicero Bridge). Fishing from any floating device equipped with a motor prohibited downstream from the Highway 530 Bridge. March 1 through November 30: All species: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead. April 16 through November 30 fly fishing only. December 1 through last day in February: Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Stillaguamish River, South Fork (Snohomish County):

     From mouth to four hundred feet downstream of the outlet to fishway at Granite Falls: June 1 through last day in February season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

     From four hundred feet below the outlet of the end of the fishway to Mt. Loop Highway bridge above Granite Falls: Closed waters.

     From Mt. Loop Highway Bridge above Granite Falls to source: June 1 through November 30 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30.


Storm Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Stratford/Brook Lake (Grant County): February 1 through September 30 season.


Stump Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.


Suiattle River (Skagit County): Trout: Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches.


Sullivan Creek (Pend Oreille County), from Mill Pond upstream: Selective gear rules.


Sultan River (Snohomish County), from its mouth to a point four hundred feet downstream from the diversion dam at river mile 9.7: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches.


Sultan River, North and South Forks (Snohomish County): Closed waters.


Summit Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Summit Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Sunday Creek (tributary to N.F. Snoqualmie River) (King County): Closed waters.


Sutherland Lake (Clallam County): Chumming permitted.


Swamp Creek (tributary to Sammamish River) (Snohomish/King counties): Closed waters.


Swan Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Swan's Mill Pond (Stossel Creek) (King County): June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Swauk Creek (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.


Swift Reservoir (Skamania County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. From posted markers below Eagle Cliff Bridge to Bridge: Selective gear rules except fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor is allowed. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Swofford Pond (Lewis County): Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.


Tahuya River (Mason County): Mouth to Bear Creek-Dewatto Road crossing: June 1 through February 28 season. Game fish: Selective gear rules and release all fish. Salmon: Open only September 16 through October 31 mouth to marker one mile above North Shore Road Bridge. Single point barbless hooks required. Daily limit 2 coho salmon.

     Bear Creek-Dewatto Road crossing upstream: Selective gear rules and release all fish.


Taneum Creek (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.


Tanwax Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Tapps Lake (Reservoir) and Tapps Lake (Reservoir) intake canal (Pierce County), to within four hundred feet of the screen at Dingle Basin: Year-round season.


Tarboo Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April through November 30 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Tate Creek (tributary to N.F. Snoqualmie River) (King County): Closed waters.


Taylor River (tributary to the Middle Fork Snoqualmie) (King County): Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.


Teal Lakes (North and South) (Grant County): April 1 through September 30 season.


Teal Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April to ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.


Teanaway River, including North Fork (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.


Tenas Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Tennant Lake (Whatcom County): Fishing from any floating device prohibited from first Friday in October through January 15.


Terrell, Lake (Whatcom County): Fishing from any floating device prohibited the first Saturday after Labor Day through the following Friday and from October 1 through January 15 except fishing from floating dock permitted.


Thomas Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Thornton Creek (tributary to Lake Washington) (King County): Closed waters.


Thread Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30 season.


Tibbetts Creek (tributary to Lake Sammamish) (King County): Closed waters.


Tieton River (Yakima County): Lawful to fish to base of Tieton (Rimrock) Dam. Additional December 1 through March 31 season: Whitefish gear rules apply.


Tieton River, North Fork (Yakima County), upstream from Rimrock Lake: Closed waters: Spillway channel. June 1 through August 15 season.


Tieton River, South Fork (Yakima County): From mouth to bridge on USFS Rd. 1070 (approximately 12.5 miles): Closed waters.


Tiger Lake (Kitsap/Mason counties): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Tilton River (Lewis County), from mouth to West Fork: June 1 through March 31 season. Trout: Daily limit five, no more than one over twelve inches in length. Salmon: Open only June 1 through December 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult fish. Release wild coho.


Tilton River, East, North, South and West Forks (Lewis County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.


Toad Lake (Whatcom County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Tokul Creek (King County):

     From mouth to the posted cable boundary marker located approximately seven hundred feet upstream of the mouth: December 1 through last day in February season, closed 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. daily. Nonbuoyant lure restriction. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

     From the posted cable boundary marker located approximately seven hundred feet upstream of the mouth to the railroad trestle: Closed waters.


Tolt River (King County):

     From mouth to the USGS trolley cable near the confluence of the North and South Forks: June 1 through last day in February season. June 1 through November 30, selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

     From the USGS trolley cable to the falls in Sec. 21, Twp 26N., R 8 E. on the North Fork, and to the dam on the South Fork: Closed waters.

     From falls upstream on North Fork: Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.

     From dam upstream on South Fork: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length ten inches.


Touchet River (Columbia/Walla Walla counties):

     From confluence of north and south forks upstream, including Robinson and Wolf Forks: Selective gear rules. Release all steelhead. Tributaries other than North Fork, South Fork, Robinson Fork, and Wolf Fork: Closed waters.

     North Fork: Upstream of Spangler Creek June 1 through August 31 season.

     South Fork: Upstream from Griffin Creek June 1 through August 31 season.

     Wolf Fork: Upstream from Coates Creek June 1 through August 31 season.


     From mouth to confluence of north and south forks: Additional season: ((November)) December 1 through April 15. Barbless hooks required. All species: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead and brown trout.


Toutle River (Cowlitz County):

     From mouth to forks, and North Fork from the mouth to the posted deadline below the fish collection facility: June 1 through November 30 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure September 1 through October 15 on North Fork from confluence with South Fork to mouth of Green River. All game fish: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead. Salmon: Open only August 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum and wild coho in mainstem. Release wild coho in North Fork. Release all chinook October 1 through November 30 in North Fork upstream from Kidd Valley Bridge.

     From the posted deadline below the fish collection facility upstream to the headwaters, including all tributaries, but excepting Castle and Coldwater Lakes: Closed waters.


Toutle River, South Fork (Cowlitz County), mouth to source: Closed waters: All tributaries. June 1 through November 30 season. All species: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead. Trout: Minimum length twenty inches. Mouth to 4100 Road Bridge: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead.


Trapper Lake (Chelan County): Trout: Daily limit two.


Trout Creek (tributary to Wind River) (Skamania County): Closed waters.


Trout Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Trout Lake (tributary to Big White Salmon River) (Klickitat County): June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Tucannon River (Columbia/Walla Walla counties): Closed waters: All tributaries.

     From the mouth upstream to Turner Road Bridge: Additional ((November)) December 1 through April 15 season. November 1 through April 15: Barbless hooks required. All species: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead and whitefish.

     From the Turner Road Bridge upstream to the Cummings Creek Bridge: Selective gear rules June 1 through October 31. Additional season ((November)) December 1 through April 15. November 1 through April 15: Barbless hooks required. All species: Release all fish except steelhead and whitefish.

     From the Cummings Creek Bridge upstream to 500 feet above the Rainbow Lake intake: Closed waters.

     From 500 feet above the Rainbow Lake intake to the Cow Camp Bridge: Selective gear rules. Release steelhead.

     From Cow Camp Bridge upstream: Closed waters.


Tucquala Lake (Kittitas County): June 1 through November 30 season.


Tunnel Lake (Skamania County): Trout: No more than 2 trout 20 inches in length or greater may be retained.


Twin Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Twin Lakes (Chelan County) and tributaries and outlet stream to junction with the Napeequa River: Closed waters.


Twisp River (Okanogan County), from mouth to War Creek: June 1 through September 30 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish. War Creek to South Fork Twisp River: Closed waters.


Tye River (King County): Foss River to Alpine Falls June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. ((Whitefish:)) Additional ((November)) December 1 through last day in February season. ((Release all fish other than)) Whitefish gear rules apply. From Alpine falls upstream: Trout: Minimum size ten inches.


U Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Umtanum Creek (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.


Uncle John Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.


Union Creek (Yakima County): From mouth upstream to falls (approximately 1/4 mile): Closed waters.


Union River (Mason County):

     All species: Release all fish except sturgeon may be retained downstream from Highway 300 Bridge. From Highway 300 Bridge upstream to watershed boundary: Selective gear rules.

     From Highway 300 Bridge to lower bridge on Old Belfair Highway: Closed waters August 16 through ((October 31)) November 30.

     From mouth to lower bridge on the Old Belfair Highway, additional ((November)) December 1 through last day in February season.

     From watershed boundary to source, including all tributaries: Closed waters.


Upper Wheeler Reservoir (Chelan County): Closed waters.


Valley Creek (Clallam County): Juveniles only.


Vance Creek (Mason County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Vance Creek/Elma Ponds (Grays Harbor County): Pond One: Last Saturday in April through November 30 season. Juveniles, holders of a senior license and holders of a department disability license only. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply. Pond Two: Last Saturday in April through November 30 season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Vancouver Lake and all other waters west of Burlington-Northern Railroad from Columbia River drawbridge near Vancouver downstream to Lewis River (Clark County): Closed waters: April 1 through May 30 the Vancouver Lake flushing channel is closed and it is closed to fishing from the lake shoreline within 400 feet east and west of the channel exit. Chumming permitted. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches.


Vanes Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Van Winkle Creek (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through January 31 season. Mouth to 400 feet below outlet of Lake Aberdeen Hatchery: Game fish: Minimum length 14 inches. Release game fish December 1 through January 31. Salmon: Open only September 1 through January 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which not more than 2 may be adult fish and of the adult fish not more than one may be a wild adult coho. Release chum and adult chinook.


Vic Meyers (Rainbow) Lake (Grant County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season.


Vogler Lake (Skagit County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fly fishing only. All species: Release all fish.


Voight Creek (Pierce County): From mouth to Highway 162 Bridge: Closed waters.


Wagners Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Waitts Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through last day in February season.


Walker Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Wallace River (Snohomish County):

     From its mouth to the first Burlington-Northern Railroad bridge downstream of the Highway 2 Bridge: June 1 through last day in February season. Closed waters: From the first Burlington-Northern Railroad bridge (below Highway 2) to a point two hundred feet upstream of the water intake of the salmon hatchery. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30. Daily limit 2 coho.

     From the mouth to mouth of Olney Creek: November 1 through last day in February season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches.


Walla Walla River (Walla Walla County):

     From mouth to the Touchet River: Year-round season. Trout: Barbless hooks required when fishing for steelhead. Release trout April 1 through May 31.

     From the Touchet River upstream to state line: Trout: All tributaries except Mill Creek, maximum length twenty inches. Additional season ((November)) December 1 through April 15. All species: Barbless hooks required and release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.


Walupt Lake (Lewis County): Closed waters: All inlet streams. Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules except fishing from devices equipped with motors permitted. Trout: Minimum length ten inches.


Wannacut Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Wapato Lake (Chelan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. From August 1 through ((October 31)) November 30: Selective gear rules except fishing from a device equipped with an internal combustion engine permitted. Trout: Release all trout.


Wapato Lake (Pierce County): Juveniles only.


Ward Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Ward Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Warden Lake and Warden Lake, South (Grant County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season.


Washburn Island Pond (Okanogan County): April 1 through September 30 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.


Washburn Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Trout: Daily limit two.


Washington, Lake, including that portion of the Sammamish River from the 68th Avenue N.E. Bridge downstream (King County): Fishing from floating device prohibited one hundred yards either side of the floating bridges. Chumming permitted. Trout: December 1 through last day in February: Release all steelhead and rainbow trout over twenty inches in length. March 1 through June 30: Minimum length twelve inches, and release all steelhead and rainbow trout over twenty inches in length. Kokanee/sockeye under fifteen inches are kokanee while those fifteen inches and over are sockeye salmon. Salmon: Open only September 16 through October 31 north of Highway 520 Bridge and east of Montlake Bridge. Daily limit two coho salmon.


Washington, Lake, Ship Canal (King County) (waters east of a north-south line 400 feet west of the fish ladder at the Chittenden Locks and west of a north-south line at the eastern ends of the concrete abutments east of the Montlake Bridge): West of Fremont Bridge: Fishing from floating device prohibited. East of Fremont Bridge: Chumming permitted.

     From west boundary to a north-south line 400 feet east of the eastern end of the northern wing wall of Chittenden Locks: Closed waters.

     From 400 feet east of the eastern end of the northern wing wall of Chittenden Locks to the east boundary: Open year-round. Trout: December 1 through last day in February daily limit five, no minimum length. Release steelhead and rainbow trout over twenty inches in length. March 1 through June 30, daily limit five, minimum length twelve inches. Release steelhead and rainbow trout over twenty inches in length. July 1 through November 30, daily limit five, no minimum length. Kokanee/sockeye less than fifteen inches in length are kokanee and fifteen inches and over in length are sockeye salmon.


Washougal River (Clark County):

     From mouth to bridge at Salmon Falls: June 1 through March 15 season((s)). Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure September 1 through October 31. Trout: ((Minimum length twelve inches.)) Release ((wild cutthroat)) all trout except up to 2 hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only August 1 through March 15. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum and wild coho. Upstream of Little Washougal River, release chinook October 1 through December 31.

     ((From mouth to Mt. Norway Bridge: Additional April 16 through May 31 season. All species: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead.))

     From bridge at Salmon Falls to its source, including tributaries: Closed waters.


Washougal River, West (North) Fork (Clark/Skamania counties):

     From mouth to the water intake at the department hatchery: Closed waters.

     From intake at department hatchery to source: June 1 through March 15 season. Trout: ((Minimum length twelve inches. Release wild cutthroat.)) Release all fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.


Watson Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.


Waughop Lake (Pierce County): Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Wenas Lake (Yakima County): Trout: Daily limit ((five, of which not)) may not contain more than two ((may be)) brown trout.


Wenoha River tributaries within Washington: June 1 through August 31 season.


Wenatchee Lake (Chelan County): Trout except kokanee: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches. Release kokanee. Kokanee/sockeye under sixteen inches will be considered kokanee while those sixteen inches and over will be considered sockeye salmon.


Wenatchee River (Chelan County):

     December 1 through March 31 season, from mouth to Highway 2 Bridge at Leavenworth only. Whitefish gear rules apply.


West Twin River (Clallam County): June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Whatcom Creek (Whatcom County):

     From mouth to stone bridge at Whatcom Falls Park: June 1 through last day in February season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through December 31. Closed waters: Woburn Street Bridge upstream to the stone bridge. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only August 1 through December 31 from mouth to markers below Dupont Street. Daily limit 6 fish of which not more than 2 may be adult salmon.

     From stone bridge at Whatcom Falls Park upstream to Lake Whatcom: Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Juveniles only. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through ((December 31)) November 30. Trout: No minimum length.


Whatcom, Lake (Whatcom County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season((, except)). Closed waters: Those waters between the Electric Avenue Bridge and the outlet dam ((are closed waters:)). Trout: Release cutthroat trout.


Whatcom, Lake, tributaries (Whatcom County): Closed waters.


White River (Chelan County), from mouth upstream to White River Falls: Closed waters.


White (Stuck) River (Pierce County):

     From mouth to R Street Bridge in Auburn: October 1 through last day in February season: Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure October 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

     From R Street Bridge to Highway 410 Bridge at Buckley: October 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Closed waters: Puget Power canal, including the screen bypass channel, above the screen at Dingle Basin. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure. Trout: 14 inch minimum size.

     From the Weyerhaeuser 6000 Road Bridge (Bridge Camp) to its source: Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Whitefish: Additional ((November)) December 1 through January 31 season. Release all fish except whitefish.


Whitechuck River (Snohomish County): Trout: Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches.


White Salmon River (Klickitat/Skamania counties):

     From mouth to powerhouse: ((July 1 through March 31)) Year-round season. Bank fishing only downstream from the Highway 14 Bridge. August 1 through December 31: Nonbuoyant lure restriction. Salmon and steelhead: Open April 1 through June 30, daily limit two fish, one or both of which may be salmon or hatchery steelhead. Release all fish except salmon or hatchery steelhead. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open July 1 through March 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. October 1 through December 31 release chinook upstream from posted markers upstream of Highway 14 Bridge.

     From powerhouse to within four hundred feet of Northwestern Dam: November 16 to April 30 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open November 16 through March 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. November 16 through December 31 release chinook. Salmon and steelhead: Open April 1 through June 15, daily limit two fish, one or both of which may be salmon or hatchery steelhead. Release all fish except salmon or hatchery steelhead.

     From gas pipeline crossing above Northwestern Lake to Gilmer Creek: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.


Wide Hollow Creek (Yakima County): Trout: Daily limit five, no minimum length.


Widgeon Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30 season.


Wildberry Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Wildcat Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Wilderness Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Willame Lake (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length fifteen inches.


Willapa River (Pacific County): Mouth to Fork Creek: June 1 through March 31 season, except sturgeon. Night closure and single point barbless hooks August 16 through November 30 mouth to Highway 6 Bridge. Nonbuoyant lure restriction, night closure and single point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30 Highway 6 Bridge to Fork Creek. November 1 through March 31 fishing from any floating device prohibited from the bridge on Willapa Road to Fork Creek.

     All game fish: Release all fish except that up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained. Salmon: Open only August 1 through January 31 from mouth to Highway 6 Bridge approximately 2 miles below mouth of Trap Creek and open October 16 through January 31 from Highway 6 Bridge to Fork Creek. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 3 may be adult salmon and of the adult salmon not more than one may be a wild adult coho and not more than two may be adult chinook and not more than two may be chum.

     Sturgeon: Open year-round from mouth to Highway 6 Bridge.

     Upstream from Fork Creek: Selective gear rules. August 16 through October 31, nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure. All species: Release all fish.

     South Fork: Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 16 through ((October 31)) November 30. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained. Additional ((November)) December 1 through last day of February season. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure November 1 through November 30.)) All species: Release all fish except that up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.


Williams Creek (Pacific County): June 1 through last day in February season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.


Williams Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season.


Williams Lake (Stevens County): December 1 through March 31 season.


Wilson Creek (two branches within Ellensburg city limits) (Kittitas County): Juveniles only. Trout: Daily limit five, no minimum length.


Winchester Wasteway (Grant County): Within Winchester Game Reserve: February 1 through September 30 season.


Wind River (Skamania County):

     Mouth to four hundred feet below Shipherd Falls: July 1 through March 15 season. Mouth to High Bridge: May 1 through June 30: Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure. Salmon and steelhead: Open May 1 through June 30 daily limit 2 fish, one or both of which may be a salmon or hatchery steelhead. Release all fish except salmon and hatchery steelhead. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open August 1 through October 31 from mouth to railroad bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon.

     From four hundred feet below to one hundred feet above Shipherd Falls fish ladder: Closed waters.

     From one hundred feet above Shipherd Falls to source, including all tributaries: May 1 through June 30 season. Closed waters: From 400 feet below to 100 feet above the Coffer Dam and from a boundary marker approximately 800 yards downstream from Carson National Fish Hatchery upstream, including all tributaries. Night closure and nonbuoyant lure restriction. Salmon and steelhead: Daily limit 2 fish, one or both of which may be a salmon or hatchery steelhead. Release all fish except salmon and hatchery steelhead.


Winston Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length ten inches.


Wishkah River (Grays Harbor County), including all forks: Closed waters: Mainstem from four hundred feet below outlet of dam at Wishkah Rearing Ponds (formerly Mayr Bros.) to dam. Mouth to West Fork: June 1 through March 31 season. Single point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon,. Release adult chinook.

     From the West Fork to four hundred feet below outlet: June 1 through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Wolf Creek, mouth to mouth of south fork (Okanogan County): Closed waters.


Wood Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Woodland Creek (Thurston County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.


Wooten Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Wye Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.


Wynoochee River (Grays Harbor County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Mouth to 7400 line bridge above mouth of Schafer Creek: June 1 through March 31 season. Single point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30. Salmon: Open only October 1 through January 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon, except daily limit may contain no more than 1 wild adult coho December 1 through January 31. Release adult chinook.

     7400 line bridge upstream: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Selective gear rules. Fishing from a floating device prohibited. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.


Wynoochee Reservoir (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through ((October 31)) November 30 season. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.


Yakima River (Yakima County): Release all steelhead in mainstem and tributaries.

     From mouth to Prosser Dam: Chumming permitted. Channel catfish: No daily limit. Salmon: Open only September 16 through ((October 31)) November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which not more than 2 may be adult salmon. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure.

     From mouth to Highway 223 Bridge: Bass: No daily limit of bass under 12 inches in length. Release bass 12 to 17 inches in length. Unlawful to retain more than one bass per day greater than 17 inches in length.

     From mouth to thirty-five hundred feet below Roza Dam: Year-round season. Closed waters: From Yakima Avenue-Terrace Heights Bridge upstream 400 feet. March 1 through November 30, closed from thirty-five hundred feet below Roza Dam to Roza Dam. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches and maximum length twenty inches. Release all trout April 1 through May 31. Thirty-five hundred feet below Roza Dam to four hundred feet below Roza Dam: December 1 through last day in February season. Whitefish gear rules apply.

     From Roza Dam to four hundred feet below Easton Dam and from Lake Easton to the base of Keechelus Dam: Year-round season. Fishing from floating devices equipped with motors allowed only from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation restricted area signs at Roza Dam upstream to the boat launch ramp on the Roza Access Area (approximately one-half mile). Selective gear rules except bait and one single point barbed hook three-sixteenths or smaller point to shank may be used for whitefish December 1 through last day in February. Release all trout except eastern brook trout. Eastern brook trout: No daily limit and no minimum size from Lake Easton to Keechelus Dam.


Yakima Sportsmen's Park Ponds (Yakima County): Juveniles only.


Yale Reservoir (Cowlitz County): Trout: Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit sixteen.


Yellowjacket Creek (tributary to Cispus River) (Lewis County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.


Yellowjacket Ponds (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April through last day in February season. Trout: No more than one over twelve inches in length.


Yokum Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through ((October 31)) November 30 season.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 02-20-082 (Order 02-249), § 232-28-619, filed 9/30/02, effective 10/31/02; 02-15-097 (Order 02-158), § 232-28-619, filed 7/16/02, effective 8/16/02; 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), § 232-28-619, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02; 01-14-001 (Order 01-107), § 232-28-619, filed 6/21/01, effective 7/22/01; 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 232-28-619, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-16-091 (Order 00-134), § 232-28-619, filed 7/31/00, effective 8/31/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 232-28-619, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00; 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 232-28-619, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99; 99-08-029 (Order 99-13), § 232-28-619, filed 3/30/99, effective 5/1/99; 98-15-081 (Order 98-122), § 232-28-619, filed 7/15/98, effective 8/15/98; 98-06-031, § 232-28-619, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 75.12.040. 97-18-035, § 232-28-619, filed 8/27/97, effective 9/27/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 97-07-076 (Order 97-50), § 232-28-619, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 96-11-079 (Order 96-45), § 232-28-619, filed 5/13/96, effective 6/13/96; 95-19-011 (Order 95-114), § 232-28-619, filed 9/7/95, effective 10/8/95; 95-10-027, § 232-28-619, filed 4/26/95, effective 5/27/95; 95-05-008 (Order 95-11), § 232-28-619, filed 2/1/95, effective 5/1/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.055 and 77.12.040. 93-21-070 (Order 617), § 232-28-619, filed 10/20/93, effective 4/16/94; 92-01-084 (Order 524), § 232-28-619, filed 12/16/91, effective 4/16/92.]

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AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 02-158, filed 7/16/02, effective 8/16/02)

WAC 232-28-621   Puget Sound salmon -- Saltwater seasons and daily limits.   It is unlawful to fish for or possess salmon taken by angling for personal use except from the following Puget Sound areas, during the seasons, in the quantities, and for the species designated in this section and sizes as defined in WAC 220-56-180. Puget Sound waters west of the mouth of the Sekiu River are managed concurrent with ocean waters as provided for in WAC 232-28-620.

     (1) Catch Record Card Area 5:

     (a) May 1 through June 30 - Closed.

     (b) July 1 through September 30 - Daily limit of 2 salmon, except release chum and wild coho salmon. Release chinook July 1 through July 7. Daily limit may contain not more than one chinook July 8 through September 30.

     (c) October 1 through October 31 - Closed.

     (d) November 1 through November 30 - Daily limit of 2 salmon of which no more than one may be a chinook salmon.

     (e) December 1 through February 14 - Closed.

     (f) February 15 through April 10 - Daily limit of 1 salmon.

     (g) April 11 through April 30 - Closed.

     (2) Catch Record Card Area 6:

     (a) May 1 through June 30 - Closed.

     (b) July 1 through September 30 - Daily limit of 2 salmon, except release chinook, chum and wild coho salmon.

     (c) October 1 through October 31 - Closed except Dungeness Bay inside a line from Dungeness Spit Light to the No. 2 red buoy and then to the Port Williams boat ramp - Daily limit of 2 coho salmon.

     (d) November 1 through November 30 - Daily limit of 2 salmon of which no more than one may be a chinook salmon.

     (e) December 1 through February 14 - Closed.

     (f) February 15 through April 10 - Daily limit of 1 salmon.

     (g) April 11 through April 30 - Closed.

     (3) Catch Record Card Area 7:

     (a) May 1 through June 30 - Closed.

     (b) July 1 through July 31 - Daily limit of 2 salmon, not more than 1 of which may be a chinook salmon.

     (c) August 1 through September 30 - Daily limit of 2 salmon, not more than 1 of which may be a chinook salmon, release chum and wild coho.

     (d) October 1 through October 31 - Daily limit of 2 salmon, except release chinook salmon.

     (e) November 1 through November 30 - Daily limit of 2 salmon, no more than one of which may be a chinook salmon.

     (f) December 1 through January 31 - Closed.

     (g) February 1 through March 31 - Daily limit of one salmon.

     (h) April 1 through April 30 - Closed.

     (i) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, during the period August 16 through October 31 the daily limit in Bellingham Bay and adjacent waters described in WAC 220-56-195(1) is 4 salmon, no more than 2 of which may be chinook.

     (4) Catch Record Card Area 8-1:

     (a) May 1 through July 31 - Closed.

     (b) August 1 through October 31 - Daily limit 2 salmon, release chinook.

     (c) November 1 through November 30 - Daily limit of 2 salmon, not more than 1 of which may be a chinook salmon.

     (d) December 1 through January 31 - Closed.

     (e) February 1 through March 31 - Daily limit of one salmon.

     (f) April 1 through April 30 - Closed.

     (5) Catch Record Card Area 8-2:

     (a) May 1 through July 31 - Closed.

     (b) August 1 through October 31 - Daily limit 2 salmon, release chinook.

     (c) November 1 through November 30 - Daily limit of 2 salmon, not more than 1 of which may be a chinook salmon.

     (d) December 1 through February 14 - Closed.

     (e) February 15 through April 10 - Daily limit of one salmon.

     (f) April 11 through April 30 - Closed.

     (g) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, waters adjacent to Tulalip Bay west of a line from Mission Point to Hermosa Point and within 2,000 feet of shore between pilings on Old Bowers Resort on the south and a fishing marker 1.4 miles northwest of Hermosa Point open Friday through 11:59 a.m. the following Monday of each week June 30 through September 30. Daily limit two salmon.

     (6) Catch Record Card Area 9:

     (a) May 1 through June 30 - Closed.

     (b) July 1 through September 30 - Daily limit of 2 salmon except release chinook and chum salmon.

     (c) October 1 through October 31 - Daily limit of 2 salmon except release chinook.

     (d) November 1 through November 30 - Daily limit of 2 salmon not more than one of which may be a chinook salmon.

     (e) December 1 through January 31 - Closed.

     (f) February 1 through March 31 - Daily limit one salmon.

     (g) April 1 through April 30 - Closed.

     (h) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, salmon fishing is permitted year-round from the Edmonds fishing pier - Daily limit of 2 salmon not more than one of which may be a chinook salmon, release chum August 1 through September 30.

     (i) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, salmon fishing is permitted year-round from the Hood Canal Bridge Fishing pontoon - Daily limit of 2 salmon not more than one of which may be a chinook salmon, except release chinook July 1 through August 31 and release chum salmon August 1 through October 15.

     (7) Catch Record Card Area 10:

     (a) May 1 through June 30 - Closed.

     (b) July 1 through October 31 - Daily limit of 2 salmon except release chinook salmon, release chum August 1 through September 15, and:

     (i) During the period July 1 through August 31, Elliott Bay east of a line from West Point to Alki Point is closed, except July 12 through August 18 - Open Friday through Sunday only of each week - Daily limit of 2 salmon, release chum August 1 through August 18.

     (ii) During the period July 1 through August 31, Shilshole Bay east of a line from Meadow Point to West Point is closed.

     (iii) During the period July 1 through September 15, it is lawful to retain chinook salmon in the daily limit in waters of Sinclair Inlet and Port Orchard south of the Manette Bridge, south of a line projected true west from Battle Point and west of a line projected true south from Point White.

     (c) November 1 through November 30 - Daily limit of 2 salmon, not more than one of which may be a chinook salmon.

     (d) December 1 through December 15 - Release all salmon.

     (e) December 16 through December 31 - Daily limit of 2 salmon, not more than one of which may be a chinook salmon.

     (f) January 1 through last day in February - Daily limit of 1 salmon.

     (g) March 1 through April 30 - Closed.

     (h) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, salmon fishing is permitted year-round from the Elliott Bay public fishing pier at Terminal 86, Seacrest pier, Waterman pier, Bremerton boardwalk, and the Illahee State Park pier - Daily limit of 2 salmon not more than one of which may be a chinook salmon, release chum August 1 through September 15.

     (i) During salmon openings in the Duwamish Waterway July 1 through October 31, it is unlawful to fish with terminal gear other than bait suspended above the bottom on a float. The Duwamish Waterway is defined as those waters ((downstream)) upstream from ((the First Avenue South Bridge to)) an east-west line through southwest Hanford Street on Harbor Island ((and parallel to southwest Spokane Street where it crosses)) to a line projected due east from the south tip of Harbor Island.

     (8) Catch Record Card Area 11:

     (a) May 1 through June 30 - Closed.

     (b) July 1 through October 31 - Daily limit of 2 salmon.

     (c) November 1 through December 31 - Daily limit of 2 salmon not more than one of which may be a chinook salmon.

     (d) January 1 through April 10 - Daily limit of one salmon.

     (e) April 11 through April 30 - Closed.

     (f) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, salmon fishing is permitted year-round from the Les Davis public fishing pier, Des Moines public fishing pier, Redondo public fishing pier, Dash Point Dock and the Point Defiance Boathouse Dock - Daily limit of 2 salmon, not more than one of which may be a chinook salmon.

     (9) Catch Record Card Area 12:

     (a) May 1 through June 30 - Closed.

     (b) July 1 through October 15 in waters south of Ayock Point - Daily limit of 4 salmon, not more than two of which may be chinook salmon and release chum salmon.

     (c) July 1 through August 31 - Water north of Ayock Point - Closed.

     (d) September 1 through October 15 - Water north of Ayock Point - Daily limit 4 coho salmon.

     (e) October 16 through December 31 - Daily limit of 4 salmon, not more than one of which may be a chinook salmon.

     (f) January 1 through February 14 - Closed.

     (g) February 15 through April 10 - Daily limit of 1 salmon.

     (h) April 11 through April 30 - Closed.

     (i) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, in those contiguous waters north of a line from Point Whitney due west to the Tonandos Peninsula, open only: August 16 through October 31 - Daily limit 4 coho salmon; November 1 through December 31 - Daily limit 4 salmon not more than one of which may be a chinook; and February 15 through April 10 - Daily limit one salmon.

     (j) Waters of the Hoodsport Hatchery Zone are managed separately as provided for in WAC 220-56-124.

     (k) The Hood Canal Bridge fishing pier is managed under Area 9.

     (10) Catch Record Card Area 13:

     (a) May 1 through June 30 - Daily limit of 2 salmon not more than one of which may be a chinook salmon.

     (b) July 1 through October 31 - Daily limit 2 salmon except release wild coho. Carr Inlet north of a line from Green Point to Penrose Point restricted to fly fishing gear only July 1 through July 31 with daily limit two coho, except release wild coho.

     (c) November 1 through December 31 - Daily limit 2 salmon, not more than one of which may be a chinook salmon.

     (d) January 1 through February 14 - Release all salmon.

     (e) February 15 through April 10 - Daily limit of one salmon.

     (f) April 11 through April 30 - Release all salmon.

     (g) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, salmon fishing is permitted year-round from the Fox Island public fishing pier - Daily limit of 2 salmon, not more than one of which may be a chinook salmon and release wild coho salmon July 1 through October 31.

     (11) In the above waters there are specified closures as provided for in WAC 220-56-128 and 220-56-195. Additionally, there are gear and area restrictions at Shilshole Bay, the Duwamish Waterway, Budd Inlet, Titlow Beach and the Elliott Bay, Les Davis, and Des Moines public fishing piers. See specific sections in chapter 220-56 WAC for salmon angling restrictions at these locations.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 02-15-097 (Order 02-158), § 232-28-621, filed 7/16/02, effective 8/16/02; 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), § 232-28-621, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02; 01-14-001 (Order 01-107), § 232-28-621, filed 6/21/01, effective 7/22/01. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-16-091 (Order 00-134), amended and recodified as § 232-28-621, filed 7/31/00, effective 8/31/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 00-01-103 (Order 99-215), § 220-56-191, filed 12/16/99, effective 1/16/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 77.12.040. 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 220-56-191, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99; 98-15-081 (Order 98-122), § 220-56-191, filed 7/15/98, effective 8/15/98; 98-06-031, § 220-56-191, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 75.12.040. 97-18-035, § 220-56-191, filed 8/27/97, effective 9/27/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 96-11-078 (Order 96-44), § 220-56-191, filed 5/13/96, effective 6/13/96; 95-12-027 (Order 95-46), § 220-56-191, filed 5/31/95, effective 7/1/95; 94-14-069, § 220-56-191, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-14-043 (Order 93-36), § 220-56-191, filed 6/29/93, effective 7/30/93.]

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