PROPOSED RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 12-11-104.
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Rules for recreational marine and freshwater salmon fishing: WAC 220-55-220 Two-pole endorsement, 220-56-105 River mouth definitions, 220-56-115 Angling gear -- Lawful and unlawful acts, 220-56-124 Seasons and areas -- Hoodsport Hatchery, 220-56-195 Closed areas -- Saltwater salmon angling, 220-56-282 Sturgeon -- Areas, seasons, limits and unlawful acts, 220-56-500 Game fish seasons, 232-28-619 Washington food fish and game fish -- Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules, 232-28-620 Coastal salmon -- Saltwater seasons and daily limits, and 232-28-621 Puget Sound salmon -- Saltwater seasons and daily limits.
Hearing Location(s): Natural Resources Building, Room 172, 1111 Washington Street S.E., Olympia, WA 98504, on August 21, 2012, at 9:00 a.m.
Date of Intended Adoption: On or after August 21, 2012.
Submit Written Comments to: Lori Preuss, Rules Coordinator, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, e-mail Lori.Preuss@dfw.wa.gov, fax (360) 902-2155, by August 15, 2012.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Tami Lininger by August 15, 2012, TTY (360) 902-2207 or (360) 902-2267.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: These rules incorporate the recommendations of the North of Falcon subgroup of the Pacific Fisheries Management Council for recreational anglers to take harvestable salmon while protecting species of fish listed as endangered.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: To protect fish species listed as endangered while supporting recreational fishing opportunity.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.020, 77.12.045, and 77.12.047.
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 77.04.020, 77.12.045, and 77.12.047.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: Washington department of fish and wildlife, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Charmane Ashbrook, 1111 Washington Street, Olympia, (360) 902-2700; Implementation: Jim Scott, 1111 Washington Street, Olympia, (360) 902-2736; and Enforcement: Bruce Bjork, 1111 Washington Street, Olympia, (360) 902-2373.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. These proposed rule amendments do not affect small business; i.e., there is no direct regulation of small business. These rules are for recreational fishers.
A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328. These proposals do not affect hydraulics.
July 18, 2012
Lori Preuss
Rules Coordinator
OTS-4807.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 12-17, filed 2/16/12,
effective 3/18/12)
WAC 220-55-220
Two-pole endorsement.
Anglers ((who
are)) in possession of a valid two-pole endorsement may fish
with two lines in all lakes and ponds open to fishing, with
the following exceptions:
Water Body | County | |
Para-juvenile Lake | Adams | |
Quail Lake | Adams | |
Headgate Pond | Asotin | |
Columbia Park Pond | Benton | |
Blackbird Island Pond | Chelan | |
Lake Wenatchee | Chelan | |
Aldwell Lake | Clallam | |
Beaver Lake | Clallam | |
Carrie Blake Pond | Clallam | |
Dickey Lake | Clallam | |
Lake Pleasant | Clallam | |
Lincoln Pond | Clallam | |
Sutherland Lake | Clallam | |
Vancouver Lake | Clark | Includes all other waters west of Burlington-Northern Railroad from Columbia River drawbridge near Vancouver downstream to Lewis River |
Big Four Lake | Columbia | |
Dayton Pond | Columbia | |
Blue Lake | Cowlitz | |
Castle Lake | Cowlitz | |
Coldwater Lake | Cowlitz | |
Lewis River Power Canal | Cowlitz | Includes old Lewis River streambed between Swift No. 1 powerhouse and Swift No. 2 powerhouse |
Merrill Lake | Cowlitz | |
Silver Lake | Cowlitz | |
Grimes Lake | Douglas | |
Pit Lake | Douglas | |
Long Lake | Ferry | |
Beda Lake | Grant | |
Brookies Lakes | Grant | |
Dry Falls Lake | Grant | |
Dusty Lake | Grant | |
Homestead Lake | Grant | |
Lenice Lake | Grant | |
Lenore Lake | Grant | |
Merry Lake | Grant | |
Nunnally Lake | Grant | |
Ping Pond | Grant | |
Damon Lake | Grays Harbor | |
Mill Creek Pond | Grays Harbor | |
Promised Land Pond | Grays Harbor | |
Quigg Lake | Grays Harbor | Located at Friends Landing near Montesano |
Shye Lake | Grays Harbor | |
Vance Creek Pond #1 | Grays Harbor | |
Vance Creek Pond #2 | Grays Harbor | |
Wynoochee Reservoir | Grays Harbor | |
Anderson Lake | Jefferson | |
Gibbs Lake | Jefferson | |
Horseshoe Lake | Jefferson | |
Teal Lake | Jefferson | |
Lake Sammamish | King | |
Lake Union | King | |
Lake Washington | King | Including that portion of Sammamish River from 68th Ave. NE bridge downstream |
Lake Washington Ship Canal | King | (Including Lake Union, Portage Bay, and Salmon Bay) Waters east of a north-south line 400' west of the Chittenden Locks to the Montlake Bridge |
Mill Pond | King | Auburn |
Old Fishing Hole Pond | King | Kent |
Portage Bay | King | |
Rattlesnake Lake | King | |
Ravensdale Lake | King | |
Salmon Bay | King | |
Swans Mill Pond | King | |
Koeneman Lake | Kitsap | Formerly Fern Lake |
Easton Lake | Kittitas | |
Kachess Lake | Kittitas | |
Keechelus Lake | Kittitas | |
Kiwanis Pond | Kittitas | |
Naneum Pond | Kittitas | |
Cowlitz Falls Reservoir | Lewis | |
Fort Borst Park Pond | Lewis | |
Mayfield Lake | Lewis | Mayfield Dam to Mossyrock Dam |
Packwood Lake | Lewis | |
Scanewa Lake | Lewis | Cowlitz Falls Reservoir |
Walupt Lake | Lewis | |
Willame Lake | Lewis | |
Coffeepot Lake | Lincoln | |
Cady Lake | Mason | |
Cushman Reservoir | Mason | |
Prices Lake | Mason | |
Stump Lake | Mason | |
Aeneas Lake | Okanogan | |
Big Twin Lake | Okanogan | |
Black Lake | Okanogan | |
Blue Lake | Okanogan | Near Wannacut Lake |
Blue Lake | Okanogan | Sinlahekin Creek |
Campbell Lake | Okanogan | |
Chopaka Lake | Okanogan | |
Cougar Lake | Okanogan | Lost River |
Davis Lake | Okanogan | |
Ell Lake | Okanogan | |
Green Lake | Okanogan | |
Green Lake | Okanogan | Lower Green Lake |
Hidden Lake | Okanogan | Lost River |
Rat Lake | Okanogan | |
Silvernail Lake | Okanogan | |
Cases Pond | Pacific | |
Middle Nemah Pond | Pacific | |
Mooses Pond | Pacific | |
Owens Pond | Pacific | |
South Bend Mill Pond | Pacific | |
Browns Lake | Pend Oreille | |
Muskegon Lake | Pend Oreille | |
Bradley Lake | Pierce | |
De Coursey Pond | Pierce | |
Ohop Lake | Pierce | |
Tanwax Lake | Pierce | |
Wapato Lake | Pierce | |
Granite Lakes | Skagit | Near Marblemount |
Northern State Hospital Pond | Skagit | |
Pass Lake | Skagit | |
Vogler Lake | Skagit | |
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Swift Reservoir | Skamania | From dam to Eagle Cliff Bridge |
Ebey Lake | Snohomish | Little Lake |
Fortson Mill Pond #2 | Snohomish | |
Jennings Park Pond | Snohomish | |
Monte Cristo Lake | Snohomish | |
North Gissburg Pond | Snohomish | |
Spada Lake | Snohomish | |
Amber Lake | Spokane | |
Bear Lake | Spokane | |
Medical Lake | Spokane | |
North Silver Lake | Spokane | |
Bayley Lake | Stevens | |
Lucky Duck Pond | Stevens | |
McDowell Lake | Stevens | |
Rigley Lake | Stevens | |
Kennedy Creek Pond | Thurston | |
Long's Pond | Thurston | |
McLane Creek Ponds | Thurston | |
Munn Lake | Thurston | |
Jefferson Park Pond | Walla Walla | |
Lions Park Pond | Walla Walla | College Place |
Diablo Lake | Whatcom | |
Gorge Lake | Whatcom | |
Lake Whatcom | Whatcom | |
Ross Lake | Whatcom | |
Squalicum Lake | Whatcom | |
Garfield Juvenile Pond | Whitman | |
Bumping Lake | Yakima | |
Clear Lake | Yakima | |
Leech Lake | Yakima | White Pass area |
Mud Lake | Yakima | |
Myron Lake | Yakima | |
Rimrock Lake | Yakima | |
Sarge Hubbard Park Pond | Yakima | |
Yakima Sportsmen's Park Ponds | Yakima |
Note: | The two-pole endorsement is not valid in the Columbia and Snake rivers except as noted in Lake Roosevelt and Rufus Woods Lake. |
River | County | Section |
Spokane | Spokane and Stevens | Lower Spokane River from mouth (SR 25 bridge) to 400' below Little Falls Dam |
Pend Oreille | Pend Oreille | |
Columbia | From Priest Rapids Dam to Wanapum Dam | |
From Wanapum Dam to Wells Dam | ||
From Wells Dam to Highway 173 Bridge at Brewster | ||
From Highway 173 Bridge at Brewster to Chief Joseph Dam | ||
Cowlitz River | Lewis | Lexington Bridge Drive in Kelso upstream to the Highway 505 Bridge in Toledo |
Lewis | Clark/Skamania | From mouth to Colvin Creek |
Wind | Skamania | Mouth to Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge |
Description | Marine Area |
Willapa | 2-1. East of a line from Cape Shoalwater to Ledbetter Point |
Port Susan and Port Gardner | Tulalip Terminal Area |
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.012 and 77.12.047. 12-05-082 (Order 12-17), § 220-55-220, filed 2/16/12, effective 3/18/12. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.020 and 77.12.047. 11-16-103 (Order 11-184), § 220-55-220, filed 8/3/11, effective 9/3/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 10-07-105 (Order 10-64), § 220-55-220, filed 3/19/10, effective 5/1/10.]
OTS-4811.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 09-27, filed 2/25/09,
effective 5/1/09)
WAC 220-56-105
River mouth definitions.
When pertaining
to angling, unless otherwise defined, any reference to the
mouths of rivers or streams ((shall be construed to)) includes
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)) means 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 fishing boundary marker or from the outermost upland at the north shore of the Lewis River mouth, southerly across the Lewis River to a fishing boundary marker near the south shore. | |
McLane Creek - A line 100 feet upstream of and parallel to the southernmost Highway 101 Bridge. | |
Methow River - Highway 97 Bridge. | |
Naselle River - Highway 101 Bridge. | |
North Nemah River - Highway 101 Bridge. | |
Niawiakum River - Highway 101 Bridge. | |
Nisqually River - At the upstream end of Alder Lake, the mouth of the Nisqually River is the Highway 7 Bridge at Elbe. | |
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. | |
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Little White Salmon River - At boundary markers on river bank downstream from the Little White Salmon National Fish Hatchery. | |
Willapa River - City of South Bend boat launch. | |
Wind River - Boundary line markers at mouth. | |
Yakima River - Highway 240 Bridge. |
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 09-06-042 (Order 09-27), § 220-56-105, filed 2/25/09, effective 5/1/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020. 08-15-002 (Order 08-165), § 220-56-105, filed 7/3/08, effective 8/3/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 08-07-003, § 220-56-105, filed 3/5/08, effective 4/5/08; 07-05-051 (Order 07-22), § 220-56-105, filed 2/16/07, effective 3/19/07; 03-05-057 (Order 03-24), § 220-56-105, filed 2/14/03, effective 5/1/03; 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.]
OTS-4810.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 10-64, filed 3/19/10,
effective 5/1/10)
WAC 220-56-115
Angling gear -- Lawful and unlawful acts.
(1) It is unlawful for any person to use more than one line
while angling for personal use, except:
(a) Anglers in possession of a valid two-pole endorsement may use up to two lines while fishing in lakes, ponds, and reservoirs open to fishing unless listed as an exception in WAC 220-55-220. Anglers in possession of a valid two-pole endorsement may use up to two lines while fishing in rivers and marine areas as noted in WAC 220-55-220 and 232-28-619.
(b) A second line using forage fish jigger gear is
((lawful)) permissible while fishing in Catch Record Card
Areas 5, 6, 7, 8-1, 8-2, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13. ((A violation
of this subsection is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160.))
(2) It ((shall be)) is unlawful for any person to take,
fish for, or possess fish taken for personal use by any means
other than angling with a line attached to a pole held in hand
while landing the fish, or with a hand-operated line without
rod or reel, except as follows:
(a) It is ((lawful)) permissible to leave the pole in a
pole holder while playing or landing the fish if the pole is
capable of being readily removed from the pole holder.
(b) It is ((lawful)) permissible to use an electric
power-operated reel designed for sport fishing attached to a
pole.
(c) It is ((lawful)) permissible to fish for or possess
salmon taken for personal use with hand lines (lines not
attached to a handheld pole), except that use of hand lines is
unlawful in those waters west of the mouth of the Sekiu River,
the Pacific Ocean, Washington waters at the mouth of the
Columbia River west of a line projected true north and south
through Buoy 10, Grays Harbor, and Willapa Bay.
(((d) A violation of this subsection is an infraction,
punishable under RCW 77.15.160.))
(3) It ((shall be)) is unlawful for any person while
angling to fail to keep his angling gear under his or her
direct and immediate physical control.
(4) In areas where a saltwater license is valid, each fisher aboard a vessel may continue to deploy angling gear or shellfish gear until the daily limit of food fish or shellfish for all licensed anglers and juvenile anglers aboard has been retained.
(5) Violation of this section is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160, unless the person has harvested fish or shellfish. If the person has harvested fish or shellfish, the violation is punishable under RCW 77.15.380, Unlawful recreational fishing in the second degree -- Penalty, unless the fish or shellfish are taken in the amounts or manner to constitute a violation of RCW 77.15.370, Unlawful recreational fishing in the first degree -- Penalty.
(6) It is unlawful to possess fish or shellfish taken with gear in violation of the provisions of this section. Possession of fish or shellfish while using gear in violation of the provisions of this section is a rebuttable presumption that the fish or shellfish were taken with such gear. Possession of such fish or shellfish is punishable under RCW 77.15.380, Unlawful recreational fishing in the second degree -- Penalty, unless the fish or shellfish are taken in the amounts or manner to constitute a violation of RCW 77.15.370, Unlawful recreational fishing in the first degree -- Penalty.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 10-07-105 (Order 10-64), § 220-56-115, filed 3/19/10, effective 5/1/10; 06-09-021 (Order 06-67), § 220-56-115, filed 4/11/06, effective 5/12/06; 06-05-085 (Order 06-23), § 220-56-115, filed 2/14/06, effective 5/1/06; 05-05-035 (Order 05-15), § 220-56-115, filed 2/10/05, effective 5/1/05; 04-07-009 (Order 04-39), § 220-56-115, filed 3/4/04, effective 5/1/04; 02-09-001 (Order 02-53A), § 220-56-115, filed 4/3/02, effective 5/4/02; 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 220-56-115, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-16-091 (Order 00-134), § 220-56-115, filed 7/31/00, effective 8/31/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 77.12.040. 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 220-56-115, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99; 98-06-031, § 220-56-115, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 95-04-066 (Order 95-10), § 220-56-115, filed 1/30/95, effective 5/1/95; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-115, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 90-06-026, § 220-56-115, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 88-10-013 (Order 88-15), § 220-56-115, filed 4/26/88; 87-09-066 (Order 87-16), § 220-56-115, filed 4/21/87; 85-09-017 (Order 85-20), § 220-56-115, filed 4/9/85; 84-09-026 (Order 84-22), § 220-56-115, filed 4/11/84; 82-13-040 (Order 82-61), § 220-56-115, filed 6/9/82; 82-07-047 (Order 82-19), § 220-56-115, filed 3/18/82; 80-12-040 (Order 80-107), § 220-56-115, filed 8/29/80; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-115, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80.]
OTS-4812.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 10-64, filed 3/19/10,
effective 5/1/10)
WAC 220-56-124
((Unlawful provisions)) Seasons and
areas -- Hoodsport Hatchery.
(1) During the period of July 1
through December 31, those waters of Catch Record Card Area 12
within a 2,000-foot arc seaward of yellow buoys at the mouth
of Finch Creek at the Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery are regulated
as ((provided for in this section)) follows:
(((1))) (2) These waters are open to salmon angling
regardless of the status of the surrounding waters of Area 12.
(((2))) (3) Limits:
(a) Special daily limit of ((four)) 4 salmon, of which no
more than ((two)) 2 salmon may be Chinook salmon greater than
24 inches in length.
(b) Release wild Chinook.
(c) Release chum salmon July 1 through October 15.
(((3))) (4) It is unlawful to fish for or possess salmon
taken from these waters from one hour after sunset to one hour
before sunrise.
(((4))) (5) Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery ADA-accessible
site.
(a) Persons with disabilities who permanently use a
wheelchair and/or who have a designated harvester card under
WAC 220-55-065 may fish from the ADA-accessible site at the
Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery, provided such persons follow all
applicable department rules ((and regulations)).
(b) Designated harvesters may fish from the
ADA-accessible site with persons with disabilities who
permanently use a wheelchair and/or who have a designated
harvester card, if room allows. However, persons with
disabilities who permanently use a wheelchair have priority
over other((s)) anglers if the ADA-accessible site becomes
overcrowded.
(6) Violation of this section is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160, unless the person has harvested salmon. If the person has harvested salmon, the violation is punishable under RCW 77.15.380, Unlawful recreational fishing in the second degree -- Penalty, unless the salmon are taken in the amounts or manner to constitute a violation of RCW 77.15.370, Unlawful recreational fishing in the first degree -- Penalty.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 10-07-105 (Order 10-64), § 220-56-124, filed 3/19/10, effective 5/1/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020. 09-15-035 (Order 09-133), § 220-56-124, filed 7/8/09, effective 8/8/09; 08-15-002 (Order 08-165), § 220-56-124, filed 7/3/08, effective 8/3/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 02-15-097 (Order 02-158), § 220-56-124, filed 7/16/02, effective 8/16/02; 01-14-001 (Order 01-107), § 220-56-124, filed 6/21/01, effective 7/22/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 77.12.040. 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 220-56-124, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99; 98-15-081 (Order 98-122), § 220-56-124, filed 7/15/98, effective 8/15/98; 97-18-035, § 220-56-124, filed 8/27/97, effective 9/27/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 96-11-078 (Order 96-44), § 220-56-124, filed 5/13/96, effective 6/13/96; 95-12-027 (Order 95-46), § 220-56-124, filed 5/31/95, effective 7/1/95; 94-14-069, § 220-56-124, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-56-124, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93.]
OTS-4830.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 09-133, filed 7/8/09,
effective 8/8/09)
WAC 220-56-195
Closed areas -- Saltwater salmon angling.
The following areas ((shall be)) are closed to salmon angling
during the times indicated:
(1) Bellingham Bay: Those waters of Bellingham, Samish,
and Padilla Bays southerly of a line projected from the most
westerly point of Gooseberry Point to Sandy Point, easterly of
a line from Sandy Point to Point Migley, thence along the
eastern shoreline of Lummi Island to Carter Point, thence to
the most northerly tip of Vendovi Island, thence to Clark
Point on Guemes Island, thence following the shoreline to
Yellow Bluff on the southwest corner of Guemes Island, thence
to Yellow Bluff Reef range marker, thence to the ferry
terminal dock east of Shannon Point and north of the
Burlington Railroad Bridges at the north end of Swinomish
Slough ((shall be)): Closed to salmon angling April 1 through
April 30 and July 1 through August 15.
(2) Carr Inlet: Those waters of Carr Inlet within 1,000
feet of the outer oyster stakes at the mouth of Minter Creek
((are)): Closed to salmon angling April 16 through September
30.
(3) Dungeness Bay: Those waters westerly of a line from
Dungeness Spit Light to the number 2 red Buoy, and then to the
Port Williams boat ramp ((are)): Closed to salmon angling May
1 through September 30 and November 1 through April 30.
(4) Samish Bay: Those waters southerly of a line
projected true east from Fish Point ((are)): Closed to salmon
angling April 1 through April 30 and August 1 through October
15.
(5) Columbia River Mouth Control Zone 1: Washington
waters within Control Zone 1, which Control Zone is described
as an area at the Columbia River mouth bounded on the west by
a line running northeast/southwest between the red lighted
Buoy #4 (46°13'35" N/124°06'50" W) and the green lighted Buoy
#7 (46°15'09" N/124°06'16" W); on the east by the Buoy #10
line, which bears north/south at 357° true from the south
jetty at 46°14'00" N/124°03'07" W to its intersection with the
north jetty; on the north by a line running
northeast/southwest between the green lighted Buoy #7 to the
tip of the north jetty (46°14'48" N/124°05'20" W), and then
along the north jetty to the point of intersection with the
Buoy #10 line; and on the south by a line running
northeast/southwest between the red lighted Buoy #4 and the
tip of the south jetty (46°14'03" N/124°04'05" W), and then
along the south jetty to the point of intersection with the
Buoy #10 line ((are)): Closed to salmon angling at all times,
except open to fishing from the north jetty when adjacent
waters north of the Control Zone are open to salmon angling,
or when the Buoy 10 fishery is open.
(6) Commencement Bay: Those waters east of a line
projected from the Sperry Ocean Dock to landfall below the
Cliff House Restaurant on the north shore of Commencement Bay
((are)): Closed April 1 through April 30 and June 1 through
July 31.
(7) Southern Rosario Strait and the eastern Strait of
Juan de Fuca: Waters of Area 7 in Rosario Strait and the
eastern portion of the Strait of Juan de Fuca southerly of a
line running true south from the westernmost point on Fidalgo
Head to Burrows Island, then westerly and southerly along the
shore of Burrows Island to the Burrows Island Lighthouse, then
to Bird Rocks, then westerly from Bird Rocks to the
southernmost point on Decatur Island, then across Lopez Pass
to Lopez Island and following the shore of Lopez Island
southerly and westerly to Iceberg Point, then from Iceberg
Point to Cattle Point, then south-southwest to the Salmon Bank
Buoy, and then true south from the Salmon Bank Buoy to the
Area 7 boundary(( - )): Closed to fishing for salmon July 1 - September 30.
(8) Kydaka Point - Waters south of a line from Kydaka
Point to Shipwreck Point ((are)) - Closed to fishing for
salmon July 1 through September 30.
(9) Port Angeles Harbor - Waters westerly of a line from
the tip of Ediz Hook to the I.T.T. Rayonier Dock ((are)):
Closed to fishing for salmon from July 1 through August 31.
(10) ((Grays Harbor Control Zone: Waters within a line
from the lighthouse one mile south of the south jetty, thence
to Buoy number 2, thence to Buoy number 3, thence to the tip
of the north jetty, thence to the exposed end of the south
jetty, thence following the south jetty and shoreline to the
lighthouse closed to fishing for salmon August 1 through
September 30.)) Violation of this section is an infraction,
punishable under RCW 77.15.160, unless the person has
harvested salmon. If the person has harvested salmon, the
violation is punishable under RCW 77.15.380, Unlawful
recreational fishing in the second degree -- Penalty, unless the
salmon are taken in the amounts or manner to constitute a
violation of RCW 77.15.370, Unlawful recreational fishing in
the first degree--Penalty.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020. 09-15-035 (Order 09-133), § 220-56-195, filed 7/8/09, effective 8/8/09; 08-15-002 (Order 08-165), § 220-56-195, filed 7/3/08, effective 8/3/08; 07-16-056, § 220-56-195, filed 7/26/07, effective 8/26/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 05-17-007 (Order 05-168), § 220-56-195, filed 8/3/05, effective 9/3/05; 04-24-030 (Order 04-306), § 220-56-195, filed 11/23/04, effective 12/24/04; 02-15-097 (Order 02-158), § 220-56-195, filed 7/16/02, effective 8/16/02; 01-14-001 (Order 01-107), § 220-56-195, filed 6/21/01, effective 7/22/01. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-16-091 (Order 00-134), § 220-56-195, filed 7/31/00, effective 8/31/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 77.12.040. 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 220-56-195, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99; 98-15-081 (Order 98-122), § 220-56-195, filed 7/15/98, effective 8/15/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 75.12.040. 97-18-035, § 220-56-195, filed 8/27/97, effective 9/27/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 96-11-078 (Order 96-44), § 220-56-195, filed 5/13/96, effective 6/13/96; 95-12-027 (Order 95-46), § 220-56-195, filed 5/31/95, effective 7/1/95; 94-14-069, § 220-56-195, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-14-043 (Order 93-36), § 220-56-195, filed 6/29/93, effective 7/30/93; 92-11-012 (Order 92-19), § 220-56-195, filed 5/12/92, effective 6/12/92; 90-06-026, § 220-56-195, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-195, filed 3/16/89; 88-10-013 (Order 88-15), § 220-56-195, filed 4/26/88; 87-09-066 (Order 87-16), § 220-56-195, filed 4/21/87; 86-09-020 (Order 86-08), § 220-56-195, filed 4/9/86; 85-09-017 (Order 85-20), § 220-56-195, filed 4/9/85; 83-07-043 (Order 83-16), § 220-56-195, filed 3/17/83; 82-13-040 (Order 82-61), § 220-56-195, filed 6/9/82; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-195, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80.]
OTS-4900.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 12-17, filed 2/16/12,
effective 3/18/12)
WAC 220-56-282
Sturgeon -- Areas, seasons, limits and
unlawful acts.
(1) It is unlawful to retain green sturgeon.
(2) It is ((lawful)) permissible to retain white sturgeon
in Puget Sound and all Puget Sound tributaries from June 1
through June 30 and September 1 through October 15, except
that in the Union River, white sturgeon may only be retained
from June 1 through June 30.
(3) For all saltwater((s)) waterways, excluding Puget
Sound and Puget Sound tributaries, it is ((lawful))
permissible to fish for white sturgeon the entire year ((in
saltwater, but open in freshwater)). However, for freshwater
waterways, it is permissible to fish for white sturgeon only
((concurrent with a)) when the season is open for salmon or
game fish ((opening)), unless otherwise provided.
(4) The daily limit is one white sturgeon, with the following size restrictions:
(a) Minimum size is 43 inches in fork length in the Columbia River and tributaries upstream from The Dalles Dam.
(b) Minimum size is 38 inches in fork length in all other state waters.
(c) Maximum size is 54 inches in fork length.
(5) Once the daily limit has been retained, it is
((lawful)) permissible to continue to fish for sturgeon in the
mainstem of the Columbia River downstream from where the river
forms the boundary between Oregon and Washington, provided
that all subsequent sturgeon are released immediately.
(((5))) (6) The possession limit is two daily limits of
fresh, frozen, or processed white sturgeon.
(((6))) (7) There is an annual personal-use limit of five
white sturgeon from April 1 through March 31, regardless of
where the sturgeon were taken. After the annual limit of
sturgeon has been taken, it is ((lawful)) permissible to
continue to fish for white sturgeon in the mainstem Columbia
River downstream from where the river forms the common
boundary between Oregon and Washington, provided that all
subsequent sturgeon are released immediately.
(((7))) (8) It is unlawful to fish for sturgeon with
terminal gear other than bait and one single barbless hook. It is ((lawful)) permissible to use artificial scent with bait
when fishing for white sturgeon. ((Violation of this
subsection is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160. It is unlawful to possess sturgeon taken with gear in
violation of the provisions of this section. Possession of
sturgeon while using gear in violation of the provisions of
this section is a rebuttable presumption that the sturgeon
were taken with such gear. Possession of such sturgeon is
punishable under RCW 77.15.380 Unlawful recreational fishing
in the second degree -- Penalty, unless the sturgeon are taken
in the amounts or manner to constitute a violation of RCW 77.15.370 Unlawful recreational fishing in the first
degree -- Penalty.
(8))) (9) It is unlawful to fish for or possess sturgeon taken for personal use from freshwater, except the Chehalis River, from one hour after official sunset to one hour before official sunrise.
(((9))) (10) It is unlawful to possess in the field
sturgeon eggs without having retained the intact carcass of
the fish from which the eggs have been removed.
(((10))) (11) It is unlawful to use a gaff or other fish
landing aid that penetrates the fish while restraining,
handling, or landing a sturgeon.
(((11))) (12) It is unlawful to fail to immediately
return to the water any undersize or oversize sturgeon.
(13) Violation of this section is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160, unless the person has harvested sturgeon. If the person has harvested sturgeon, the violation is punishable under RCW 77.15.380, Unlawful recreational fishing in the second degree -- Penalty, unless the sturgeon are taken in the amounts or manner to constitute a violation of RCW 77.15.370, Unlawful recreational fishing in the first degree -- Penalty.
(14) It is unlawful to possess sturgeon taken with gear in violation of the provisions of this section. Possession of sturgeon while using gear in violation of the provisions of this section is a rebuttable presumption that the sturgeon were taken with such gear. Possession of such sturgeon is punishable under RCW 77.15.380, Unlawful recreational fishing in the second degree -- Penalty, unless the sturgeon are taken in the amounts or manner to constitute a violation of RCW 77.15.370, Unlawful recreational fishing in the first degree -- Penalty.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.012 and 77.12.047. 12-05-082 (Order 12-17), § 220-56-282, filed 2/16/12, effective 3/18/12. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 08-05-039 (Order 08-23), § 220-56-282, filed 2/13/08, effective 1/1/09; 07-05-051 (Order 07-22), § 220-56-282, filed 2/16/07, effective 3/19/07; 06-09-021 (Order 06-67), § 220-56-282, filed 4/11/06, effective 5/12/06; 05-05-035 (Order 05-15), § 220-56-282, filed 2/10/05, effective 5/1/05; 04-07-009 (Order 04-39), § 220-56-282, filed 3/4/04, effective 5/1/04; 03-21-133 (Order 03-273), § 220-56-282, filed 10/21/03, effective 4/1/04; 03-18-006 (Order 03-209), § 220-56-282, filed 8/20/03, effective 9/20/03; 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), § 220-56-282, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02; 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 220-56-282, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 95-04-066 (Order 95-10), § 220-56-282, filed 1/30/95, effective 5/1/95; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-282, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 90-06-026, § 220-56-282, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-282, filed 3/16/89.]
OTS-4806.3
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 10-64, filed 3/19/10,
effective 5/1/10)
WAC 220-56-500
Game fish seasons.
It is unlawful to
fish for game fish except during ((open)) the seasons ((or
open)) and times ((periods)) below.
(1) Freshwater lakes, ponds and reservoirs: Open year round except as provided for in WAC 232-28-619.
(2) Freshwater rivers, streams, and beaver ponds:
(a) Rivers, streams, and beaver ponds that drain into
Puget Sound ((or)), the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Pacific Ocean
(excluding the Columbia River), Grays Harbor, and Willapa Bay
are closed to fishing for game fish unless otherwise provided
for.
(b) All other rivers, streams, and beaver ponds: Open the first Saturday in June through October 31 except as provided for in WAC 232-28-619.
(3) Saltwater (all waters downstream and seaward of the mouths of rivers and streams generally defined in WAC 220-16-245 and specifically defined in WAC 220-56-105): Open year-round, except:
(a) Lake Washington Ship Canal - 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) Toliva Shoal - Waters within 500 yards of the Toliva Shoal buoy are closed waters from June 16 through April 30.
(c) Freshwater Bay - Waters south of a line from Angeles Point westerly to Observatory Point are closed July 1 through August 31.
(d) Tulalip Bay - Waters of Tulalip Bay east of a line from Hermosa Point to Mission Point are closed waters.
(e) Agate Pass - Waters of Catch Record Card Area 10 west
of a line from Point Monroe to Indianola and east of a line
from Point Bolin to Battle Point are closed to game fish
angling from January 1 through March 31; ((except)) however, a
person can fish with gear meeting the fly-fishing-only
requirements of WAC 220-56-210((,)) as long as he or she does
not use lead-core fly line. ((Use of gear other than
fly-fishing gear or use of a lead core line in violation of
this subsection is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160.)) It is unlawful to retain any fish taken during
the period January 1 through March 31.
(f) Those waters of Hood Canal inshore from yellow marker buoys to the mouth of Finch Creek, and waters within the channel created when tidelands are exposed, are closed the entire year, except:
(i) Persons with disabilities who permanently use a wheelchair and/or who have a designated harvester card under WAC 220-55-065 may fish from the ADA-accessible site at the Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery, provided such persons follow all applicable rules and regulations of the adjoining waters of Marine Area 12.
(ii) Designated harvesters may fish from the ADA-accessible site with persons with disabilities who permanently use a wheelchair and/or who have a designated harvester card, if room allows. However, persons with disabilities who permanently use a wheelchair have priority over others if the ADA-accessible site becomes overcrowded.
(4) Violation of this section is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160, unless the person has harvested game fish. If the person has harvested game fish, the violation is punishable under RCW 77.15.380, Unlawful recreational fishing in the second degree -- Penalty, unless the game fish are taken in the amounts or manner to constitute a violation of RCW 77.15.370, Unlawful recreational fishing in the first degree -- Penalty.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 10-07-105 (Order 10-64), § 220-56-500, filed 3/19/10, effective 5/1/10; 09-06-042 (Order 09-27), § 220-56-500, filed 2/25/09, effective 5/1/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020. 08-15-002 (Order 08-165), § 220-56-500, filed 7/3/08, effective 8/3/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 06-13-023 (Order 06-135), § 220-56-500, filed 6/13/06, effective 7/14/06.]
OTS-4791.4
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 12-17, filed 2/16/12,
effective 3/18/12)
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 to fishing for salmon.
(2) As used in this section, "lead jig" means a lure consisting of a hook permanently or temporarily attached directly to a lead weight by any method. "Lead weight" means material constructed of lead and applied to a fishing line or lure and designed to help keep the hook, bait, or lure underwater.
(3)(a) Violation of this section is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160, unless the person has harvested fish. If the person has harvested fish, the violation is punishable under RCW 77.15.380, Unlawful recreational fishing in the second degree -- Penalty, unless the fish are taken in the amounts or manner to constitute a violation of RCW 77.15.370, Unlawful recreational fishing in the first degree -- Penalty.
(b) Freshwater terminal gear restrictions: In all waters with freshwater terminal gear restrictions, including, but not limited to, selective gear rules, whitefish gear rules, single point barbless hooks required, fly-fishing only, and anti-snagging rules, violation of the gear rules is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160. It is unlawful to possess fish taken with gear in violation of the freshwater terminal gear restrictions. Possession of fish while using gear in violation of the freshwater terminal gear restrictions is a rebuttable presumption that the fish were taken with such gear. Possession of such fish is punishable under RCW 77.15.380, Unlawful recreational fishing in the second degree, unless the fish are taken in the amounts or manner to constitute a violation of RCW 77.15.370, Unlawful recreational fishing in the first degree.
(4) 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))
Permissible to fish to base of all dams.
(c) 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: Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no minimum size.
(d) Kitsap County and Mason County on Tahuya Peninsula west of Belfair-Bremerton Highway (S.R. 3): Beaver ponds: Fourth Saturday in April through October 31 season. Trout: No minimum length.
(e) Kitsap County and Mason County east of Belfair-Bremerton Highway (S.R. 3): Beaver ponds: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Trout: No minimum length.
(5) Rivers, streams, and beaver ponds that drain into
Puget Sound ((or)), the Strait of Juan de Fuca, or the Pacific
Ocean (excluding the Columbia River) are closed to fishing
unless listed as open below.
(6) Specific freshwater exceptions to statewide rules:
Aberdeen Lake (Grays Harbor County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: No more than two over 15
inches in length may be retained per day.
Abernathy Creek (Cowlitz County):
From mouth to a point five hundred feet downstream from salmon hatchery: The first Saturday in June through August 31 and November 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
From Abernathy falls to posted markers five hundred feet downstream from salmon hatchery: Closed waters.
Aeneas Lake (Okanogan County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 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. ((Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.))
North Fork from Grey Rock Trailhead Bridge crossing to
Shellneck Creek and Middle Fork from the A2000 Road Bridge at
Tree Phones Campground downstream to the A2000 Spur Road
Bridge in NE Section 34: Closed waters.
Alder Creek (Cowlitz County): Closed waters.
Alder Creek (Pacific County) (Naselle River tributary): From
mouth upstream: All game fish: The first Saturday in June
through October 31. Selective gear rules.
Alder Lake (Thurston County): Kokanee not included in trout
daily limit. Kokanee daily limit 10. All tributaries: The
first Saturday in June through October 31 season. Trout:
Minimum length 14 inches.
Aldrich Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Aldwell Lake (Clallam County): ((Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches.)) Closed
waters.
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.
All Creek (Skagit County) (Suiattle River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
((Allen Creek (Thurston County) (Black River tributary): From
mouth upstream: All species: Selective gear rules, night
closure, and anti-snagging rule.))
Alma Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules and
release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained.
Amon Creek (Benton County): Selective gear rules.
Alta Lake (Okanogan County): Fourth Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Amber Lake (Spokane County): Fourth Saturday in April through
September 30 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length fourteen
inches; release rainbow trout with a clipped adipose fin and a
healed scar at the site of the clipped fin. Additional season
October 1 through November 30 and March 1 through Friday
before fourth Saturday in April. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
American Lake (Pierce County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee. Chumming permitted.
American River (Yakima County): Closed waters: From Highway
410 Bridge at river mile 5.4 to the Mesatchee Creek Trail
crossing at river mile 15.8 July 16 through September 15.
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Anderson Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Anderson Creek (Whatcom County) (Nooksack River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Anderson Lake (Jefferson County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. From
September 1 through October 31, selective gear rules and
trout: Release all trout.
Armstrong Lake (Snohomish County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Asotin Creek, mainstem and forks (Asotin County): Closed to
fishing for steelhead.
From SR 129 Bridge upstream to the forks: ((Lawful))
Permissible to fish up to base of Headgate Dam.
North Fork from mouth upstream to USFS boundary: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
North Fork from USFS boundary upstream and all other tributaries: Closed waters.
South Fork and tributaries: Closed waters.
Bacon Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules and
release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained.
Bacus Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
B.C. Mill Pond (Stevens County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Badger Lake (Spokane County): Fourth Saturday in April
through September 30 season.
Bainbridge Island - All streams (Kitsap County): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules. Trout: Minimum size fourteen inches.
Baker Lake (Whatcom County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 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. Salmon: July 1
through September 4 season. Daily limit three sockeye only.
Minimum length 18 inches.
Baker River (Skagit County): Mouth to Highway 20 Bridge:
September 1 through October 31 season. Anti-snagging rule 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.
From fish barrier dam to headwaters, including all tributaries and their tributaries except Channel Creek: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Banks Lake (Grant County): Chumming allowed. Perch: Daily
limit twenty-five. Crappie: Daily limit 10, minimum size 9
inches in length.
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): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Bayley Lake (Stevens County): Fourth 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. Fly fishing only. Fishing
from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. All
species: Release all fish. Inlet stream: Closed waters.
Bear Creek (Clallam County) (Bogachiel River tributary): From
mouth upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31
season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Selective
gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
Bear Creek (Clallam County) (Sol Duc River tributary): From
mouth upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31
season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Selective
gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
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 reduced fee
licenses or designated harvester cards, and licensed adults
accompanied by a juvenile only.
Bear River (Pacific County): The first Saturday in June
through March 31 season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure
August 16 through November 30.
From mouth (Highway 101 Bridge) to Lime Quarry Road
(approximately two river miles): All game fish: Release all
fish, except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained per
day. ((Single point barbless hooks required August 16))
Salmon: September 1 through November 30. Daily limit six
fish, of which no more than two may be adult fish and of these
no more than one may be a wild adult coho. Release chum and
wild Chinook.
From the Lime Quarry Road upstream to the Longview Fiber
Bridge: Selective gear rules. All game fish: Release all
fish, except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained per
day. ((Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30
from mouth to Lime Quarry Road. Daily limit 6 fish of which
no more than 2 may be adult fish and of these no more than one
may be a wild adult coho. Release chum and wild Chinook.))
Beaver Creek (Clallam County) (Sol Duc River tributary): From
mouth upstream to Beaver Falls: First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches. Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective
gear rules.
From Beaver Falls upstream to Beaver Lake: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Beaver Creek (Pierce County) (South Prairie Creek tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Beaver Creek (Thurston County) ((and all tributaries west
of)): From mouth to I-5: First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules((,)) and night
closure ((and anti-snagging rule)). Trout: Minimum length 14
inches.
Beaver Creek (tributary to Elochoman River) (Wahkiakum
County): Closed waters.
Beaver Lake (Clallam County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Maximum size 12 inches in length.
Beaver Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
Beaver Lake (King County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than 2 over 15 inches in length.
Beda Lake (Grant County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one fish.
Beehive (Lake) Reservoir (Chelan County): Fourth Saturday in
April through October 31 season. July 5 through October 31,
selective gear rules, and all species: Release all fish. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor.
Bennington Lake (Mill Creek Reservoir) (Walla Walla County):
Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor prohibited. Trout: No more than 2 trout
over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Benson Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Bertrand Creek (Whatcom County) (Nooksack River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Big Bear Creek (tributary of Sammamish River) (Snohomish/King
counties): The first Saturday in June through August 31
season. Juveniles only.
Big Beaver Creek (Whatcom County):
From one-quarter mile upstream of closed water markers on Ross Lake upstream including tributary streams, and beaver ponds that are tributary to Big Beaver Creek: July 1 through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Big Beef Creek (Kitsap County): From Seabeck Highway Bridge
to Lake Symington: The first Saturday in June through August
31 season. Closed waters August 1 through August 31: Waters
within 100 feet of the Seabeck Highway NW Bridge. Selective
gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all
fish.
From Lake Symington upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules. Release all trout.
Big Creek (Grays Harbor County): First Saturday in June
through last day in October season. All species: Selective
gear rules.
Big Creek (Skagit County) (Suiattle River tributary): From
TeePee falls to source: First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Big Four Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from any floating device
prohibited. Trout: Daily limit two.
Big Lake (Skagit County): Crappie: Daily limit ten, minimum
length nine inches. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Big Meadow Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Unlawful to use lead weights
or lead jigs that measure 1 1/2 inch or less along the longest
axis.
Big Mission Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Big Quilcene River (Jefferson County): See Quilcene River.
Big River (Clallam County): Outside of Olympic National Park:
The first Saturday in June through October 15 season and
January 1 through the last day of February. All species:
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches. Release kokanee.
Big Scandia Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum size fourteen inches.
Big Tiffany Lake (Okanogan County): Trout: Eastern brook
trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern brook trout
daily limit ten. Release all cutthroat.
Big Twin Lake (Okanogan County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one.
Bingham Creek (Mason County) (Satsop River tributary): From
mouth upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31
season. Trout: Minimum length eight inches, daily limit 2
fish. Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear
rules.
Bird Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Black Creek (Grays Harbor County) (Wynoochee River tributary):
From mouth upstream: First Saturday in June through October
31 season. All species: Selective gear rules.
Black Creek (Snohomish County) (South Fork Stillaguamish River
tributary): Above the confluence of Black and Bear creeks.
First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Blackjack Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum size fourteen inches.
Blackbird Island Pond (Chelan County): July 1 through
September 30 season. Juveniles only.
Black Lake (Okanogan County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor.
Black Lake (Pacific County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Black Lake (Stevens County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Black Lake (Thurston County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee. Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Black Lake Ditch (Thurston County): From the confluence with
Percival Creek upstream to Black Lake: First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum size fourteen inches.
Black River (Grays Harbor/Thurston ((County)) counties):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. From mouth
to ((Black Lake and including all tributaries west of
Interstate Highway 5, including Waddell Creek, Dempsey Creek,
Salmon Creek, and Blooms Ditch)) State Highway 12: ((First
Saturday in June through October 31 season.)) Selective gear
rules. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. From Highway 12 to
bridge on 128th Ave. SW: Anti-snagging rule, night closure,
and ((single-point)) barbless hooks required. Trout minimum
length 14 inches. Salmon: ((Open only from Highway 12 to
bridge on 128th Ave. SW from)) October 1 through November 30
season. Daily limit ((6)) six fish of which only ((2)) two
may be adults. Release Chinook and chum. ((Trout minimum
length 14 inches, except from the bridge on 128th Avenue SW
(west of Littlerock) to Black Lake, where the minimum length
is eight inches.)) December 1 through January 31 additional
season. Daily limit six fish of which only two may be adults
and only one may be a wild coho. Release Chinook and chum.
From Highway 12 to bridge on 128th Avenue SW (west of Littlerock) to Black Lake. Selective gear rules.
Blackman's Lake (Snohomish County): Trout: Daily limit 3.
Blockhouse Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit
five.
Bloodgood Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Blooms Ditch (Thurston County) (Black River tributary): From
mouth to I-5: First Saturday in June through October 31
season. Night closure and selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum length 14 inches.
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. Anti-snagging rule and night closure. Only anglers
who permanently use a wheelchair 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.
((Blooms Ditch (Thurston County) (Black River tributary):
From mouth to I-5: Daily limit two, minimum length 14
inches.))
Blue Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout:
No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Blue Lake (Cowlitz County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor. All species: Release all fish.
Blue Lake (Grant County): Fourth Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Blue Lake (near Sinlahekin) (Okanogan County): Fourth
Saturday in April through October 31 season. Unlawful to use
lead weights or lead jigs that measure 1 1/2 inch or less
along the longest axis. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one.
Blue Lake (near Wannacut Lake) (Okanogan County): Fourth
Saturday in April through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one.
Bobcat Creek and Ponds (Adams County): April 1 through
September 30 season.
Bogachiel River (Clallam County): From mouth to Highway 101
Bridge: The first Saturday in June through April 30 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. November 1 through
last day in February, daily limit ((three)) may include one
additional hatchery steelhead. February 16 through April 30,
wild steelhead retention allowed. Salmon: July 1 through
August 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be
adult salmon. Release wild adult Chinook and wild adult coho.
September 1 through November 30, daily limit 6 fish ((of
which no more than 4 may be adult salmon, and of the 4 adult
salmon, no more than 2 may be any combination of Chinook, wild
coho, pink, sockeye, and chum salmon)). Up to two adults plus
up to two additional adult hatchery coho may be retained.
From Highway 101 Bridge to Olympic National Park boundary: The first Saturday in June through April 30 season. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
Boise Creek (King County) (White River tributary): Upstream
of Highway 410 crossing: First Saturday in June through
October 31 season.
Bonaparte Creek (Okanogan County): Closed Waters from mouth
to falls one mile upstream.
Bonaparte Lake (Okanogan County): Unlawful to use lead
weights or lead jigs that measure 1 1/2 inch or less along the
longest axis. Trout: No more than one over twenty inches in
length may be retained.
Bone River (Pacific County): From mouth upstream: All game
fish: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Selective gear rules.
Bosworth Lake (Snohomish County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Boulder Creek and tributaries (Okanogan County): Trout:
Eastern brook trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern
brook trout daily limit ten, no minimum size. Release all
cutthroat.
Boulder Creek (Skagit County) (Cascade River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. All
species: Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Boulder River (Snohomish County) (NF Stillaguamish River
tributary): Mouth to Boulder Falls. First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules
and release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may
be retained.
From Boulder Falls upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Bowman Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Box Canyon Creek (Kittitas County): From mouth to waterfall
approximately 2 miles upstream (including the portion flowing
through the dry lakebed): Closed waters. From waterfall
approximately 2 miles upstream of mouth to USFS Road #4930
Bridge: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Boxley Creek (North Bend) (King County): From the falls
located at approximately river mile 0.9 upstream: First
Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Boyle Lake (King County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. The inlet and outlet streams to Boyle Lake
are closed waters.
Bradley Lake (Pierce County): Salmon: Landlocked salmon
rules apply. May 15 through the last day of Free Fishing
Weekend (as defined in WAC 220-55-160): Juveniles only.
Bridges Lake (King County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. The inlet and outlet streams to Bridges
Lake are closed waters.
Brookies Lake (Grant County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one fish.
Browns Creek (Pend Oreille County): Fly fishing only.
Browns Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 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 Creek (Skagit County) (Suiattle River tributary): From
upstream boundary of Buck Creek campground to source: First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
Buck Lake (Kitsap County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
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)) Permissible
to fish to base of Bumping Dam. Selective gear rules and
unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor the first Saturday in June through
October 31. Whitefish: Additional December 1 through March
31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Bunker Creek (Lewis County) (Chehalis River tributary): From
mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through October 31
season. Trout: Daily limit 2 fish, minimum length eight
inches. All species: Selective gear rules.
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): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
Butte Creek (Pacific County) (Smith River tributary): From
mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through October 31
season. All game fish: Selective gear rules.
Butter Creek (Lewis County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length ten inches.
Buttermilk Creek, mouth to confluence of East and West Forks
(Okanogan County): Closed waters.
Buzzard Lake (Okanogan County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. All species: Selective gear
rules. Trout: Daily limit 1.
Cadet Creek (Snohomish County) (Sauk River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules.
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): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Calawah River (Clallam County): From mouth to Highway 101
Bridge: The first Saturday in June through April 30 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. November 1 through
last day in February, daily limit ((three)) may include one
additional hatchery steelhead. February 16 through April 30,
wild steelhead retention allowed. Salmon: July 1 through
August 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be
adult salmon. Release wild adult Chinook and wild adult coho.
September 1 through November 30, daily limit 6 fish ((of
which no more than 4 may be adult salmon, and of the 4 adult
salmon, no more than 2 may be any combination of Chinook, wild
coho, pink, sockeye, and chum salmon)). Up to two adults plus
up to two additional hatchery coho may be retained.
From Highway 101 Bridge to forks: First Saturday in June through April 30 season. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length of fourteen inches. Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
Calawah River, North Fork (Clallam County): From mouth
upstream: The first Saturday in June through last day in
October season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
Calawah River, South Fork (Clallam County): From mouth to
Olympic National Park boundary: The first Saturday in June
through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Selective gear rules. Other game fish:
Selective gear rules.
Caldwell Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 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.
California Creek (Whatcom County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Calispell Creek (Calispell River) (Pend Oreille County):
From mouth to Calispell Lake: Year around season.
From Calispell Lake upstream to source: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Calispell Creek and tributaries: Trout: Eastern brook trout
not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern brook trout daily
limit ten. Once the daily limit of trout other than eastern
brook trout has been achieved, the entire daily limit for
trout other than eastern brook trout and eastern brook trout
has been taken.
Calligan Lake (King County): June 1 through October 31
season. All tributary streams, and the upper third of the
outlet are closed waters. Unlawful to use lead weights or
lead jigs that measure 1 1/2 inch or less along the longest
axis.
Camas Slough: Waters of the Columbia River downstream from
the mouth of the Washougal River, north of Lady Island, and
downstream of the Highway 14 Bridge at the upstream end of
Lady Island. Season: Open when the adjacent mainstem
Columbia or Washougal rivers are open to fishing for salmon.
All species: Anglers in possession of a valid two-pole
endorsement may use up to two lines while fishing from August
1 through December 31. Daily limit same as most liberal
regulation of either area, except for salmon, only hatchery
Chinook and hatchery coho may be retained.
Camp Creek (Snohomish County) (Whitechuck River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Campbell Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all
trout.
Campbell Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through August 31:
Selective gear rules and all species: Release all fish.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor.
Campbell Lake (Skagit County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Canyon Creek (Clark County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Canyon Creek (Snohomish County) (Suiattle River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Canyon Creek (S.F. Stillaguamish River) (Snohomish County):
From mouth to the forks: The first Saturday in June through
January 31 season. Release all fish except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained.
Canyon Creek (Whatcom County) (North Fork Nooksack River):
From Canyon Creek Road Bridge upstream: First Saturday in
June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
((Canyon River (Mason County and Grays Harbor County): Closed
waters.))
Capitol Lake (Thurston County): Closed to all fishing.
Carbon River (Pierce County): From its mouth to Voight Creek:
September 1 through January 15 season. Anti-snagging
rule((,)) and night closure ((and single point barbless hooks
required September 1 through November 30)). Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches September 1 through November 30. December 1 through ((last day of February)) January 15
selective gear rules and release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead may be retained. Salmon: Open September 1
through November 30. 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 adult hatchery Chinook. Release chum and wild adult
Chinook salmon. Voight Creek to Highway 162 Bridge: November
1 through January 15: Selective gear rules and release all
fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained. ((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
adult hatchery Chinook. Release chum and wild adult Chinook
salmon.))
Carlisle Lake (Lewis County): Fourth Saturday in April
through last day in February season. Fishing from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Carl's Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Carney Lake (Pierce County): Fourth 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. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules
apply.
Carson Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Cascade Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Cascade Lake (San Juan County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Cascade River (Skagit County):
From the mouth to the Rockport-Cascade Road Bridge: June 1 through July 15 and September 16 through February 15 season. All species: Anti-snagging rule and night closure June 1 through July 15 and September 16 through November 30. 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 June 1 through July 15. Daily limit 4 hatchery Chinook, of which no more than 2 may be adult hatchery Chinook. Open September 16 through November 30. Daily limit 4 coho salmon.
From the Rockport-Cascade Road Bridge upstream: The first Saturday in June through January 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Cases Pond (Pacific County): Fourth Saturday in April through
November 30 season. Juveniles only. Salmon: Landlocked
salmon rules apply.
Cassidy Lake (Snohomish County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Castle Lake (Cowlitz County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one, minimum length
sixteen inches.
Cattail Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Cavanaugh Lake (Skagit County): Chumming permitted.
Cayada Creek (Pierce County)(Carbon River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Cedar Creek (Clallam County): Outside of Olympic National
Park: The first Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Cedar Creek (tributary of N.F. Lewis) (Clark County): From
mouth to Grist Mill Bridge: First Saturday in June through
August 31 and November 1 through March 15 seasons. Trout:
Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day. From the Grist Mill Bridge to 100 feet
upstream of the falls: Closed waters. From 100 feet upstream
of the falls upstream: The first Saturday in June through
August 31 season. Trout: Release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Cedar Creek (Grays Harbor ((County))/Thurston counties)
(Chehalis River tributary): From mouth upstream: The first
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules.
Cedar Creek (Jefferson County): Outside Olympic National
Park: The first Saturday in June through last day in February
season. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Selective gear
rules. Other game fish: Selective gear rules. ((Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.))
Cedar Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season.
Cedar Creek (Okanogan County): From mouth to Cedar Falls:
Closed waters.
Cedar Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Trout:
Eastern brook trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern
brook trout daily limit ten. Once the daily limit of trout
other than eastern brook trout has been achieved, the entire
daily limit for trout other than eastern brook trout and
eastern brook trout has been taken.
Cedar Lake (Stevens County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Cedar River (King County): From mouth to Landsburg Road: The
first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Selective
gear rules and night closure. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Release all trout.
Cedar River (Pacific County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor. All game fish: Catch and release only.
Chain Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Release kokanee.
Chambers Creek (Pierce County): ((July 1 through November 15
season. All species: Selective gear rules and night closure.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. Trout: Release all trout.
Chambers Creek)) From the mouth (Burlington Northern Bridge) to markers 400 feet below the Boise-Cascade Dam (Pierce County): July 1 through November 15 season. Night closure and anti-snagging rule. 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.
From Boise-Cascade Dam to Steilacoom Lake: July 1
through October 31 season. Night closure and ((anti-snagging
rule.)) selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum size fourteen
inches.
Chambers Lake (within Ft. Lewis Military Reservation) (Pierce
County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Release all trout.
Channel Creek (Skagit County) (Baker River tributary): First
Saturday in June through September 15 season.
Chaplain Creek (Snohomish County) (Sultan River tributary) and
its tributaries including beaver ponds from above the
waterfall at the mouth to the dam at Chapman Lake: First
Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Chapman Lake (Spokane County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Chumming permitted. Trout:
Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit
ten.
Chehalis River (Grays Harbor County)(including all channels,
sloughs, and interconnected waterways): From Highway 101
Bridge in Aberdeen to high bridge on Weyerhaeuser 1000 line
(approximately 400 yards downstream from Roger Creek, south of
Pe Ell): From August 16 through November 30, single-point
barbless hooks required. The first Saturday in June through
April 15 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: From mouth to ((Fuller Bridge)) Highway 6 Bridge at
Adna: Open ((September 16 through January 31.)) May 1 through
June 30, daily limit one fish. From mouth to high bridge on
Weyerhaeuser 1000 line (approximately 400 yards downstream
from Roger Creek, south of Pe Ell): September 16 through
((October 31)) September 30, daily limit 6 fish, of which no
more than ((2)) three may be adult salmon, and of the three
adults only two may be wild coho. Release chum and Chinook.
October 1 through October 31, daily limit six, of which three
may be adult salmon, and of the three adults only one may be a
Chinook and only two may be wild coho. Release chum. November 1 through ((January 31)) November 30, daily limit 6
fish, of which no more than ((2)) three may be adult salmon
and of the three adults, only two may be wild coho. Release
chum((,)) and Chinook((, and wild coho. From Fuller Bridge to
Porter Bridge: Open September 16 through January 31. September 16 through November 30, daily limit 6 fish, of which
no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum and Chinook.
December 1 through January 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which
no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum, Chinook,
and wild coho. From Porter Bridge to high bridge on
Weyerhaeuser 1000 line: Open October 16 through January 31. October 16 through November 30, daily limit 6 fish, of which
no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum and
Chinook)). December 1 through January 31, daily limit ((6))
of six fish, of which no more than ((2)) two may be adult
salmon and only one may be a wild coho. Release chum((,)) and
Chinook((, and wild coho)). Sturgeon: Open year-round, and
no night closure from mouth to high bridge on Weyerhaeuser
1000 line.
From ((Highway 101 Bridge in Aberdeen to)) high bridge on
Weyerhaeuser 1000 line (approximately 400 yards downstream
from Roger Creek, south of Pe Ell, including all forks)
upstream: First Saturday in June through April 15 season.
Selective gear rules. ((Unlawful to fish from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor.)) All
species: Release all fish, except up to 2 hatchery steelhead
may be retained per day.
Chehalis River, South Fork (Lewis County): From mouth to
County Highway Bridge ((at)) near Boistfort School: The first
Saturday in June through April 15 season. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
From County Highway Bridge ((at)) near Boistfort School
upstream: Trout: First Saturday in June through October 31
season. Minimum length eight inches. Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
Chehalis River Potholes (adjacent to the Chehalis River south
of Highway 12 in Grays Harbor County, this does not include
sloughs or beaver ponds): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 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 10, no minimum length. North of a line
between Purple Point at Stehekin and Painted Rocks: April 1
through July 31: All game fish: Release all fish except lake
trout. Salmon and lake trout: Open year-round: Salmon 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. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Release wild cutthroat.
Chelan River (Chelan County): From the railroad bridge to the
Chelan P.U.D. safety barrier below the power house: May 15
through August 31 season. Anti-snagging rule. Trout:
Release all trout.
((Chester Creek (Grays Harbor County): The first Saturday in
June through last day in October season. All species:
Selective gear rules.))
Chenois Creek (Grays Harbor County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. All species: Selective gear
rules.
Chester Creek (Grays Harbor County): The first Saturday in
June through last day in October season. Selective gear
rules.
Chewuch River (Chewack River) (Okanogan County): From mouth
to Eight Mile Creek: The first Saturday in June through
August 15 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor. All species: Release all fish.
Upstream from Eight Mile Creek to Pasayten Wilderness boundary: Closed waters the first Saturday in June through October 31.
From mouth to Pasayten Wilderness boundary: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Chikamin Creek (Chelan County): Selective gear rules.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor.
Chiliwack River (Whatcom County) including all tributaries and
their tributaries: First Saturday in June through October 31
season.
Chimacum Creek (Jefferson County):
From mouth to Ness's Corner Road: The first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Selective gear rules and release all fish.
From Ness's Corner Road to headwaters: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release all fish.
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): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a
floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout:
Daily limit one.
Church Creek (Mason County) upstream of bridge on U.S. Forest
Service Road #2361: First Saturday in June through October 31
season.
Cispus River (Lewis County): From mouth to North Fork:
Trout: Release all cutthroat. Additional season November 1
through the Friday before the first Saturday in June. Trout:
Release all trout except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day. Salmon: Open year around. Salmon minimum
size 8 inches. January 1 through July 31, daily limit 6 fish,
of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild
coho and wild Chinook. August 1 through December 31, daily
limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release wild coho and wild Chinook.
Cispus River, North Fork (Lewis County): Selective gear
rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. Trout: No more than one over
twelve inches in length. Release cutthroat.
Clallam River (Clallam County): The first Saturday in June
through January 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules
from first Saturday in June through October 31. Release all
fish except November 1 through January 31 ((season. Up to 2
hatchery steelhead may be retained)). Trout: Minimum length
14 inches.
Clara Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Clarks Creek (Pierce County): From mouth to 12th Avenue SE:
First Saturday in June through August 15: Two trout over 14
inches in length. Selective gear rules apply.
Clear Creek (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Clear Creek (Snohomish County) (Sauk River tributary): From
Asbestos Creek Falls to source: First Saturday in June
through October 31 season.
Clear Lake (Chelan County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. From July 5 through October 31, selective
gear rules and unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species:
Release all fish.
Clear Lake (Pierce County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Chumming permitted. Trout: Daily limit
5, no more than two over 14 inches in length may be retained,
except no size restriction for kokanee. Salmon: Landlocked
salmon rules apply.
Clear Lake (Spokane County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Clear Lake (Thurston County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Clearwater River (Jefferson County):
From mouth to Snahapish River: The first Saturday in June through April 15 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. February 16 through April 30, wild steelhead retention allowed. Salmon: September 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon, minimum length 12 inches.
From Snahapish River upstream: First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Unlawful to fish from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Selective
gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. ((Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear
rules.))
Clearwater River (Pierce County): July 1 through October 31
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
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.
Cle Elum River (Kittitas County): From mouth to Cle Elum Dam:
((Lawful)) Permissible to fish to base of Cle Elum Dam. Year-round season. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. Selective gear
rules, except December 1 through March 31 bait and one single
point barbed hook three-sixteenths or smaller point to shank
may be used. Trout: Release all trout. Above Cle Elum Lake
to outlet of Hyas Lake except Tucquala Lake: Selective gear
rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor.
Cliff Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Cloquallum Creek (Grays Harbor County):
From mouth to the outlet at Stump Lake: The first Saturday in June through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From the outlet at Stump Lake upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Minimum length eight inches, daily limit 2 fish. Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
Clover Creek (Pierce County) upstream of Steilacoom Lake,
including all tributaries: July ((2)) 1 through October 31
season.
Coal Creek (Clallam County) Tributary to Ozette River: From
mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through October 15
season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Release kokanee.
Coal Creek (Cowlitz County): From mouth to four hundred feet
below falls: The first Saturday in June through August 31 and
November 1 through last day in February season. Trout:
Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day.
Coal Creek (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County): The
first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Juveniles
only.
Coal Creek (near Snoqualmie) (King County): From mouth to
Highway I-90: Fourth Saturday in April through October 31
season. Juveniles only. Trout: No minimum length.
From Highway I-90 upstream. First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Coffee Pot Lake (Lincoln County): March 1 through September
30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one,
minimum length eighteen inches. Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Coldwater Lake (Cowlitz County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one, minimum
length sixteen inches.
Coldwater Lake inlet and outlet streams (Cowlitz County):
Closed waters.
Collins Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Columbia Basin Hatchery Creek (Grant County): Hatchery
outflow to confluence with Rocky Coulee Wasteway: April 1
through September 30 season. Juveniles and holders of reduced
fee licenses or designated harvester cards only. Trout: No
minimum size, daily limit three.
Columbia Park Pond (Benton County): Juveniles and holders of
reduced fee licenses or designated harvester cards 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 McNary
Dam: Daily limit five fish, bass 12 to 17 inches in length
may be retained. Up to but not more than three of the daily
limit may be over 15 inches. Trout: Daily limit two fish,
minimum length 12 inches, except release all Dolly Varden/Bull
Trout. Whitefish: Daily limit 15 fish. All other game fish:
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 except Camas Slough, where the license of either state is valid when fishing from a floating device.
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.
Anglers may not possess in the field salmon or steelhead mutilated so that size, species, or fin clip cannot be determined until the angler has reached their automobile or principal means of land transportation.
From a true north-south line through Buoy 10, upstream to
a line projected from Rocky Point on the Washington bank
through Red Buoy 44 to the navigation light at Tongue Point on
the Oregon bank: Trout: Release all trout except hatchery
steelhead. 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 both Area 1 and
Buoy 10 salmon season openings, and the daily limit is the
more liberal if both areas are open. Barbed hooks allowed.
Salmon and steelhead: Open only June 16 through March 31. June 16 through July 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more
than 2 may be adult salmon or hatchery steelhead, or one of
each. Release all salmon other than sockeye and hatchery
Chinook. From July 2 through July 31, release adult Chinook
and sockeye. Closed to fishing for salmon and steelhead from
Buoy 10 to the Megler-Astoria Bridge. August 1 through
((August 28)) September 3, daily limit 2 salmon or 2 hatchery
steelhead or one of each; only 1 may be a Chinook. Release
all salmon except Chinook and hatchery coho. Chinook minimum
length 24 inches. Coho minimum length 16 inches. ((August
29)) September 4 through September 30, daily limit 2 hatchery
coho or 2 hatchery steelhead or one of each. Release all
salmon other than hatchery coho. Coho minimum length 16
inches. October 1 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish, of
which no more than 2 may be adult salmon or hatchery
steelhead, or one of each. Release all salmon except Chinook
and hatchery coho. January 1 through March 31, daily limit 6
fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult hatchery Chinook
salmon or hatchery steelhead or one of each. Release all
salmon except hatchery Chinook. Fishing from the north jetty
for salmon open during both Area 1 and Buoy 10 fishery
openings and the daily limit is the more liberal if both areas
are open. Sturgeon: Release sturgeon May 1 through May ((13,
June 27 through June 30)) 11, and July ((5)) 9 through
December 31. Minimum size when open to retain sturgeon is 38
inches fork length January 1 through April 30, and 41 inches
fork length May ((14)) 12 through July ((4)) 8. Bottomfish:
Daily limits, seasons, size restrictions and gear restrictions
are the same as those in the adjacent portion of Marine Area
1.
From a line projected from Rocky Point on the Washington
bank through Red Buoy 44 to the navigation light at Tongue
Point on the Oregon bank, upstream to the I-5 Bridge: Trout:
Release all trout except hatchery steelhead and hatchery
cutthroat((. Release all trout April 1 through May 15)) May
16 through March 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. Salmon and steelhead: Open only May 16 through March
31 of the following year. May 16 through July 31, daily limit
6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon or
hatchery steelhead or one of each. Release all salmon except
sockeye and hatchery Chinook. May 16 through June 15, release
adult Chinook. July 2 through July 31, release adult Chinook
and sockeye. August 1 through September 9, daily limit 6
fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon or hatchery
steelhead or one of each; of the adult salmon, only 1 may be a
Chinook. Release all salmon except Chinook and hatchery coho.
September 10 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish, of
which no more than 2 may be adult salmon or hatchery steelhead
or one of each. Release all salmon except Chinook and
hatchery coho, and September 10 through September 30 release
Chinook downstream of a line projected from the Warrior Rock
Lighthouse, through Red Buoy #4, to the orange marker atop the
dolphin on the Washington shore. January 1 through March 31,
daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult
hatchery Chinook or hatchery steelhead or one of each. Release all salmon except hatchery Chinook. Sturgeon: (1)
Release sturgeon May 1 through May ((13, June 27 through June
30,)) 11 and July ((5)) 9 through December 31 downstream from
the Wauna powerlines. Minimum size when open to retain
sturgeon is 38 inches fork length January 1 through April 30,
and 41 inches fork length May ((14)) 12 through July ((4)) 8;
(2) I-5 Bridge downstream to Wauna powerlines, ((lawful))
permissible to retain sturgeon only on Thursdays, Fridays, and
Saturdays from January 1 through July 31, and October ((8)) 20
through December 31. Release sturgeon on other days and
during other time periods.
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, and closed to fishing from a floating device or
fishing by any method except hand-casted gear from shore from
Bonneville Dam downstream to a line from the Hamilton Island
boat ramp to an Oregon boundary marker on Robins Island. (2)
Waters from the upstream side of the Interstate 197 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; within one quarter mile of the USFWS
Spring Creek Hatchery Grounds between posted markers that are
located one quarter mile on either side of the fish ladder
entrance. (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. ((August 1 through
October 15:)) Salmon and steelhead: August 1 through
December 31 season. August 1 through October 15 anti-snagging
rule from Bonneville Dam to McNary Dam and night closure from
Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam. Trout: Release all trout
except hatchery steelhead. 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. Snake River Confluence Protection Area:
From the first powerline crossing the Columbia upstream of
Sacajawea State Park to the railroad bridge between Burbank
and Kennewick: All species: Daily limits, seasons, size
restrictions and gear restrictions are the same as those in
the adjacent portion of the Snake River. 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 (the
Cascade Island - Bradford Island line). (2) It is unlawful to
fish for sturgeon from May 1 through August 31 from Cascade
Island - Bradford Island line downstream 9 miles to a line
crossing the Columbia River from navigation marker 82 on the
Oregon shore, through the upstream exposed end of Skamania
Island, continuing in a straight line to a boundary marker on
the Washington shore (navigational marker 82 line), and May 1
through July 31 from 400 feet below McNary Dam to the Highway
82 Bridge and from John Day Dam downstream to a line crossing
the Columbia at a right angle to the thread of the river from
the west end of the grain silo at Rufus, Oregon. (3) Cascade
Island - Bradford Island line downstream to I-5 Bridge,
((lawful)) permissible to retain sturgeon only on Thursdays,
Fridays, and Saturdays from January 1 through July 31 and
October ((8)) 20 through December 31, except for May 1 - August 31 closure downstream to the navigation marker 82 line.
Release sturgeon on other days and during other time periods.
(4) Release sturgeon August 1 through December 31 from the
upstream line of Bonneville Dam and 400 feet below McNary Dam.
(5) From the Hamilton Island boat launch (USACE boat
restricted zone boundary) to Bonneville Dam, anglers must stop
fishing for sturgeon once a daily limit has been retained. (6) Release sturgeon from August 1 through January 31 from
McNary Dam to the Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco. Salmon and
steelhead: From I-5 Bridge to Bonneville Dam: Open June 16
through December 31 except salmon closed November 1 through
December 31 from Beacon Rock to Bonneville Dam. June 16
through July 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2
may be adult salmon or hatchery steelhead or one of each.
Release all salmon except sockeye and hatchery Chinook. July
2 through July 31, release adult Chinook and sockeye. August
1 through September 9, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more
than 2 may be adult salmon or hatchery steelhead or one of
each; of the adult salmon, only ((1)) one may be a Chinook. Release all salmon except Chinook and hatchery coho. September 10 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which
no more than 2 may be adult salmon or hatchery steelhead or
one of each. Release all salmon except Chinook and hatchery
coho. Steelhead: Additional season January 1 through March
31. Daily limit 2. From Bonneville Dam to Highway 395 Bridge
at Pasco: Open June 16 through December 31. June 16 through
July 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be
adult salmon or hatchery steelhead or one of each. Release
all salmon except sockeye and hatchery Chinook. August 1
through December 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than
2 may be adult salmon or hatchery steelhead or one of each. Release all salmon except Chinook and coho. Release wild coho
from Bonneville Dam to Hood River Bridge. Steelhead:
Additional season January 1 through March 31. Daily limit 2.
From the Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco to the old Hanford
townsite (wooden towers) powerline crossing, in Sec. 30, T13N,
R28E except Ringold Area Bank Fishery waters: Closed waters:
Ringold Springs Creek (Hatchery Creek). Closed waters within
a 400' radius of the Columbia Irrigation District (CID) fish
barrier at the mouth of the CID wasteway at Columbia Park.
Release all steelhead with a radio-tag wire protruding from
the mouth, or with a disk or floy tag attached near the dorsal
fin. Trout: Release all trout, except up to two hatchery
steelhead having both adipose and ventral fin clips may be
retained per day, October 1 through October 31. Release all
trout, except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per
day, November 1 through March 31. Salmon: Open June 16
through July 31. Daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2
may be adult hatchery Chinook. Release ((all salmon other
than hatchery)) wild Chinook. Open August 1 through October
22. Daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. ((Release sockeye.)) Walleye: Daily limit 10 fish. No minimum size, no more than 5 fish over 18 inches in length.
No more than 1 fish over 24 inches in length. Ringold Area
Bank Fishery 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 April 1 through April
15, except closed for salmon fishing. Fishing allowed only
from the bank and only on the hatchery side of the river. Trout: Release all trout, except hatchery steelhead. ((Salmon: Open only May 1 through June 30. Fishing allowed
only from the bank and only on the hatchery side of the river.
Daily limit two hatchery Chinook. Night closure.))
Sturgeon: Release sturgeon from August 1 through January 31.
From the old Hanford townsite (wooden towers) powerline
crossing in Sec. 30, T13N, R28E, to Vernita Bridge, (Highway
24): February 1 through October 22 season. Trout: Release
all trout. Walleye: Daily limit 10 fish. No minimum size,
no more than 5 fish over 18 inches in length. No more than 1
fish over 24 inches in length. Salmon: Open June 16 through
July 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 fish may
be adult hatchery Chinook. Release ((all salmon except
hatchery)) wild Chinook. Open August 1 through October 22. Daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. ((Release sockeye.)) Sturgeon: Release sturgeon
from August 1 through October 22.
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. Walleye: Daily limit 10 fish. No minimum size, no
more than 5 fish over 18 inches in length. No more than 1
fish over 24 inches in length. Salmon: Open June 16 through
July 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be
adult hatchery Chinook salmon. Release ((all salmon except
hatchery)) wild Chinook. Open August 1 through October 22. Daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. ((Release sockeye.)) Sturgeon: Release sturgeon
from August 1 through January 31. Closed to fishing for
sturgeon from May 1 through July 31 from the boundary marker
on the river bank 400 feet downstream from Priest Rapids
Hatchery outlet channel (Jackson Creek) to Priest Rapids Dam.
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 the Douglas County shore from the dam downstream 400
feet. Closed to fishing from a floating device from the
boundary marker to the Corps of Engineers safety zone marker. ((Trout: Release all trout. All species: Anti-snagging rule
and night closure from Rocky Reach Dam to the most upriver
edge of Turtle Rock. Salmon:))
From Priest Rapids Dam to Wanapum Dam((, open July 1
through October 22)): All species: Anglers may fish with two
poles provided they have a two pole endorsement July 1 through
August 31. All game fish: Year-round season. Salmon: Open
July 1 through October 22. July 1 through August 31, daily
limit 6 Chinook((, of which)) and six sockeye only. No more
than 3 ((may be)) adult ((salmon)) Chinook, and of the 3 adult
((salmon)) Chinook, only 1 may be ((a)) wild ((adult
Chinook)). September 1 through October 22, daily limit 6
Chinook, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release
all trout. Sturgeon: Year-round, catch and release only.
From Wanapum Dam to Wells Dam((,)): All species:
Anglers may fish with two poles provided they have a two pole
endorsement July 1 through August 31. All game fish:
Year-round season. Salmon: Open July 1 through October 15. Daily limit 6 Chinook((, of which)) and six sockeye only. No
more than 3 may be adult ((salmon)) Chinook, and of the 3
adult ((salmon)) Chinook, only 1 may be ((a)) wild ((adult
Chinook)). Release all trout. Sturgeon: Year-round, catch
and release only.
From Wells Dam to Highway 173 Bridge at Brewster: All
species: Anglers may fish with two poles provided they have a
two pole endorsement July 16 through August 31. All game
fish: Year-round season. Salmon: Open July 16 through
August 31. Daily limit 6 Chinook((, of which)) and six
sockeye only. No more than 3 may be adult ((salmon)) Chinook,
and of the 3 adult ((salmon)) Chinook, only 1 may be ((a))
wild ((adult Chinook)). Release all trout. Sturgeon:
Year-round, catch and release only.
From Highway 173 Bridge at Brewster to ((Highway 17
Bridge at Bridgeport)) Chief Joseph Dam: Anglers may fish
with two poles, provided they have a two pole endorsement,
July 1 through August 31. Release all trout. Salmon: Open
July 1 through October 15. Daily limit 6 Chinook((, of
which)) and six sockeye only. No more than 3 may be adult
((salmon)) Chinook, and of the 3 adult ((salmon)) Chinook,
only 1 may be ((a)) wild ((adult Chinook)). Sturgeon:
((Release all sturgeon.)) Year-round, catch and release only.
All other Game Fish: Year-round season.
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: Daily limit 8 fish. No minimum size. Not more than one walleye greater than 22 inches may be retained. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon.
From bridge at Valley upstream and tributaries: Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Conconully Lake (Okanogan County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Conconully Reservoir (Okanogan County): Fourth Saturday in
April through October 31 season.
Conger Pond (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 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): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Connor Creek (Grays Harbor County): From mouth upstream: The
first Saturday in June through October 31 season. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. All species: Selective gear
rules.
Cook Creek (Grays Harbor County): From Quinault Indian
Reservation boundary upstream: First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
All species: Selective gear rules.
Cooper River (Kittitas County): Mouth to Cooper Lake:
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Coot Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Copalis River (Grays Harbor County): The first Saturday in
June through last day in February season. It is permissible
to retain hatchery steelhead defined as having a dorsal fin
height of less than 2 1/8 inches or with an adipose or ventral
fin clip.
From mouth to Carlisle Bridge: Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. ((Hatchery steelhead defined as having a
dorsal fin height of less than 2 1/2 inches or with an adipose
or ventral fin.)) 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
chum and adult Chinook.
From Carlisle Bridge upstream: Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Copper Creek (Snohomish County) (Clear Creek tributary, a
tributary of Sauk River): All game fish: First Saturday in
June through October 31 season.
Corral Canyon Creek (Benton County): Selective gear rules.
Cottage Lake (King County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Cottonwood Creek (Lincoln County): Year-round season.
Cottonwood Creek (Walla Walla County): Closed waters.
Cougar Creek (tributary to Yale Reservoir) (Cowlitz County):
The first Saturday in June through August 31 season.
Cougar Lake (Pasayten Wilderness) (Okanogan County): All
species: Selective gear rules.
Cougar Lake (near Winthrop) (Okanogan County): April 1
through August 31 - All species: Release all fish.
Coulter Creek (Kitsap/Mason counties): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Release all trout.
County Line Ponds (Skagit County): Closed waters.
Coweeman River (Cowlitz County): From mouth to Mulholland
Creek: The first Saturday in June through August 31 and
November 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Release all fish
except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. From Mulholland Creek upstream: The first Saturday in June
through August 31 season. Trout: Release all fish except up
to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Cowiche Creek (Yakima County): Selective gear rules.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor.
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: Minimum
length eight inches. Trout: Release cutthroat. Release
rainbow trout except rainbow trout with a clipped adipose fin
and a healed scar at the site of the clipped fin. June 1
through August 31: Daily limit five. September 1 through
last day of February: Daily limit ten. Salmon: Open only
June 1 through last day in February. January 1 through last
day in February and June 1 through July 31, daily limit 6
fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release
wild coho and wild Chinook. August 1 through December 31,
daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult
Chinook. Release wild coho and wild Chinook.
Cowlitz River (Lewis County):
From mouth to Mayfield Dam: Closed waters: (1) From 400
feet or posted markers below Cowlitz salmon hatchery barrier
dam to boundary markers near the Cowlitz salmon hatchery water
intake approximately 1,700 feet upstream of the Cowlitz salmon
hatchery barrier dam. (2) From 400 feet below the Mayfield
powerhouse upstream to Mayfield Dam. (3) Within a 100 foot
radius of the new Cowlitz Trout Hatchery outfall structure
except anglers who permanently use a wheelchair may fish
within posted markers when adjacent waters are open. Year-round season except closed to fishing from south bank May
1 through June 15 from Mill Creek to the Cowlitz salmon
hatchery barrier dam. ((Lawful)) Permissible to fish up to
four hundred feet or the posted deadline at the Cowlitz salmon
hatchery barrier dam. ((Lawful)) Permissible to fish up to
Tacoma Power safety signs at Onion Rock below Mossyrock Dam. ((Lawful)) Permissible to fish up to Lewis County P.U.D.
safety signs below Cowlitz Falls Dam. From the Cowlitz salmon
hatchery 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. Lexington Bridge
Drive in Kelso upstream to the Highway 505 Bridge in Toledo:
All species: Two poles allowed with two pole endorsement. Anti-snagging rule and night closure April 1 through November
30 from mouth of Mill Creek to the Cowlitz salmon hatchery
barrier dam. When anti-snagging rule is in effect, only fish
hooked inside the mouth may be retained. All game fish:
Release all fish April 1 through the Friday before the first
Saturday in June except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be
retained. Trout: The first Saturday in June through March
31, daily limit five, minimum length twelve inches, no more
than two over twenty inches, except release wild cutthroat.
Salmon: Open year-round. January 1 through July 31: Daily
limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release all salmon except hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
August 1 through December 31: Daily limit six fish of which
no more than two may be adult Chinook. Release all salmon
except hatchery coho and hatchery Chinook. Sturgeon:
Seasons, days of the week, daily limits, and size limits same
as in adjacent waters of mainstem Columbia River.
From posted PUD sign on Peters Road to mouth of Ohanapecosh River and mouth of Muddy Fork: Anti-snagging rule and night closure September 1 through October 31 for all species. When anti-snagging rule is in effect, only fish hooked in the mouth may be retained. Trout: Release cutthroat. Additional November 1 through Friday before the first Saturday in June season. Trout: Release all trout except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open year-round from upstream boundary of Lake Scanewa. Minimum size 12 inches. January 1 through July 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild coho and wild Chinook. August 1 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release wild coho and wild Chinook.
Cowlitz River, Clear and Muddy Forks (Lewis County):
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Release
cutthroat.
Coyote Creek and Ponds (Adams County): April 1 through
September 30 season.
Crab Creek (Adams/Grant counties):
From mouth to Morgan Lake Road in Section 36: April 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. In those waters from Grant County Road 7
to the fountain buoy and shoreline markers or 150 feet
downstream of the Alder Street fill March 1 through May 31
terminal gear restricted to one single hook measuring 3/4 inch
or less point to shank. Year-round: Daily limits and size
limits same as Moses Lake. From Moses Lake downstream to the
confluence of the outlet streams March 1 through May 31
terminal gear restricted to one single-point hook measuring
3/4 inch or less point to shank. Year-round: Daily limits
and size limits same as Potholes Reservoir.
Crabapple Lake (Snohomish County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Cranberry Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Release all trout.
Crawfish Lake (Okanogan County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.
Crescent Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum size fourteen inches.
Crescent Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Crescent Lake (Pierce County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Crim Creek (Lewis County) (Chehalis River tributary): From
mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through October 31
season. Trout: Selective gear rules. Daily limit 2 fish,
minimum length eight inches. Other game fish: Selective gear
rules.
Crocker Lake (Jefferson County): Closed waters.
Crooked Creek (Clallam County) and tributaries that are
outside of Olympic National Park: The first Saturday in June
through October 15 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches. Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective
gear rules. Release kokanee.
Crystal Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Cup Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Curl Lake (Columbia County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Fishing from any floating device
prohibited. Trout: No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in
length may be retained.
Dakota Creek (Whatcom County): From mouth to Giles Road
Bridge: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Salmon: Open ((only)) October 1
through December ((31 from mouth to Giles Road Bridge)). Daily limit 2 salmon. Release wild Chinook.
Dalton Lake (Franklin County): Trout: No more than two over
13 inches in length may be retained.
Damon Lake (Grays Harbor County): The first Saturday in June
through October 31 season.
Dan's Creek (Snohomish County) (Sauk River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules and release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Davis Lake (Ferry County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Davis Lake (Lewis County): Fourth Saturday in April to last
day in February season.
Davis Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through August 31:
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species:
Release all fish.
Davis Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Dayton Pond (Columbia County): Juveniles, anglers with
reduced-fee licenses or designated harvesters only. Trout:
No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Deadman Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
De Coursey Pond (Pierce County): Fourth Saturday in April
through November 30 season. Juveniles only. Salmon:
Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Decker Creek (Mason County) (Satsop River tributary): From
mouth upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31
season. Trout: Minimum length eight inches, daily limit 2
fish. Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear
rules.
Deep Creek (Clallam County): December 1 through January 31
season. All species: Selective gear rules and release all
fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per
day.
Deep Creek (Grays Harbor County): From mouth upstream: The
first Saturday in June through last day in October season.
All species: Selective gear rules.
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): Fourth Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Deep Lake (Stevens County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Deep Lake (Thurston County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Deep River (Wahkiakum County): Year-round season. Trout:
Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day. Salmon: Open year-round only from mouth to
town bridge. January 1 through July 31, daily limit 6 fish of
which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild
Chinook and wild coho. August 1 through December 31, daily
limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum and wild coho. Sturgeon: Seasons, days of the
week, daily limits, and size limits same as in adjacent waters
of mainstem Columbia River.
Deer Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all
trout.
Deer Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout:
No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Deer Lake (Island County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Deer (Deer Springs) Lake (Lincoln County): Fourth Saturday in
April through September 30 season.
Deer Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Deer Lake (Stevens County): March 1 through October 31
season. Trout: No more than two over thirty inches in length
may be retained.
Delemeter Creek (Cowlitz County): Closed waters from 400 feet
below to 200 feet above the temporary weir while the weir is
installed in the creek.
Delezene Creek (Grays Harbor County) (Chehalis River
tributary): From mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June
through October 31 season. All species: Selective gear
rules.
Dempsey Creek (Thurston County) (Black River tributary): From
mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through October 31
season. Trout: Selective gear rules. Daily limit 2 fish,
minimum length eight inches. Other game fish: Selective gear
rules.
De Roux Creek (Kittitas County): Mouth to the USFS Trail
#1392 (De Roux Cr. Trail) stream crossing (approximately one
river mile): Closed waters. Upstream of USFS Trail #1392
stream crossing: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from
a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Deschutes River (Thurston County): Barbless hooks required.
From old U.S. Highway 99 Bridge near Tumwater to Henderson
Boulevard Bridge near Pioneer Park: The first Saturday in
June through October 15 season. ((Anti-snagging rule and
night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.)) Release all trout. Salmon: Open
((only)) July 1 through October 15. Selective gear rules,
except bait allowed September 1 through October 15. 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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Release all trout. Salmon: Open only July 1 through October 15. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release coho.
Devereaux Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Devil's Lake (Jefferson County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Dewatto River (Mason County): From mouth to Dewatto-Holly
Road Bridge: First Saturday in June through August 15 and
October 1 through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. Night closure October 1 through
October 31 ((from mouth to Dewatto-Holly Road Bridge)). Game
fish: Release all fish. Salmon: Open ((only)) October 1
through October 31 ((mouth to Dewatto-Holly Road Bridge)). Daily limit two coho only. ((Release all salmon other than
coho.))
From Dewatto-Holly Road Bridge upstream: First Saturday
in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and
release all fish.
Diamond Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Dickey River (Clallam County): From Olympic National Park
boundary upstream to the confluence of the East and West
Forks: First Saturday in June through April 30 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. February 16 through
April 30, wild steelhead retention allowed. Salmon: ((July 1
through November 30)) From mouth to East Fork Dickey((.)): July 1 through August 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more
than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild adult Chinook and
wild adult coho. September 1 through November 30, daily limit
6 fish ((of which no more than 4 may be adult salmon, and of
the 4 adult salmon, no more than 2 may be any combination of
Chinook, wild coho, pink, sockeye, and chum salmon)). Up to
two adults plus up to two additional adult hatchery coho may
be retained.
Confluence of East and West Forks upstream (for both forks): First Saturday in June through April 30 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Selective gear rules apply. Other game fish: Selective gear rules apply.
Dillacort Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all
trout.
Diobsud Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules and
release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained.
Dog Lake (Yakima County): Trout: Daily limit may contain no
more than 1 fish over 14 inches in length.
Dogfish Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum
size fourteen inches.
Donkey Creek (Grays Harbor County): From mouth upstream: The
first Saturday in June through last day in October season.
All species: Selective gear rules.
Donovan Creek (Jefferson County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Dosewallips River (Jefferson County): From mouth to Olympic
National Park boundary about three-quarters mile downstream of
falls: The first Saturday in June through August 31 season
mouth to park boundary and November 1 through December 15
season mouth to Highway 101 Bridge. Selective gear rules and
unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor the first Saturday in June through
August 31. All species: Release all fish except salmon may
be retained November 1 through December 15. 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.
Downey Creek (Snohomish County) (Suiattle River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Downs Lake (Lincoln/Spokane counties): March 1 through
September 30 season. Crappie: Daily limit ten, minimum
length nine inches.
Dry Creek (Walla Walla County): Upstream from the middle
Waitsburg Road: Closed waters.
Dry Falls Lake (Grant County): April 1 through November 30
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Daily limit one.
Duck Lake (Grays Harbor County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Duckabush River (Jefferson County): From mouth to the Olympic
National Park Boundary: The first Saturday in June through
August 31 season mouth to park boundary and November 1 through
December 15 season mouth to Mason County P.U.D. No. 1 overhead
electrical distribution line. Selective gear rules and
unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor the first Saturday in June through
August 31. All species: Release all fish except salmon may
be retained November 1 through December 15. 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.
Dune Lake (Grant County): All species: Selective gear rules.
Trout: Daily limit 1.
Dungeness River (Clallam County):
From mouth to forks at Dungeness Campground: October 16 through January 31 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 coho salmon.
From junction of Gold Creek upstream to headwaters: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Dusty Lake (Grant County): March 1 through November 30
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Daily limit one fish.
Dyes Inlet (Kitsap County): All streams: First Saturday in
June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum size fourteen inches.
Eaton Creek (Thurston County) (Lake St. Clair tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Early Winters Creek (Okanogan County): Closed waters.
((East Fork Wildcat Creek (Grays Harbor County) (Cloquallum
Creek tributary): From mouth upstream: The first Saturday in
June through October 31 season. Minimum length eight inches,
daily limit 2 fish. Selective gear rules. Other game fish:
Selective gear rules.))
East Little Walla Walla River (Walla Walla County): Closed
waters.
East Twin River (Clallam County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Easton Lake (Kittitas County): Saturday before Memorial Day
through October 31 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): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Eglon Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum
size 14 inches.
Eight Creek (Lewis County) (tributary to Elk Creek, which is a
Chehalis River tributary): From mouth upstream: The first
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Trout: Selective
gear rules. Daily limit 2 fish, minimum length eight inches.
Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
Eightmile Lake (Chelan County): Trout: Daily limit five, not
more than two mackinaw may be retained.
Elbow Lake (Stevens County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Elk Creek (Clallam County): Outside of Olympic National Park:
The first Saturday in June through October 15 season.
Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Release kokanee.
Elk Creek((, including Eight Creek)) (Lewis County) (Chehalis
River tributary): From mouth upstream: The first Saturday in
June through October 31 season. All species: Selective gear
rules.
Elk River (Grays Harbor County): From mouth (Highway 105
Bridge) to the confluence of east and middle branches: The
first Saturday in June through last day in February season. Single point barbless hooks required August 16 through
November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches, daily
limit 2 fish. Salmon: Open only October 1 through November
30 ((from Highway 105 Bridge to the confluence of the East and
Middle Branches)). Daily limit 2 fish of which only one may
be a wild coho. Release chum((,)) and Chinook((, and wild
coho)).
From confluence of east and middle branches upstream: The first Saturday in June through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
Elkhorn Creek (Pacific County) (Smith River tributary): The
first Saturday in June through October 31 season. All
species: Selective gear rules.
Ell Lake (Okanogan County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor. Trout: Daily limit one.
Ellen Lake (Ferry County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. All species: Catch and release except up
to five rainbow trout may be retained.
Elliot Creek (Snohomish County) (Sauk River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules.
Ellis Creek (Pacific County) (Willapa River tributary): From
mouth upstream: All game fish: First Saturday in June
through October 15 season. Selective gear rules.
Ellsworth Creek (Pacific County) (Naselle River tributary):
From mouth upstream: All game fish: First Saturday in June
through September 30 season. Selective gear rules.
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; from 200 feet above the department of fish
and wildlife temporary weir downstream to Foster (Risk) Road
Bridge while weir is installed in the river; mainstem waters
from the confluence of the west fork to source.
From mouth to West Fork: The first Saturday in June through March 15 season. Anti-snagging rule, night closure, and stationary gear restriction August 1 through October 31. Trout: Release all fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open the first Saturday in June through December 31. First Saturday in June through July 31, daily limit 6 hatchery Chinook, of which no more than 2 may be adults. August 1 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum, wild coho, and wild Chinook.
Eloika Lake (Spokane County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Elwha River (Clallam County): ((Through last day in February
2012: From mouth to downstream side of bridge on Elwha River
Rd. October 1 through last day in February season. Fishing
from any floating device prohibited. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Salmon: Open October 1 through November 15.
Daily limit 6 coho salmon of which no more than 4 may be
adult coho salmon.
From downstream side of bridge on Elwha River Rd. to two hundred feet downstream of the south spillway on Elwha (Aldwell Lake) Dam. November 16 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From Lake Aldwell upstream to Olympic National Park
boundary, including all tributaries: First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout except Eastern brook trout: Minimum
length twelve inches. Eastern brook trout: No minimum size.
Beginning March 1, 2012: From mouth upstream to Olympic
National Park boundary, including all tributaries and
remaining waters of Lake Aldwell:)) Closed waters. ((As the
Elwha dam is removed, Lake Aldwell will recede.))
Empire Lake (Ferry County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Entiat River (Chelan County): From mouth to Entiat Falls:
December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules
apply. Above Entiat Falls: Selective gear rules. Unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit 5 trout, not more than
one of which may be greater than 12 inches in length. Eastern
brook trout not included in trout daily limit. Eastern brook
trout daily limit ten. Once the daily limit of trout other
than eastern brook trout has been achieved, the entire daily
limit for trout other than eastern brook trout and eastern
brook trout has been taken.
Ephrata Lake (Grant County): Closed waters.
Erie Lake (Skagit County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Evans Creek (Pierce County) (Carbon River tributary) from
Carbon River-Fairfax Road upstream: First Saturday in June
through October 31 season.
Failor Lake (Grays Harbor County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: No more than two over 15
inches in length may be retained per day.
Fairchild Creek (Pacific County) (Wilson Creek tributary,
which is a Willapa River tributary): From mouth upstream:
All game fish: First Saturday in June through October 31
season. Selective gear rules.
Fall River ((Creek)) and all forks (Pacific County) (North
River tributary): From mouth upstream: All game fish: The
first Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Falls Creek (Pacific County) (Willapa River tributary): From
mouth upstream: All game fish: First Saturday in June
through October 15 season. Selective gear rules.
Falls Creek (Snohomish County) (Sauk River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules.
Fan Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth 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.
Fern Creek (Pacific County) (Willapa River tributary): From
mouth upstream: All game fish: First Saturday in June
through October 15 season. Selective gear rules.
Ferry Lake (Ferry County): Unlawful to use lead weights or
lead jigs that measure 1 1/2 inch or less along the longest
axis.
Fio Rito Lakes (Kittitas County): Fishing from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Finn Creek (Pacific County) (Nemah River North Fork
tributary): First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Fish Lake (Chelan County): Trout: No more than two over
fifteen inches in length may be retained. Perch: Daily limit
25.
Fish Lake (Ferry County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Fish Lake (Okanogan County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Fish Lake (Spokane County): Fourth Saturday in April through
September 30 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Fisher Slough (Snohomish County): Mouth to I-5 Bridge: First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
Fishhook Pond (Walla Walla County): March 1 through October
31 season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
Trout: No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in length may be
retained.
Fishtrap Creek (Whatcom County): From Koh Road to Bender
Road: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Juveniles only.
Fishtrap Lake (Lincoln/Spokane counties): Fourth Saturday in
April through September 30 season.
Fiske Creek (Pierce County) (Puyallup River tributary):
Upstream from Fiske Road: First Saturday in June through
October 31 season.
Forde Lake (Okanogan County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Fork Creek (Pacific County) (Willapa River tributary): From
((mouth upstream:)) Forks Creek Hatchery Rack upstream 500
feet at fishing boundary sign: Closed waters except for
anglers who permanently use a wheelchair or have a designated
harvester card. All species: Night closure. Single-point
barbless hooks required and stationary gear restriction from
October 1 through November 30. All game fish: First Saturday
in June through July 15 season and October 1 through March 31.
Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained. Salmon: October 1 through November 30, daily limit
6 fish, of which no more than three may be adult salmon, and
of the three adult salmon, only two may be wild coho. Release
chum and wild Chinook. December 1 through January 31, daily
limit six fish, of which no more than two may be adult salmon
and only one may be a wild coho. Release chum and wild
Chinook.
From fishing boundary sign 500 feet above Forks Creek
hatchery rack upstream. All game fish: First Saturday in
June through October ((15)) 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Fort Borst Park Pond (Lewis County): Fourth Saturday in April
through last day in February season. Juveniles only.
Fortson Mill Pond #2 (Snohomish County): Fourth Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Found Creek (Skagit County) (Cascade River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules and release all fish.
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.
Fox Creek (Pierce County) (Puyallup River tributary):
Upstream from Fiske Road: First Saturday in June through
October 31 season.
Franz Lake (Skamania County): Closed waters.
Frater Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Frenchman Hills Lake (Grant County): February 1 through
September 30 season.
Friday Creek (Whatcom County) (Samish River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
Fulton Creek (Mason County): From mouth to falls at river
mile 0.8: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Selective gear rules and release all fish.
From falls at river mile 0.8 upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Gadwall Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Gale Creek (Pierce County) (South Prairie Creek tributary)
upstream of confluence with Wilkeson Creek: First Saturday in
June through October 31 season.
Gamble Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season: Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Garfield Juvenile Pond (Whitman County): Juveniles only.
Garrard Creek (Grays Harbor County) (Chehalis River
tributary): From mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Trout: Selective gear rules.
Daily limit 2 fish, minimum length eight inches. Other game
fish: Selective gear rules.
George Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Geneva Lake (King County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Germany Creek (Cowlitz County): From mouth to end of Germany
Creek Road (approximately five miles): The first Saturday in
June through August 31 and November 1 through March 15 season.
Trout: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead
may be retained per day.
Gibbs Lake (Jefferson County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. Trout: Release all trout.
Gillette Lake (Stevens County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Gissberg Pond, North (Snohomish County): Juveniles only.
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): The
first Saturday in June through March 31 season. Selective
gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all
fish.
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): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Release all trout.
Golf Course Pond (Asotin County): Trout: No more than 2
trout over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Goodell Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules and
release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained.
Goodman Creek (Jefferson County): Outside Olympic National
Park: The first Saturday in June through last day in February
season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Selective
gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
Goodwin Lake (Snohomish County): Chumming permitted.
Goose Creek (Lincoln County): Within the city limits of
Wilbur: Year around season. Juveniles and holders of reduced
fee licenses or designated harvester cards only.
Goose Lake, Lower (Adams County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches. Bluegill: Not more than five
over six inches in length.
Goss Lake (Island County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Grade Creek (Snohomish County) (Suiattle River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Grande Ronde River (Asotin County):
From mouth to County Road Bridge about two and one-half miles upstream: Year-round season. Selective gear rules and unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor September 1 through May 31. Trout: Minimum length ten inches, maximum length twenty inches. Channel catfish: No daily limit mouth to Oregon state line.
From County Road Bridge upstream to Oregon state line and all tributaries: Selective gear rules and unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor the first Saturday in June through August 31 and barbless hooks required September 1 through October 31. Additional season November 1 through April 15: Barbless hooks required. All tributaries: Closed waters. All species: Release all fish except whitefish and hatchery steelhead. Trout: Daily limit three hatchery steelhead.
Granite Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Closed
waters.
Granite Lakes (near Marblemount) (Skagit County): Grayling:
Release all grayling.
Grass Creek (Grays Harbor County): From mouth upstream:
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. All
species: Selective gear rules.
Grass Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Gray Wolf River (Clallam County): From bridge at river mile
1.0 upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31
season. All species: Selective gear rules and release all
fish. ((Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor.))
Grays River (Wahkiakum County): From mouth to Highway 4
Bridge: First Saturday in June through March 15 season; and
from Highway 4 Bridge to mouth of South Fork: First Saturday
in June through October 15 and December 1 through March 15
season. Closed waters from 400 feet above to 200 feet above
the temporary weir while the weir is installed in the river.
Anti-snagging rule, night closure and stationary gear
restriction from mouth to Highway 4 Bridge August 1 through
November 15 and from Highway 4 Bridge to mouth of South Fork
August 1 through October 15. All game fish: Release all fish
except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Salmon: From mouth to Highway 4 Bridge: Open first Saturday
in June through December 31. First Saturday in June through
July 31, daily limit 6 hatchery Chinook, of which no more than
2 may be adults. August 1 through December 31, daily limit 6
fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release
chum, wild coho, and unmarked Chinook. Unmarked Chinook are
Chinook without either a clipped ventral fin or a clipped
adipose fin. From Highway 4 Bridge to South Fork: Open first
Saturday in June through October 15 and December 1 through
December 31. First Saturday in June through July 31, daily
limit 6 hatchery Chinook, of which no more than 2 may be
adults. August 1 through October 15 and December 1 through
December 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may
be adult Chinook. Release chum, wild coho and unmarked
Chinook. Unmarked Chinook are Chinook without either a
clipped ventral fin or a clipped adipose fin.
Grays River, East Fork (Wahkiakum County): Selective gear
rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. Trout: Release all fish except
up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Grays River, West Fork (Wahkiakum County): Downstream from
hatchery intake/footbridge: The first Saturday in June
through March 15 season, except closed waters from posted
markers approximately 300 yards below the hatchery road bridge
downstream to mouth October 16 through November 30. August 1
through November 15: Anti-snagging rule, night closure and
stationary gear restriction. October 16 through March 15:
Release all fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day. Salmon: Open from first Saturday in June
through December 31. First Saturday in June through July 31,
daily limit 6 hatchery Chinook, of which no more than 2 may be
adults. August 1 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish, of
which not more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum,
wild coho and unmarked Chinook. Unmarked Chinook are Chinook
without either a clipped ventral fin or a clipped adipose fin.
Green Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through November 30:
Selective gear rules, and unlawful to fish from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All
species: Release all fish.
Green Lake (Lower) (Okanogan County): April 1 through
November 30: Selective gear rules, and unlawful to fish from
a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
All species: Release all fish.
Green River (Cowlitz County): Closed waters: All
tributaries.
From mouth to 2800 Bridge: The first Saturday in June 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. Anti-snagging rule and night closure September 1 through October 31 from mouth to 400 feet below salmon hatchery rack. All species: When anti-snagging rule in effect, only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained. Trout: Release all trout except hatchery steelhead. Salmon: Open August 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish, of which not more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum, wild coho, and wild Chinook.
From 2800 Bridge to Miner's Creek: Closed waters.
From Miner's Creek upstream: All species: Catch and release and selective gear rules.
Green (Duwamish) River (King County):
From the First Avenue South Bridge to Tukwila International Boulevard/Old Highway 99: The first Saturday in June through July 31 and September 1 through January 15 season. In years ending in odd numbers, additional season August 20 through August 31 with the following restrictions: Night closure, anti-snagging rule, bait prohibited, only 1 single-point hook may be used, and hook must measure less than 1/2 inch from point to shank. Anti-snagging rule and night closure September 1 through November 30. Fishing from any floating device prohibited November 1 through January 15. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: In years ending in odd numbers, open August 20 through December 31. Daily limit 6 salmon, no more than 3 may be any combination of adult coho and adult chum. Release Chinook. In years ending in even numbers, open September 1 through December 31. Daily limit 6 salmon, no more than 3 may be adult salmon. Release Chinook.
From Tukwila International Boulevard/Old Highway 99 to
the Interstate 405 Bridge: The first Saturday in June through
July 31 and September 1 through January 15 season. In years
ending in odd numbers, additional season August 20 through
August 31 with the following restrictions: Night closure,
anti-snagging rule, bait prohibited, only 1 single-point hook
may be used, and hook must measure less than 1/2 inch from
point to shank. Anti-snagging rule and night closure
September 1 through November 30. Fishing from any floating
device prohibited November 1 through January 15. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: In years ending in
odd numbers, open August 20 through December 31. Daily limit
6 salmon, no more than 3 may be any combination of adult coho
and adult chum. Release Chinook. In years ending in even
numbers, open September 1 through December 31. Daily limit 6
salmon, no more than 3 may be adult salmon, and ((only 1 may
be a)) release Chinook.
From the Interstate 405 Bridge to South 277th Street Bridge in Auburn: Open only the first Saturday in June through July 31 and October 1 through January 15. In years ending in odd numbers, additional season September 1 through September 30 with the following restrictions: Night closure, anti-snagging rule, bait prohibited, only 1 single-point hook may be used, and hook must measure less than 1/2 inch from point to shank. Anti-snagging rule and night closure October 1 through November 30. Fishing from any floating device prohibited November 1 through January 15. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: In years ending in odd numbers, open September 1 through December 31. Daily limit 6 salmon, no more than 3 may be any combination of adult coho and adult chum. Release Chinook. In years ending in even numbers, open October 1 through December 31. Daily limit 6 salmon, no more than 3 may be adult salmon. Release Chinook.
From the 277th Street Bridge to Auburn-Black Diamond Road Bridge: Open only the first Saturday in June through August 15 and October 16 through January 31. In years ending in odd numbers, additional season September 16 through October 15 with the following restrictions: Night closure, anti-snagging rule, bait prohibited, only 1 single-point hook may be used, and hook must measure less than 1/2 inch from point to shank. Anti-snagging rule and night closure October 16 through November 30. Fishing from a floating device prohibited November 1 through January 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: In years ending in odd numbers, open September 16 through December 31. Daily limit 6 salmon, no more than 3 may be any combination of adult coho and adult chum. Release Chinook. In years ending in even numbers, open October 16 through December 31. Daily limit 6 salmon, no more than 3 may be adult salmon. Release Chinook.
From the Auburn-Black Diamond Road Bridge to the ((water
pipeline walk bridge (1/2 mile downstream of Tacoma Headworks
Dam))) mouth of Cristy Creek at Flaming Geyser State Park:
((The)) First Saturday in June through ((January 31))
September 15 and November 1 through January 31 season. All
species: Anti-snagging rule and night closure August 1
through September 15 and November 1 through November 30.
Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Salmon: November 1 through
December 31 season. Daily limit six salmon. No more than
three may be adult. Release Chinook.
From mouth of Cristy Creek at Flaming Geyser State Park to the water pipeline walk bridge (1/2 mile downstream of Tacoma Headworks Dam): The first Saturday in June through January 31 season. All species: Anti-snagging rule 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 fourteen inches. Salmon: Open November 1 through December 31. In years ending in odd numbers, daily limit 6 salmon, no more than 3 may be any combination of adult coho and adult chum. Release Chinook. In years ending in even numbers, daily limit 6 salmon, no more than 3 may be adult salmon. Release Chinook.
From Friday Creek upstream, including all tributaries and their tributaries: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Greenwater River (King County), from mouth to Greenwater
Lakes: November 1 through January 31 season. Release all
fish except whitefish. Whitefish gear rules.
From Greenwater Lakes upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Grimes Lake (Douglas County): June 1 through August 31
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Daily limit one.
Grizzly Lake (Skamania County): Closed waters.
Groves Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum
size fourteen inches.
Halfmoon Creek (Pacific County) (Willapa River tributary):
From mouth upstream: All game fish: First Saturday in June
through October 15 season. Selective gear rules.
Halfmoon Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Halfmoon Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Halfway Creek (Lewis County) (tributary of Stillman Creek,
which is a Chehalis River tributary): From mouth to second
bridge crossing on Pe Ell McDonald Road: The first Saturday
in June through October 31 season. Trout: Selective gear
rules. Daily limit 2 fish, minimum length eight inches.
Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
Hamilton Creek (Skamania County): Trout: Release all fish
except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. All tributaries downstream from the Highway 14 Bridge: Closed
waters.
Hamma Hamma River (Mason County):
From mouth to four hundred feet below falls: The first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
From falls upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
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.
Hanaford Creek (Lewis County) (Skookumchuck River tributary):
From mouth upstream: All Species: Selective gear rules.
((Night closure and single point barbless hooks required from
August 16 through November 30. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.))
The first Saturday in June through October 31 season. Trout:
Minimum length eight inches.
Hancock Lake (King County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. All tributary streams and the upper third
of the outlet are closed waters. Unlawful to use lead weights
or lead jigs that measure 1 1/2 inch or less along the longest
axis.
Hansen Creek (Skagit County): Including all tributaries and
their tributaries: First Saturday in June through October 31
season. Selective gear rules.
Harris Creek (Grays Harbor County) (Chehalis River tributary):
From mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Trout: Selective gear rules. Daily limit
2 fish, minimum length eight inches. Other game fish:
Selective gear rules.
Harris Lake (Grant County): All species: Selective gear
rules. Trout: Daily limit 1.
Harrison Slough (Skagit County): All game fish: First
Saturday in June through October 31 season.
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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Hatch Lake (Stevens County): December 1 through March 31
season. All species: Catch and release except up to five
rainbow trout may be retained.
Hatchery Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Haven Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
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): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Juveniles, seniors and holders of
reduced fee licenses or designated harvester cards only.
Heart Lake (near Anacortes) (Skagit County): Fourth Saturday
in April through October 31 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): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Herman Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Hicks Lake (Thurston County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Hilt Creek (Skagit County) (Sauk River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules and release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Hog Canyon Creek (Spokane County): Hog Canyon Dam to Scroggie
Road: Year-round 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 Olympic National Park boundary upstream to DNR Oxbow
Campground Boat Launch: All game fish: May 16 through the
Friday before the first Saturday in June, open Wednesdays
through Sundays, and release all game fish except up to 2
hatchery steelhead may be retained. Trout: First Saturday in
June through April 15 season. Minimum length fourteen inches.
November 1 through February 15, daily limit ((3 trout
including)) may include one additional hatchery steelhead. February 16 through April ((30)) 15, wild steelhead retention
allowed. Salmon: May 16 through August 31, Wednesday through
Sunday, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 1 may be an
adult salmon, minimum length 12 inches. Release wild Chinook.
September 1 through November 30, daily limit 6 fish of which
no more than 2 may be adult salmon, minimum length 12 inches.
From DNR Oxbow Campground Boat Launch to Willoughby Creek: Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: August 1 through October 15 and December 1 through April 15: Selective gear rules. All game fish: May 16 through the Friday before the first Saturday in June, open Wednesdays through Sundays, and release all game fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained. All game fish: First Saturday in June through April 15 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: May 16 through August 31, Wednesdays through Sundays, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 1 may be an adult. Release wild Chinook. Open October 16 through November 30, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon, minimum length of 12 inches.
From Willoughby Creek to Morgan's Crossing boat launch
site: Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. All species: First Saturday in
June through October 15 and December 1 through April 15:
Selective gear rules. All game fish: First Saturday in June
through April 15 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches. Salmon: ((May 16 through August 31, Wednesdays
through Sundays, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 1
may be an adult salmon, minimum length 12 inches.)) Open
October 16 through November 30, daily limit 6 fish of which no
more than 2 may be adult salmon, minimum length of 12 inches.
From Morgan's Crossing Boat Launch upstream to Olympic National Park boundary below mouth of South Fork Hoh River: First Saturday in June through April 15 season. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
Hoh River, South Fork (Jefferson County): Outside Olympic
National Park boundary: The first Saturday in June through
April 15 season. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Selective
gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
Hoko River (Clallam County):
From mouth to upper Hoko Bridge: Permissible to fish up to the hatchery ladder, except closed to fishing from shore on the hatchery side of the river from the ladder downstream 100 feet. First Saturday in June through March 15 season. Fly fishing only September 1 through October 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From upper Hoko Bridge to Ellis Creek Bridge (river mile 18.5): The first Saturday in June through March 31 season. Fly fishing only. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
Homestead Lake (Grant County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one fish.
Hoquiam River, including West Fork (Grays Harbor County): The
first Saturday in June through last day of February season. Single point barbless hooks required August 16 through
November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches, daily
limit 2 fish. Salmon: Open October 1 through November 30
from mouth to Dekay Road Bridge (West Fork) on mainstem. Daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon, and of the 2 adult salmon, only 1 may be a wild coho. Release chum and Chinook. ((Open October 1 through November
30 on East Fork from mouth to mouth of Berryman Creek. Daily
limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum, Chinook, and wild coho.))
From Dekay Road Bridge upstream: ((All species: Single
point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30.))
First Saturday in June through last day of February season.
Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches, daily limit 2 fish.
All species: Selective gear rules.
Hoquiam River, East Fork (Grays Harbor County):
From mouth to confluence of Berryman Creek: The first Saturday in June through last day of February season. Single point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches, daily limit 2 fish. Salmon: October 1 through November 30. Daily limit six fish, of which no more than two may be adult salmon and only one may be a wild coho. Release chum and Chinook.
From confluence of Berryman Creek upstream to Youman's
Road Bridge: The first Saturday in June through last day of
February season. ((Single point barbless hooks required
August 16 through November 30.)) Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches, daily limit 2 fish.
Hoquiam River, Middle Fork (Grays Harbor County): From mouth
upstream: The first Saturday in June through last day of
October season. ((Single point barbless hooks required August
16 through October 31.)) Trout: Minimum length eight inches,
daily limit 2 fish. Selective gear rules. Other game fish:
Selective gear rules.
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): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit 1.
Horseshoe Lake (Kitsap County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules
apply. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two over 14 inches
in length may be retained, except no size restriction for
kokanee.
Horseshoe Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Trout except kokanee: Daily
limit five. Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit ten.
Horsethief Lake (Klickitat County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Hourglass Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Howard Lake (Snohomish County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Howe Creek (Jefferson County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Howell Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Hozomeen Lake (Whatcom County): July 1 through October 31
season. Unlawful to use lead weights or lead jigs that
measure 1 1/2 inch or less along the longest axis.
Huff Lake (Pend Oreille County): Closed waters.
Humptulips River (Grays Harbor County): Including all
channels, sloughs, and interconnected waterways from mouth
(Jessie Slough) to Ocean Beach Road (near Copalis Crossing):
The first Saturday in June through March 31 season, except
closed September 1 through September 30. Night closure and
single-point barbless hooks required August 16 through August
31 and October 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Salmon: Open October 1 through ((January
31)) November 30. Daily limit of 6 salmon, of which no more
than ((2)) three may be adult salmon, and of the ((2)) three
adult salmon, only 1 may be a Chinook and only one may be a
wild coho. Release chum ((and wild coho)). Open December 1
through January 31. Daily limit six salmon of which no more
than two may be adult salmon, and of the two adult salmon only
one may be a Chinook. Release chum and wild coho.
From Ocean Beach Road (near Copalis Crossing) to Highway
101 Bridge: The first Saturday in June through March 31
season, except closed September 1 through September 15. Night
closure and single-point barbless hooks required August 16
through August 31 and September 16 through November 30. ((All
species: Bait prohibited September 16 through September 30.))
Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open
September 16 through ((January 31)) November 30. Daily limit
of 6 salmon, of which no more than ((two)) three may be adult
salmon, and of the ((2)) three adult salmon, only one may be a
Chinook and only two may be wild coho. Release chum ((and
wild coho)). Open December 1 through January 31: Daily limit
six salmon of which no more than two may be adult salmon, and
of the two adult salmon, only one may be a Chinook. Release
chum and wild coho.
From Highway 101 Bridge to the confluence of the East and
West forks: The first Saturday in June through last day in
February season. Night closure and single point barbless
hooks required August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches. All game fish: Additional season
March 1 through March 31 with the following restrictions:
Selective gear rules and unlawful to fish from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Release
all fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained. Salmon: Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. Open September 16 through
((January 31)) November 30. Daily limit of 6 salmon, of which
no more than ((two)) three may be adult salmon, and of the
((2)) three adult salmon, only one may be a Chinook and only
one may be a wild coho. Release chum ((and wild coho. Bait
prohibited September 16 through September 30)). Open December
1 through January 31: Daily limit six salmon of which no more
than two may be adult salmon, and of the two adult salmon,
only one may be a Chinook. Release chum and wild coho.
Humptulips River, East Fork (Grays Harbor County): From mouth
to concrete bridge on Forest Service Road 220: Anti-snagging
rule and night closure August 16 through October 31. First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
From concrete bridge on Forest Service Road ((between
Humptulips Guard Station)) 220 upstream: The first Saturday
in June through last day in October season. ((Anti-snagging
rule and night closure August 16 through October 31. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.)) All species: Selective
gear rules.
Humptulips River, West Fork (Grays Harbor County):
From mouth to Donkey Creek: The first Saturday in June through last day in February season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. All game fish: Additional season March 1 through March 31. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.
From Donkey Creek upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Hutchinson Creek (Whatcom County) (SF Nooksack tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. All
species: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum size fourteen
inches.
Hutchinson Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion engine prohibited.
Hylebos Creek (Pierce County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Two trout over 14 inches in length.
Selective gear rules apply.
I-82 Ponds, 1 through 7 (Yakima County): Fishing from vessels
equipped with internal combustion motors 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: First Saturday in June through September 30 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Illabot Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Illahee Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum
size 14 inches.
Independence Creek (Grays Harbor County) (Chehalis River
tributary): From mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Trout: Selective gear rules.
Daily limit 2 fish, minimum length eight inches. Other game
fish: Selective gear rules.
Indian Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Trout:
Eastern brook trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern
brook trout daily limit ten. Once the daily limit of trout
other than eastern brook trout has been achieved, the entire
daily limit for trout other than eastern brook trout and
eastern brook trout has been taken.
Indian Creek (Yakima County): From mouth to waterfall
approximately six miles upstream (including the portion of the
creek that flows through the dry lakebed): 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.
Isabella Lake (Mason County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Island Lake (Kitsap County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Island Lake (Mason County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Issaquah Creek (King County): The first Saturday in June
through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Jackman Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Jackson Lake (Pierce County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Jameson Lake (Douglas County): Fourth Saturday in April
through July 4 and October 1 through October 31 seasons.
Jasmine Creek (Okanogan County): Year-round season. Juveniles only.
Jefferson Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season.
Jefferson Park Pond (Walla Walla County): Juveniles only.
Trout: No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in length may be
retained.
Jennings Park Pond (Snohomish County): Fourth Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Jewitt Creek (Klickitat County): Juveniles only. Trout:
Daily limit five, no minimum length.
Jimmy-Come-Lately Creek (Clallam County): Mouth to confluence
with East Fork: The first Saturday in June through August 31
season. Selective gear rules and release all fish.
From confluence with East Fork upstream, including East Fork: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Joe Creek (Grays Harbor County): Upstream from State Highway
109 Bridge to Ocean Beach Road Bridge: The first Saturday in
June 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. Daily limit 6 fish, of which no more
than 2 may be adult salmon. Release adult Chinook, and chum.
From Ocean Beach Road Bridge upstream: The first Saturday in June through October 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. All species: Selective gear rules.
Johns Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all
trout.
Johns River (Grays Harbor County): Mouth (Highway 105 Bridge)
to Ballon Creek: The first Saturday in June through last day
in February season. Single point barbless hooks required
August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches, daily limit 2 fish. Salmon: Open only
October 1 through November 30. Daily limit 2 fish, of which 1
may be wild coho. Release chum and Chinook.
From Ballon Creek upstream, including North and South
Forks: The first Saturday in June through September 30 and
December 1 through last day in February season. ((All
species: Single point barbless hooks required August 16
through November 30.)) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches,
daily limit 2 fish.
Johnson Creek (Lewis County) (Cowlitz River tributary):
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum
length ten inches.
Johnson Creek (Thurston County) (Skookumchuck River
tributary): From mouth upstream: All Species: Selective
gear rules. The first Saturday in June through October 31
season. Trout: Minimum length eight inches.
Johnson Creek (Whatcom County): From Northern Pacific
Railroad tracks to the Lawson Street footbridge in Sumas:
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Juveniles
only.
Jones Creek (Lewis County) (Chehalis River tributary): From
mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through October 31
season. Trout: Selective gear rules. Daily limit 2 fish,
minimum length eight inches. Other game fish: Selective gear
rules.
Jones Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Jordan Creek (Skagit County) (Cascade River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
Jorsted Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Jump-Off Joe Lake (Stevens County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 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.
Kachess River (Kittitas County): ((Lawful)) Permissible to
fish to base of Kachess Dam. Selective gear rules. Unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. From Kachess Lake (Reservoir) upstream to
waterfall approximately one-half mile above Mineral Creek:
Closed waters.
Kalaloch Creek (Jefferson County): Outside Olympic National
Park: Closed waters: Those waters within the section posted
as the Olympic National Park water supply. First Saturday in
June through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches. Selective gear rules. Other game
fish: Selective gear rules.
Kalama River (Cowlitz County):
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 Modrow Bridge downstream to one thousand five hundred feet below the rack are closed waters when the rack is installed. Anti-snagging rule and night closure April 1 through October 31 from the railroad bridge below I-5 to the intake at the lower salmon hatchery. Stationary gear restriction September 1 through October 31 from the railroad bridge below I-5 to the natural gas pipeline at Mahaffey's Campground. All species: When anti-snagging rule in effect only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion 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. All game fish: Release all fish year-round except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open year-round. January 1 through July 31, daily limit 6 hatchery Chinook of which no more than 1 may be an adult salmon. August 1 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum, wild Chinook, and wild coho.
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. All species: Release all fish.
From Summers Creek upstream to the 6420 Road at about one mile above the gate at the end of the county road: The first Saturday in June through March 31 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Fly fishing only. All species: Release all fish.
From 6420 Road to Kalama Falls: Closed waters.
Kalispell Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County):
((Fourth)) Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Kapowsin Lake (Pierce County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
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.
Kelsey Creek (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County):
The first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Kendall Creek (Whatcom County) (NF Nooksack tributary) above
the hatchery grounds: First Saturday in June through October
31 season. Selective gear rules.
Kennedy Creek (((Thurston)) Mason County): From mouth to four
hundred feet below falls: The first Saturday in June through
last day in February season. Selective gear rules from
Highway 101 Bridge to four hundred feet below falls except
October 1 through December 31. Anti-snagging rule 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 wild coho.
From falls upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Kennedy Creek Pond (Thurston County): Fourth Saturday in
April through October 31 season.
Kettle River (Stevens County):
The Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length 12 inches. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon.
Additional season: November 1 through May 31. Whitefish
gear rules apply. ((Selective gear rules are not required
from Canadian border upstream to Highway 21 Bridge at
Curlew.))
Ki Lake (Snohomish County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Kidney Lake (Skamania County): Fourth Saturday in April
through last day in February season.
Kimball Creek (near Snoqualmie) (King County): Fourth
Saturday in April through October 31 season. Juveniles only. Trout: No minimum length.
Kindy Creek (Skagit County) (Cascade River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules and release all fish.
King's Creek (Pierce County) (Puyallup River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Kings Lake and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Closed
waters.
Kings Lake Bog (King County): Closed waters.
Kitsap Lake (Kitsap County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Kiwanis Pond (Kittitas County): Juveniles and holders of
reduced fee licenses or designated harvester cards only.
Klaus Lake (King County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Closed waters: The inlet and outlet to
first Weyerhaeuser spur.
Klickitat River (Klickitat County):
From mouth to Fisher Hill Bridge: April 1 through
January 31 season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure April
1 through May 31((. Anti-snagging rule)) and August 1 through
January 31. When the anti-snagging rule is in effect, only
fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained. Game fish:
Closed December 1 through January 31. Release game fish other
than hatchery steelhead April 1 through May 31. Trout:
Minimum length twelve inches. Steelhead and salmon: Open
April 1 through May 31 on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays and
Saturdays only; daily limit 2 hatchery steelhead or 2 salmon,
or 1 of each. Release wild Chinook. Salmon: Open June 1
through January 31. June 1 through July 31, daily limit 6
fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release
wild Chinook. August 1 through January 31, daily limit 6 fish
of which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook.
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. Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply. Salmon: Open only June 1 through November 30 from 400 feet above No. 5 Fishway to boundary markers below Klickitat Salmon Hatchery. June 1 through July 31, daily limit 6 salmon. Release adult salmon and release wild Chinook. August 1 through October 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook. November 1 through November 30, daily limit 6 fish. Release Chinook.
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): Fourth Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Kokanee Lake (Mason County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
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): From mouth to footbridge at
lower falls: First Saturday in June through August 31 season.
From footbridge at lower falls upstream: ((Lawful))
Permissible to fish upstream to the base of Lacamas Lake Dam.
Lacamas Creek, tributary of Cowlitz River (Lewis County):
Trout: Release all trout except up to two hatchery steelhead
may be retained per day.
Ladder Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules and
release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained.
Lake Creek (Okanogan County): Mouth to Black Lake: Closed
waters. Black Lake to Three Prong Creek: Closed waters.
Langlois Lake (King County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Latah (Hangman) Creek (Spokane County): Year-round season.
Lawrence Lake (Thurston County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no
more than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except
no size restriction for kokanee.
Leader Lake (Okanogan County): Fourth Saturday in April
through September 30 season.
LeBar Creek (Mason County): From the falls at river mile one
upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Le Clerc Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Trout:
Eastern brook trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern
brook trout daily limit ten. Once the daily limit of trout
other than eastern brook trout has been achieved, the entire
daily limit for trout other than eastern brook trout and
eastern brook trout has been taken.
Ledbetter Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in
April through October 31 season.
Ledking Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Leech Lake (White Pass area) (Yakima County): Fly fishing
only. Fishing prohibited from floating devices equipped with
motors. Trout: No more than one over 14 inches in length.
Leland Creek (Jefferson County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Leland Lake (Jefferson County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no
more than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except
no size restriction for kokanee.
Lemna Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Lena Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season.
Lenice Lake (Grant County): March 1 through November 30
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Additional season the first Saturday in June through November
30: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout:
Daily limit one.
Leo Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Lewis River (Clark County): From mouth to forks: Year-round
season. All species: Two pole fishing allowed with two pole
endorsement from Railroad Bridge near Kuhns Road upstream to
mouth of East Fork Lewis. Trout: Release all fish except up
to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon:
Open year-round. January 1 through July 31, daily limit six
hatchery Chinook of which not more than 1 may be an adult
salmon. August 1 through September 30, daily limit 6 hatchery
salmon, of which no more than 2 may be adult hatchery Chinook.
Release all salmon except hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
October 1 through December 31, daily limit 6 salmon, of which
no more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release all salmon
except Chinook and hatchery coho. Sturgeon: Seasons, days of
the week, daily limits, and size limits same as in adjacent
waters of mainstem Columbia River.
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 400 feet below Horseshoe Falls: The first Saturday in June through March 15 season. Trout: Release all trout except up to 2 hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Mouth to top boat ramp at Lewisville Park: Additional April 16 through the Friday before the first Saturday in June season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Release all fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
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. All species: Two pole fishing allowed with
two pole endorsement from mouth to Johnson Creek. Anti-snagging rule and night closure April 1 through November
30 from Johnson Creek to Colvin Creek. When anti-snagging
rule is in effect, only fish hooked inside the mouth may be
retained. Trout: Release all fish except up to 2 hatchery
steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open year-round. January 1 through July 31, daily limit 6 hatchery Chinook of
which only 1 may be an adult salmon. August 1 through
September ((30)) 14, daily limit 6 hatchery salmon, of which
no more than 2 may be adult hatchery Chinook. Release all
salmon except hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho. ((October
1)) September 15 through December 31, daily limit 6 salmon, of
which no more than 2 adult Chinook may be retained. Release
all salmon except Chinook and hatchery coho. Sturgeon:
Seasons, days of the week, daily limits, and size limits same
as in waters of mainstem Columbia River adjacent to mouth of
Lewis River.
From mouth of Colvin Creek to overhead powerlines at
Merwin Dam: December 16 through September 30 season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure April 1 through September
30. When anti-snagging rule is in effect, only fish hooked
inside the mouth may be retained. Trout: Release all fish
except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open only January 1 through September 30 and December
16 through December 31. January 1 through July 31, daily
limit 6 hatchery Chinook of which only 1 may be an adult
salmon. August 1 through September ((30)) 14, daily limit 6
hatchery salmon, of which no more than 2 may be adult hatchery
Chinook. Release all salmon except hatchery Chinook and
hatchery coho((.)) September 15 through September 30 and December 16 through December 31((,)). Daily limit 6 salmon,
of which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release all
salmon except Chinook and hatchery coho. Sturgeon: Seasons,
days of the week, daily limits, and size limits same as in
waters of mainstem Columbia River adjacent to mouth of Lewis
River.
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: From the fishing pier to the access road at Swift Dam: Fourth Saturday in April through October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device prohibited. Trout: No minimum size, daily limit 5.
From Eagle Cliff Bridge to lower falls including all tributaries: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Liberty Lake (Spokane County): March 1 through October 31
season.
Lilliwaup River (Mason County): Mouth to 200 feet below
falls: The first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species:
Release all fish.
From falls upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Lilly Lake (Chelan County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. July 5 through October 31, selective gear
rules, and unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all
fish.
Lime Creek (Snohomish County) (Suiattle River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Limerick Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Lincoln Creek, including South Fork (Lewis County) (Chehalis
River tributary): From mouth upstream: The first Saturday in
June through October 31 season. Trout: Selective gear rules.
Daily limit 2 fish, minimum length eight inches. Other game
fish: Selective gear rules.
Lincoln Pond (Clallam County): Juveniles only.
Lions Park Pond (Walla Walla County): Juveniles only. Trout:
No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in length may be retained.
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): The first Saturday in June through
August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Little Hoko River (Clallam County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. ((Unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor.)) All species: Release all fish.
Little Hoquiam River (Grays Harbor County): From mouth
upstream: The first Saturday in June through October 31
season. Selective gear rules.
Little Klickitat River (Klickitat County): Within Goldendale
city limits: Fourth Saturday in April through October 31
season. Juveniles only. Trout: Daily limit five, no minimum
length.
Little Lost Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in
April through October 31 season.
Little Mission Creek (Mason County) from falls upstream:
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules and release all fish.
Little Naches River (Yakima County): Selective gear rules.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor.
Little Nisqually River (Lewis County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. ((Selective gear rules.)) Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.
Little North River Creek and all forks (Grays Harbor County)
(North River tributary): From mouth upstream: All game fish:
The first Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Selective gear rules.
Little Pend Oreille River (Stevens County): From the Little
Pend Oreille wildlife refuge boundary about 1 mile downstream
from the refuge headquarters office to Crystal Falls:
Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 season.
Selective gear rules, and unlawful to fish from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor. 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: First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules, unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor, and release all
fish. Closed waters: Mouth to Highway 101 Bridge September 1
through October 31.
From Little Quilcene River Bridge on Penny Creek Road upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Little Scandia Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum size 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: Fourth Saturday in April through October 31 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): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one.
Little Twin Lake (Stevens County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31.
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): Night closure March 16 through June 30. All
species: Anglers may fish with two poles provided they have a
two pole endorsement from May 12 through June 30 and from
September 15 through December 31. The area west of a line
projected from the easternmost pillar of the Highway 14 Bridge
to a posted marker on the north shore: Open only to bank
fishing from April 16 through June 30. Anti-snagging rule
August 1 through December 31. Year-round season; except
closed Wednesdays beginning the second Wednesday in April
through June 30, closed from 6 p.m. Tuesdays through 6 p.m.
Wednesdays during October, closed for game fish other than
trout during April, release all trout except hatchery
steelhead, and trout other than steelhead closed March 16
through July 31. Trout: August 1 through March 15, daily
limit of two hatchery steelhead. Salmon and steelhead: March
16 through July 31, daily limit of two hatchery steelhead or
two hatchery Chinook, or one of each. Salmon: Open August 1
through December 31. Daily limit six fish of which no more
than two may be adult salmon. ((Release wild coho and wild
Chinook.))
Lone Lake (Island County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one, minimum length 18
inches.
Long Lake (Ferry County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Fly fishing only. Unlawful to use flies
containing lead. Unlawful to fish from floating devices
equipped with motors.
Long Beach Peninsula waterways and lakes (Pacific County):
All game fish: Fourth Saturday in April through October 31
season.
Long Lake (Okanogan County): Fourth Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Long Lake (Thurston County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Long's Pond (Thurston County): Juveniles only.
Loomis Lake (Pacific County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Loomis Pond (Grays Harbor County): Closed waters.
Loon Lake (Stevens County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 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 (Kittitas County): Trout: Not more than 1 fish
over 14 inches in length.
Lost Lake (Mason County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than
two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Lost Lake (Okanogan County): Unlawful to fish from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion engine. Unlawful
to use lead weights or lead jigs that measure 1 1/2 inch or
less along the longest axis.
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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. 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.
Lower Salmon Creek and all forks (Grays Harbor
((County))/Pacific counties) (North River tributary): From
mouth upstream: All game fish: The first Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Lucas Creek (Lewis County) (tributary to the Newaukum River
North Fork): From mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Trout: Catch and release only.
Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
Lucky Duck Pond (Stevens County): Juveniles only.
Ludlow Creek (Jefferson County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Ludlow Lake (Jefferson County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Lyle Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Lyle Creek (King County) (White River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Lyre River (Clallam County):
From mouth to falls near river mile 3: The first
Saturday in June through ((last day in February)) January 31
season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From falls to ((source)) Olympic National Park boundary:
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules. ((Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor.)) All species:
Release all fish.
Mad River (Chelan County): From mouth upstream to Jimmy
Creek: Closed waters.
Maggie Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April through
November 30 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules
apply.
Maple Creek (Whatcom County) (NF Nooksack tributary): First
Saturday in June through ((January)) October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Marble Creek (Skagit County) (Cascade River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Malaney Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all
trout.
Margaret Lake (King County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Marsh Creek (Snohomish County) (Sultan River tributary) and
its tributaries, including beaver ponds, above the falls at
its mouth: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Marshal Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Martha Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Martha Lake (Snohomish County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Matheny Creek (Jefferson County) (Queets River tributary):
Outside Olympic National Park: First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
Mattoon Lake (Kittitas County): Fishing from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.
May Creek (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County): The
first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Juveniles
only.
Mayfield Lake (Reservoir) (Lewis County): Mayfield Dam to 400
feet below Mossyrock Dam: Closed waters: Tacoma Power safety
signs at Onion Rock Bridge to Mossyrock Dam. Trout and
salmon: Minimum length eight inches. Trout: Release
cutthroat. Release rainbow trout except rainbow trout with a
clipped adipose fin and a healed scar at the site of the
clipped fin. Salmon: Open only September 1 through December
31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release wild coho and wild Chinook.
McAllister Creek (Thurston County): Barbless hooks required.
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon:
Open July 1 through November 30. Daily limit six fish and up
to two adults may be retained.
McCabe Pond (Kittitas County): Fishing from any floating
device prohibited. All species: Five fish daily limit for
all species combined.
McDonald Creek (Clallam County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
McDowell Lake (Stevens County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a
floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. All
species: Release all fish.
McIntosh Lake (Thurston County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
McLane Creek (Thurston County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Night
closure August 1 through October 31. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
McLane Creek Ponds (Thurston County): Fourth Saturday in
April through October 31 season.
McManaman Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
McMurray Lake (Skagit County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Medical Lake (Spokane County): March 1 through October 31
season. Selective gear rules. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout: Daily limit two,
minimum length fourteen inches.
Medical Lake, West (Spokane County): Fourth Saturday in April
through September 30 season.
Melbourne Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Mercer Creek (Kittitas County): That portion within
Ellensburg city limits: Juveniles only.
Mercer Slough (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County):
The first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Merrill Lake (Cowlitz County): All species: Fly fishing only
and release all fish. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion engine.
Merritt Lake (Chelan County): Trout: Daily limit sixteen.
Merry Lake (Grant County): March 1 through November 30
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Daily limit one.
Merwin Lake (Reservoir) (Clark/Cowlitz County): Salmon:
Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Methow River (Okanogan County): Mouth to County Road 1535
(Burma Road) Bridge: Closed waters. County Road 1535 (Burma
Road) Bridge to the Hwy 153 Bridge at McFarland Creek: The
first Saturday in June through September 15 season: Selective
gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all
fish. Highway 153 Bridge at McFarland Creek to Foghorn Dam:
The first Saturday in June through September 30 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species:
Release all fish. Foghorn Dam to Weeman Bridge: The first
Saturday in June through August 15 season. Selective gear
rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Upstream from Weeman Bridge to the falls above Brush Creek:
Closed waters the first Saturday in June through October 31. Additional season Gold Creek to falls above Brush Creek:
December 1 through March 31. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Methow River tributaries not otherwise provided for:
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Maximum
length twenty inches.
Middle Nemah Pond (Pacific County): The first Saturday in
June through October 31 season.
Milk Creek (Snohomish County) (Suiattle River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Mill Creek (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Mill Creek (Cowlitz County): The first Saturday in June
through August 31 and November 1 through March 15 seasons. Trout: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead
may be retained per day.
Mill Creek (Lewis County): Additional season December 1
through December 31, mouth to hatchery road crossing culvert. Anti-snagging rule and night closure. All species: Release
all fish except that up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day.
Mill Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
Mill Creek (Pacific County) (Willapa River tributary): From
mouth upstream: All game fish: First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Mill Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Trout:
Eastern brook trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern
brook trout daily limit ten. Once the daily limit of trout
other than eastern brook trout has been achieved, the entire
daily limit for trout other than eastern brook trout and
eastern brook trout has been taken.
Mill Creek (Walla Walla County):
From mouth to Bennington Dam: Closed waters.
From Bennington Dam upstream: All tributaries: Closed waters. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Barbless hooks required September 1 through October 31. Trout: Release all steelhead.
Mill Creek Pond (Grays Harbor County): Juveniles only.
Mill Pond (Auburn) (King County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Juveniles only except open to all
ages during Free Fishing Weekend (as defined in WAC 220-56-160).
Mill Pond (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Mima Creek (Thurston County) (Black River tributary): From
mouth upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31
season. Selective gear rules((, night closure and
anti-snagging rule)).
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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor.)) Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
Mineral Lake (Lewis County): Fourth Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Minter Creek (Pierce/Kitsap counties): Salmon: Open only
November 1 through December 31 from mouth to 50 feet
downstream of the hatchery rack. Night closure. Daily limit
4 chum.
Mirror Lake (Grant County): Fourth Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Mission Lake (Kitsap County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Mitchell Creek (Lewis County) (tributary to the Newaukum River
North Fork): From mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Trout: Catch and release only.
Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
Moclips River (Grays Harbor County), from mouth to the
Quinault Indian Reservation boundary: The first Saturday in
June through the last day in February season. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches. ((Lawful)) Permissible to retain
steelhead having a dorsal fin height of less than 2 ((1/2))
1/8 inches or with an adipose or ventral fin clip.
Molson Lake (Okanogan County): Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.
Monte Cristo Lake (Snohomish County): The first Saturday in
June through August 31 season. All species: Selective gear
rules and catch and release except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained. Unlawful to fish from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Mooses Pond (Pacific County): The first Saturday in June
through October 31 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:
December 1 through January 31 season. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
From Port Angeles Dam upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Moses Lake (Grant County): Crappie: Daily limit ten, only
crappie more than nine inches in length may be retained. Bluegill: Daily limit five, only bluegill more than eight
inches in length may be retained. Walleye: Daily limit 8
walleye. Minimum length twelve inches. No more than one
walleye over 22 inches in length may be retained. Yellow
perch: Daily limit 25 yellow perch.
Mosquito Creek (Jefferson County): Outside Olympic National
Park upstream to the Goodman 3000 Mainline Bridge: The first
Saturday in June through last day in February season. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. Selective gear rules. Other
game fish: Selective gear rules.
Mox Chehalis Creek (Grays Harbor County) (Chehalis River
tributary): From mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Trout: Selective gear rules.
Daily limit 2 fish, minimum length eight inches. Other game
fish: Selective gear rules.
Mountain Lake (San Juan County): Trout: Daily limit may not
contain more than one trout over 18 inches in length.
Mud Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Mud Lake (Yakima County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one.
Mudget Lake (Stevens County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Munn Lake (Thurston County): All species: Selective gear
rules, unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor, and release all fish.
Muskegon Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit two.
Myron Lake (Yakima County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one.
Mystic Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Naches River (Yakima/Kittitas counties):
From the mouth to Little Naches River: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches, maximum length twenty inches. Release trout the first Saturday in June through October 31 from confluence with Tieton River to mouth of Rattle Snake Creek. Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Nahwatzel Lake (Mason County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Naneum Creek (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor.
Naneum Pond (Kittitas County): Juveniles only.
Napeequa River (Chelan County): Mouth to Twin Lakes Creek:
Closed waters.
Naselle River (Pacific/Wahkiakum counties): All species:
Night closure and anti-snagging rule August 1 through November
((15)) 30, stationary gear restriction on the South Fork
upstream to the Highway 4 Bridge August 1 through December 31.
From Highway 101 Bridge to the Highway 4 Bridge: All game fish: First Saturday in June through April 15 season. Release all fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open August 1 through November 30. Daily limit six fish, of which no more than three may be adult salmon and of these three adult fish, no more than two may be wild adult coho. Release chum and wild Chinook. Additional season December 1 through January 31. Daily limit six fish, of which no more than two may be adult salmon and of these two adult fish, no more than one may be a wild adult coho. Release chum and wild Chinook. Sturgeon: Open-year round.
From the Highway 4 Bridge to the Crown Mainline (Salme)
Bridge: Closed waters: Area from four hundred feet below
falls in Sec. 6, T10N, R8W (Wahkiakum County) to falls, and
from hatchery attraction channel downstream four hundred feet.
Waters from the temporary hatchery weir downstream to Highway
4 are closed when the weir is installed. All species: Night
closure, anti-snagging rule, barbless hooks required, and
stationary gear restriction August 1 through November ((15))
30. All game fish: First Saturday in June through April 15
season. Release all fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead
per day may be retained. Salmon: August 1 through November
30. Daily limit six fish, of which no more than three may be
adult salmon and of these three adult fish, no more than two
may be wild adult coho. Release chum and wild Chinook.
Additional season December 1 through January 31. Daily limit
six fish, of which no more than two may be adult salmon and of
these two adult fish, no more than one may be a wild adult
coho. Release chum and wild Chinook.
From the Crown Mainline (Salme) Bridge to the North Fork:
The first Saturday in June through April 15 season((, except
sturgeon)). Night closure and anti-snagging rule August ((1))
6 through November 30. ((First Saturday in June through April
15 season.)) All game fish: Release all fish except up to 2
hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. ((Salmon: Open
only August 1 through January 31 from Highway 101 Bridge to
Highway 4 Bridge and September 1 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 adult fish, no more than 2 may be wild adult coho. Release
chum and wild Chinook. Sturgeon: Open year-round from mouth
to Highway 4 Bridge.))
From mouth of North Fork upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All game fish: Release all fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
Naselle River, North Fork (Pacific County): From mouth
upstream: All game fish: The first Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Naselle River, South Fork (Pacific County): From mouth to
Bean Creek: All game fish: The first Saturday in June
through last day in February season, except sturgeon.
((Selective gear rules.)) Unlawful to fish from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Selective
gear rules first Saturday in June through August 15. Anti-snagging rule and night closure August 16 through
November 30. Release game fish except up to 2 hatchery
steelhead per day may be retained. 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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Negro Creek (Lincoln County): Year-round season from mouth at
Sprague Lake to the fish barrier dam at Fishtrap Lake.
Negro Creek (Whitman County): Fourth Saturday in April
through July 15 season.
Neil Creek (Grays Harbor County) (Wynoochee River tributary):
From mouth to USFS 22 Road: First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules.
Nemah River, Middle Fork (Pacific County):
From mouth upstream to the Department of Natural
Resources bridge on the Middle Nemah A-Line Road: All game
fish: The first Saturday in June through March 31 season. Release all game fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be
retained. Night closure and single-point barbless hooks
required August ((16)) 1 through November 30. ((Selective
gear rules and unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor.)) Salmon: Open
((only)) August 1 through January 31. Daily limit 6, of which
only 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum, wild coho, and wild
Chinook.
From the Department of Natural Resources bridge on the
Middle Nemah A-Line Road upstream: ((Closed waters: From the
Nemah Hatchery downstream August 1 through November 15.)) All
game fish: The first Saturday in June through March 31
season. Selective gear rules and unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Release all game fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be
retained. ((Selective gear rules and unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.)) Night closure and anti-snagging rule August 16 through
November 30.
Nemah River, North Fork (Pacific County):
From Highway 101 Bridge upstream to bridge on Nemah
Valley Road: The first Saturday in June through March 31
season((, except closed August 1 through September 30)). Release all game fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be
retained. Night closure, single-point barbless hooks
required, and stationary gear restriction from ((September))
August 1 through November 30. Salmon: Open ((only
September)) August 1 through ((January 31)) November 30. Daily limit 6, of which only 3 may be adult salmon and of the
three adults, only two may be wild coho. Release chum((, wild
coho,)) and wild Chinook. Open December 1 through January 31.
Daily limit six fish, of which only two my be adult salmon and
of the two adults, only one may be a wild coho. Release chum
and wild Chinook.
From Nemah Valley Road upstream to Nemah Hatchery: Closed waters August 1 through November 15.
From bridge on Nemah Valley Road upstream to Cruiser Creek: The first Saturday in June through March 31 season. Release all game fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained. Night closure and anti-snagging rule August 16 through November 30. Selective gear rules December 1 through March 31.
Nemah River, South Fork (Pacific County):
From mouth (Lynn Point, 117 degrees true to opposite shore) to confluence with Middle Fork Nemah River: The first Saturday in June through March 31 season. Release all game fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained. Night closure and single-point barbless hooks required September 1 through November 30. Salmon: Open only September 1 through January 31. Daily limit 6, of which only 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum, wild coho, and wild Chinook.
From confluence with Middle Fork Nemah River upstream to second Highway 101 Bridge crossing: The first Saturday in June through March 31 season. Release all game fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained. Selective gear rules and unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Newaukum River, including South Fork (Lewis County): Mouth to
Leonard Road near Onalaska: First Saturday in June through
March 31 season. All species: Night closure and single point
barbless hooks required from August 16 through November 30.
Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Salmon: Open only October
((16)) 1 through last day in February ((from mouth to Leonard
Road)). October ((16)) 1 through November 30, daily limit 6
fish, of which no more than ((2)) three may be adult salmon,
and of the three adult salmon only two may be wild coho. Release chum and Chinook. December 1 through last day in
February, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be
adult salmon, and of the adult salmon only one may be a wild
coho. Release chum((,)) and Chinook((, and wild coho.
From mouth to Leonard Road near Onalaska: The first Saturday in June through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches)).
From Leonard Road near Onalaska to Highway 508 Bridge near Kearny Creek: All species: Night closure and single point barbless hooks required from August 16 through November 30. The first Saturday in June through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From Highway 508 Bridge upstream: All species: Night closure and single point barbless hooks required from August 16 through November 30. The first Saturday in June through October 31 season. Trout: Catch and release only. Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
Newaukum River, Middle Fork (Lewis County): From mouth to
Tauscher Road Bridge: First Saturday in June 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: The first
Saturday in June through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
Newhalem Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules
and release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may
be retained.
Newhalem Ponds (Whatcom County): Closed waters.
New Pond Creek (Pierce County) (South Prairie Creek
tributary): First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Newman Creek (Grays Harbor County) (Chehalis River tributary):
From mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Trout: Selective gear rules. Daily limit
2 fish, minimum length eight inches. Other game fish:
Selective gear rules.
Newskah Creek (Grays Harbor County): From mouth upstream:
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. All
species: Selective gear rules.
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: First Saturday in June through November 30
season. ((All game fish: Catch and release.)) 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. Release chum, wild
coho, and wild Chinook.
Nile Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Nisqually River (Pierce County): From mouth to Military Tank
Crossing Bridge: July 1 through November 30 season. Anti-snagging rule, night closure, and barbless hooks required
August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches. Additional season December 1 through January 31. All
species: Release all species except up to 2 hatchery
steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open July 1
through January 31. July 1 through October 31, daily limit 6
fish of which no more than 3 may be adult salmon, and of the
adult salmon only 2 may be any combination of chum and coho. Release wild Chinook. November 1 through January 31, daily
limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild Chinook.
From Military Tank Crossing Bridge to four hundred feet below LaGrande Powerhouse: July 1 through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
From Alder Reservoir upstream including all tributaries: The first Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
Nookachamps Creek (Skagit County): Including all tributaries
and their tributaries: First Saturday in June through October
31 season. Selective gear rules.
Nooksack River (Whatcom County): From ((mouth to forks))
Lummi Indian Reservation boundary to yellow marker at the FFA
High School barn at Deming: The first Saturday in June
through January 31 season ((except closed the first Saturday
in June through September 30 from yellow marker at the FFA
High School barn at Deming to confluence of the North and
South Forks)). Anti-snagging rule and night closure the first
Saturday in June through November 30. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Salmon: In odd years, open July 16 through
August 31 from Lummi Indian Reservation boundary to Highway
544 Bridge at Everson. Daily limit 4 pink salmon only. Bait
prohibited. Only single point hook may be used, hook must
measure less than 1/2" from point to shank. Open September 1
through December 31 ((from Lummi Indian Reservation boundary
to yellow marker at the FFA High School barn in Deming)). Daily limit 2 salmon, plus 2 additional coho, except release
wild Chinook September 1 through September 30. ((Open only
October 1 through December 31 from the FFA barn to the
confluence of the North and South Forks.))
From yellow marker at the FFA High School barn in Deming to confluence of the forks: October 1 through January 31 season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure October 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Salmon: Open October 1 through December 31. Daily limit 2 salmon, plus 2 additional coho.
Nooksack River, North Fork (Whatcom County): From mouth to
((Nooksack Falls)) Maple Creek: First Saturday in June
through ((January 31)) February 15 season. ((November 1
through January 31 - ))Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with a motor November 1 through February 15. First
Saturday in June through November 30 night closure and
anti-snagging rule ((from mouth to Maple Creek)). Trout:
Minimum length 14 inches. Salmon: Open only October 1
through November 30 from mouth to Maple Creek. Minimum size
twelve inches; daily limit 2, plus 2 additional coho.
From Maple Creek to Nooksack Falls: First Saturday in June through January 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. November 1 through January 31 unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Above Nooksack Falls including all tributaries and their tributaries: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Nooksack River, Middle Fork (Whatcom County) mouth to city of
Bellingham diversion dam: First Saturday in June through
January 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout minimum size
14 inches. November 1 through January 31 - Motors prohibited.
Above diversion dam, including all tributaries and their tributaries: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Nooksack River, South Fork (Skagit/Whatcom counties): From
mouth to Skookum Creek: The first Saturday in June through
January 31 season. Selective gear rules. Release all game
fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. Night closure the first Saturday
in June through November 30. Salmon: Open only October 1
through December 31. Daily limit 2 salmon, plus 2 additional
coho. Release chum. In years ending in odd numbers, release
pink salmon.
No Name Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
North Creek (Okanogan County): From mouth to falls at river
mile 0.8: Closed waters.
North Creek (tributary of Sammamish River) (Snohomish/King
counties): The first Saturday in June through August 31
season. Juveniles only.
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): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 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): ((September 1
through November 30, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than
2 may be adult salmon. Release chum and wild Chinook. December 1 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which
no more than 2 may be adult salmon, and of the 2 adult salmon,
only one may be a wild coho. Release chum and wild Chinook. Open October 1 through December 31 from Salmon Creek to Fall
River. October 1 through November 30, daily limit 6 fish, of
which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum and
wild Chinook. December 1 through December 31, daily limit 6
fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon, and of the
2 adult salmon, only one may be a wild coho. Release chum and
wild Chinook.))
From Highway ((101)) 105 Bridge to Salmon Creek (located
approximately two miles upstream from Highway 101): All
species: Night closure and single point barbless hooks
required August 16 through November 30. The first Saturday in
June through last day in February season. All game fish:
Release all fish except that up to 2 hatchery steelhead per
day may be retained. Salmon: Open September 1 through
November 30. Daily limit six fish, of which no more than
three may be adult salmon, and only two adults may be wild
coho. Release chum and wild Chinook. Open December 1 through
December 31. Daily limit six fish, of which no more than two
may be adult salmon, and only one adult may be a wild coho.
Release chum and wild Chinook. Sturgeon: Year-round season.
Minimum fork length 38 inches. Maximum fork length 54 inches.
Daily limit one fish.
From Salmon Creek (located approximately two miles upstream from Highway 101) to Fall River: All species: Night closure and anti-snagging rule from August 16 through November 30. The first Saturday in June through last day in February season. All game fish: Release all fish except that up to 2 hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: open October 1 through November 30. Daily limit six fish, of which no more than three may be adult salmon, and only two adults may be wild coho. Release chum and wild Chinook. Open December 1 through December 31. Daily limit six fish, of which no more than two may be adult salmon, and only one adult may be a wild coho. Release chum and wild Chinook.
From Fall River to Raimie Creek: The first Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All game fish: Release all fish except that up to 2 hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
Northern State Hospital Pond (Skagit County): Fourth Saturday
in April through October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Nunnally Lake (Grant County): March 1 through November 30
season. Closed waters: Outlet stream of Nunnally Lake. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Daily
limit one.
Ohanapecosh Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis/Pierce
counties): Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Ohop Creek (Pierce County): July 1 through October 31 season.
All species: Selective gear rules, unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor,
and release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per
day may be retained.
Ohop Lake (Pierce County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Okanogan River (Okanogan County):
From the mouth to the Highway 97 Bridge immediately
upstream of mouth: Year-round season. Anti-snagging rule and
night closure July 1 through October 15. Trout: Release all
trout. Salmon: Open July 1 through October 15. Daily limit
6 Chinook((, of which no more than 3 may be adult salmon, and
of these three)) and six sockeye only. No more than three
adult Chinook, and of the three adult Chinook, only one may be
a wild adult Chinook. ((Release coho and sockeye.))
From the Highway 97 Bridge immediately upstream of mouth
to the highway bridge at Malott: Year-round season.
Anti-snagging rule and night closure July 1 through September
15. Trout: Release all trout. Salmon: Open July 1 through
September 15. Daily limit 6 Chinook((, of which)) and six
sockeye only. No more than 3 may be adult ((salmon)) Chinook,
and of these three ((salmon)) adult Chinook only one may be a
wild adult Chinook. ((Release coho and sockeye.)) Upstream
from the highway bridge at Malott: The first Saturday in June
through August 31 season. Anti-snagging rule and night
closure July 1 through September 15. Trout: Release all
trout. Salmon: Open July 1 through September 15. Daily
limit 6 Chinook((, of which)) and six sockeye only. No more
than 3 may be adult ((salmon)) Chinook, and of these three
((salmon)) adult Chinook only one may be a wild adult Chinook.
((Release coho and sockeye.))
Closed waters: From Zosel Dam downstream to first Highway 97 Bridge.
Olalla Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum
size 14 inches.
Old Fishing Hole Pond (Kent) (King County): Fourth Saturday
in April through October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Old Mill Stream (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Olequa Creek (Lewis County/Cowlitz County): Closed waters
from 400 feet below to 200 feet above the temporary weir while
the weir is installed in the creek. Trout: Release all trout
except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Olney Creek (Snohomish County) (Wallace River tributary):
Upstream of Olney Falls, including tributaries and beaver
ponds: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Olson Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Osborne Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Outlet Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Outlet Creek (Mason County) (Satsop River tributary): From
mouth upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31
season. Trout: Minimum length eight inches, daily limit 2
fish. Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear
rules.
Owens Pond (Pacific County): The first Saturday in June
through October 31 season.
Owl Creek (Snohomish County) (Whitechuck River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Packwood Lake (Lewis County): Closed waters: All inlet
streams and outlet from log boom to dam. Fourth Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit five, minimum
length ten inches.
Padden Lake (Whatcom County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Palix River, including all forks (Pacific County):
From Highway 101 Bridge to the mouth of the Middle Fork: The first Saturday in June through March 31 season, except sturgeon. Single point barbless hooks and night closure August 16 through November 30. All game fish: Release all fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30. Daily limit six fish, of which no more than two may be adult salmon. Release chum, wild coho, and wild Chinook. Sturgeon: Open year-round.
From the confluence to the Middle Fork upstream and all
forks, including South Fork and Cannon River: All game fish:
First Saturday in June through October 15 and December ((15))
16 through March 31 seasons. Selective gear rules first
Saturday in June through August 15 and December 16 through
March 31. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor. Anti-snagging rule and
night closure August 16 through October 15. ((Salmon: Open
only September 1 through November 30 from the Highway 101
Bridge to the mouth of the Middle Fork. Daily limit 6 fish,
of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum,
wild coho, and wild Chinook. Sturgeon: Open year-round from
the Highway 101 Bridge to the mouth of the Middle Fork.))
Release all game fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may
be retained.
Palmquist Creek (Clallam County) from mouth upstream: The
first Saturday in June through October 15 season. Selective
gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Release
kokanee.
Palouse River and tributaries, except Rock Creek (Whitman
County): Year-round season. Mainstem from mouth to base of
Palouse Falls. Trout: Daily limit 6 fish, minimum length 10
inches, no more than 3 trout over 20 inches may be retained,
except release all trout April 1 through June 15 and release
steelhead June 16 through August 31. Barbless hooks required
when fishing for steelhead. Walleye: Daily limit 10 fish, no
minimum size. No more than 5 walleye over 18 inches in length
may be retained, and no more than 1 walleye over 24 inches in
length may be retained. Channel catfish: No daily limit.
Palouse River mainstem above Palouse Falls and tributaries
except Rock Creek: Year-round season.
Pampa Pond (Whitman County): March 1 through September 30
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout:
No more than two over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Panhandle Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Panther Creek (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Panther Creek (tributary to Wind River) (Skamania County):
Closed waters.
Panther Lake (Kitsap/Mason counties): Fourth Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no
more than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except
no size restriction for kokanee.
Para-Juvenile Lake (Adams/Grant counties): April 1 through
September 30 season. Juveniles only.
Park Lake (Grant County): Fourth Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Parker Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Pattison Lake (Thurston County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Peabody Creek (Clallam County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Penny Creek (Jefferson County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season.
Pearrygin Lake (Okanogan County): Fourth 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. Two-pole endorsement
fishing allowed.
Perch Lake (Grant County): Fourth Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Percival Creek (Thurston County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.
Perry Creek (Thurston County): From mouth to falls: First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules. Trout: Minimum size 14 inches.
Peshastin Creek (Chelan County): Mouth to Ruby Creek: Closed
waters.
Petit Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Petroleum Creek (Clallam County): From Olympic National Park
boundary upstream: The first Saturday in June through October
31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
Phalon Lake (Stevens County): Closed waters.
Pheasant Lake (Jefferson County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Phelps Creek (Chelan County): From mouth to falls at river
mile 1: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Phillips Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Phillips Lake (Stevens County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Pierre Lake (Stevens County): Unlawful to use lead weights or
lead jigs that measure 1 1/2 inch or less along the longest
axis.
Pilchuck Creek (Clallam County) (Sooes River tributary): From
mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through October 31
season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Selective
gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
Pilchuck Creek (Snohomish County), mouth to Highway 9 Bridge:
The first Saturday in June through January 31 season. Trout:
Minimum length 14 inches. Selective gear rules and unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor the first Saturday in June through November
30.
From Highway 9 Bridge to Pilchuck Falls: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout minimum size 14 inches.
From Pilchuck Falls upstream, including all tributaries and their tributaries and all tributaries to Lake Cavanaugh: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Pilchuck River (Snohomish County): From its mouth to five
hundred feet downstream from the Snohomish City diversion dam:
December 1 through January 31 season. Fishing from any
floating device prohibited. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
Pillar Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Pine Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season.
Pine Lake (King County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Pine Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Ping Pond (Grant County): Third Saturday in April through
Labor Day season. Juveniles and holders of reduced fee
licenses or designated harvester cards only. Game fish:
Daily limit of five fish in the aggregate. No minimum or
maximum size for any species.
Pioneer Creek (Grays Harbor County) (North River tributary):
From mouth upstream: All game fish: The first Saturday in
June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Pioneer Ponds (tributary to Stillaguamish River) (Snohomish
County): 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): Fourth Saturday in April through
last day in February season.
Poacher Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Porter Creek (Grays Harbor County) (Chehalis River tributary):
From mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Trout: Selective gear rules. Daily limit
2 fish, minimum length eight inches. Other game fish:
Selective gear rules.
Potholes Reservoir (Grant County): Crappie: Minimum length
nine inches. Crappie and bluegill: Combined daily limit
twenty-five fish. Perch: Daily limit twenty-five fish. Walleye: Minimum size 12 inches in length. Daily limit 8
walleye, not more than 1 of which may be greater than 22
inches in length.
Potter's Pond (Stevens County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Powerline Lake (Franklin County): Trout: Daily limit 2.
Pratt River (tributary to Middle Fork Snoqualmie) (King
County): First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species:
Release all fish.
Prices Lake (Mason County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Promised Land Pond (Grays Harbor County): The first Saturday
in June through October 31 season.
Pugh Creek (Snohomish County) (Whitechuck River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Puyallup River (Pierce County):
From mouth to city of Puyallup outfall structure near
junction of Freeman Road and North Levee Road: Game fish
season is open only when salmon fishing is open. Single-point
barbless hooks, anti-snagging rule and night closure August 16
through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Salmon: Open August 16 through December 31 ((from mouth to
Carbon River)), except closed August ((28 and 29)) 26 and
September ((4, 5, 6, 11, 12, and 13 from mouth to city of
Puyallup outfall structure near junction of Freeman Road and
North Levee Road)) 2, 3, 9, 10, and 11. In years ending in
even numbers, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may
be adult salmon. Release wild adult Chinook. In years ending
in odd numbers, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 4
may be adult salmon, and of the adult salmon, no more than 2
may be any combination of Chinook, coho, and chum. Release
wild adult Chinook.
From city of Puyallup outfall structure near junction of
Freeman Road and North Levee Road to ((the Electron power
plant outlet)) Carbon River: Game fish season is open only
when salmon fishing is open. Single-point barbless hooks,
anti-snagging rule and night closure August 1 through November
30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open
August 1 through December 31. In years ending in even
numbers, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be
adult salmon. Release wild adult Chinook. In years ending in
odd numbers, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 4 may
be adult salmon, and of the adult salmon, no more than 2 may
be any combination of Chinook, coho, and chum. Release wild
adult Chinook.
From Carbon River upstream: September 1 through January 15 season. Selective gear rules and release all fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Pyramid Creek (King County) upstream of Forest Service Road
7000: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Pysht River (Clallam County): The first Saturday in June
through January 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish first Saturday in June through October 31. ((Trout:)) November 1 through January 31, 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. Trout: No more than 2 trout over 13
inches in length may be retained.
Quigg Lake (Grays Harbor County): The first Saturday in June
through April 15 season. Trout: Daily limit 2. Minimum
length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 1 through
January 31. Daily limit 6 hatchery coho salmon of which no
more than 4 may be adult hatchery coho.
Quilcene River (Jefferson County):
From mouth to Rodgers Street: First Saturday in June through August 15 season. Selective gear rules and release all fish. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
From Rodgers Street to Highway 101 Bridge: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Release all game fish. First Saturday in June through August 15. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Salmon: Open only August 16 through October 31 from Rodgers Street to the Highway 101 Bridge. Night closure and only one single point barbless hook may be used. Daily limit 4 coho salmon. Only coho salmon hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
From electric weir at Quilcene National Fish Hatchery to
upper boundary of Falls View Campground: First Saturday in
June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and
release all fish. ((Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor.))
From upper boundary of Falls View Campground upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Quillayute River (Clallam County): Outside of Olympic
National Park: All game fish: May 1 through the Friday
before the first Saturday in June season. Catch and release
except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained. Trout:
First Saturday in June through April 30 season. Minimum
length fourteen inches. November 1 through last day in
February, daily limit may include 1 additional hatchery
steelhead. February 16 through April 30, wild steelhead
retention allowed. Salmon: ((February 1 through November
30.)) Open February 1 through August 31, daily limit 6 fish
of which no more than 2 may be adult. Release wild adult
Chinook and wild adult coho. Open September 1 through
November 30, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 4 may be
adult, and of the 4 adults, no more than 2 may be any
combination of Chinook, wild coho, pink, sockeye, and chum
salmon.
Quinault River (((Jefferson)) Grays Harbor County): From
mouth at upper end of Quinault Lake upstream to the Olympic
National Park boundary: First Saturday in June through April
15 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches, daily
limit 2 fish. February 16 through April 15, one wild
steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only July 1
through October 31. July 1 through September 30, daily limit
6 jack salmon only. Single-point barbless hooks required. October 1 through October 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no
more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release sockeye((, pink,))
and chum.
Quincy Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Quinn Creek (Clallam County): Outside of Olympic National
Park: The first Saturday in June through October 15 season.
Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Release kokanee.
Racehorse Creek (Whatcom County) (NF Nooksack tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Radar Ponds (Pacific County): Salmon: Landlocked salmon
rules apply.
Raging River (King County): From its mouth to the Highway 18
Bridge: The first Saturday in June through January 31 season.
Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From Highway 18 Bridge upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Raimie Creek and all forks (Pacific County) (North River
tributary): From mouth upstream: All game fish: The first
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
Rainbow Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout:
No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Rapjohn Lake (Pierce County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Rat Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through November 30:
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species:
Release all fish.
Rattlesnake Creek (Yakima County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Rattlesnake Lake (King County): Selective gear rules and
catch and release. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Ravensdale Lake (King County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length
twelve inches.
Red Creek (King County) (White River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Red Rock Creek (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Reflection Pond (Okanogan County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Rendsland Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Renner Lake (Ferry County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Riffe Lake (Reservoir) (Lewis County): Mossyrock Dam to 400
feet below Cowlitz Falls Dam. Closed waters: Lewis County
PUD safety signs approximately 800 feet below Cowlitz Falls
Dam to Dam. ((Lawful)) Permissible to fish up to the base of
Swofford Pond Dam. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Rigley Lake (Stevens County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length
twelve inches.
Riley Lake (Snohomish County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 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.
Ripley Creek (Jefferson County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Robbins Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Upstream from bridge on George Knott Road: Year-round season.
Rock Creek (Chelan County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor.
Rock Creek (Grays Harbor County) (Chehalis River tributary):
From mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Trout: Selective gear rules. Daily limit
2 fish, minimum length eight inches. Other game fish:
Selective gear rules.
Rock Creek (Klickitat County): Mouth to the Army Corps of
Engineers Park: Year-round season. Daily limits, size
restrictions and gear restrictions are the same as those in
the adjacent portion of the Columbia River.
Rock Creek (Lewis County) (Chehalis River tributary): From
mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through October 31
season. Trout: Selective gear rules. Daily limit 2 fish,
minimum length eight inches. Other game fish: Selective gear
rules.
Rock Creek (Skamania County): Mouth to falls. Trout:
Release all trout except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day. Above falls, additional November 1 through
March 15 season.
Rocky Brook Creek (Jefferson County)(Dosewallips River
tributary): From falls 1000 feet upstream of mouth upstream:
First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Rocky Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all
trout.
Rocky Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
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): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. June 1 through October 31 selective gear
rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Roesiger Lake (Snohomish County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Roosevelt Lake (Ferry/Lincoln/Stevens counties): All species:
Closed waters: (1) March 1 through the Friday immediately
preceding Memorial Day weekend from the Little Dalles power
line crossing upstream approximately one mile to marked rock
point, and from Northport power line crossing upstream to most
upstream point of Steamboat Rock; and (2) April 1 through
Friday before Memorial Day 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
six, no more than two with intact adipose fins. Walleye: No
minimum size. Daily limit 8 fish not more than one of which
may be longer than 22 inches. Salmon: Landlocked salmon
rules apply. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain
sturgeon from Roosevelt Lake and tributaries. Carp: Unlawful
to fish for carp with bow and arrow.
Rose Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Ross Lake (Reservoir) (Whatcom County): July 1 through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit
three, possession limit six, minimum length thirteen inches.
Ross Lake tributary streams (Whatcom County): Except Big
Beaver Creek and Ruby Creek: From one mile above their mouths
to headwaters: July 1 through October 31 season.
Round Lake (Okanogan County): Fourth Saturday in April
through September 30 season.
Rowland Lakes (Klickitat County): Fourth 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 and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Trout:
Eastern brook trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern
brook trout daily limit ten. Once the daily limit of trout
other than eastern brook trout has been achieved, the entire
daily limit for trout other than eastern brook trout and
eastern brook trout has been taken.
Rue Creek, including West Fork (Pacific County) (South Fork
Willapa tributary): From mouth upstream: All game fish:
First Saturday in June through October 31. Selective gear
rules.
Rufus Woods Lake (Douglas County): Chumming allowed. Trout:
Daily limit two. Only uninjured trout caught using artificial
lures or flies with single barbless hooks may be released. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon from Rufus
Woods Lake and tributaries.
Sacheen Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Saddle Mountain Lake (Grant County): Closed waters.
Sago Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Saint Clair Lake (Thurston County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no
more than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except
no size restriction for kokanee.
Salmon Creek (Clark County):
From mouth to 72nd Avenue N.E.: The first Saturday in June through March 15 season. Trout: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
From 72nd Avenue N.E. Bridge upstream: Closed waters.
Salmon Creek and all forks (Grays Harbor County) (North River
tributary): From mouth upstream: All game fish: The first
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
Salmon Creek (Lewis County): Closed waters from 400 feet
below to 200 feet above the temporary weir while the weir is
installed in the creek.
Salmon Creek, mainstem (Okanogan County): Closed waters.
Salmon Creek, North Fork and West Fork from mouth to South
Fork (Okanogan County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor.
Salmon Creek (Pacific County) (tributary of Naselle River):
The first Saturday in June through last day in February
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All game fish: Release all fish except up to two hatchery
steelhead per day may be retained.
Salmon Creek (Thurston County) (Black River tributary): From
mouth to upstream: All species: Selective gear rules((,))
and night closure((, and anti-snagging rule)). First Saturday
in June through October 31 season. Trout: Minimum length 14
inches.
Salmon River (Jefferson County): Outside of Olympic National
Park and Quinault Indian Reservation: The first Saturday in
June through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches. Hatchery steelhead in this river are
steelhead with a dorsal fin height of less than 2-1/8 inches
or with an adipose or ventral fin clip. Salmon: Open only
September 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which
no more than 3 may be adult salmon and of the adult salmon not
more than 2 may be adult Chinook salmon.
Salmonberry Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum size 14 inches.
Salt Creek (Clallam County): From mouth to bridge on Highway
112: First Saturday in June through January 31 season. Selective gear rules. Release all fish except November 1
through January 31. Up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be
retained.
Samish Lake (Whatcom County): Trout: Cutthroat trout daily
limit two, minimum length fourteen inches.
Samish River (Whatcom County):
From its mouth to the I-5 Bridge: ((The first Saturday
in June through November 30 season. Stationary gear
restriction, anti-snagging rule, single-point hooks required,
and night closure)) August 1 through November 30 night
closure, only one single-point hook allowed. From mouth to
Farm to Market Road, bait or lure must be suspended below a
float. A "float" or "bobber" is defined as a hookless,
floating device that is attached to or slides along the
mainline or leader above the hook(s) for the purpose of
suspending hook(s) (which are part of the bait, lure, or fly)
off the bottom of the stream and visually signaling (from the
surface of the water) a fish's strike at the hook(s). Game
fish: First Saturday in June through November 30 season.
Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Additional game fish season
December 1 through December 31. ((All species:)) Selective
gear rules and release all fish except up to 2 hatchery
steelhead may be retained. Salmon: Open only August 1
through November 30. Daily limit 2 salmon. Release wild
coho. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained. Anglers must retain the first 2 salmon, if ((lawful))
permissible to do so, and stop fishing.
From the I-5 Bridge to the Hickson Bridge: Closed waters from the old Highway 99 Bridge to the WDFW salmon rack. Closed waters from I-5 Bridge to old Highway 99 Bridge September 1 through November 30. First Saturday in June through November 30 season. All species: Selective gear rules and release all fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained.
From Hickson Bridge upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Sammamish Lake (King County): Closed to fishing within 100
yards of the mouth of Issaquah Creek August 16 through
November 30. Trout: 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: Open only August 16 through November 30.
Daily limit four salmon, of which only two may be Chinook. Release sockeye.
Sammamish River (Slough) (King County): From the 68th Avenue
N.E. Bridge to Lake Sammamish: January 1 through August 31
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Release all trout.
San Poil River (Ferry County):
From the western shoreline at the mouth of the San Poil Arm (as marked by a regulatory buoy) directly eastward across the San Poil Arm to the eastern shoreline of the San Poil Arm (as marked by a regulatory buoy) upstream to the north shore of the outlet of French Johns Lake (Manila Creek) northeast across the San Poil Arm to the north shore of the outlet of Dick Creek: Year-round season. Smallmouth bass: Daily limit ten fish, no more than one over 14 inches. Walleye: Daily limit 8 fish, no size limit. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply. Carp: Unlawful to fish with bow and arrow. Rainbow trout: Daily limit five fish, no more than two over 20 inches, release all wild (adipose fin intact) fish. Kokanee salmon: Daily limit two fish. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain.
From the north shore of the outlet of French Johns Lake (Manila Creek) northeast across the San Poil Arm to the north shore of the outlet of Dick Creek upstream to approximately five miles upstream from the outlet of French Johns Lake, as marked by regulatory buoys: All species: Closed waters February 1 through March 31. Smallmouth bass: Daily limit ten fish, no more than one over 14 inches. Walleye: Daily limit 8 fish, no size limit. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon. Carp: Unlawful to fish with bow and arrow. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain.
From approximately 5 miles upstream from the outlet of French Johns Lake, as marked by regulatory buoys to any and all waters that occur north of the regulatory buoy line at or above 1310 feet mean sea level elevation: Managed under regulatory authority of the Colville Confederated Tribe of Indians.
Sand Creek (Grays Harbor County) (Chehalis River tributary):
From mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Trout: Selective gear rules. Daily limit
2 fish, minimum length eight inches. Other game fish:
Selective gear rules.
Sandyshore Lake (Jefferson County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
San Poil River (Ferry County): Unlawful to fish for or retain
sturgeon.
Sarge Hubbard Park Pond (Yakima County): Juveniles and
holders of reduced fee licenses or designated harvester cards
only.
Satsop Lakes (Grays Harbor County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Satsop River and East Fork (Grays Harbor County): All
species: Single point barbless hooks and night closure August
16 through November 30.
From mouth to bridge at Schafer State Park: The first
Saturday in June through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open ((October 1)) September
16 through January 31. ((October 1)) September 16 through
November 30, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than ((2))
three may be adult salmon, and of the ((2)) three adult
salmon, only ((one)) two may be ((a)) wild coho. Release chum
and Chinook. December 1 through ((December)) January 31,
daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon, and only one may be a wild coho. Release chum((,))
and Chinook((, and wild coho)).
From bridge at Schafer State Park upstream to 400 feet below Bingham Creek Hatchery barrier dam: All Species: Single-point barbless hooks and night closure August 16 through October 31 season. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
From 400 feet downstream of Bingham Creek Hatchery
barrier dam upstream to dam: Closed waters, except anglers
who permanently use a wheelchair or have a designated
harvester card may fish within posted markers. All species:
Night closure. August 16 through October 31, single-point
barbless hooks required. First Saturday in June through March
31 season. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Salmon: ((Open
October 1 through January 31. October 1 through November 30,
daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon, and of the 2 adult salmon, only one may be a wild
coho. Release chum and Chinook. December 1 through January
31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release chum, Chinook, and wild coho.
From bridge at Schafer State Park upstream to 400 feet below Bingham Creek Hatchery Dam: All species: Single point barbless hooks and night closure August 16 through October 31. First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches, daily limit 2 fish.)) Open September 16 through November 30. Daily limit six fish, of which no more than three may be adult salmon, and of the three adult salmon only two may be wild coho. Release chum and Chinook. Open December 1 through January 31. Daily limit six fish, of which no more than two may be adult salmon, and only one may be a wild coho. Release chum and Chinook.
From Bingham Creek Hatchery Dam upstream: All species: Single point barbless hooks and night closure August 16 through October 31. First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Trout: Minimum length eight inches, daily limit 2 fish. Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
Middle Fork Satsop River (Turnow Branch): From mouth to
Cougar Smiths Road: All species: Night closure and
anti-snagging rule from August 16 through ((October 31.
From mouth to Cougar Smith Road:)) November 30. First Saturday in June through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches, daily limit 2 fish.
From Cougar Smith Road upstream: All species: Night closure and anti-snagging rule from August 16 through October 31. First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Trout: Minimum length eight inches, daily limit 2 fish. Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
West Fork Satsop River: From mouth to Cougar Smith Road:
All species: Night closure and anti-snagging rule from August
16 through ((October 31.
From mouth to Cougar Smith Road:)) November 30. First Saturday in June through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches, daily limit 2 fish.
From Cougar Smith Road to USFS ((23)) 2260 Road Bridge at
Spoon Creek: All species: Night closure August 16 through
October 31. First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Trout: Minimum length eight inches, daily limit 2 fish.
Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
From USFS ((23)) 2260 Road Bridge at Spoon Creek
upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Eastern Brook Trout: No minimum size, daily limit 5 fish. Selective gear rules. All other trout: Minimum length eight
inches, daily limit 2 fish. Selective gear rules. Other game
fish: Selective gear rules.
Sauk River (Skagit/Snohomish counties):
From mouth to the mouth of the White Chuck River: The first Saturday in June through January 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
From the mouth of the White Chuck River to headwaters, including North Fork and South Fork upstream to Elliot Creek: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
South Fork upstream from Elliot Creek: The first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Sawyer, Lake (King County): Chumming permitted. Crappie:
Daily limit ten, minimum length nine inches.
Scatter Creek (King County) (White River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Scatter Creek (Thurston County) (Chehalis River tributary):
From mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Trout: Selective gear rules. Daily limit
2 fish, minimum length eight inches. Other game fish:
Selective gear rules.
Schaefer Lake (Chelan County): Trout: Daily limit sixteen.
Schafer Creek (Grays Harbor County) (Wynoochee River
tributary): From mouth to USFS 22 Road: First Saturday in
June through October 31 season. Trout: Minimum length eight
inches. Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective
gear rules.
Schneider Creek (Thurston County) from mouth to falls: First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules. Trout: Minimum size 14 inches.
Scooteney Reservoir (Franklin County): Walleye: Minimum size
12 inches.
Sedge Lake (Grant County): All species: Selective gear
rules. Trout: Daily limit 1.
Sekiu River (Clallam County):
From mouth to forks: First Saturday in June through
January 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules from
first Saturday in June through October 31. Release all fish
except November 1 through January 31((, up to 2 hatchery
steelhead may be retained)). Trout: Minimum length 14
inches.
From forks upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Serene Lake (Snohomish County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Shady Lake (King County): June 1 through October 31 season. Trout: No more than one over fourteen inches in length.
Shannon, Lake (Skagit County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Chumming permitted. Trout:
Minimum length six inches and maximum length eighteen inches.
Shellneck Creek (Yakima County): Closed waters.
Shelton Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all
trout.
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 first
Saturday in June through October 31 season from the mouth
upstream to the hatchery boat dock.
Sherman Creek (((Grays Harbor)) Thurston County) (Chehalis
River tributary): From mouth upstream: The first Saturday in
June through October 31 season. Trout: Selective gear rules.
Daily limit 2 fish, minimum length eight inches. Other game
fish: Selective gear rules.
Sherry Lake (Stevens County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Sherwood Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all
trout.
Sherwood Creek Mill Pond (Mason County): The first Saturday
in June through October 31 season. Trout: Minimum length 14
inches, daily limit 2 fish.
Shine Creek (Jefferson County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all 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): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Shoveler Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Shye Lake (Grays Harbor County): The first Saturday in June
through October 31 season.
Sidley Lake (Okanogan County): Trout: Daily limit two.
Siebert Creek (Clallam County): ((Trout)) All game fish:
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules and release all fish.
Silent Lake (Jefferson County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.
Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two over 14 inches in
length may be retained, except no size restriction for
kokanee.
Silesia Creek (Chiliwack River tributary) (Whatcom County):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Silvas Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all trout.
Silver Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis County):
Mouth to USFS Road 4778: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Silver Creek (Skagit County) (Samish River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
Silver Creek (Whatcom County)(Nooksack River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Silver Lake (Cowlitz County): Crappie: Daily limit ten
crappie. Minimum size nine inches in length.
Silver Lake (Pierce County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Silver Lake (Spokane County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Silver Lake, North (Spokane County): March 1 through
September 30 and November 1 through December 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. March 1 through
September 30: Trout: 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): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Silver Nail Lake (Okanogan County): Juveniles only.
Similkameen River (Okanogan County):
From mouth to Enloe Dam: December 1 through March 31
season. Whitefish gear rules apply. Salmon: Open only July
1 through September 15. Daily limit 6 Chinook and six
sockeye, of which no more than 3 may be adult Chinook salmon,
and of these three adult Chinook salmon only one may be a wild
adult Chinook. ((Release coho and sockeye.)) Anti-snagging
rule and night closure July 1 through September 15.
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: The first Saturday in June through
August 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor. Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Sitkum River (Clallam County) (Calawah River tributary): From
mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through October 31
season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Selective
gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
Siwash Creek (Clallam County): Outside of Olympic National
Park: The first Saturday in June through October 15 season.
Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Release kokanee.
Sixteen Lake (Skagit County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Skagit River (Skagit/Whatcom counties):
From mouth to the Memorial Highway Bridge (Highway 536 at
Mt. Vernon): June 1 through January 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: In years ending
in even numbers, open September 1 through December 31. Daily
limit ((3)) 2 salmon. Release Chinook and chum. In years
ending in odd numbers, open August 1 through December 31. Daily limit 3 salmon plus 1 additional pink. Release Chinook
and chum.
From Memorial Highway Bridge (Highway 536 at Mt. Vernon)
upstream to Gilligan Creek: June 1 through January 31 season.
Night closure and anti-snagging rule ((July 1)) June 16
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 June 16 through July 15. Daily
limit three sockeye. In years ending in even numbers, open
September 1 through December 31. Daily limit ((3)) two
salmon. Release Chinook and chum. In years ending in odd
numbers, open August 1 through December 31. Daily limit 3
salmon plus 1 additional pink. Release Chinook and chum.
From Gilligan Creek to the Dalles Bridge at Concrete:
June 1 through January 31 season. Anti-snagging rule 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: In years ending
in even numbers, open September 16 through December 31. Daily
limit ((3)) two salmon. Release Chinook and chum. In years
ending in odd numbers, open August 16 through December 31. Daily limit 3 salmon plus 1 additional pink. Release Chinook
and chum.
From the Dalles Bridge at Concrete to the Highway 530
Bridge at Rockport: June 1 through January 31 season, except
closed June 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. Anti-snagging rule 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 September
16 through December 31. In years ending in even numbers,
daily limit ((3)) two salmon. Release Chinook and chum. In
years ending in odd numbers, daily limit 3 salmon plus 1
additional pink. Release Chinook and chum.
From the Highway 530 Bridge at Rockport to the Cascade
River Road: June 1 through February 15 season. Anti-snagging
rule and night closure June 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 June 1 through July 15. Daily limit 4 hatchery Chinook
salmon, of which only 2 may be adult hatchery Chinook. September 16 through December 31: In years ending in even
numbers, daily limit ((3)) two salmon. Release Chinook and
chum. In years ending in odd numbers, daily limit 3 salmon
plus 1 additional pink. Release Chinook and chum.
From Cascade River Road to Gorge Powerhouse: June 1 through January 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
From Gorge Dam to Ross Dam and all tributaries to this section except Stetattle Creek: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Skamokawa Creek (Wahkiakum County): Mouth to forks just below
Oatfield and Middle Valley Road: June 1 through October 31
season. Trout: Release all trout except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained.
Skate Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis County):
Trout: Daily limit five, no more than one over twelve inches
in length. Release cutthroat. Release rainbow trout except
rainbow trout having a clipped adipose fin and a healed scar
at the site of the clipped fin.
Skokomish River (Mason County): Mouth to Highway 106 Bridge:
Night closure, anti-snagging rule and single point barbless
hooks required August ((1)) 10 through November 30. The first
Saturday in June through July 31 and October 1 through
December 15 season. All game fish: Release all fish. Salmon: Open August ((1)) 10 through September 5 and
September 16 through December 15. Terminal gear restricted to
no closer than 25 feet of a tribal gill net. August 1 through
September ((30)) 5: Daily limit 2 salmon, except release chum
and wild Chinook. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be
retained; and anglers must keep the first 2 salmon, if legal
to do so and stop fishing for the day. ((October 1))
September 16 through December 15: Daily limit 6 salmon, of
which no more than 4 adult fish may be retained. Release
Chinook. October 1 through October 15 release chum salmon.
From Highway 106 Bridge to Highway 101 Bridge: Night
closure, anti-snagging rule and single point barbless hooks
required August ((1)) 10 through November 30. The first
Saturday in June through July 31 and October 1 through
December 15 season. All game fish: Release all fish. Salmon: Open ((only)) Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Labor
Day, August ((1)) 10 through ((December 15, except closed
August 1, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, and 29, 30, and)) September
((6)) 3. Terminal gear restricted to no closer than 25 feet
of a tribal gill net. August ((1)) 10 through September
((30)) 3: Daily limit 2 salmon, except release chum and wild
Chinook; only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained;
and anglers must keep the first 2 salmon, if legal to do so
and stop fishing for the day. October 1 through December 15,
daily limit 6 salmon, except daily limit may contain no more
than 4 adult fish and release Chinook. October 1 through
October 15 release chum salmon.
From Highway 101 Bridge to forks: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release all fish. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Skokomish River, North Fork (Mason County):
From mouth to lower dam: The first Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species: Release all fish. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Above Lake Cushman: Mouth to Olympic National Park boundary: The first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Release all fish.
Skokomish River, South Fork (Mason County):
From mouth to mouth of LeBar Creek: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species: Release all fish. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
From mouth of Rule Creek to headwaters: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Skookum Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all
trout.
Skookum Lake, North (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in
April through October 31 season.
Skookum Lake, South (Pend Oreille County): Unlawful to use
lead weights or lead jigs that measure 1 1/2 inch or less
along the longest axis.
Skookumchuck Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all
trout.
Skookumchuck Reservoir (Thurston County): The first Saturday
in June through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit two,
minimum length twelve inches.
Skookumchuck River (Thurston County): All Species: Night
closure and single point barbless hooks required from August
16 through November 30.
From mouth to one hundred feet below the outlet of the
((Trans Alta)) PP&L/WDFW steelhead rearing pond located at the
base of the Skookumchuck Dam: The first Saturday in June
through April 30 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches. Salmon: Open only October ((16)) 1 through last day
in February. October ((16)) 1 through November 30, daily
limit 6 fish of which no more than ((2)) three may be adult
salmon, and of the adult salmon, only ((1)) two may be wild
adult coho. Release chum and Chinook. December 1 through
last day in February, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than
2 may be adult salmon, and of the two adults only one may be a
wild coho. Release chum((,)) and Chinook((, and wild coho)).
From Skookumchuck Reservoir upstream: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length eight inches.
Skykomish River (Snohomish County):
From mouth to mouth of Wallace River ((to the forks)):
June 1 through January 31 season((, except open February 1
through February 15 from the Highway 2 Bridge at the Big Eddy
Access to the confluence of the North and South forks)). Anti-snagging rule and night closure August 1 through November
30 mouth to Lewis Street Bridge in Monroe and June 1 through
November 30 from Lewis Street Bridge in Monroe to Wallace
River. Fishing from any floating device prohibited November 1
through January 31 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 mouth to Wallace River. Daily
limit 2 hatchery Chinook.)) In years ending in even numbers,
open September 1 through December 31 mouth to Wallace River. Daily limit ((2 coho only)) three. Release Chinook and pink. In years ending in odd numbers, open August 16 through
December 31 mouth to Lewis Street Bridge in Monroe and open
September 1 through December 31 Lewis Street Bridge to Wallace
River. Daily limit 3 salmon plus 1 additional pink. Release
Chinook and chum.
From the mouth of the Wallace River to the forks: June 1
through January 31 of the following year with an additional
season, February 1 through February 15 from the Highway 2
Bridge at the Gold Bar/Big Eddy Access to the confluence of
the North and South forks. Anti-snagging rule and night
closure August 1 through November 30. Fishing from any
floating device prohibited in the area one thousand five
hundred feet upstream and one thousand feet downstream of the
outlet at Reiter Ponds ((August)) June 1 through February 15
of the following year. 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 September 1 through December 31.
In years ending in even numbers, daily limit ((2 coho only))
three. Release Chinook and pink. In years ending in odd
numbers, daily limit 3 salmon plus 1 additional pink. Release
Chinook ((and chum)).
Skykomish River, North Fork (Snohomish County):
From mouth to one thousand feet downstream from Bear Creek Falls: The first Saturday in June through January 31 season. Selective gear rules and release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.
From Deer Falls (about 1/4 mile upstream of Goblin Creek) upstream, including tributaries and their tributaries: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Skykomish River, South Fork (King/Snohomish counties):
From mouth to six hundred feet downstream from the Sunset Falls Fishway: The first Saturday in June through January 31 season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From Sunset Falls to source including all tributaries and their tributaries: The first Saturday in June through November 30 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Whitefish: Additional December 1 through last day in February season. Release all fish other than whitefish. All tributaries: Closed waters.
Slate Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Trout:
Eastern brook trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern
brook trout daily limit ten. Once the daily limit of trout
other than eastern brook trout has been achieved, the entire
daily limit for trout other than eastern brook trout and
eastern brook trout has been taken.
Sloan Creek (Snohomish County) (Sauk River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Smith Creek (near North River) (Pacific County): From mouth
to Highway 101 Bridge: Single-point barbless hooks and night
closure August 16 through November 30 ((upstream to the
Highway 101 Bridge. Salmon: Open only September 1 through
November 30 from mouth to Highway 101 Bridge. Daily limit 6
fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon and of those
2 adult salmon, 1 may be wild adult coho. Release chum and
wild Chinook)). Sturgeon: Open year-round from mouth to
Highway 101 Bridge.
((From mouth to Highway 101 Bridge:)) Minimum fork length
38 inches and maximum fork length 54 inches. Daily limit one
fish. All game fish: The first Saturday in June through last
day in February season. All fish must be released except up
to two hatchery steelhead may be retained. Salmon: September
1 through November 30. Daily limit six fish, of which no more
than three may be adult salmon and of those three, only two
may be wild coho. Release chum and wild Chinook. Additional
season December 1 through December 31. Daily limit six fish,
of which no more than two may be adult salmon, and of the two
only one may be a wild coho. Release chum and wild Chinook.
Sturgeon: Year-round season. Minimum fork length 38 inches.
Maximum fork length 54 inches. Daily limit one fish.
From Highway 101 Bridge upstream: All game fish: The first Saturday in June through last day in February season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All fish must be released except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Smith Creek (Pacific County) (Chehalis River tributary): From
mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through October 31
season. Trout: Selective gear rules. Daily limit 2 fish,
minimum length eight inches. Other game fish: Selective gear
rules.
Smith Creek (Whatcom County) (Nooksack River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Snahapish River (Jefferson County) (Clearwater River
tributary): From mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.
Snake River: Year-round season. Closed to the taking of all
trout April 1 through June 15. ((All species: April 24
through June 15 from Texas Rapids boat launch upstream to the
Corps of Engineers boat launch approximately 1 mile upstream
of Little Goose Dam: Night closure, barbless hooks only, and
hooks must measure 5/8 inch or less from point to shank.)) Trout: Daily limit six, minimum length ten inches, no more
than three over twenty inches. Release all steelhead June 16
through August 31. Barbless hooks required when fishing for
steelhead. Sturgeon: Release all sturgeon from August 1
through January 31 from the mouth to Ice Harbor Dam. Closed
to fishing for sturgeon from May 1 through July 31 from the
downstream end of Goose Island to Ice Harbor Dam. Unlawful to
retain sturgeon in mainstem and tributaries upstream from
Lower Granite Dam. Walleye: Daily limit 10 fish. No minimum
size. No more than 5 fish over 18 inches in length. No more
than 1 fish over 24 inches in length. Channel catfish: No
daily limit. ((Salmon: Open only April 24 through June 15
from Texas Rapids boat launch upstream to the Corps of
Engineers boat launch approximately 1 mile upstream of Little
Goose Dam. Daily limit 1 hatchery Chinook.))
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.
Snipes Creek (Benton County): Selective gear rules.
Snohomish River (Snohomish County): Including all channels,
sloughs, and interconnected waterways, but excluding all
tributaries: The first Saturday in June through January 31
season, except sturgeon. Anti-snagging rule 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: In years ending in even numbers, open
only September 1 through December 31. Daily limit ((2 coho
only)) three. Release Chinook and pink. In years ending in
odd numbers, open August 16 through December 31. Daily limit
3 salmon plus 1 additional pink. Release Chinook and chum. Sturgeon: Seasons, days of the week, daily limits, and size
limits same as in Puget Sound Estuary (WAC 220-56-282).
Snoqualmie River (King County):
From mouth to the falls: The first Saturday in June
through February 15 season, except the first Saturday in June
through January 31 from the mouth to the boat launch at Plum. 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. The first Saturday
in June through November 30 selective gear rules. Fishing
from any floating device prohibited November 1 through
February 15 from the mouth of Tokul Creek downstream to the
boat ramp at Plum 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 3 ((coho only)). Release
Chinook and pink. In years ending in odd numbers, from mouth
to Plum access, daily limit 3 salmon plus 1 additional pink. Release Chinook and chum.
From Snoqualmie Falls upstream, including the North and South Forks: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length ten inches. Additional November 1 through the Friday before the first Saturday in June season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish. All tributaries except Tate, Sunday and Phillapa creeks: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Snoqualmie Middle Fork from mouth to source including all tributaries except Pratt and Taylor rivers: Year-round season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Snyder Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all trout.
Solberg Creek (Clallam County) (Big River tributary): From
mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through October 15
season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Release
kokanee. Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective
gear rules.
Sol Duc River (Clallam County):
From mouth to concrete pump station at the Sol Duc
Hatchery: All game fish: May 1 through April 30 season.
From May 1 through the Friday before the first Saturday in
June ((season.)), catch and release except up to 2 hatchery
steelhead may be retained. Trout: First Saturday in June
through April 30 season. Minimum length fourteen inches. November 1 through last day in February, daily limit may
include 1 additional hatchery steelhead. February 16 through
April 30, wild steelhead retention allowed. Salmon: February
1 through August 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than
2 may be adults. Release wild adult Chinook and wild adult
coho. September 1 through November 30, daily limit 6 fish of
which no more than ((4)) two may be adults, ((and of the 4
adults, no more than 2 may be any combination of Chinook, wild
coho, pink, sockeye, and chum salmon)) and an additional two
adult hatchery coho may also be retained.
From concrete pump station at Sol Duc Hatchery to Highway 101 Bridge upstream of Klahowya Camp Ground: First Saturday in June through April 30 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
From Highway 101 Bridge upstream of Klahowya Camp Ground to Olympic National Park boundary: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. All game fish: Catch and release, except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Solleks River (Jefferson County) (Clearwater River tributary):
From mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Trout: Selective gear rules. Minimum
length fourteen inches. Other game fish: Selective gear
rules.
Sooes River (((Suez)) Tsoo-Yess River) (Clallam County):
Outside of Makah Indian Reservation: The first Saturday in
June through October 31 season. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. All species: Selective gear rules.
Additional season November 1 through last day in February
((28)). Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Soos Creek (King County): From mouth to hatchery rack: The
first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.
South Bend Mill Pond (Pacific County): Juveniles only.
South Creek (Clallam County): Outside of Olympic National
Park: The first Saturday in June through October 15 season.
Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Release kokanee.
South Prairie Creek (Pierce County): From city of Buckley
diversion dam upstream: First Saturday in June through
October 31 season.
South Skookum Lake (Pend Oreille County): Unlawful to use
lead weights or lead jigs that measure 1 1/2 inch or less
along the longest axis.
Spada Lake (Reservoir) (Snohomish County): Fourth Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. 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.
Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two over 14 inches in
length may be retained, except no size restriction for
kokanee.
Spearfish Lake (Klickitat County): Fourth Saturday in April
through last day in February season.
Spectacle Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through September
30 season.
Spencer Lake (Mason County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Spirit Lake (Skamania County): Closed waters.
Spokane River (Spokane County):
From SR 25 Bridge upstream to 400 feet below Little Falls Dam: Year-round season, except walleye: Trout: Daily limit five, no minimum size, no more than two over 20 inches in length. Kokanee: Daily limit six, no minimum size, no more than two with intact adipose fins may be retained. Walleye: Daily limit 8, no minimum size, no more than one over 22 inches in length. Salmon: Year-round. Landlocked salmon rules apply. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon. Two pole fishing allowed.
From Little Falls Dam to the upstream boundary of the Plese Flats Day Use Area (Riverside State Park), 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 eight, no minimum length, no more than one over twenty-two 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 the upstream boundary at Plese Flats Day Use Area (Riverside State Park) upstream to the Monroe Street Dam: June 1 through March 15 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. 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: The first Saturday in June through March 15 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Sprague Lake (Adams/Lincoln counties): Closed waters: Waters
of Cow Creek, the marsh at the southwest end of the lake from
the lakeside edge of the reeds to Danekas Road, the small bay
at the southeast end of the lake, and those waters within 50
feet of Harper Island. All other waters southwest of the
southwest tip of Harper Island: Closed waters from October 1
through April 30. Trout: No more than two over twenty inches
in length may be retained. Crappie and bluegill: Combined
daily limit twenty-five fish. Crappie: Minimum length nine
inches.
Spring Creek (Benton County): Selective gear rules.
Spring Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Spring Hill Reservoir (Black Lake, Lower Wheeler Reservoir)
(Chelan County): Fourth Saturday in April through October 31
season. July 5 through October 31, selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Spring Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout:
No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Spring Lakes (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Squalicum Creek (Whatcom County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Squalicum Lake (Whatcom County): Fly fishing only. Fishing
from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout: Daily limit two.
Squire Creek (Snohomish County) (NF Stillaguamish River
tributary): First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
All species: Selective gear rules and release all fish except
up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Stan Coffin Lake (Grant County): Bass: Release all bass.
Starvation Lake (Stevens County): Fourth Saturday in April
through May 31 season. Additional June 1 through October 31
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Stearns Creek (Lewis County) (Chehalis River tributary): From
mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through October 31
season. Trout: Selective gear rules. Daily limit 2 fish,
minimum length eight inches. Other game fish: Selective gear
rules.
Steel Lake (King County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Stehekin River (Chelan County): From the mouth to Agnes
Creek: July 1 through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length fifteen
inches. Release cutthroat. Additional March 1 through June
30 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
All species: Release all fish.
Steilacoom Lake (Pierce County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no
more than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except
no size restriction for kokanee.
Stetattle Creek (Whatcom County): Above the mouth of Bucket
Creek (one and one-half miles upstream): First Saturday in
June through October 31 season.
Stevens Creek (Grays Harbor County): Mouth to Highway 101
Bridge: The first Saturday in June through September 30 and
December 1 through last day in February season. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. Closed waters from WDFW
hatchery outlet downstream 400 feet.
From Highway 101 Bridge upstream to the Newbury Creek Road Bridge: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules.
Stevens, Lake (Snohomish County): Chumming permitted. Kokanee: Kokanee not included in trout daily limit. Kokanee
daily limit ten fish.
Steves Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Stickney Lake (Snohomish County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Stillaguamish River (Snohomish County):
From mouth to Marine Drive, including all sloughs: Year-round season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open September 1 through December 31. In years ending in even numbers, daily limit 2 coho only. In years ending in odd numbers, daily limit 2 salmon plus 2 additional pink. Release Chinook and chum.
From Marine Drive to the forks, except from the barrier
dam (downstream of I-5) downstream two hundred feet which is
closed waters((:)). The first Saturday in June through
((January 31. Night closure and)) November 30. Selective
gear rules. Night closure from August 1 through November 30. All game fish: First Saturday in June through November 30
season. Release all fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead
per day may be retained. December 1 through ((February 15.))
January 31: Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon:
Open September 1 through December 31. In years ending in even
numbers, daily limit 2 coho only. In years ending in odd
numbers, daily limit 2 salmon plus 2 additional pink. Release
Chinook and chum.
Stillaguamish River, North Fork (Snohomish County): From
mouth to mouth of French Creek: The first Saturday in June
through January 31 season. Anti-snagging rule 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. The first Saturday in June through
November 30: Fly fishing only. All species: Release all
fish except 2 hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. December 1 through January 31: Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
From mouth of French Creek to Swede Heaven Bridge: First Saturday in June through February 15 season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure August 1 through November 30. First Saturday in June through November 30: Fly fishing only. All species: Release all fish except 2 hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Trout: December 1 through February 15: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From Swede Heaven Bridge to falls approximately one mile upstream of Cascade Creek: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules and release all fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Upstream of falls including tributaries and their tributaries: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Stillaguamish River, South Fork (Snohomish County):
From mouth to four hundred feet downstream of the outlet to fishway at Granite Falls: The first Saturday in June through January 31 season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From Mt. Loop Highway Bridge above Granite Falls to source: The first Saturday in June through November 30 season. Selective gear rules and unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with a motor. Anti-snagging rule and night closure August 1 through November 30.
Stillman River (Lewis County) (Chehalis River tributary):
From mouth to water supply pipeline at Mill Creek: The first
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Trout: Selective
gear rules. Daily limit 2 fish, minimum length eight inches.
Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
Stimson Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Storm Lake (Snohomish County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Stowe Creek (Lewis County) (Chehalis River tributary): From
mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through October 31
season. Trout: Selective gear rules. Daily limit 2 fish,
minimum length eight inches. Other game fish: Selective gear
rules.
Straight Creek (Snohomish County) (Suiattle River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Stratford/Brook Lake (Grant County): February 1 through
September 30 season.
Stump Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion engine prohibited. Trout daily
limit 5, no more than 2 over 15 inches in length.
Suiattle River (Skagit County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. 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
and tributaries: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from
a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Eastern brook trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern brook trout daily limit ten. Once the daily limit of
trout other than eastern brook trout has been achieved, the
entire daily limit for trout other than eastern brook trout
and eastern brook trout has been taken.
Sullivan Lake (Pend Oreille County): Trout: Daily limit 2
trout, except kokanee not counted in daily trout limit.
Kokanee daily limit ten.
Sulphur Creek (Snohomish County) (Suiattle River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. 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: The first Saturday in June through January 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.
Upstream of the diversion dam to Culmback Dam: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Sumas River (Whatcom County): Including all tributaries
except Johnson Creek: First Saturday in June through October
31 season.
Summit Lake (Stevens County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Summit Lake (Thurston County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Susan Lake (Thurston County): Selective gear rules and
release all fish.
Sutherland Lake (Clallam County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Minimum length six inches
and maximum length eighteen inches.
Swale Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all trout.
Swamp Creek (tributary to Sammamish River) (Snohomish/King
counties): The first Saturday in June through August 31
season. Juveniles only.
Swan Lake (Ferry County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Unlawful to use lead weights or lead jigs
that measure 1 1/2 inch or less along the longest axis.
Swan's Mill Pond (Stossel Creek) (King County): The first
Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Swauk Creek (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor.
Swift Reservoir (Skamania County): Fourth Saturday in April
through November 30 season. From posted markers below Eagle
Cliff Bridge to Bridge: Selective gear rules.
Swofford Pond (Lewis County): Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Sylvia Creek (Grays Harbor County) (Wynoochee River
tributary): From mouth upstream: First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Trout: Minimum length eight
inches. All species: Selective gear rules.
Sylvia Lake (Grays Harbor County): Trout: No more than two
over 15 inches in length may be retained per day.
Symington Lake (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Release all trout.
Tacoma Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Trout:
Eastern brook trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern
brook trout daily limit ten. Once the daily limit of trout
other than eastern brook trout has been achieved, the entire
daily limit for trout other than eastern brook trout and
eastern brook trout has been taken.
Tahuya River (Mason County): From mouth to ((marker)) steel
bridge approximately 1 mile upstream of North Shore Road
Bridge: First Saturday in June through August 15 and October
1 through October 31 season. Selective gear rules, unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor, and release all fish except salmon. Night
closure October 1 through October 31. Salmon: Open only
October 1 through October 31. Daily limit 2 coho salmon.
From ((marker)) steel bridge approximately one mile
upstream of North Shore Road Bridge upstream: First Saturday
in June through August 15 and October 1 through October 31
season. Selective gear rules, unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor,
and release all fish. Night closure October 1 through October
31.
Taneum Creek (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor.
Tanwax Creek (Thurston County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Tanwax Lake (Pierce County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee. Crappie: Daily limit ten, minimum
length nine inches.
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 Creek (Jefferson County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Tarboo Lake (Jefferson County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two over 14 inches in
length may be retained, except no size restriction for
kokanee.
Taylor River (tributary to the Middle Fork Snoqualmie) (King
County): First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species:
Release all fish.
Teal Lakes (North and South) (Grant County): April 1 through
September 30 season.
Teal Lake (Jefferson County): Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited. Selective gear rules. Trout daily limit one fish.
Teanaway River (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. Trout: Release all trout.
Teanaway River, North Fork (Kittitas County): Mouth to
Beverly Creek including all tributaries: Selective gear
rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. Trout: Release all trout. Beverly Creek to impassable waterfall at the end of USFS Road
9737 (about 8 river miles): Closed waters.
Tee Lake (Mason County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than
two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Tenas Creek (Skagit County) (Suiattle River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
Tenas Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Ten Mile Creek (Whatcom County) (Nooksack River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Tennant Lake (Whatcom County): Fishing from any floating
device prohibited from first Friday in October through January
15.
Tern Lake (Grant County): All species: Selective gear rules.
Trout: Daily limit 1.
Terrell Creek (Whatcom County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
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 31
except fishing from floating dock permitted.
Thomas Creek (Skagit County) (Samish River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
Thomas Lake (Stevens County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Thompson Creek (Thurston County) (Skookumchuck River
tributary): From mouth upstream: All Species: Selective
gear rules. ((Night closure and single point barbless hooks
required from August 16 through November 30. Unlawful to fish
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor.)) The first Saturday in June through October 31
season. Trout: Minimum length eight inches.
Thorndyke Creek (Jefferson County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Thornton Creek (tributary to Lake Washington) (King County):
The first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Thorton Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. All species: Release all fish except up
to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Thread Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Thunder Creek (Clallam County) (Tributary to East Fork Dickey
River): From mouth upstream: First Saturday in June through
((October 31)) April 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum size fourteen inches. ((Additional season from mouth
to D2400 road.)) Closed waters from D2400 Road upstream, from
November 1 through April 30 ((season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum size fourteen inches)).
Tibbetts Creek (tributary to Lake Sammamish) (King County):
The first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Tieton River (Yakima County): ((Lawful)) Permissible to fish
to base of Tieton (Rimrock) Dam. Selective gear rules and
unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor the first Saturday in June through
October 31. Additional December 1 through March 31 season:
Whitefish gear rules apply.
Tieton River, North Fork (Yakima County): Closed waters:
Clear Lake spillway channel and the river within 400' of Clear
Lake Dam. Entire river, including that portion of the river
that flows through the dry lakebed of Rimrock Reservoir: The
first Saturday in June through August 15 season.
Tieton River, South Fork (Yakima County): From the bridge on
USFS Road 1200 to bridge on USFS Rd. 1070 (approximately 12.5
miles): Closed waters.
Tiger Lake (Kitsap/Mason counties): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Tilton River (Lewis County): From mouth to West Fork: The
first Saturday in June through March 31 season. Night closure
and anti-snagging rule September 1 through October 31. When
the anti-snagging rule is in effect, only fish hooked inside
the mouth may be retained. Trout: Daily limit five, no more
than one over twelve inches in length. Release cutthroat. Release rainbow trout except rainbow trout having a clipped
adipose fin and a healed scar at the site of the clipped fin. Salmon: Open only first Saturday in June through December 31.
Minimum length eight inches. First Saturday in June through
July 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be
adult salmon. Release wild coho. August 1 through December
31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult
Chinook. Release wild coho and wild Chinook.
Tilton River, East, North, South and West Forks (Lewis
County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Toad Lake (Whatcom County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Tokul Creek (King County) (Snoqualmie River tributary) and
tributaries including beaver ponds above Tokul Road SE: First
Saturday in June through October 31 season.
From mouth to the Fish Hatchery Road Bridge: December 1 through February 15 season, closed 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. daily. Anti-snagging rule. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From Fish Hatchery Road Bridge to posted cable boundary marker located approximately four hundred feet downstream of the hatchery intake: January 15 through February 15 season, closed 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. daily. Anti-snagging rule. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
Tolt River (King County):
From mouth to the USGS trolley cable near the confluence of the North and South Forks: The first Saturday in June through January 31 season. The first Saturday in June through November 30, selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From falls upstream on North Fork: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
From dam upstream on South Fork: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. 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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Release all steelhead. Tributaries other than North Fork, South Fork, Robinson Fork, and Wolf Fork: Closed waters.
North Fork: Upstream of Spangler Creek the first Saturday in June through August 31 season.
South Fork: Upstream from Griffin Creek the first Saturday in June through August 31 season.
Wolf Fork: Upstream from Coates Creek the first Saturday in June through August 31 season.
From mouth to confluence of north and south forks: Additional season: November 1 through March 31. Barbless hooks required. All species: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead and brown trout. Trout: Daily limit three fish.
Toutle River (Cowlitz County):
From mouth to forks, and North Fork from the mouth to the posted deadline below the fish collection facility: The first Saturday in June through November 30 season. Anti-snagging rule 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 up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only August 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum, wild coho, and wild Chinook.
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. The first Saturday in June
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 15 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. All species: Release all fish except
hatchery steelhead.
Trail's End Lake (Mason County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no
more than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except
no size restriction for kokanee.
Trap Creek (Pacific County) (Willapa River tributary): From
mouth upstream: All game fish: First Saturday in June
through October 15 season. Selective gear rules.
Trapper Lake (Chelan County): Trout: Daily limit two.
Trout Creek (Clallam County) (Big River tributary): From
mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through October 15
season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Release
kokanee. Selective gear rules. Other game fish: Selective
gear rules apply.
Trout Creek (tributary to Wind River) (Skamania County):
Closed waters.
Trout Lake (Ferry County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Trout Lake (tributary to Big White Salmon River) (Klickitat
County): The first Saturday in June through October 31
season.
Tucannon River (Columbia/Walla Walla counties): Closed
waters: All tributaries.
From the mouth upstream to Turner Road Bridge: Additional November 1 through March 31 season. Barbless hooks required. All species: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead and whitefish. Trout: Daily limit three hatchery steelhead.
From the Turner Road Bridge upstream to the Tucannon Hatchery Bridge: Selective gear rules and unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor the first Saturday in June through October 31. Additional season November 1 through March 31. Barbless hooks required. All species: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead and whitefish. Trout: Daily limit three hatchery steelhead.
From the Tucannon Hatchery 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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Release steelhead.
From Cow Camp Bridge upstream: Closed waters.
Tucquala Lake (Kittitas County): The first Saturday in June
through October 31 season.
Tunnel Lake (Skamania County): Trout: No more than 2 trout
20 inches in length or greater may be retained.
Twin Lake (Jefferson County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Twin Lake (Mason County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than
two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
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: The
first Saturday in June through August 15 season. Selective
gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all
fish. War Creek to South Fork Twisp River: Closed waters.
Tye River (King County): Foss River to Alpine Falls the first
Saturday in June through October 31 season: All species:
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches. Whitefish: Additional November 1
through last day in February season. Release all fish other
than whitefish. All tributaries to this section and their
tributaries: First Saturday in June through October 31
season.
From Alpine falls upstream including all tributaries: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
U Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Umbrella Creek (Clallam County): Outside Olympic National
Park, and tributaries, including Elk Lake: The first Saturday
in June through October 15 season. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Release kokanee. Selective gear rules.
Other game fish: Selective gear rules.
Umtanum Creek (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor.
Uncle John Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Release all trout.
Union Creek (Yakima County): From mouth upstream to falls
(approximately 1/4 mile): Closed waters.
Union River (Mason County): Mouth to North Shore Road Bridge:
First Saturday in June through August 15 season. All
((species)) game fish: Release all fish. Sturgeon: June 1
through June 30. Minimum fork length 38 inches. Maximum fork
length 54 inches. Daily limit one fish.
From North Shore Road Bridge to lower bridge on Old Belfair Highway: The first Saturday in June through August 15 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
From lower bridge on Old Belfair Highway upstream ((to
watershed boundary)): First Saturday in June through October
31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
All species: Release all fish.
Upper Wheeler Reservoir (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Valley Creek (Clallam County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Vance Creek (Grays Harbor County) (Chehalis River tributary):
From mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Trout: Selective gear rules. Daily limit
2 fish, minimum length eight inches. Other game fish:
Selective gear rules.
Vance Creek/Elma Ponds (Grays Harbor County): Pond One:
Fourth Saturday in April through November 30 season. Juveniles, holders of a senior license and holders of a
department reduced fee license or a designated harvester card
only. Trout: No more than two over 15 inches in length may
be retained per day. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply. Pond Two: Fourth Saturday in April through November 30
season. Trout: No more than two over 15 inches in length may
be retained per day. 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. Sturgeon: Seasons, days of the
week, daily limits, and size limits same as in adjacent waters
of mainstem Columbia River.
Vanes Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Van Winkle Creek (Grays Harbor County): All species:
Anti-snagging rule and night closure August 16 through
November 30. Mouth to 400 feet below outlet of Lake Aberdeen
Hatchery: ((All species: Anti-snagging rule and night
closure August 16 through November 30.)) First Saturday in
June through January 31 season. Trout: Minimum length 14
inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through January 31. Daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult fish
and only one may be a wild coho. Release chum((,)) and
Chinook ((and wild coho)).
From Lake Aberdeen upstream: ((All species:
Anti-snagging rule and night closure August 16 through
November 30. Trout:)) First Saturday in June through October
31 season. Selective gear rules. ((Daily limit 2 fish,
minimum length eight inches. Other game fish: Selective gear
rules.))
Vesta Creek and all forks (Grays Harbor County) (North River
tributary): From mouth upstream: All game fish: The first
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
Vic Meyers (Rainbow) Lake (Grant County): Fourth Saturday in
April through September 30 season.
Vogler Lake (Skagit County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Fly fishing only. All species: Release
all fish.
Voight Creek (Pierce County): From falls under powerline
upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Waddell Creek (Thurston County) (Black River tributary): From
mouth upstream: The first Saturday in June through October 31
season. Trout: Selective gear rules. Daily limit 2 fish,
minimum length eight inches. Other game fish: Selective gear
rules.
Wagners Lake (Snohomish County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Wahkiacus Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all
trout.
Waitts Lake (Stevens County): Fourth Saturday in April
through last day in February season.
Walker Lake (King County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Wallace River (Snohomish County):
From its mouth to 200 feet upstream of the water intake
of the salmon hatchery: The first Saturday in June through
February 15 season. Closed waters: From 363rd Avenue
S.E./Reece Road to a point two hundred feet upstream of the
water intake of the salmon hatchery during the period the
first Saturday in June through September 15. Night closure
and anti-snagging rule September 16 through November 30. Fishing from any floating device prohibited November 1 through
((last day in)) February 15. 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 16 through
November 30. Daily limit ((2)) three coho.
From 200 feet upstream of the water intake of the salmon hatchery to Wallace Falls: November 1 through January 31 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.
From Wallace Falls upstream including all tributaries and their tributaries: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Walla Walla River (Walla Walla County):
From mouth to the Touchet River: Year-round season. Trout: Barbless hooks required when fishing for steelhead. Trout: Release trout April 1 through May 31. Daily limit three hatchery steelhead. Channel catfish: No daily limit.
From the Touchet River upstream to state line: Trout: All tributaries except Mill Creek, maximum length twenty inches. Channel catfish: No daily limit. Additional season November 1 through March 31. All species: Barbless hooks required and release all fish except hatchery steelhead. Trout: Daily limit three hatchery steelhead.
Walupt Lake (Lewis County): Closed waters: All inlet
streams. Fourth Saturday in April through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length ten inches.
Wannacut Lake (Okanogan County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Wapato Lake (Chelan County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. From August 1 through October 31:
Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all trout.
Wapato Lake (Pierce County): Juveniles only.
Ward Creek (Pacific County) (Willapa River tributary): From
mouth upstream: All game fish: First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Ward Lake (Ferry County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Ward Lake (Thurston County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Warden Lake and Warden Lake, South (Grant County): Fourth
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): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit two.
Washington Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season.
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. Game fish: Open year-round. Trout: Open July 1
through November 30. Open December 1 through last day in
February, daily limit 5, no minimum length. Release steelhead
and rainbow trout over twenty inches in length. Open March 1
through June 30, daily limit 5, minimum length twelve inches. Release steelhead and rainbow trout over twenty inches in
length. Kokanee/sockeye less than fifteen inches in length
are kokanee while those fifteen inches and over in length are
sockeye salmon. Salmon: Open only September 16 through
October 31 north of Highway 520 Bridge and east of Montlake
Bridge. Daily limit four 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. Game
fish: 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): Night closure year-round.
From mouth to bridge at Salmon Falls: The first Saturday
in June through March 15 season. Closed waters from ((400))
200 feet (or posted markers) below to 200 feet above the
temporary weir while the weir is installed in the river. Anti-snagging rule and stationary gear restriction July 1
through October 31. When anti-snagging rule is in effect,
only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained. Trout:
Release all trout except up to 2 hatchery steelhead per day
may be retained. Salmon: Open only August 1 through December
31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult
Chinook. Release chum, wild coho, and wild Chinook.
From mouth to Mt. Norway Bridge: Additional April 16 through the Friday before the first Saturday in June season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Release all trout except up to 2 hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
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: The first Saturday in June through March 15 season. Trout: Release all trout except up to 2 hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
Watson Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout:
No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Waughop Lake (Pierce County): Salmon: Landlocked salmon
rules apply.
Wenaha River tributaries within Washington: The first
Saturday in June through August 31 season. Selective gear
rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. Trout: Release all steelhead.
Wenatchee Lake (Chelan County): Selective gear rules. 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, including Lake Jolanda (Chelan County):
December 1 through March 31 season, from mouth to Highway 2
Bridge at Leavenworth only. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Wentworth Lake (Clallam County): Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion engine.
West Evans Pond (Asotin County): Trout: No more than 2 trout
over 13 inches in length may be retained.
West Twin River (Clallam County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Whatcom Creek (Whatcom County):
From mouth to ((stone bridge at Whatcom Falls Park:))
markers below footbridge below Dupont Street in Bellingham.
Anti-snagging rule and night closure August 1 through December
31. The first Saturday in June through last day in February
season. ((Anti-snagging rule 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. Anglers
fishing lawfully, within 50 yards of the Bellingham Technical
College Hatchery Collection Tube, and on the hatchery side of
the creek, that hook and land chum salmon, may remove those
chum salmon from the water and immediately place them unharmed
into the Hatchery Collection Tube.
From footbridge below DuPont Street in Bellingham to Woburn Street Bridge. Anti-snagging rule and night closure August 1 through December 31. The first Saturday in June through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
From stone bridge at Whatcom Falls Park upstream to Lake Whatcom: Fourth Saturday in April through October 31 season. Juveniles only. Anti-snagging rule and night closure August 1 through October 31. Trout: No minimum length.
Whatcom, Lake (Whatcom County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season, except 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.
Wheeler Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all trout.
White Creek (Skagit County) (Sauk River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules and release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead may be retained.
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 January 15 season: Selective gear rules and night
closure. October 1 through October 31 all species: Fly
fishing only and release all fish. November 1 through January
15: ((Selective gear rules.)) Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. ((Anti-snagging rule and night closure
October 1 through November 30.))
From R Street Bridge to Highway 410 Bridge at Buckley:
October 1 through October 31 season. Night closure and
selective gear rules. Closed waters: Puget Power canal,
including the screen bypass channel, above the screen at
Dingle Basin. ((Anti-snagging rule and night closure.)) Trout: 14 inch minimum size.
From the Weyerhaeuser 6000 Road Bridge (Bridge Camp) to
its source: July 1 through October 31 season. ((Anti-snagging rule and)) Night closure October 1 through
October 31. Selective gear rules and unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor
((July 1 through October 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches)). Release all game fish. Whitefish: Additional
November 1 through January 31 season. Whitefish gear rules
apply.
Whitechuck River (Snohomish County): All species: Selective
gear rules. First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
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 county road bridge below powerhouse: Bank fishing only downstream from the Highway 14 Bridge. August 1 through December 31: Anti-snagging rule. Year-round season, except game fish other than steelhead closed April 1 through July 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon and steelhead: Open April 1 through July 31, daily limit 2 salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or one of each. Release wild Chinook. Salmon: Open August 1 through March 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon except from the mouth to the Hwy. 14 Bridge the daily limit follows the most liberal regulations of the adjacent mainstem Columbia or White Salmon rivers when both areas are open concurrently for salmon. Release wild coho and wild Chinook.
From county road bridge below powerhouse to ((within four
hundred feet of Northwestern Dam: November 16 to April 30
season, except salmon and steelhead, and trout closed April 1
through April 30. 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. Release
wild coho and wild Chinook. Salmon and steelhead: Open April
1 through June 15, daily limit two salmon or two hatchery
steelhead or one of each. Release wild Chinook)) Northwestern
Lake Road Bridge: Closed waters.
From ((gas pipeline crossing above)) Northwestern Lake
Road Bridge to ((Gilmer Creek:)) Big Brothers Falls at river
mile 16: Closed waters from Big Brothers Falls downstream 400
feet. First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. ((Trout: Minimum
length twelve inches.)) All game fish: Catch and release
except up to two hatchery steelhead my be retained.
Wide Hollow Creek (Yakima County): Juveniles only.
Widgeon Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Wildberry Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Wildcat Creek (Grays Harbor County) (Cloquallum Creek
tributary): From mouth to confluence of Middle and East
forks: The first Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Selective gear rules.
Wildcat Creek, East Fork (Grays Harbor County) (Cloquallum
Creek tributary): From mouth to Highway 108 Bridge (Simpson
Avenue, in the town of McCleary): The first Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Wildcat Lake (Kitsap County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Wilderness Lake (King County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules
apply.
Wilkeson Creek (Pierce County) (South Prairie Creek tributary)
upstream of confluence with Gale Creek: First Saturday in
June through October 31 season.
Willapa River (Pacific County): All species: Unlawful to
fish from a floating device ((equipped with an internal
combustion motor)) from second bridge on Camp One Road
upstream to the mouth of Mill Creek (approximately 0.5 miles)
from August 1 through November 30.
From mouth (city of South Bend boat launch) to Highway 6
Bridge approximately two miles below mouth of Trap Creek: The
first Saturday in June through March 31 season. All species:
Night closure, single-point barbless hooks required from
August ((16)) 1 through November 30. Stationary gear
restriction from August 1 through November 30, except from the
mouth of the Willapa River to the WDFW access site at the
mouth of Ward/Wilson creek. All game fish: Release all game
fish except that up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained
per day. Salmon: Open August 1 through November 30. Daily
limit six fish, of which no more than three may be adult
salmon, and of the three adults, only two may be wild coho.
Release chum and wild Chinook. Open December 1 through
January 31. Daily limit six fish, of which no more than two
may be adult salmon and of the two adult salmon, only one may
be a wild coho. Release chum and wild Chinook. Sturgeon:
Open year-round from mouth to Highway 6 Bridge.
From Highway 6 Bridge to Fork Creek: The first Saturday
in June through July 15 and October ((16)) 1 through March 31
seasons. All species: Night closure, single point barbless
hooks, and stationary gear restriction October ((16)) 1
through November 30. All game fish: Release all fish except
that up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained. Salmon:
Open ((August)) October 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)) November 30. Daily limit 6 fish, of
which no more than 3 may be adult salmon, and of the three
adult salmon only one may be a wild coho. Release chum((,
wild coho,)) and wild Chinook. Open December 1 through
January 31. Daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than two may
be adult salmon, of which only one may be a wild coho.
Release chum and wild Chinook.
((Sturgeon: Open year-round from mouth to Highway 6
Bridge.))
From Fork Creek upstream: The first Saturday in June
through October 31 season. All species: Night closure and
((anti-snagging rule)) single-point barbless hooks from August
16 through October 31. ((All game fish: Selective gear
rules.)) Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor. Release all fish except up
to 2 hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
Willapa River, South Fork (Pacific County): Closed waters
from falls/fish ladder downstream 400 feet in Section 6,
Township 13 North, and Range 8 West.
From mouth to bridge on Pehl Road: Unlawful to fish from
a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
All species: Night closure and anti-snagging rule from August
1 through November 30. Selective gear rules first Saturday in
June through ((October)) July 31. ((Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.)) All game fish: First Saturday in June through last day in
February season. Release all fish except up to 2 hatchery
steelhead may be retained. Salmon: Open only August 1
through January 31 ((from mouth to Pehl Road Bridge)). Daily
limit 6 fish, of which no more than 3 may be adult salmon. Release chum, wild Chinook and wild coho.
From Pehl Road upstream: ((All species: Selective gear
rules from first Saturday in June through October 31. Night
closure and anti-snagging rule from August 1 through November
30. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. All game fish:)) First Saturday
in June through last day in February season. Release all game
fish except that up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained
per day.
Williams Creek (Pacific County) (Nemah River North Fork
tributary): First Saturday in June through October 15 season.
Trout: Minimum length eight inches and daily limit two fish.
All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery
steelhead per day may be retained.
Williams Lake (Lewis County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length
fifteen inches.
Williams Lake (Spokane County): Fourth Saturday in April
through September 30 season.
Williams Lake (Stevens County): December 1 through March 31
season. All species: Catch and release except up to five
rainbow trout may be retained.
Wilson Creek (Pacific County) (Willapa River tributary): All
game fish: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Selective gear rules.
Wilson Creek, North Fork (Pacific County): All game fish:
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Wilson Creek (two branches within Ellensburg city limits)
(Kittitas County): Juveniles only.
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)) August 1 through March 15 season, except salmon and
steelhead. ((Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.)) All
species: Two pole fishing allowed with two pole endorsement
from mouth to Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge May 1
through June 30. Night closure March 16 through June 30. May
1 through June 30: Anti-snagging rule from Burlington
Northern Railroad Bridge upstream. August 1 through October
31: Anti-snagging rule. When anti-snagging rule is in
effect, only fish hooked in the mouth may be retained. Trout:
Minimum length 14 inches. Salmon and steelhead: Open March
16 through ((June 30)) July 31: Daily limit 2 salmon or 2
hatchery steelhead or one of each. Release wild Chinook. Salmon: Open August 1 through October 31. Daily limit 6 fish
of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon except from the
mouth to the Hwy. 14 Bridge the daily limit follows the most
liberal regulations of the adjacent mainstem Columbia or Wind
rivers when both areas are open concurrently for salmon. Release wild coho and wild Chinook.
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: Closed waters: From 400 feet below to 100 feet above the Coffer Dam. Closed waters from a boundary marker approximately 800 yards downstream from Carson National Fish Hatchery upstream, including all tributaries December 1 through September 15. Closed waters: From the Moore Bridge on the Wind River Highway approximately one mile north of the Carson National Fish Hatchery upstream including all tributaries September 16 through November 30. May 1 through June 30: Anti-snagging rule and night closure. When anti-snagging rule is in effect, only fish hooked in the mouth may be retained. September 16 through November 30 season, except salmon. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish. Salmon and additional steelhead season: Open May 1 through June 30. Daily limit 2 salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or one of each.
Winston Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis County):
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum
length ten inches.
Wishkah River (Grays Harbor County): All species:
Single-point barbless hooks required August 16 through
November 30.
From mouth to West Fork: First Saturday in June through the last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Salmon: October 1 through November 30. Daily limit six fish, of which no more than two may be adult salmon and of the two adult salmon only one may be a wild coho. Release chum and Chinook. Additional season December 1 through January 31. Daily limit six fish, of which no more than two may be adult salmon. Release chum, Chinook, and wild coho.
From mouth of West Fork to 200 feet below the weir at the Wishkah Rearing Ponds: First Saturday in June through the last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Salmon: October 1 through December 31. Daily limit six fish, of which no more than two may be adult salmon. Release chum, Chinook, and wild coho.
From 200 feet below to the weir at the Wishkah Rearing Ponds: Closed waters.
From weir upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules.
Wishkah River, East and West forks (Grays Harbor County): All
species: The first Saturday in June through the last day in
October season. Selective gear rules.
Wolf Creek, mouth to mouth of south fork (Okanogan County):
Closed waters.
Woodard Creek (Thurston County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum length 14 inches.
Wood Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Woodland Creek (Thurston County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.
Woods Creek (Snohomish County) (Skykomish River tributary)
East Fork and its tributaries, including beaver ponds upstream
of Old Pipeline Road (above Woods Creek Falls): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Wooten Lake (Mason County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Wye Lake (Kitsap County): Fourth Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Wynoochee River (Grays Harbor County): ((Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.)) Mouth to ((7400 line bridge above
mouth of Schafer Creek)) WDFW White Bridge Access Site:
((The)) First Saturday in June through March 31 season. Single point barbless hooks required August 16 through
November 30. All species: Bait prohibited September 16
through ((October 31.
From 7400 line bridge to Wynoochee Reservoir: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.)) November 30. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Salmon: Open September 16 through November 30. Daily limit six fish, of which no more than two may be adult salmon, and of the two adults, only one may be a wild coho. Release chum and Chinook.
From WDFW White Bridge Access Site to 7400 line bridge above mouth of Schafer Creek: First Saturday in June through March 31 season. Single point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30. Bait prohibited September 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
From 7400 line bridge to 400 feet below Wynoochee Dam, including confluence of reservoir upstream to Wynoochee Falls: Closed waters from 400 feet downstream of Wynoochee Dam and from barrier dam near Grisdale. First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
From Wynoochee Falls upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. All game fish: Selective gear rules. Trout: Eastern Brook Trout are not counted in daily trout limit and the daily limit for this species is five fish, no minimum size. Once daily limit of trout other then Eastern Brook Trout is obtained, then must stop fishing.
Wynoochee Reservoir (Grays Harbor County) upstream to head
waters: The first Saturday in June through October 31 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. Channel catfish: No daily limit.
From mouth to 400 feet below Prosser Dam: March 1 through October 22 season. Closed waters: From the WDFW white markers 200 feet downstream of the USBR Chandler Powerhouse/Pumping Station spillway chute to the powerline crossing immediately upstream of the powerhouse September 1 through October 22. Chumming permitted. Trout: Release all trout. Salmon: Open only September 1 through October 22. Daily limit 6 fish of which not more than 2 may be adult salmon. All species: Anti-snagging rule and night closure September 1 through October 22.
From Prosser Dam to Highway 223 Bridge: May 1 through October 31 season. Trout: Release all trout.
From mouth to Highway 223 Bridge: Bass: Bass 12 to 17 inches in length may be retained. No daily limit for bass, but not more than 3 bass greater than 15 inches in length may be retained.
From Highway 223 Bridge to 400 feet below Sunnyside Dam: Trout: Minimum length twelve inches and maximum length twenty inches. Additional season December 1 through last day in February - Whitefish gear rules apply.
From Sunnyside Dam to thirty-five hundred feet below Roza Dam: Closed waters: From Yakima Avenue-Terrace Heights Bridge upstream 400 feet. All species: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches and maximum length twenty inches. Additional season December 1 through last day in February - Whitefish gear rules apply.
From thirty-five hundred feet below Roza Dam to 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 December 1 through last day in February. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor December 1 through the last day of February. Trout: From Roza Dam to 400 feet below Easton Dam: Release all trout. Lake Easton to the base of Keechelus Dam. Release all trout except eastern brook trout. Eastern brook trout: No daily limit and no minimum size.
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.
Landlocked salmon rules.
Yellowhawk Creek (Walla Walla County): Closed waters.
Yellowjacket Creek (tributary to Cispus River) (Lewis County):
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum
length twelve inches.
Yocum Lake (Pend Oreille County): Fourth Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Unlawful to use lead weights or
lead jigs that measure 1 1/2 inch or less along the longest
axis.
Youngs Creek (Snohomish County) (Skykomish River tributary)
and its tributaries, including beaver ponds above the Potson
Road/299th Avenue SE Bridge (Elwell Creek tributary, Skykomish
River tributary near town of Sultan): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.012 and 77.12.047. 12-05-082 (Order 12-17), § 232-28-619, filed 2/16/12, effective 3/18/12. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.020, 77.12.045, and 77.12.047. 11-21-038 (Order 11-273), § 232-28-619, filed 10/11/11, effective 11/11/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.020 and 77.12.047. 11-09-050 (Order 11-69), § 232-28-619, filed 4/18/11, effective 5/19/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.055, and 77.12.047. 11-03-054 (Order 11-13), § 232-28-619, filed 1/14/11, effective 2/14/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.020, 77.12.045, and 77.12.047. 10-12-062 (Order 10-137), § 232-28-619, filed 5/27/10, effective 6/27/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 10-07-105 (Order 10-64), § 232-28-619, filed 3/19/10, effective 5/1/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020. 09-15-035 (Order 09-133), § 232-28-619, filed 7/8/09, effective 8/8/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 09-06-042 (Order 09-27), § 232-28-619, filed 2/25/09, effective 5/1/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020. 08-15-002 (Order 08-165), § 232-28-619, filed 7/3/08, effective 8/3/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 08-07-003, § 232-28-619, filed 3/5/08, effective 4/5/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020. 07-16-056, § 232-28-619, filed 7/26/07, effective 8/26/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 07-05-051 (Order 07-22), § 232-28-619, filed 2/16/07, effective 3/19/07; 06-16-096 (Order 06-174), § 232-28-619, filed 7/31/06, effective 8/31/06; 06-09-021 (Order 06-67), § 232-28-619, filed 4/11/06, effective 5/12/06; 06-05-085 (Order 06-23), § 232-28-619, filed 2/14/06, effective 5/1/06; 05-17-007 (Order 05-168), § 232-28-619, filed 8/3/05, effective 9/3/05; 05-05-035 (Order 05-15), § 232-28-619, filed 2/10/05, effective 5/1/05; 05-03-005 (Order 05-03), § 232-28-619, filed 1/5/05, effective 2/5/05; 04-19-012 (Order 04-242), § 232-28-619, filed 9/2/04, effective 10/3/04; 04-16-046 (Order 04-189), § 232-28-619, filed 7/28/04, effective 8/28/04; 04-07-009 (Order 04-39), § 232-28-619, filed 3/4/04, effective 5/1/04; 03-16-110 (Order 03-181), § 232-28-619, filed 8/6/03, effective 9/6/03; 03-05-057 (Order 03-24), § 232-28-619, filed 2/14/03, effective 5/1/03; 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.]
OTS-4813.3
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 11-273, filed 10/11/11,
effective 11/11/11)
WAC 232-28-620
Coastal salmon -- Saltwater seasons and
daily limits.
(1) It is unlawful to take, fish for, or
possess salmon taken by angling for personal use except from
the following coastal areas, during the following seasons, in
the quantities and the sizes provided for in WAC 220-56-180,
and for the species designated in this section. An area is
open when a daily limit is provided:
(((1))) (2) Catch Record Card Area 1:
(a) May 1 through June ((17 - )) 8: Closed.
(b) June ((18)) 9 through June ((25 - )) 22:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release coho and wild Chinook.
(c) June ((26)) 23 through September 30(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon, of which not more than one may be a Chinook salmon.
(ii) Release wild coho.
(d) October 1 through April 30(( - )): Closed.
(e) Closed in the Columbia River Mouth Control Zone 1 during all open periods. See WAC 220-56-195.
(((2))) (3) Catch Record Card Area 2:
(a) May 1 through June ((17 - )) 8: Closed.
(b) June ((18)) 9 through June ((25 - )) 23:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release coho and wild Chinook.
(c) June ((26)) 24 through September ((18 - )) 23:
(i) Open Sundays through Thursdays only.
(ii) Daily limit of 2 salmon, of which not more than one may be a Chinook salmon.
(iii) Release wild coho.
(d) September ((19)) 24 through April 30 - Closed.
(((e) Closed to salmon fishing August 1 through September
18 in the Grays Harbor Control Zone described in WAC 220-56-195(11).
(3))) (4) Willapa Bay (Catch Record Card Area 2-1):
(a) May 1 through June ((17 - )) 8: Closed.
(b) June ((18)) 9 through July 31(( - )): Open
concurrent with Area 2 when Area 2 is open for salmon angling.
Area 2 rules apply.
(c) August 1 through January 31(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of ((six)) 6 salmon, not more than
((three)) 3 of which may be adult salmon.
(ii) Release chum and wild Chinook.
(iii) Anglers in possession of a valid two-pole endorsement may use up to two lines while fishing.
(d) February 1 through April 30(( - )): Closed.
(((4))) (5) Grays Harbor (Catch Record Card Area 2-2 east
of the Buoy 13 line):
(a) May 1 through September 15(( - )): Closed.
(b) September 16 through October 7:
(i) Daily limit of 3 salmon, of which not more than one may be a Chinook salmon and not more than 2 may be wild coho salmon.
(ii) Release chum.
(c) October 8 through November 30(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of ((2)) 3 salmon, of which not more than
2 may be wild coho salmon.
(ii) Release Chinook and chum.
(((c))) (d) December 1 through April 30(( - )): Closed.
(((d))) (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this
subsection, the Westport Boat Basin and Ocean Shores Boat
Basin((:)) are open only August 16 through January 31(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of ((six)) 6 salmon, not more than
((four)) 4 of which may be adult salmon.
(ii) Release wild Chinook.
(iii) Night closure and anti-snagging rule in effect.
(((5))) (6) Grays Harbor (Catch Record Card Area 2-2 west
of the Buoy 13 line)(( - )):
(a) May 1 through June 8: Closed.
(b) June 9 through September 23: Open concurrent with Area 2 when Area 2 is open for salmon angling. Area 2 rules apply.
(c) September 24 through April 30: Closed.
(((6))) (7) Catch Record Card Area 3:
(a) May 1 through June ((17 - )) 15: Closed.
(b) June ((18)) 16 through June ((25 - )) 30:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release coho and wild Chinook.
(c) ((June 26)) July 1 through September ((18 - )) 23:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon((, of which not more than one
may be a Chinook salmon)).
(ii) Release wild coho.
(iii) In years ending in odd numbers, one additional pink
salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit. ((Release
wild coho.))
(d) September ((19)) 24 through April 30(( - )): Closed.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection,
waters north of 47°50'00"N latitude and south of 48°00'00"N
latitude are also open September ((24)) 29 through October ((9 - )) 14:
(i) Daily limit ((two)) of 2 salmon((, of which not more
than one may be a Chinook salmon)).
(ii) Release wild coho.
(iii) In years ending in odd numbers, one additional pink
salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit. ((Release
wild coho.
(7))) (8) Catch Record Card Area 4:
(a) May 1 through June ((17 - )) 15: Closed.
(b) June ((18)) 16 through June ((25 - )) 30:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release coho and wild Chinook.
(iii) Waters east of a true north-south line through Sail Rock are closed.
(c) ((June 26)) July 1 through September ((18 - )) 23:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon((, of which not more than one
may be a Chinook salmon)).
(ii) Release wild coho salmon.
(iii) In years ending in odd numbers, one additional pink
salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit. ((Release
wild coho salmon.))
(iv) Waters east of a true north-south line through Sail
Rock are closed ((June 26)) through July 31.
(v) Release Chinook salmon caught east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line beginning August 1.
(vi) Release chum salmon beginning August 1.
(d) September ((19)) 24 through April 30(( - )): Closed.
(9) Violation of this section is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160, unless the person has harvested salmon. If the person has harvested salmon, the violation is punishable under RCW 77.15.380, Unlawful recreational fishing in the second degree -- Penalty, unless the salmon are taken in the amounts or manner to constitute a violation of RCW 77.15.370, Unlawful recreational fishing in the first degree -- Penalty.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.020, 77.12.045, and 77.12.047. 11-21-038 (Order 11-273), § 232-28-620, filed 10/11/11, effective 11/11/11; 10-12-061 (Order 09-108), § 232-28-620, filed 5/27/10, effective 6/27/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020. 09-15-035 (Order 09-133), § 232-28-620, filed 7/8/09, effective 8/8/09; 08-15-002 (Order 08-165), § 232-28-620, filed 7/3/08, effective 8/3/08; 07-16-056, § 232-28-620, filed 7/26/07, effective 8/26/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 06-16-096 (Order 06-174), § 232-28-620, filed 7/31/06, effective 8/31/06; 05-17-007 (Order 05-168), § 232-28-620, filed 8/3/05, effective 9/3/05; 04-16-006 (Order 04-182), § 232-28-620, filed 7/22/04, effective 8/22/04; 03-16-109 (Order 03-182), § 232-28-620, filed 8/6/03, effective 9/6/03; 02-15-097 (Order 02-158), § 232-28-620, filed 7/16/02, effective 8/16/02; 01-14-001 (Order 01-107), § 232-28-620, filed 6/21/01, effective 7/22/01. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-16-091 (Order 00-134), amended and recodified as § 232-28-620, filed 7/31/00, effective 8/31/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 77.12.040. 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 220-56-190, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99; 98-15-081 (Order 98-122), § 220-56-190, filed 7/15/98, effective 8/15/98; 97-18-035, § 220-56-190, filed 8/27/97, effective 9/27/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 96-11-078 (Order 96-44), § 220-56-190, filed 5/13/96, effective 6/13/96; 95-12-027 (Order 95-46), § 220-56-190, filed 5/31/95, effective 7/1/95; 94-14-069, § 220-56-190, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-14-043 (Order 93-36), § 220-56-190, filed 6/29/93, effective 7/30/93; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-190, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 90-06-026, § 220-56-190, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-190, filed 3/16/89; 87-09-066 (Order 87-16), § 220-56-190, filed 4/21/87; 86-09-020 (Order 86-08), § 220-56-190, filed 4/9/86; 85-09-017 (Order 85-20), § 220-56-190, filed 4/9/85; 84-09-026 (Order 84-22), § 220-56-190, filed 4/11/84; 83-07-043 (Order 83-16), § 220-56-190, filed 3/17/83; 82-13-040 (Order 82-61), § 220-56-190, filed 6/9/82; 82-07-047 (Order 82-19), § 220-56-190, filed 3/18/82; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-190, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-56-064.]
(((1))) (2) Catch Record Card Area 5:
(a) May 1 through June 30(( - )): Closed.
(b) July 1 through August 15(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release chum, wild Chinook and wild coho.
(iii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(c) August 16 through September ((18 - )) 14:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release chum, Chinook and wild coho.
(iii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(d) September ((19)) 15 through September 30(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release chum and Chinook.
(e) October 1 through October 31(( - Closed)): Daily
limit of 2 salmon, not more than one of which may be a Chinook
salmon.
(f) November 1 through November 30(( - Daily limit of 2
salmon, not more than one of which may be a Chinook salmon)):
Closed.
(g) December 1 through February 15(( - )): Closed.
(h) February 16 through April 10(( - )): Daily limit
((1)) of one salmon.
(i) April 11 through April 30(( - )): Closed.
(((2))) (3) Catch Record Card Area 6:
(a) May 1 through June 30(( - )): Closed.
(b) July 1 through August 15(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release chum, wild Chinook and wild coho.
(iii) Release all Chinook east of a true north-south line through the Number 2 Buoy immediately east of Ediz Hook.
(iv) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(c) August 16 through September 30(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release chum, Chinook and wild coho.
(iii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(d) Waters of Port Angeles Harbor west of a line from the tip of Ediz Hook to the ITT Rayonier Dock are closed July 1 through October 31.
(e) October 1 through October 31(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon, not more than ((1)) one of
which may be a Chinook salmon, except that waters of Dungeness
Bay inside a line from Dungeness Spit Lighthouse to the Number
2 Red Buoy, and then to the Port Williams Boat Ramp, are open
with a daily limit of 2 coho salmon.
(ii) Release all other salmon.
(iii) Waters inside the line described in this subsection are closed at all times except during October.
(f) November 1 through ((February 15 - )) November 30:
Closed.
(g) ((February 16)) December 1 through April 10(( - )):
(i) Daily limit ((1)) of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild Chinook.
(h) April 11 through April 30(( - )): Closed.
(((3))) (4) Catch Record Card Area 7:
(a) May 1 through June 30(( - )): Closed.
(b) July 1 through July 31(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon, not more than one of which may be a Chinook salmon.
(ii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(iii) Closed to salmon fishing in the Southern Rosario Strait and Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca closure area described in WAC 220-56-195(7).
(c) August 1 through September 30(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon, not more than one of which may be a Chinook salmon.
(ii) Release chum and wild coho.
(iii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(iv) Closed to salmon fishing in the Southern Rosario Strait and Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca closure area described in WAC 220-56-195(7).
(d) ((Waters of Bellingham Bay described in WAC 220-56-195(1), closed April 1 through April 30 and July 1
through August 15. August 16 through October 31 - Daily limit
4 salmon, not more than 2 of which may be Chinook salmon. November 1 through March 31 and June 1 through June 30 - Same
rules as Area 7.
(e))) October 1 through October 31(( - )): Daily limit
of 2 salmon, not more than one of which may be a Chinook
salmon. ((Release wild coho.
(f))) (e) Waters of Samish Bay described in WAC 220-56-195(4)((,)): Closed April 1 through April 30 and July
1 through October 15.
(((g))) (f) November 1 through November 30(( - )):
Closed.
(((h))) (g) December 1 through April 30(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild Chinook.
(h) Waters of Bellingham Bay described in WAC 220-56-195(1):
(i) Closed April 1 through April 30 and July 1 through August 15.
(ii) August 16 through October 31: Daily limit of 4 salmon, not more than 2 of which may be Chinook salmon.
(iii) November 1 through March 31 and June 1 through June 30: Same rules as Area 7.
(i) Waters east of a line from Gooseberry Point to Sandy Point: Closed September 4 through October 31.
(((4))) (5) Catch Record Card Area 8-1:
(a) May 1 through July 31(( - )): Closed.
(b) August 1 through September 30(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release Chinook.
(iii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(c) October 1 through October 31(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release Chinook.
(d) November 1 through April 30(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild Chinook.
(((5))) (6) Catch Record Card Area 8-2:
(a) May 1 through July 31(( - )) are closed, except
((that)): Waters west of Tulalip Bay and within 2,000 feet of
shore from the pilings at Old Bower's Resort to a fishing
boundary marker approximately 1.4 miles northwest of Hermosa
Point(( - June 3 through June 18 and June 20 through July
31,)) are open only from Friday through 11:59 a.m. the
following Monday of each week(( - )), May 18 through June 8
and June 10 through July 31:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(iii) Anglers in possession of a valid two-pole endorsement may use up to two lines while fishing, beginning June 10.
(b) August 1 through September 30:
(i) Waters west of Tulalip Bay and within 2,000 feet of
shore from the pilings at Old Bower's Resort, to a fishing
boundary marker approximately 1.4 miles northwest of Hermosa
Point(( - )):
(A) August 1 through September ((5,)) 3: Open only from
Friday through 11:59 a.m. the following Monday of each week((;
and)).
(B) September ((10)) 8 through September ((25)) 23, open
only Saturday and Sunday of each week(( - )):
(I) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(II) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(III) Anglers in possession of a valid two-pole endorsement may use up to two lines while fishing.
(C) September ((26)) 24 through September 30(( - )):
Same rules as remainder of Area 8-2.
(ii) All other waters of Area 8-2(( - )):
(A) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(B) Release Chinook.
(C) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(c) October 1 through October 31(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release Chinook. ((Closed to salmon fishing in
waters north of a line from Camano Head to the fishing
boundary marker located approximately 1.4 miles north of
Hermosa Point.))
(d) November 1 through April 30(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild Chinook.
(((6))) (7) Catch Record Card Area 9:
(a) May 1 through ((July 15 - )) June 30: Closed.
(b) July 1 through July 15:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release Chinook.
(iii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(c) July 16 through August 31(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release chum and wild Chinook.
(iii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(iv) Closed south of a line from Foulweather Bluff to
Olele Point, except ((lawful)) it is permissible to fish from
shore between the Hood Canal Bridge and the northern boundary
of Salsbury Point Park((;)):
(A) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(B) Release Chinook and chum.
(C) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(((c))) (d) September 1 through September 30(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release chum and Chinook.
(iii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(((d))) (e) October 1 through October 31(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release Chinook.
(((e))) (f) November 1 through November 30(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild Chinook.
(((f))) (g) December 1 through January 15(( - )):
Closed.
(((g))) (h) January 16 through April 15(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild Chinook.
(((h))) (i) April 16 through April 30(( - )): Closed.
(((i))) (j) Edmonds Fishing Pier:
(i) Open year-round(( - )).
(ii) Daily limit of 2 salmon, not more than one of which may be a Chinook salmon.
(iii) Release chum from August 1 through September 30.
(iv) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit from July 1 through September 30.
(((7))) (8) Catch Record Card Area 10:
(a) May 1 through May 31(( - )): Closed.
(b) June 1 through June 30(( - )): Open only north of a
line from Point Monroe to Meadow Point. Catch and release.
(c) July 1 through July 15(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release Chinook.
(iii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(d) July 16 through August 31(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild Chinook, and beginning August 1, release chum.
(iii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(e) September 1 through September 30(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release chum through September 15.
(iii) Release Chinook.
(iv) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(f) Waters of Shilshole Bay southeast of a line from
Meadow Point to West Point((,)): Closed July 1 through August
31.
(g) Waters of Elliott Bay east of a line from West Point
to Alki Point((,)): Closed July 1 through August 31((, except
waters west of the Spokane Street Bridge open August 19
through August 21 and August 26 through August 28, and open
only on Friday through Sunday of each week - Daily limit 2
salmon. Release Chinook and chum. In years ending in odd
numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of
the daily limit. Bait prohibited. Hooks must measure
one-half inch or less from point to shank)).
(h) Waters of Sinclair Inlet and Port Orchard south of
the Manette Bridge in Bremerton, south of a line true west
from Battle Point, and west of a line drawn true south from
Point White(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon, July 1 through September 30.
(ii) Release wild Chinook.
(iii) Release chum from August 1 through September 15.
(iv) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(i) October 1 through January 31(( - )): Daily limit of
2 salmon. Release wild Chinook.
(j) Waters of Agate Pass west of a line from Point Monroe
to Indianola and east of a line from Point Bolin to Battle
Point((,)): Fly fishing only, lead core lines prohibited, and
catch and release from January 1 through January 31.
(k) February 1 through April 30(( - )): Closed.
(l) Elliott Bay Fishing Pier at Terminal 86, Seacrest
Pier, Waterman Pier, Bremerton Boardwalk, and Illahee State
Park Pier((:)), open year-round(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon, not more than one of which may be a Chinook salmon.
(ii) Release chum from August 1 through September 15.
(iii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit from July 1 through September 30.
(m) Duwamish Waterway downstream from the First Avenue
South Bridge to an east-west line projected through Southwest
Hanford Street on Harbor Island, from July 1 through October
31((,)) night closure, anti-snagging rule, and only fish
hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
(((8))) (9) Catch Record Card Area 11:
(a) May 1 through May 31(( - )): Closed.
(b) June 1 through June 30(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild Chinook.
(iii) Waters of Commencement Bay east of a line from the Cliff House Restaurant to the Sperry Ocean Dock are closed.
(c) July 1 through September 30(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild Chinook.
(iii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(iv) Waters of Commencement Bay east of a line from the Cliff House Restaurant to the Sperry Ocean Dock, closed July 1 through July 31.
(d) October 1 through October 31(( - )): Daily limit of
2 salmon.
(e) November 1 through December 31(( - )): Daily limit
of 2 salmon, not more than one of which may be a Chinook
salmon.
(f) January 1 through January 31(( - )): Closed.
(g) February 1 through April 30(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild Chinook.
(iii) Waters of Commencement Bay east of a line from the Cliff House Restaurant to the Sperry Ocean Dock, closed from April 1 through April 30.
(h) Dash Point Dock, Les Davis Pier, Des Moines Pier,
Redondo Pier, and Point Defiance Boathouse Dock((:)) are open
year-round(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon, not more than one of which may be a Chinook salmon.
(ii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit from July 1 through September 30.
(((9))) (10) Catch Record Card Area 12:
(a) May 1 through June 30(( - )): Closed.
(b) July 1 through October 15, in waters south of Ayock
Point(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 4 salmon, of which no more than
((two)) 2 may be Chinook salmon.
(ii) Release chum and wild Chinook.
(c) July 1 through August 15, in waters north of Ayock
Point(( - )): Closed.
(d) August 16 through October 15:
(i) Waters of Quilcene Bay north of a true east line from
Whitney Point to the Toandos Peninsula, and south of a line
true east from Broad Spit(( - )): Daily limit 4 coho salmon. Release all salmon except coho.
(ii) Waters north of a line true east from Broad Spit(( - )): Closed.
(iii) All other waters north of Ayock Point:
(A) August 16 through August 31(( - )): Closed.
(B) September 1 through October 15(( - )): Daily limit
of 4 coho salmon. Release all salmon except coho.
(e) October 16 through December 31(( - )):
(i) Waters north of a line true east from Broad Spit - Closed.
(ii) All other waters except Hoodsport Hatchery Zone:
(A) Daily limit of 4 salmon, of which no more than
((one)) 2 may be ((a)) Chinook salmon((, except waters north
of a line true east from Broad Spit - Closed)).
(B) Release wild Chinook.
(f) January 1 through January 31(( - )): Closed.
(g) February 1 through April 30(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon((,)).
(ii) Release wild Chinook.
(h) July 1 through December 31, the Hoodsport Hatchery Zone is managed separately from the remainder of Area 12. See WAC 220-56-124.
(((10))) (11) Catch Record Card Area 13:
(a) May 1 through June 30(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild Chinook.
(b) July 1 through September 30(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild coho and wild Chinook.
(c) October 1 through October 31(( - )):
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild coho.
(d) Waters at the mouth of Minter Creek within 1,000 feet of the outer oyster stakes are closed April 16 through September 30.
(e) Waters of Budd Inlet south of the Fourth Avenue Bridge are closed.
(i) Contiguous waters north of the Fourth Avenue Bridge and south of a line from the northwest corner of the Thriftway Market building and a point 100 yards north of the railroad bridge on the western shore are closed July 16 through October 31.
(ii) Waters north of the Thriftway Market-railroad bridge
line and south of a line projected due west from the KGY radio
tower (( - )): Night closure and anti-snagging rule from July
16 through October 31.
(f) November 1 through December 31(( - )): Daily limit
of 2 salmon, not more than one of which may be a Chinook
salmon.
(g) January 1 through April 30(( - )): Daily limit ((1))
of one salmon.
(h) Fox Island Public Fishing Pier((:)), open
year-round(( - )):
(i) Daily limit 2 salmon, not more than one of which may be a Chinook salmon.
(ii) Release wild coho from July 1 through October 31.
(12) Violation of this section is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160, unless the person has harvested salmon. If the person has harvested salmon, the violation is punishable under RCW 77.15.380, Unlawful recreational fishing in the second degree -- Penalty, unless the salmon are taken in the amounts or manner to constitute a violation of RCW 77.15.370, Unlawful recreational fishing in the first degree -- Penalty.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.020, 77.12.045, and 77.12.047. 11-21-038 (Order 11-273), § 232-28-621, filed 10/11/11, effective 11/11/11; 10-12-062 (Order 10-137), § 232-28-621, filed 5/27/10, effective 6/27/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020. 09-15-035 (Order 09-133), § 232-28-621, filed 7/8/09, effective 8/8/09; 08-15-002 (Order 08-165), § 232-28-621, filed 7/3/08, effective 8/3/08; 07-16-056, § 232-28-621, filed 7/26/07, effective 8/26/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 06-16-096 (Order 06-174), § 232-28-621, filed 7/31/06, effective 8/31/06; 05-17-007 (Order 05-168), § 232-28-621, filed 8/3/05, effective 9/3/05; 04-16-006 (Order 04-182), § 232-28-621, filed 7/22/04, effective 8/22/04; 03-16-109 (Order 03-182), § 232-28-621, filed 8/6/03, effective 9/6/03; 03-05-057 (Order 03-24), § 232-28-621, filed 2/14/03, effective 5/1/03; 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.]