PROPOSED RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 07-16-134.
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 220-16-320 General definitions -- Fish length, 220-56-105 River mouth definitions, 220-56-100 Definitions -- Personal use fishing, 220-56-175 Catch record cards, 220-56-282 Sturgeon -- Areas, seasons, limits and unlawful acts, 220-56-310 Shellfish -- Daily limits, 220-56-315 Crab, shrimp, crawfish -- Unlawful acts, 220-56-320 Shellfish gear -- Unlawful acts, 220-56-350 Clams other than razor clams, mussels -- Areas and seasons, 220-56-380 Oysters -- Areas and seasons, 220-56-510 Game fish possession limits and size limits, 232-12-168 Fishing contests, and 232-28-619 Washington food fish and game fish -- Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules. Sport fishing rules.
Hearing Location(s): Campbell's Resort and Conference Center, 104 West Woodin Avenue, Chelan, WA 98816, on November 2-3, 2007, at 8:00 a.m.
Date of Intended Adoption: On or after February 1, 2008.
Submit Written Comments to: Lori Preuss, Rules Coordinator, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, e-mail preuslmp@dfw.wa.gov, fax (360) 902-2155, by November 1, 2007.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Susan Yeager, TTY (360) 902-2207 or (360) 902-2267.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: WAC 220-16-320, a definition of "fork length" is added to the general definition of fish length. Fork length will be used to measure sturgeon, which have a cyclic tail that does not lend itself to conventional length measurement.
Subsection (2) A new "anti-snagging rule" is defined as restricting terminal gear to one single-pointed hook. Anglers may only retain fish hooked inside the mouth, and a night closure is in effect. This rule will be applied in place of the nonbuoyant lure rule in areas where anglers are attempting to snag fish.
Subsection (5) The term "bass" is defined as largemouth and smallmouth bass. This will make it clear that rock bass and striped bass are not included in the rules for "bass."
Subsection (19) The term "nonbuoyant lure restriction" has been deleted and will be replaced in the rule by the new anti-snagging rule described above. The nonbuoyant lure rule is very complex. The new rule will be easier for anglers to understand and for officers to enforce.
WAC 220-56-105, the mouth of the Nisqually River at the upstream end of Alder Lake is defined as the Highway 7 Bridge at Elbe. This will help anglers to distinguish between the lake and the river at all flow levels. Different rules apply in the lake than those in the river.
WAC 220-56-175, anglers may purchase a second catch record card for hatchery steelhead. A second card is invalid for wild steelhead.
WAC 220-56-282, sturgeon size limits are described in terms of fork length instead of total length.
WAC 220-56-310, this change would completely remove the minimum carapace size requirement for spot shrimp.
WAC 220-56-315, anglers may use up to five units of gear while fishing for crayfish in fresh water.
WAC 220-56-320, this proposed rule would make universal the requirement to use large mesh pots when fishing for spot shrimp in Puget Sound after June 1st. Shrimpers who are fishing after June 1st in areas closed to spot shrimp, but open for coonstripe and pink shrimp, will still be able to use small mesh pots for the nonspot shrimp. The purpose of the rule is to reduce mortality on juvenile spot shrimp by requiring large mesh when fishing for spot shrimp, which minimizes the sorting of small spot shrimp at the boat.
WAC 220-56-350, sport clam seasons are closed year-round on additional public beaches in Washington department of fish and wildlife (WDFW) Regions 4 and 6 that are polluted and therefore pose a human health risk to harvesters, according to the Washington department of health (DOH). This change is needed in order to carry out parts (2) and (3) of WDFW's tripartite legislative mandate (RCW 77.04.012): (1) Conserving the state's wildlife and food fish, game fish, and shellfish resources; (2) maintaining the economic well-being and stability of the state's fishing industry; and (3) enhancing and improving recreational and commercial fishing in the state.
The economic well-being and stability of the state's commercial aquaculture industry depends on a public perception that clams and oysters sold in the marketplace are safe to eat. This rule change strengthens our agency's ability to prevent the introduction of tainted shellfish into the commercial marketplace. For the same reason, this rule change enhances and improves the commercial shellfish aquaculture industry. This rule change also enhances recreational fishing by eliminating the current confusion among sport harvesters about the meaning of "closed" and "open." Beaches "closed" by DOH for pollution will also be closed by WDFW clam and oyster season regulations.
WAC 220-56-380, sport oyster seasons are closed year-round on additional public beaches in WDFW Regions 4 and 6 that are polluted and therefore pose a human health risk to harvesters, according to DOH. This change is needed in order to carry out parts (2) and (3) of WDFW's tripartite legislative mandate (RCW 77.04.012): (1) Conserving the state's wildlife and food fish, game fish, and shellfish resources; (2) maintaining the economic well-being and stability of the state's fishing industry; and (3) enhancing and improving recreational and commercial fishing in the state.
The economic well-being and stability of the state's commercial aquaculture industry depends on a public perception that clams and oysters sold in the marketplace are safe to eat. This rule change strengthens our agency's ability to prevent the introduction of tainted shellfish into the commercial marketplace. For the same reason, this rule change enhances and improves the commercial shellfish aquaculture industry. This rule change also enhances recreational fishing by eliminating the current confusion among sport harvesters about the meaning of "closed" and "open." Beaches "closed" by DOH for pollution will also be closed by WDFW clam and oyster season regulations.
WAC 220-56-510, separate daily limits are listed for largemouth and smallmouth bass. The current statewide bass rule that addresses both largemouth and smallmouth bass is only effective in management of largemouth bass, providing too much protection for smallmouth bass. The focus of increasing smallmouth bass harvest needs to be directed at fish less than 14 inches to avoid even greater increases in abundance of this smaller size group of smallmouth bass. A daily limit of one fish and minimum size of 48" is provided for tiger muskellunge, to allow a high quality fishery on these popular game fish.
WAC 232-12-168, fishing contests on tiger muskellunge (tiger muskies) are only allowed if no retention of muskies is allowed. Fish may be caught, measured, and photographed before being immediately released. Tournaments are only allowed on wild steelhead in areas and at times where it is lawful to retain wild steelhead. Due to the current spread of several deleterious aquatic invasive species throughout the country, rules for decontamination of tournament boats are expanded to include other aquatic invasive species in addition to zebra mussels. Tournament anglers are required to sign a decontamination statement, which must be submitted to the department as part of the tournament report.
WAC 232-28-619, modify exceptions to statewide rules. Change seasonal dates, and modify closed areas, daily limits, size limits, and gear restrictions. Nonbuoyant lure restrictions and night closures have been replaced by a new anti-snagging rule. New statewide daily limit for smallmouth bass incorporated.
Aberdeen Lake - only 2 trout over 15” may be retained.
Banks Lake - crappie daily limit of 10 fish, minimum size 9".
Bear River - closed waters above the Longview Fiber Bridge.
Big Quilcene River - selective gear rules added to lower river. Season in upper river section shortened to close October 31.
Big Tiffany Lake - bonus limit added for Eastern brook trout.
Black Lake renamed Spring Hill Reservoir.
Boulder Creek and tributaries - bonus limit added for Eastern brook trout.
Box Canyon Creek - dry lakebed specified as being included in the Closed waters area.
Bradley Lake - juvenile anglers only from May 15 through the last day of free fishing weekend to accommodate two special fishing events for juveniles.
Burley Creek - standard stream season of June 1 through October 31.
Cascade River: From the Rockport-Cascade Road upstream - selective gear rules and catch-and-release, except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Cedar River - anglers may keep other game fish species during the catch-and-release fishery for trout.
Chehalis River - from the High Bridge upstream - June 1 through April 15 season, selective gear rules and catch-and-release, except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Cispus River - anglers may keep other game fish species, and up to two hatchery steelhead during the catch-and-release fishery for trout.
Cle Elum Lake - bonus limit added for Lake Trout (Mackinaw).
Columbia Basin Hatchery Creek - trout daily limit lowered to three fish.
Columbia River - anti-snagging rule added from Rocky Reach Dam to Turtle Rock.
Cottonwood Creek - closed waters.
Cowlitz River - closed waters 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. From PUD signs on Peters Road to the mouth of the Muddy Fork and Ohanepecosh rivers - anglers may keep other game fish species, and up to two hatchery steelhead during the November 1 through May 31 catch-and-release fishery for trout.
Curley Creek - standard stream season of June 1 through October 31.
Dalton Lake - no more than two trout over 13" in length may be retained.
De Roux Creek - closed waters area added from the mouth to the USFS Trail #1392 (De Roux Cr. Trail) stream crossing (approximately one river mile).
Downs Lake - season opens March 1.
Dry Creek - closed waters upstream from the middle Waitsburg Road.
East Little Walla Walla River - closed waters.
Ellen Lake - catch-and-release, except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Failor Lake - no more than two trout over 13" in length may be retained.
Goodman Creek - anglers may not retain wild steelhead.
Grande Ronde River - daily limit for bass and channel catfish changed to match that of the adjoining Snake River.
Hatch Lake - catch-and-release for all game fish, except up to five rainbow trout may be retained.
Hoh River - season extended through April 30.
Hoquiam River - March 1 through 31, season closed.
Humptulips River - March 1 through 31 season added in mainstem from Highway 101 to forks and West Fork mouth to Donkey Creek - selective gear rules and catch-and-release.
Kalama River - timing and area of anti-snagging rule and night closure adjusted.
Lake Creek - from Black Lake to Three Prong Creek - Closed waters.
Liberty Lake - season opens March 1.
Little Quilcene River - standard stream season of June 1 through October 31 - catch-and-release and selective gear rules from mouth to Little Quilcene River Bridge on Penny Creek Road.
Little Twin Lake - Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Trout daily limit one.
Long Lake (Spokane River Reservoir) - year-round season.
Mashel River - catch-and-release, except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Selective gear rules.
Medical Lake - March 1 through October 31 season.
Mill Creek - June 1 through March 31 season.
Mill Pond - holders of a senior license may fish along with juveniles.
Munn Lake - additional season March 1 through the last Friday in April - catch-and-release and selective gear rules.
Nisqually River - between the tank crossing and LaGrande dam - catch-and-release, except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Selective gear rules.
North Creek - Closed waters from the mouth to falls at river mile 0.8.
Pampa Pond - no more than two trout over 13" in length may be retained.
Prices Lake - year-round season.
Rock Creek - mouth to ACE Park: Year-round season; same rules as adjacent area of Columbia River.
Roosevelt Lake - closed waters from the Coulee Dam National Recreation Area boundary downstream of Onion Creek to the Canadian border March 1 through May 31.
Sauk River - Selective gear rules and catch-and-release, except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Silvernail Lake - name changed to Silver Nail Lake.
Skagit River - from the Cascade River to Gorge Powerhouse - selective gear rules and catch-and-release, except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Spokane River - from the upstream boundary of the Plese Flats Day Use Area to Monroe Street Dam - June 1 through March 15 season.
Sprague Lake - Trout: No more than 2 over 20" in length. Combined daily limit of 25 crappie and bluegill. Crappie minimum size 9". Walleye: Statewide daily and size limits.
Sylvia Lake - no more than two trout over 13" in length may be retained per day.
Teal Lake - year-round season. Trout daily limit one fish.
Teanaway River - release all trout.
N.F. Teanaway River - mouth to Beverly Creek, including tributaries - selective gear rules and release all trout. Beverly Creek to impassable waterfall - closed waters.
Tieton River - dry lakebed specified as being included in the closed waters area.
S.F. Tieton River - closed waters area adjusted to between bridge on USFS Road 1200 to the bridge on USFS Road 1070.
Touchet River - additional season from mouth to confluence of the north and south forks ends March 31.
Tucannon River - additional season from mouth to Tucannon Hatchery Bridge ends March 31.
Vance Creek Ponds 1&2: No more than two trout over 15" in length may be retained per day.
Walla Walla River: No daily limit for channel catfish. Additional season from Touchet River upstream ends March 31.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: See Purpose above.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 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: Patricia Michael, 1111 Washington Street, Olympia, (360) 902-2628; Implementation: Lew Atkins, 1111 Washington Street, Olympia, (360) 902-2651; 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 rules affect recreational fishers. There is no direct regulation of small businesses.
A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328. These proposals do not affect hydraulics.
September 19, 2007
Loreva M. Preuss
Rules Coordinator
OTS-1070.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 817, filed 5/29/69)
WAC 220-16-320
General definitions -- Fish length
measurement.
The length of a fish, unless otherwise provided,
is defined as the shortest distance between the extreme tip of
the tail and extreme tip of the snout or jaw, whichever
extends the farthest, measured while the fish is lying in a
prone and normal position, except:
The term "fork length" means the distance from the extreme tip of the snout to the center of the fork of the tail.
[Order 817, § 220-16-320, filed 5/29/69. Formerly WAC 220-16-030 (part).]
OTS-1071.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 06-135, filed 6/13/06,
effective 7/14/06)
WAC 220-56-100
Definitions -- Personal-use fishing.
The
following definitions apply to personal use fishing in Titles
220 and 232 WAC:
(1) "Anadromous game fish" means steelhead, searun cutthroat trout, and searun Dolly Varden/bull trout.
(2) "Anti-snagging rule" means terminal gear is restricted to one single-pointed hook. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained. Night closure is in effect.
(3) "Bait" means any substance which attracts fish by scent or flavors. Bait includes any lure which uses scent or flavoring to attract fish.
(((3))) (4) "Barbless hook" means a hook on which all
barbs have been deleted when manufactured or filed off or
pinched down.
(((4))) (5) "Bass" means largemouth and smallmouth bass.
(6) "Bow and arrow fishing" means any method of taking, or attempting to take, fish by the use of an arrow equipped with a barbed head and a line attached, and propelled by a bow, as in the sport of archery, while the fisher is above the surface of the water.
(((5))) (7) "Buoy 10 line" means a true north-south line
projected through Buoy 10 at the mouth of the Columbia River. "Buoy 10 fishery" means a fishery between a line in the
Columbia River from Tongue Point in Oregon to Rocky Point in
Washington and the Buoy 10 line.
(((6))) (8) "Channel Marker 13 line" means a true
north-south line through Grays Harbor Channel Marker 13.
(((7))) (9) "Daily limit" means the maximum number or
pounds of fish, shellfish, or seaweed of the required size of
a given species or aggregate of species which a person may
retain in a single day.
(((8))) (10) "Fresh" means fish or shellfish that are
refrigerated, iced, salted, or surface glazed.
(((9))) (11) "Freshwater area" means:
(a) Within any freshwater river, lake, stream or pond.
(b) On the bank or within 10 yards of any freshwater river, lake, stream or pond.
(c) On or within any boat launch, ramp, or parking facility associated with any freshwater river, lake, stream or pond.
(((10))) (12) "Frozen" means fish or shellfish that are
hard frozen throughout.
(((11))) (13) "Gaffing" means an effort to take fish by
impaling the fish with a hook attached directly to a pole or
other device.
(((12))) (14) "Hatchery" when used to describe the
difference between a hatchery fish and a nonhatchery fish,
except salmon, means a fish having a clipped adipose fin or a
clipped ventral fin with a healed scar at the location of the
clipped fin. A hatchery salmon is a salmon having a clipped
adipose fin and a healed scar at the location of the clipped
fin, regardless of whether the fish is missing a ventral fin.
(((13))) (15) "Hook" means one single point, double or
treble hook. A "single point hook" means a hook having only
one point. A "double hook" means a hook having two points on
a common shank. A "treble hook" means a hook having three
points on a common shank.
(((14))) (16) "Hook and line" or "angling" shall be
identical in meaning and, except as provided in WAC 220-56-115, shall be defined as the use of not more than one
line with three hooks attached to a pole held in hand while
landing fish, or the use of a hand operated line without rod
or reel, to which may be attached not more than three hooks. When fishing for bottom fish, "angling" and "jigging" shall be
identical in meaning.
(((15))) (17) "In the field or in transit" means at any
place other than at the ordinary residence of the harvester. An ordinary residence is a residential dwelling where a person
normally lives, with associated features such as address,
telephone number, utility account, etc. A motor home or
camper parked at a campsite or a vessel are not considered to
be an ordinary residence.
(((16))) (18) "Juvenile" means a person under fifteen
year of age.
(((17))) (19) "Lure" means a manufactured article
constructed of feathers, hair, fiber, wood, metal, glass,
cork, leather, rubber or plastic which does not use scent or
flavoring to attract fish. "Nonbuoyant lure" means a lure
complete with hooks, swivels or other attachments, which does
not float in freshwater.
(((18))) (20) "Night closure" means closed to fishing
from one hour after official sunset to one hour before
official sunrise.
(((19) "Nonbuoyant lure restriction" means nonbuoyant
lures, defined as lures with hooks and attachments (eyes,
swivels, etc.), that do not have enough buoyancy to float in
freshwater, may have only one single hook measuring not more
than 3/4 inch point to shank. No weights may be attached
below or less than twelve inches above a buoyant lure defined
as a lure with hooks and attachments that has enough buoyancy
to float in freshwater, and all hooks must be attached to or
no more than three inches below a buoyant lure or within three
inches of bait or a nonbuoyant lure. No hook may be attached
to the line above a buoyant lure.
(20))) (21) "Possession limit" means the number of daily limits allowed to be retained in the field or in transit.
(((21))) (22) "Processed" means fish or shellfish which
have been processed by heat for human consumption as kippered,
smoked, boiled, or canned.
(((22))) (23) "Steelhead license year limit" means the
maximum number of steelhead trout any one angler may retain
from April 1st through the following March 31st.
(((23))) (24) "Selective gear rules" means terminal
fishing gear is limited to artificial flies with barbless
single hooks or lures with barbless single hooks, bait is
prohibited, and fishing from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor is prohibited unless otherwise
provided. Up to three hooks may be used. Only knotless nets
may be used to land fish. In waters under selective gear
rules, fish may be released until the daily limit is retained.
(((24))) (25) "Slough" means any swamp, marsh, bog, pond,
side-channel, or backwater connected to a river by water. Waters called sloughs that are not connected to a river are
considered lakes.
(((25))) (26) "Snagging" means an effort to take fish
with a hook and line in a manner that the fish does not take
the hook or hooks voluntarily in its mouth.
(((26))) (27) "Spearing" or "spear fishing" means an
effort to take fish or shellfish by impaling the fish or
shellfish on a shaft, arrow or other device.
(((27))) (28) "Stationary gear restriction" means the
line and weight and lure or bait must be moving while in the
water. The line and weight and lure or bait may not be
stationary.
(((28))) (29) "Steelhead" means searun rainbow trout over
twenty inches in length.
(((29))) (30) "Unmarked salmon" means a salmon with
intact adipose and ventral fins.
(((30))) (31) "Trout" means brown trout, bull trout,
cutthroat trout, Dolly Varden, Eastern brook trout, golden
trout, grayling, Kokanee (silver trout), lake trout, rainbow
trout, tiger trout, and, in WAC 232-28-619, salmon from waters
designated as "landlocked salmon rules apply."
(((31))) (32) "Whitefish gear rules" means terminal
fishing gear is restricted to one single hook, maximum hook
size three-sixteenths inch point to shank (hook size 14), and
bait is allowed. All species: Release all fish except
whitefish.
(((32))) (33) "Wild" when used to describe the difference
between a hatchery fish and a nonhatchery fish, except salmon,
means a fish with all fins intact.
(((33))) (34) "Wild" when used to describe a salmon
(chinook, coho, chum, pink or sockeye), means a salmon with an
unclipped adipose fin, regardless of whether the fish is
ventral fin-clipped. A salmon with a clipped adipose fin and
a healed scar at the site of the clipped fin is not a wild
salmon.
(((34))) (35) "Wild cutthroat release" means it is
unlawful to retain any cutthroat trout that does not have a
clipped adipose fin and a healed scar at the location of the
clipped fin.
(((35))) (36) "Wild steelhead release" means it is
unlawful to retain any steelhead that does not have a clipped
adipose or ventral fin and a healed scar at the location of
the clipped fin.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 06-13-023 (Order 06-135), § 220-56-100, filed 6/13/06, effective 7/14/06; 06-05-085 (Order 06-23), § 220-56-100, filed 2/14/06, effective 5/1/06; 05-17-007 (Order 05-168), § 220-56-100, filed 8/3/05, effective 9/3/05; 04-24-030 (Order 04-306), § 220-56-100, filed 11/23/04, effective 12/24/04; 04-07-009 (Order 04-39), § 220-56-100, filed 3/4/04, effective 5/1/04; 03-18-007 (Order 03-211), § 220-56-100, filed 8/20/03, effective 9/20/03; 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), § 220-56-100, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-16-091 (Order 00-134), § 220-56-100, filed 7/31/00, effective 8/31/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 77.12.040. 99-08-029 (Order 99-13), § 220-56-100, filed 3/30/99, effective 5/1/99; 98-06-031, § 220-56-100, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 97-07-078 (Order 97-53), § 220-56-100, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 96-11-078 (Order 96-44), § 220-56-100, filed 5/13/96, effective 6/13/96; 95-04-066 (Order 95-10), § 220-56-100, filed 1/30/95, effective 5/1/95; 94-14-069, § 220-56-100, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-100, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 86-09-020 (Order 86-08), § 220-56-100, filed 4/9/86; 85-09-017 (Order 85-20), § 220-56-100, filed 4/9/85; 82-13-040 (Order 82-61), § 220-56-100, filed 6/9/82; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-100, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80.]
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| White Salmon River - Between markers on the east and west shores downstream of the Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge except when buoys are in place southerly from the shore to the buoys and east and west between the buoys. | |
| Little White Salmon River - At boundary markers on river bank downstream from the Little White Salmon National Fish Hatchery. | |
| Willapa River - South Bend boat launch. | |
| Wind River - Boundary line markers at mouth. | |
| Yakima River - Highway 240 Bridge. |
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 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.]
(1) In order to fish for or possess for personal use any crab in Catch Record Card Area 4 east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh Line and in Catch Record Card Areas 5-13, anadromous salmon, sturgeon, halibut, or steelhead, an angler must obtain and have in personal possession a valid appropriate catch record card as described in WAC 220-69-236 except for commercially caught salmon retained for personal use as provided for in WAC 220-20-016 and commercially caught sturgeon retained for personal use as provided for in WAC 220-20-021. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, a catch record card is not required for landlocked steelhead or for salmon in waters designated as "landlocked salmon rules apply" in WAC 232-28-619.
(2) Any angler, after obtaining a catch record card shall validate the catch record card by completely, accurately, and legibly completing all personal identification information in ink on the catch record card prior to detaching the catch record card from the underlying copy of the catch record card or, for automated licenses, affixing the appropriate validation sticker to the catch record card. A catch record card remains valid so long as there are one or more unfilled spaces available for the species being fished for, except:
(a) In the mainstem Columbia River downstream from where the river forms the common boundary between Oregon and Washington for sturgeon a catch record card remains valid when the sturgeon portion of the catch record card is filled. A person may not retain sturgeon after the sturgeon portion of the catch record card is filled.
(b) A second or subsequent catch record card is invalid for retention of sturgeon and wild steelhead.
(3) Immediately upon catching and possessing a salmon, steelhead, sturgeon or halibut, the angler shall enter in ink in the appropriate space the place, date of catch, species (catch type), for sturgeon, length, for halibut, vessel type and for salmon, whether or not the fish was marked.
(4) Immediately upon retaining a Dungeness crab aboard a vessel or on the shore, the fisher must enter in ink in the appropriate space the place and date of catch, fishery type and enter a tally mark for each Dungeness crab retained from each catch record card area fished. At the end of the fishing day, the fisher shall enter the total number of crab tally marks for each fishery type.
(5) Every person issued a catch record card shall by April 30 of the year following the year printed on the catch record card return such card to the department of fish and wildlife except as follows: Every person issued a Puget Sound crab catch record card shall return such catch record card to the department of fish and wildlife no later than the required return date printed on the catch record card or report their catch record card information on the internet site designated on the catch record card by the same date.
(6) Any person possessing a catch record card shall, upon demand of any law enforcement officer or authorized department employee, exhibit said card to such officer or employee for inspection.
(7) A catch record card shall not be transferred, borrowed, altered, or loaned to another person.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 07-09-042 (Order 07-59), § 220-56-175, filed 4/11/07, effective 5/12/07; 06-21-031 (Order 06-262), § 220-56-175, filed 10/9/06, effective 11/9/06; 06-13-023 (Order 06-135), § 220-56-175, filed 6/13/06, effective 7/14/06; 06-05-085 (Order 06-23), § 220-56-175, filed 2/14/06, effective 5/1/06; 04-10-033 (Order 04-91), § 220-56-175, filed 4/29/04, effective 5/30/04; 03-05-057 (Order 03-24), § 220-56-175, filed 2/14/03, effective 5/1/03; 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 220-56-175, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.32.050. 00-11-178 (Order 00-80), § 220-56-175, filed 5/24/00, effective 6/24/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 220-56-175, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00; 99-17-066 (Order 99-125), § 220-56-175, filed 8/13/99, effective 4/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-175, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 90-06-026, § 220-56-175, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 89-07-071 (Order 89-05), § 220-56-175, filed 3/20/89; 88-05-002 (Order 88-03), § 220-56-175, filed 2/4/88; 85-11-020 (Order 85-43), § 220-56-175, filed 5/10/85; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-175, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-56-023.]
(2) It is lawful to fish for white sturgeon the entire year in saltwater, but open in freshwater only concurrent with a salmon or gamefish opening unless otherwise provided.
(3) The daily limit is one white sturgeon, with the following size restrictions:
(a) Minimum size ((48)) 42 inches ((in)) fork length in
the Columbia River and tributaries upstream from The Dalles
Dam.
(b) Minimum size ((42)) 38 inches ((in)) fork length in
all other state waters.
(c) Maximum size ((60)) 54 inches ((in)) fork length.
Once the daily limit has been retained, it is lawful 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.
(4) The possession limit is two daily limits of fresh, frozen or processed white sturgeon.
(5) 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 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.
(6) It is unlawful to fish for sturgeon with terminal gear other than bait and one single barbless hook. It is lawful 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.
(7) 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.
(8) 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.
(9) It is unlawful to use a gaff or other fish landing aid that penetrates the fish while restraining, handling or landing a sturgeon.
(10) It is unlawful to fail to immediately return to the water any undersize sturgeon.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 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.]
(1) Cockles, borers and clams in the shell, other than razor clams, geoduck clams and horse clams, 40 clams in the aggregate, or 10 pounds, whichever is achieved first except:
(a) In Skagit Bay, east of a line projected from Browns Point to Swinomish Slough entrance - diggers may additionally retain up to 20 pounds of eastern softshell clams in the shell.
(b) Willapa Bay - diggers may additionally retain up to twenty-four cockles.
(2) Razor clams: 15 clams.
(3) Geoduck clams: 3 clams.
(4) Horse clams: 7 clams.
(5) Oysters: 18 oysters, shucked and the shells left on the beach. Minimum size before shucking two and one-half inches along the longest dimension of the shell.
(6) Rock scallops: 12 scallops.
(7) Weathervane scallops: 12 scallops (over 4 inches).
(8) Spiny and pink scallops: 10 pounds or 5 quarts in the shell, in the aggregate.
(9) Shrimp: ((In all waters - First Saturday in May
through May 31, daily limit 80 shrimp. During all other open
periods total weight 10 pounds, maximum 80 spot shrimp as part
of the 10 pound limit. Spot shrimp: First Saturday in May
through May 31 in all waters and in Areas 1 through 3 and Area
4 west of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line during the remainder of the
year, no minimum size; June 1 through October 15 in Area 4
east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line and Areas 5 through 13,
minimum size one and three-sixteenths inch from the base of
the eyestalk to the top rear edge of the carapace.))
(a) In Areas 1-3 and Area 4 west of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line - total weight 10 pounds, maximum 80 spot shrimp as part of the 10-pound limit.
(b) In Area 4 east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line and Areas 5-13 - first Saturday in May through May 31, daily limit 80 shrimp. During all other open periods total weight 10 pounds, maximum 80 spot shrimp as part of the 10-pound limit.
(10) Octopus: 1 octopus.
(11) Pinto abalone: Closed statewide.
(12) Crawfish: 10 pounds in the shell. Minimum size 3 1/4 inches from tip of rostrum to tip of tail. Female crawfish with eggs or young attached to the abdomen must be released immediately.
(13) Squid other than Humboldt squid: 10 pounds or 5 quarts. In addition a person may retain up to 5 Humboldt squid per day.
(14) Sea cucumbers: 25 sea cucumbers.
(15) Red sea urchins: 18 sea urchins.
(16) Purple sea urchins: 18 sea urchins.
(17) Green sea urchins: 36 sea urchins.
(18) Dungeness crabs:
(a) In Area 1 except when fishing from the north jetty of the Columbia River and Areas 2, 3, and 4 west of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line - 6 male crabs.
(b) In Area 4 east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line, and Areas 5, 6, 7, 8-1, 8-2, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 - 5 male crabs.
(c) In the Columbia River upstream of a line from the outermost end of the north jetty to the exposed end of the south jetty, or when fishing from the north jetty of the Columbia River - 12 male crabs.
(19) Red rock crabs: 6 crabs.
(20) Mussels: 10 pounds in the shell, in the aggregate.
(21) Goose barnacles: 10 pounds of whole barnacles or 5 pounds of barnacle stalks.
(22) Ghost and mud shrimp: 10 dozen.
(23) King and box crab: Closed statewide.
(24) Tanner crabs: 6 crabs.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 06-05-085 (Order 06-23), § 220-56-310, filed 2/14/06, effective 5/1/06; 05-12-007 (Order 05-102), § 220-56-310, filed 5/19/05, effective 6/19/05; 05-05-035 (Order 05-15), § 220-56-310, filed 2/10/05, effective 5/1/05; 04-17-088 (Order 04-217), § 220-56-310, filed 8/16/04, effective 9/16/04; 04-07-009 (Order 04-39), § 220-56-310, filed 3/4/04, effective 5/1/04; 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), § 220-56-310, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 220-56-310, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00; 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 220-56-310, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99; 99-08-029 (Order 99-13), § 220-56-310, filed 3/30/99, effective 5/1/99; 98-06-031, § 220-56-310, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 97-07-078 (Order 97-53), § 220-56-310, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 95-04-066 (Order 95-10), § 220-56-310, filed 1/30/95, effective 5/1/95; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-56-310, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93; 92-11-012 (Order 92-19), § 220-56-310, filed 5/12/92, effective 6/12/92; 90-06-026, § 220-56-310, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-310, filed 3/16/89; 88-12-025 (Order 88-28), § 220-56-310, filed 5/25/88, effective 8/22/88; 88-10-013 (Order 88-15), § 220-56-310, filed 4/26/88; 87-09-066 (Order 87-16), § 220-56-310, filed 4/21/87; 86-24-046 (Order 86-190), § 220-56-310, filed 11/26/86; 86-09-020 (Order 86-08), § 220-56-310, filed 4/9/86; 85-12-046 (Order 85-57), § 220-56-310, filed 6/5/85; 84-09-026 (Order 84-22), § 220-56-310, filed 4/11/84; 83-04-027 (Order 83-06), § 220-56-310, filed 1/27/83; 82-07-047 (Order 82-19), § 220-56-310, filed 3/18/82; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-310, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80.]
(2) It is unlawful to set, fish, or pull more than two units of gear at any one time except:
(a) In Puget Sound waters it is unlawful to set, fish, or pull at any one time more than two units of crab gear and two additional units of shrimp gear.
(b) It is unlawful for the operator of any boat from which shrimp pots are set, fished, or pulled in Catch Record Card Areas 4 through 13 to have on board or to fish more than four shrimp pots.
(c) In the Columbia River it is unlawful to set, fish, or pull more than three units of crab gear.
(d) In fresh water it is lawful to use up to five units of gear to fish for crawfish.
(3) It is unlawful for any person to operate a shellfish pot not attached to a buoy bearing that person's name, except that a second person may assist the pot owner in operation of the gear.
(4) It is unlawful to salvage or attempt to salvage shellfish pot gear from Hood Canal that has been lost without first obtaining a permit authorizing such activity issued by the director, and it is unlawful to fail to comply with all provisions of such permit.
(5) It is unlawful to fish for or possess crab taken for personal use from the waters of Fidalgo Bay within 25 yards of the Burlington Northern Railroad trestle connecting March Point and Anacortes.
(6) It is unlawful to fish for or possess crab taken for personal use with shellfish pot or ring net gear from the waters of Padilla Bay or Swinomish Slough within 25 yards of the Burlington Northern Railroad crossing the northern end of Swinomish Slough except from one hour before official sunrise to one hour after official sunset.
(7) It is unlawful to dig for or possess ghost or mud shrimp taken for personal use by any method except hand operated suction devices or dug by hand.
(8) One unit of gear is equivalent to one ring net or one shellfish pot. It is unlawful to have more than one unit of unattended gear attached to a buoy line or to fail to have a separate buoy for each unit of gear.
(9) In waters open only on certain days or certain hours during the day, except for the night closure set out in subsection (10) of this section, it is unlawful to fail to remove gear from the water when fishing for shellfish is not allowed, and it is unlawful to fail to remove gear from the water by one hour after sunset if fishing is not allowed on the next calendar day. In waters that are open continuously except for the night closure set out in subsection (10) of this section, gear may be left in the water during the night closure.
(10) It is unlawful to set or pull shellfish pots, ring nets or star traps from a vessel in Catch Record Card Areas 1-13 from one hour after official sunset to one hour before official sunrise.
(11) It is unlawful to possess soft-shelled crab for any personal use purpose. Violation of this subsection shall be an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 07-05-051 (Order 07-22), § 220-56-315, filed 2/16/07, effective 3/19/07; 05-12-007 (Order 05-102), § 220-56-315, filed 5/19/05, effective 6/19/05; 05-05-035 (Order 05-15), § 220-56-315, filed 2/10/05, effective 5/1/05; 04-07-009 (Order 04-39), § 220-56-315, filed 3/4/04, effective 5/1/04; 02-19-014 (Order 02-224), § 220-56-315, filed 9/6/02, effective 10/7/02; 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), § 220-56-315, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02; 01-07-024 (Order 01-39), § 220-56-315, filed 3/14/01, effective 4/14/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 220-56-315, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00; 98-06-031, § 220-56-315, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 94-14-069, § 220-56-315, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-56-315, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93; 92-11-012 (Order 92-19), § 220-56-315, filed 5/12/92, effective 6/12/92; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-315, filed 3/16/89; 81-05-027 (Order 81-13), § 220-56-315, filed 2/17/81, effective 4/1/81; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-315, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80.]
(a) Unattended shellfish gear must have the line attaching the buoy to the gear weighted sufficiently to prevent the line from floating on the water's surface.
(b) All buoys must consist of durable material and remain visible on the surface at all times except during extreme tidal conditions. It is unlawful to use bleach, antifreeze or detergent bottles, paint cans or any other container.
(c) All buoys attached to shrimp gear must be yellow or fluorescent yellow in color. Flags and staff, if attached, may be any color.
(d) All buoys attached to crab gear must be half red or half fluorescent red in color and half white in color. Flags and staff, if attached, may be any color.
(2) It is unlawful for the maximum perimeter of any shrimp pot to exceed 10 feet, and the pot shall not exceed 1-1/2 feet in height.
(3) It is unlawful to fish for or possess crab taken with shellfish pot gear that are equipped with tunnel triggers or other devices which prevent free exit of crabs under the legal limit unless such gear is equipped with not less than two escape rings located in the upper half of the pot which are not less than 4-1/4 inches inside diameter in all waters except in the Columbia River the escape ring minimum size is 4 inches inside diameter. It is unlawful to use mesh size for crab pots less than 1-1/2 inches.
(4) It is unlawful to take, fish for or possess shrimp
taken for personal use with shellfish pot gear ((during the
month of May in Area 4 east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line and in
Areas 5 through 13, and year-round in Area 4 west of the
Bonilla-Tatoosh line and Areas 1 through 3)) unless such gear
meets the following requirements:
(a) The entire top, bottom, and sides of the shellfish pots must be constructed of mesh material and except for the entrance tunnels have the minimum mesh opening size defined below.
(b) The minimum mesh ((opening)) size for shrimp pots is
one inch, defined as a mesh that a 7/8-inch square peg will
pass through each mesh opening except for flexible (web) mesh
pots where the opening must be a minimum of one and
three-quarters inch stretch measure except:
June 1 through October 15, Area 4 east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line, and Areas 5 through 13: In any Marine Area of portion thereof that is closed for spot shrimp but open for coonstripe and pink shrimp, the minimum mesh size for shrimp pots is one-half inch, defined as a mesh that a 3/8 inch square peg will pass through each mesh opening except for flexible (web) mesh pots where the opening must be a minimum of one and one-eighth inch stretch measure.
(c) All entrance tunnels must open into the pot from the side.
(d) The sum of the maximum widths of all entrance tunnels must not exceed 1/2 the perimeter of the bottom of the pot.
(5) It is unlawful to fish for or possess shellfish taken for personal use with shellfish pot gear unless the gear allows for escapement using at least one of the following methods:
(a) Attachment of pot lid hooks or tiedown straps with a single strand or loop of untreated, 100 percent cotton twine no larger than thread size 120 so that the pot lid will open freely if the twine or fiber is broken.
(b) An opening in the pot mesh no less than three inches by five inches which is laced or sewn closed with untreated, 100 percent cotton twine no larger than thread size 120. The opening must be located within the top half of the pot and be unimpeded by the entry tunnels, bait boxes, or any other structures or materials.
(c) Attachment of pot lid or one pot side serving as a pot lid with no more than three single loops of untreated 100 percent cotton or other natural fiber twine no larger than thread size 120 so that the pot lid or side will open freely if the twine or fiber is broken.
(6) It is unlawful to set shellfish pots in a manner that they are not covered by water at all times.
(7) ((June 1 through October 15 in Area 4 east of the
Bonilla-Tatoosh line and Areas 5 through 13, it is unlawful to
use mesh size for shrimp pots less than one-half inch except
in entrance tunnels except for flexible (web) mesh pots where
the opening must be a minimum of one and one-eighths inch
stretch measure.
(8))) It is unlawful to fish for crab using shellfish pot gear greater in volume than thirteen cubic feet.
(((9))) (8) Use of gear in violation of this section is
an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160, except failure
to use untreated cotton twine as provided for in subsection
(5) of this section remains a misdemeanor punishable under RCW 77.15.380 Unlawful recreational fishing in the second
degree -- Penalty.
(((10))) (9) It is unlawful to possess shellfish taken
with gear in violation of the provisions of this section. Possession of shellfish while using gear in violation of the
provisions of this section is a rebuttable presumption that
the shellfish were taken with such gear. Violation of this
subsection is punishable under RCW 77.15.380 Unlawful
recreational fishing in the second degree -- Penalty, unless the
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. 06-09-021 (Order 06-67), § 220-56-320, filed 4/11/06, effective 5/12/06; 06-05-085 (Order 06-23), § 220-56-320, filed 2/14/06, effective 5/1/06; 05-05-035 (Order 05-15), § 220-56-320, filed 2/10/05, effective 5/1/05; 03-05-057 (Order 03-24), § 220-56-320, filed 2/14/03, effective 5/1/03; 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 220-56-320, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 77.12.040. 99-08-029 (Order 99-13), § 220-56-320, filed 3/30/99, effective 5/1/99; 98-06-031, § 220-56-320, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 97-07-078 (Order 97-53), § 220-56-320, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 94-14-069, § 220-56-320, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-56-320, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93; 92-11-012 (Order 92-19), § 220-56-320, filed 5/12/92, effective 6/12/92; 90-06-026, § 220-56-320, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-320, filed 3/16/89; 88-12-025 (Order 88-28), § 220-56-320, filed 5/25/88, effective 8/22/88; 87-09-066 (Order 87-16), § 220-56-320, filed 4/21/87; 85-09-017 (Order 85-20), § 220-56-320, filed 4/9/85; 84-09-026 (Order 84-22), § 220-56-320, filed 4/11/84; 82-07-047 (Order 82-19), § 220-56-320, filed 3/18/82; 81-05-027 (Order 81-13), § 220-56-320, filed 2/17/81, effective 4/1/81; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-320, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-56-088.]
Except that public tidelands at the following beaches are closed unless otherwise provided:
(((a))) (1) Ala Spit: Open May 1 through May 31.
(((b))) (2) Alki Park: Closed the entire year.
(3) Alki Point: Closed the entire year.
(4) Bay View State Park: Closed the entire year.
(5) Brown's Point Lighthouse: Closed the entire year.
(6) Brownsville: Closed the entire year.
(7) Cama Beach State Park: Closed the entire year.
(((c))) (8) Camano Island State Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((d))) (9) Chuckanut Bay: Closed the entire year.
(10) Coupeville: Closed the entire year.
(11) Dash Point State Park: Closed the entire year.
(12) Dave Mackie County Park: Closed the entire year.
(13) Des Moines City Park: Closed the entire year.
(14) Discovery Park: Closed the entire year.
(15) DNR-18: Closed the entire year.
(16) DNR-79: Closed the entire year.
(17) DNR-85: Closed the entire year.
(18) DNR-142: Closed the entire year.
(19) DNR-144 (Sleeper): Closed the entire year.
(20) Dockton County Park: Closed the entire year.
(21) Dosewallips State Park: Open May 15 through July 31 only in area defined by boundary markers and signs posted on the beach.
(((e))) (22) Dungeness Spit and Dungeness National
Wildlife Refuge Tidelands - Open May 15 through September 30.
(((f))) (23) Eagle Creek: Closed the entire year.
(((g))) (24) East San De Fuca: Closed the entire year.
(25) Fort Flagler State Park including that portion of the spit west of the park boundary (Rat Island): Open April 1 through June 30.
(((h))) (26) Fort Ward State Park: Closed the entire
year.
(27) Freeland County Park(( - Open January 1 through May
15)): Closed the entire year.
(((i))) (28) Frye Cove County Park - Open January 1
through June 15.
(((j))) (29) Garrison Bay: Tidelands at Guss Island and
those tidelands at British camp between the National Park
Service dinghy dock at the north end and the park boundary at
the south end are closed the entire year.
(((k))) (30) Gertrude Island - All tidelands at Gertrude
Island closed the entire year.
(((l))) (31) Golden Gardens: Closed the entire year.
(32) Graveyard Spit: Closed the entire year.
(33) Harrington Beach: Closed the entire year.
(34) Hoodsport: Tidelands at Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery are closed the entire year.
(((m))) (35) Hope Island State Park (South Puget Sound):
Open April 1 through May 31.
(((n))) (36) Howarth Park: Closed the entire year.
(37) Illahee State Park: Open April 1 through July 31.
(((o))) (38) Jarrell Cove State Park: Closed the entire
year.
(39) Kayak Point County Park: Closed the entire year.
(((p))) (40) Kitsap Memorial State Park: Open May 15
through June 30.
(((q))) (41) Kopachuck State Park: Open June 1 through
July 31.
(((r))) (42) Liberty Bay - All state-owned tidelands in
Liberty Bay north and west of the Keyport Naval Supply Center
are closed to the harvest of clams the entire year.
(((s))) (43) Lincoln Park: Closed the entire year.
(44) Lions Park (Bremerton): Closed the entire year.
(45) Little Clam Bay: Closed the entire year.
(46) Lower Roto Vista Park: Closed the entire year.
(47) Manchester State Park: Closed the entire year.
(48) McNeil Island - All tidelands on McNeil Island are closed the entire year.
(((t))) (49) Meadowdale County Park: Closed the entire
year.
(50) Mee-Kwa-Mooks Park: Closed the entire year.
(51) Middle Ground (Sequim Bay): Closed the entire year.
(52) Monroe Landing: Closed the entire year.
(53) Mukilteo State Park - Closed the entire year.
(((u))) (54) Mystery Bay State Park: Open October 1
through April 30.
(((v))) (55) Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge: Closed
the entire year.
(56) North Beach County Park: Closed the entire year.
(57) North Fort Lewis: Closed the entire year.
(58) North Point Hudson: Closed the entire year.
(59) Northeast Cultus Bay: Closed the entire year.
(60) Oak Bay County Park: Open July 1 through July 31.
(((w))) (61) Oak Harbor City Park: Closed the entire
year.
(62) Old Man House State Park: Closed the entire year.
(63) Olympia Shoal: Closed the entire year.
(64) Oyster Reserves: Puget Sound and Willapa Bay state oyster reserves are closed the entire year except as follows:
(((i))) (a) North Bay: State-owned oyster reserves open
the entire year.
(((ii))) (b) Oakland Bay: Tidelands at the north end of
Oakland Bay and on the channel of the northwest shore of the
Bayshore Peninsula between department markers open the entire
year.
(((iii))) (c) Willapa Bay - Long Island oyster reserve:
Northwest side of Long Island between reserve monuments 39 and
41 and southwest side of Long Island between reserve monuments
58 and 59.
(((x))) (65) Penrose Point State Park: Open March 1
through May 31.
(((y))) (66) Picnic Point County Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((z))) (67) Pitship Point: Closed the entire year.
(((aa))) (68) Pitt Island - All tidelands on Pitt Island
are closed the entire year.
(((bb))) (69) Pleasant Harbor State Park: Closed the
entire year.
(70) Point Whitney (excluding Point Whitney Lagoon): Open March 1 through May 15.
(((cc))) (71) Point Whitney Lagoon: Open May 15 through
June 30.
(((dd))) (72) Port Angeles Coast Guard: Closed the
entire year.
(73) Port Angeles Harbor: Closed the entire year.
(74) Port Gardner: Closed the entire year.
(75) Port Townsend Ship Canal/Portage Canal: Open January 1 through May 31.
(((ee))) (76) Post Point: Closed the entire year.
(77) Potlatch DNR tidelands: Open April 1 through August 31.
(((ff))) (78) Potlatch East: Open April 1 through August
31.
(((gg))) (79) Potlatch State Park: Open April 1 through
August 31.
(((hh))) (80) Priest Point County Park: Closed the
entire year.
(81) Purdy Spit County Park: The southern shore of the spit from the boat ramp to the bridge is closed the entire year.
(((ii))) (82) Quilcene Bay Tidelands - All state-owned
tidelands in Quilcene Bay north of a line drawn from the
Quilcene Boat Haven to Fisherman's Point are closed to the
harvest of clams the entire year, except those state-owned
tidelands on the west side of the bay north of the Quilcene
Boat Haven are open April 1 through December 31, daily from
official sunrise to official sunset only.
(((jj))) (83) Retsil: Closed the entire year.
(84) Rendsland Creek: Open January 1 through June 15.
(((kk))) (85) Richmond Beach: Closed the entire year.
(86) Saltwater State Park: Closed the entire year.
(((ll))) (87) Samish Beach: Closed the entire year.
(88) Scenic Beach State Park(( - )): Open April 15
through May 15.
(((mm))) (89) Seahurst County Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((nn))) (90) Semiahmoo: Closed the entire year.
(91) Semiahmoo County Park: Closed the entire year.
(92) Sequim Bay State Park - Open May 1 through June 15.
(((oo))) (93) Shine Tidelands State Park: Open January 1
through May 15.
(((pp))) (94) Silverdale County Park: Closed the entire
year.
(95) Sinclair Inlet: Closed the entire year.
(96) Skagit Wildlife Area Jensen Access: Closed the entire year.
(97) Skagit Wildlife Area North Fork Access: Closed the entire year.
(98) Skagit Wildlife Area South Fork Access: Closed the entire year.
(99) South Carkeek Park: Closed the entire year.
(100) South Dougall Point: Closed the entire year.
(101) South Gordon Point: Closed the entire year.
(102) South Indian Island County Park: Open April 1 through August 31.
(((qq))) (103) South Mukilteo Park: Closed the entire
year.
(104) South Oro Bay: Closed the entire year.
(105) South Point Wilson: Closed the entire year.
(106) Southworth Ferry Dock: Closed the entire year.
(107) Spencer Spit State Park: Open March 1 through July 31.
(((rr))) (108) Sunrise Beach (Langley Seawall): Closed
the entire year.
(109) Suquamish (Old Man House): Closed the entire year.
(110) Taylor Bay: Closed the entire year.
(111) Triton Cove Tidelands: Open July 1 through September 30.
(((ss))) (112) Twanoh State Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((tt))) (113) Walker County Park: Closed the entire
year.
(114) West Dewatto: DNR Beach 44A closed the entire year.
(((uu))) (115) West Pass Access: Closed the entire year.
(116) Willapa Bay: State-owned tidelands east of the department Willapa Bay Field Station and Nahcotta Tidelands Interpretive Site are closed year-round.
(((vv))) (117) Wolfe Property State Park: Open January 1
through May 15.
(((2))) (118) Woodard Bay: Closed the entire year.
It is lawful to take, dig for and possess clams, cockles, borers, and mussels, not including razor clams, taken for personal use in Grays Harbor and Willapa Harbor the entire year, except from state oyster reserves, which are closed to clam digging the entire year.
(((3))) It is lawful to take, dig for and possess clams,
cockles, borers, and mussels, not including razor clams taken
for personal use from the Pacific Ocean beaches from November
1 through March 31.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 07-05-051 (Order 07-22), § 220-56-350, filed 2/16/07, effective 3/19/07; 06-05-085 (Order 06-23), § 220-56-350, filed 2/14/06, effective 5/1/06; 05-05-035 (Order 05-15), § 220-56-350, filed 2/10/05, effective 5/1/05; 04-07-009 (Order 04-39), § 220-56-350, filed 3/4/04, effective 5/1/04; 03-05-057 (Order 03-24), § 220-56-350, filed 2/14/03, effective 5/1/03; 02-17-019 (Order 02-193), § 220-56-350, filed 8/9/02, effective 9/9/02; 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), § 220-56-350, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02; 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 220-56-350, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-16-091 (Order 00-134), § 220-56-350, filed 7/31/00, effective 8/31/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 220-56-350, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00; 99-08-029 (Order 99-13), § 220-56-350, filed 3/30/99, effective 5/1/99; 98-06-031, § 220-56-350, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 97-07-078 (Order 97-53), § 220-56-350, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 96-11-078 (Order 96-44), § 220-56-350, filed 5/13/96, effective 6/13/96; 95-12-027 (Order 95-46), § 220-56-350, filed 5/31/95, effective 7/1/95; 94-14-069, § 220-56-350, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-15-011, § 220-56-350, filed 7/8/93, effective 8/8/93; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-56-350, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93; 92-11-012 (Order 92-19), § 220-56-350, filed 5/12/92, effective 6/12/92; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-350, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 90-06-026, § 220-56-350, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-350, filed 3/16/89; 88-10-013 (Order 88-15), § 220-56-350, filed 4/26/88; 87-09-066 (Order 87-16), § 220-56-350, filed 4/21/87; 86-09-020 (Order 86-08), § 220-56-350, filed 4/9/86; 85-12-046 (Order 85-57), § 220-56-350, filed 6/5/85; 83-07-043 (Order 83-16), § 220-56-350, filed 3/17/83; 81-05-027 (Order 81-13), § 220-56-350, filed 2/17/81, effective 4/1/81; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-350, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-56-082.]
(1) Alki Park: Closed the entire year.
(2) Alki Point: Closed the entire year.
(3) Bangor: Closed the entire year.
(4) Bay View State Park: Closed the entire year.
(5) Brown Point (DNR 57-B): Closed the entire year.
(((2))) (6) Brown's Point Lighthouse: Closed the entire
year.
(7) Brownsville: Closed the entire year.
(8) Chuckanut: Closed the entire year.
(9) Coupeville: Closed the entire year.
(10) Cushman (Saltwater) Park - Open March 1 through December 31.
(((3))) (11) Dash Point State Park: Closed the entire
year.
(12) Dave Mackie County Park: Closed the entire year.
(13) Des Moines City Park: Closed the entire year.
(14) Discovery Park: Closed the entire year.
(15) DNR-18: Closed the entire year.
(16) DNR-79: Closed the entire year.
(17) DNR-85: Closed the entire year.
(18) DNR-142: Closed the entire year.
(19) DNR 144 (Sleeper): Closed the entire year.
(20) Dockton County Park: Closed the entire year.
(21) East San De Fuca: Closed the entire year.
(22) Fort Flagler State Park including that portion of the spit west of the park boundary (Rat Island): Open April 1 through June 30.
(((4))) (23) Fort Ward State Park: Closed the entire
year.
(24) Freeland County Park: Closed the entire year.
(25) Frye Cove County Park: Open January 1 through June 15.
(((5))) (26) Golden Gardens: Closed the entire year.
(27) Graveyard Spit: Closed the entire year.
(28) Harrington Beach: Closed the entire year.
(29) Hoodsport: Tidelands at the Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery are closed the entire year.
(((6))) (30) Hope Island State Park (South Puget Sound):
Open April 1 through May 31.
(((7))) (31) Howarth Park: Closed the entire year.
(32) Illahee State Park: Open April 1 through July 31.
(((8))) (33) Jarrell Cove State Park: Closed the entire
year.
(34) Kitsap Memorial State Park: Open May 15 through July 31.
(((9))) (35) Kopachuck State Park: Open March 1 through
July 31.
(((10))) (36) Liberty Bay - All state-owned tidelands in
Liberty Bay north and west of the Keyport Naval Supply Center
are closed to the harvest of oysters the entire year.
(((11))) (37) Lincoln Park: Closed the entire year.
(38) Lions Park (Bremerton): Closed the entire year.
(39) Little Clam Bay: Closed the entire year.
(40) Lower Roto Vista Park: Closed the entire year.
(41) Manchester State Park: Closed the entire year.
(42) Meadowdale County Park: Closed the entire year.
(43) Mee-Kwa-Mooks Park: Closed the entire year.
(44) Middle Ground (Sequim Bay): Closed the entire year.
(45) Monroe Landing: Closed the entire year.
(46) Mukilteo State Park: Closed the entire year.
(47) Mystery Bay State Park: Open October 1 through April 30.
(((12))) (48) Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge: Closed
the entire year.
(49) North Beach County Park: Closed the entire year.
(50) North Fort Lewis: Closed the entire year.
(51) North Point Hudson: Closed the entire year.
(52) Northeast Cultus Bay: Closed the entire year.
(53) Oak Bay County Park: Open July 1 through July 31.
(((13))) (54) Oak Harbor Beach Park: Closed the entire
year.
(55) Oak Harbor City Park: Closed the entire year.
(56) Old Man House State Park: Closed the entire year.
(57) Olympia Shoal: Closed the entire year.
(58) Oyster Reserves: Puget Sound and Willapa Bay oyster reserves are closed the entire year except the following are open the entire year:
(a) Oakland Bay - Tidelands at the north end of Oakland Bay and on the channel of the northwest shore of the Bayshore Peninsula between department markers - open the entire year.
(b) North Bay - State-owned reserves open the entire year.
(c) Willapa Bay - Long Island oyster reserve: Northwest side of Long Island between reserve monuments 39 and 41 and southwest side of Long Island between reserve monuments 58 and 59.
(((14))) (59) Penrose Point State Park: Open March 1
through May 31.
(((15))) (60) Picnic Point: Closed the entire year.
(61) Pleasant Harbor State Park: Closed the entire year.
(62) Port Angeles Coast Guard: Closed the entire year.
(63) Port Angeles Harbor: Closed the entire year.
(64) Port Gardner: Closed the entire year.
(65) Port Townsend Ship Canal/Portage Canal: Open January 1 through May 31.
(((16))) (66) Post Point: Closed the entire year.
(67) Potlatch DNR Tidelands: Open April 1 through August 31.
(((17))) (68) Potlatch East: Open April 1 through August
31.
(((18))) (69) Potlatch State Park: Open April 1 through
August 31.
(((19))) (70) Priest Point County Park: Closed the
entire year.
(71) Quilcene Bay Tidelands - All state-owned tidelands in Quilcene Bay north of a line drawn from the Quilcene Boat Haven to Fisherman's Point are closed except those state-owned tidelands on the west side of the bay north of the Quilcene Boat Haven are open April 1 through December 31, daily from official sunrise to official sunset, only.
(((20))) (72) Reid Harbor - South Beach: Closed the
entire year.
(73) Retsil: Closed the entire year.
(74) Richmond Beach: Closed the entire year.
(75) Saltwater County Park: Closed the entire year.
(76) Samich Beach: Closed the entire year.
(77) Seahurst County Park: Closed the entire year.
(78) Scenic Beach State Park: Open April 15 through May 15.
(((21))) (79) Semiahmoo: Closed the entire year.
(80) Semiahmoo County Park: Closed the entire year.
(81) Shine Tidelands State Park: Open January 1 through May 15.
(((22))) (82) Silverdale County Park: Closed the entire
year.
(83) Sinclair Inlet: Closed the entire year.
(84) Skagit Wildlife Area Jensen Access: Closed the entire year.
(85) Skagit Wildlife Area North Fork Access: Closed the entire year.
(86) Skagit Wildlife Area South Fork Access: Closed the entire year.
(87) South Carkeek Park: Closed the entire year.
(88) South Dougall Point: Closed the entire year.
(89) South Gordon Point: Closed the entire year.
(90) South Indian Island County Park: Open April 1 through August 31.
(((23))) (91) South Mukilteo Park: Closed the entire
year.
(92) South Oro Bay: Closed the entire year.
(93) South Point Wilson: Closed the entire year.
(94) Southworth Ferry Dock: Closed the entire year.
(95) Sunrise Beach (Langley Seawall): Closed the entire year.
(96) Suquamish (Old Man House): Closed the entire year.
(97) Taylor Bay: Closed the entire year.
(98) Walker County Park: Closed the entire year.
(99) West Pass Access: Closed the entire year.
(100) Willapa Bay: State-owned tidelands east of the department Willapa Bay Field Station and the Nahcotta Tidelands Interpretive Site are open only between boundary markers and posted signs.
(((24))) (101) Woodard Bay: Closed the entire year.
(102) Wolfe Property State Park: Open January 1 through May 15.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 07-05-051 (Order 07-22), § 220-56-380, filed 2/16/07, effective 3/19/07; 06-05-085 (Order 06-23), § 220-56-380, filed 2/14/06, effective 5/1/06; 05-05-035 (Order 05-15), § 220-56-380, filed 2/10/05, effective 5/1/05; 04-07-009 (Order 04-39), § 220-56-380, filed 3/4/04, effective 5/1/04; 03-05-057 (Order 03-24), § 220-56-380, filed 2/14/03, effective 5/1/03; 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), § 220-56-380, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02; 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 220-56-380, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-16-091 (Order 00-134), § 220-56-380, filed 7/31/00, effective 8/31/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 220-56-380, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00; 99-08-029 (Order 99-13), § 220-56-380, filed 3/30/99, effective 5/1/99; 98-06-031, § 220-56-380, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 97-07-078 (Order 97-53), § 220-56-380, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 96-11-078 (Order 96-44), § 220-56-380, filed 5/13/96, effective 6/13/96; 95-12-027 (Order 95-46), § 220-56-380, filed 5/31/95, effective 7/1/95; 94-14-069, § 220-56-380, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-56-380, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93; 92-11-012 (Order 92-19), § 220-56-380, filed 5/12/92, effective 6/12/92; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-380, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 90-06-026, § 220-56-380, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-380, filed 3/16/89; 88-10-012 and 88-10-013 (Orders 88-14 and 88-15), § 220-56-380, filed 4/26/88; 87-09-066 (Order 87-16), § 220-56-380, filed 4/21/87; 86-09-020 (Order 86-08), § 220-56-380, filed 4/9/86; 84-09-026 (Order 84-22), § 220-56-380, filed 4/11/84; 82-13-040 (Order 82-61), § 220-56-380, filed 6/9/82; 82-07-047 (Order 82-19), § 220-56-380, filed 3/18/82; 81-05-027 (Order 81-13), § 220-56-380, filed 2/17/81, effective 4/1/81; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-380, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-56-086.]
(1) Daily game fish possession and size limits:
| Species | Daily limit | Size limits |
| Largemouth Bass | 5 | Release bass 12 to 17 inches in length. Not more than 1 largemouth bass 17 inches in length or greater may be retained. |
| Smallmouth Bass | 10 | No minimum size. Not more than one smallmouth bass over 14 inches in length or greater may be retained. |
| Burbot | 5 | No size restriction. |
| Channel catfish | 5 | No size restriction. |
| Eastern brook trout | Count as part of the 5 trout daily limit in lakes, ponds and reservoirs. | No size restriction. |
| Bonus limit in rivers, streams and beaver ponds. Up to 5 trout including Eastern brook trout may be retained, but not more than 2 of which may be trout other than Eastern brook trout. | No size restriction. | |
| Grass carp | Unlawful to retain. | Not applicable. |
| Tiger Muskellunge | 5 | Minimum size 48 inches in length. |
| Trout (except Eastern brook trout) | 5 from lakes, ponds and reservoirs. | No size restriction. |
| 2 from rivers, streams, and beaver ponds. | 8-inch minimum size. | |
| The daily trout limit is 5 trout, regardless of origin, of which not more than 2 may be steelhead. | ||
| Walleye | 5 | 16-inch minimum size. Not more than 1 walleye greater than 22 inches in length may be retained. |
| Whitefish | 15 | No size restriction. |
| All other game fish | No limit. | No size restriction. |
(3) Wild steelhead and Dolly Varden/bull trout: Except as provided for in this section and WAC 232-28-619, it is unlawful to retain wild steelhead or Dolly Varden.
(4) Wild steelhead license year limit: From waters in which wild steelhead may be taken as provided for in WAC 232-28-619, the license year limit is one wild steelhead.
(5) ((Total steelhead license year limit: The license
year limit is thirty steelhead in total.
(6))) Saltwater game fish retention: Game fish taken in saltwater may not be retained, except that up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 06-13-023 (Order 06-135), § 220-56-510, filed 6/13/06, effective 7/14/06.]
OTS-1072.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 06-23, filed 2/14/06,
effective 5/1/06)
WAC 232-12-168
Fishing contests.
(1) Contest defined:
By definition, a fishing contest exists when 6 or more
licensed persons fish competitively and determine winners,
regardless of prize value.
(2) Application:
(a) Fishing contest permit applications should be submitted to the department by November 1 of each year for contests that are to take place the following calendar year. After November 1, applications must be submitted not less than 30 days prior to the date for which the contest is proposed.
(b) Applications must include the permit fee required by RCW 77.65.480. The fee will be returned if the permit is denied. No more than seven permits will be issued to any one permittee during a calendar year. The fee is $24 per permit.
(c) For purposes of application for a fishing contest permit, "permittee" means a "person" as defined in RCW 77.08.010. All applications from a permittee must be in a single name.
(3) Approval:
(a) Fishing contests which adversely affect fish or wildlife resources or other recreational opportunity may be denied.
(b) Contests will not be allowed on sea-run cutthroat trout, wild steelhead where wild steelhead retention is not allowed, Dolly Varden or bull trout.
(c) During fishing contests, where anglers target tiger muskies, no retention of caught fish is allowed. Tiger muskies may be caught, measured for length, photographed and all fish must be immediately released alive.
(4) Prize value: Total prize value per contest will not exceed $5,000 when trout, steelhead, char, whitefish, grayling, tiger muskie, or kokanee are included as target species; provided that contests wherein other species not listed above are targeted, or where bass or walleye are the targeted species and at least 90 percent of bass or walleye are released alive and in good condition after the contest, may qualify for no limitation on amount of prize.
(5) Legal requirements, all contests:
(a) Fishing contest permits must be in the possession of the contest sponsor or official at the contest site.
(b) Contests are restricted to the species and waters approved on the permit. Only those species listed as a target of the contest may be retained by contest participants during bass or walleye contests where all contestants fish at the same time and place.
(c) Sponsors must report contest information requested by the department within 30 days after the contest has ended. Subsequent contest permits will not be issued for one year after the date of the contest for which the report was not returned if this requirement is not fulfilled.
(d) Contest participants may not restrict public access at boat launches.
(e) Contests for bass and walleye where participants expect to fish at the same time from boats on lakes or reservoirs will not last longer than three consecutive days and have the following limits per water:
| ACRES | CONTESTS PER DAY |
BOATS PER CONTEST DAY |
||
| Less than 300 | 1 | 15 | ||
| 301 - 3,000 | 1 | 35 | ||
| 3,001 - 6,000 | 2 | 75 | ||
| 6,001 - 10,000 | 2 | 120 | ||
| More than 10,000 | 3 | 250 | ||
| * | No more than four weekend days per month nor more than two weekends per month may be scheduled on any water when contestants fish at the same time, and are allowed to fish from boats. | |||
(6) Special regulations, bass and walleye contests:
(a) In any contest targeting either bass or walleye, all live bass or walleye must be released alive into the water from which they were caught after being weighed and/or measured. At the end of each day's competition, if the mortality of target fish caught that day exceeds 10%, the contest will be suspended. Suspended contests may be continued (within assigned permit dates) only if the cause of the high mortality can be positively identified, and the cause of the mortality (high waves, equipment deficiency, etc.) ceases or is corrected by contest officials.
(b) During bass and walleye contests only, participants may continue to fish while holding up to five fish in possession, as long as one fish is released immediately upon catching a fish which would make the angler in excess of five fish if kept. The fish released may come either from the one just caught, or from the livewell, but at no time may the angler have more than five fish in the livewell.
(c) During bass contests, contestants may not use live bait.
(d) During bass and walleye contests participants may retain up to five bass and walleye of any size to be weighed in. A tournament angler may not be in possession of more than five bass or walleye from the water being fished, except as authorized under (6)(e) below.
(e) The contest director or director designee may exceed possession limits for bass or walleye for the purpose of transporting fish from a weigh-in site to an open-water area. During transportation, the transport boat must not leave the water the fish were caught from and a copy of the contest permit must be on board during actual fish transport.
(f) Boat identification: All boats used for fishing in bass and walleye contests must be clearly identified according to criteria established by the department.
(7) ((Zebra mussel decontamination. Prior to
participating in a Washington state fishing contest:
(a) All contest participants are required to sign a zebra mussel decontamination statement that their boats and/or boat trailers have or have not been in physical contact with any waters east of the Continental Divide for thirty days immediately preceding the contest and, if the boat and/or trailer has been in contact with such waters the participant must complete a decontamination report indicating that the following actions have been taken:
(i) A physical inspection has been made of the hull, motor, trailer, livewell and bilge by the contest director or designee, and any zebra mussels, if found, have been disposed of in a garbage container; and
(ii) The vessel has been decontaminated by the hull having been:
(A) Pressurized washed with hot soapy water; or
(B) Washed with a household bleach solution of one part bleach to 19 parts water, or the equivalent;
(iii) The motor has been run in a household bleach solution of one part bleach to 19 parts water, or the equivalent, for a minimum of one minute; and
(iv) The bilge and any livewells have been flushed, and the flush water disposed in such a manner that the wastewater will not directly enter state waters, either ground or surface.
(b) The zebra mussel decontamination statement and decontamination report shall be submitted to the department as part of the fishing contest report.)) Aquatic invasive species decontamination. Prior to launching into any Washington state body of water:
(a) All contest participants are required to sign an aquatic invasive species decontamination statement that their boats and/or boat trailers have or have not been in physical contact with any waters outside of Washington state for thirty days immediately preceding the contest and, if the boat and/or trailer has been in contact with such waters, the participant must complete an aquatic invasive species decontamination report indicating that the following actions have been taken:
(i) A physical inspection has been made of the hull, motor, trailer, livewell and bilge by the contest director or designee, according to criteria established by the department; and
(ii) Any aquatic invasive species, if found, have been disposed of in a garbage container; and
(iii) The hull, motor, trailer, livewell, and bilge have been decontaminated according to criteria established by the department.
(b) The aquatic invasive species decontamination statement and decontamination report shall be submitted to the department as part of the fishing contest report.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 06-05-085 (Order 06-23), § 232-12-168, filed 2/14/06, effective 5/1/06; 04-07-009 (Order 04-39), § 232-12-168, filed 3/4/04, effective 5/1/04; 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), § 232-12-168, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 232-12-168, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.020 and 77.12.040. 96-15-096 (Order 96-80), § 232-12-168, filed 7/19/96, effective 8/19/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 96-11-079, § 232-12-168, filed 5/13/96, effective 7/1/96; 94-06-014 (Order 629), § 232-12-168, filed 2/18/94, effective 3/21/94; 92-22-015 (Order 577), § 232-12-168, filed 10/21/92, effective 11/21/92. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040 and 77.04.055. 90-22-057 (Order 464), § 232-12-168, filed 11/5/90, effective 12/6/90. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040 and 77.16.010. 86-21-017 (Order 280), § 232-12-168, filed 10/6/86.]
OTS-1073.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 07-16-056, filed 7/26/07,
effective 8/26/07)
WAC 232-28-619
Washington food fish and game
fish -- Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules.
(1) All
freshwater streams and lakes not listed as open for salmon
fishing are closed.
(2) 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
((nonbuoyant lure restrictions)) antisnagging rule, 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.
(3) County freshwater exceptions to statewide rules:
(a) Adams and Grant counties: All seasons in specific freshwater exceptions to statewide rules apply to inlet and outlet streams of named lakes in Grant and Adams counties.
(b) Adams, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, and Okanogan counties, except Zosel Dam (Okanogan River): Lawful to fish to base of all dams.
(c) Benton County: Rivers, streams and beaver ponds open year around.
(d) Ferry and Lincoln counties: Except those tributaries listed under specific water exceptions to statewide rules, all tributaries to Lake Roosevelt between Grand Coulee Dam and the State Highway 25 Bridge at Northport except Barnaby and Nancy creeks: Trout: Daily limit 5, no minimum size.
(e) Kitsap County and Mason County on Tahuya Peninsula west of Belfair-Bremerton Highway (S.R. 3): Beaver ponds: Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Trout: No minimum length.
(4) Specific freshwater exceptions to statewide rules:
Aberdeen Lake (Grays Harbor County): Last 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: June 1 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): Last 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. North Fork from Grey Rock
Trailhead Bridge crossing to Shellneck Creek: Closed waters.
Alder Creek (Cowlitz County): Closed waters.
Aldrich Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Aldwell Lake (Clallam County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules except fishing from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor
permitted. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve
inches.
Alexander Lake (Kitsap County): Closed waters.
Alkali Lake (Grant County): Crappie: Not more than five
greater than eight inches in length. Bluegill: Not more than
five greater than six inches in length.
Alta Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Amber Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season. Selective gear rules. 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 last Saturday in
April. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
American Lake (Pierce County): 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.
Anderson Lake (Jefferson County): Last 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 trout.
Armstrong Lake (Snohomish County): Last 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 to fish up to base of Headgate Dam.
North Fork from mouth upstream to USFS boundary: Selective gear rules.
North Fork from USFS boundary upstream and all other tributaries: Closed waters.
South Fork and tributaries: Closed waters.
B.C. Mill Pond (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Bachelor Creek (Yakima County): Year around season. Trout:
Daily limit five, no minimum length.
Badger Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Baker Lake (Whatcom County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season, except closed waters in an area two hundred
feet in radius around the pump discharge at the south end of
the lake. Chumming permitted. Trout: Minimum length six
inches and maximum length eighteen inches.
Baker River (Skagit County): Mouth to Highway 20 Bridge:
September 1 through October 31 season. ((Nonbuoyant lure
restriction and night closure.)) Antisnagging rule. 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. Salmon:
Open only July 1 through July 31 except closed 12:01 a.m. July
5 through 2:00 p.m. July 6 and 12:01 a.m. July 10 through 2:00
p.m. July 11. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night
closure.)) Antisnagging rule. Daily limit 2 sockeye salmon.
Highway 20 Bridge to Baker River fish barrier dam: Closed waters.
Banks Lake (Grant County): Chumming allowed. Perch: Daily
limit twenty-five. ((Small mouth bass: Small mouth bass do
not count as part of bass daily limit. Small mouth bass 12 to
17 inches in length may be retained. No minimum size. Daily
limit 10 small mouth bass not more than one of which may be
greater than 14 inches in length.)) 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): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Bayley Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
July 4 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a floating
device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout: Daily limit
one, minimum length fourteen inches. Additional season, July
5 through October 31. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a
floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. All
species: Release all fish. Inlet stream: Closed waters.
Bear Creek (Yakima County), tributary to South Fork Tieton
River: From the mouth to the falls (approximately 3/4 mile):
Closed waters.
Bear Lake (Spokane County): Juveniles, holders of disability
licenses, and licensed adults accompanied by a juvenile only.
Bear River (Pacific County): June 1 through March 31 season. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging
rule August 16 through November 30. Single point barbless
hooks required August 16 through November 30 downstream from
the Lime Quarry Road. All species: Release all fish except
salmon and except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained
each day. ((Upstream)) From the Lime Quarry Road to the
Longview Fiber Bridge: Selective gear rules June 1 through
March 31. All species: Release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead may be retained each 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 two fish no more than one may be a wild
adult coho. Release adult Chinook, and chum. Upstream of
Longview Fiber Bridge: Closed waters.
Beaver Creek (tributary to Elochoman River) (Wahkiakum
County): Closed waters.
Beaver Lake (Clallam County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Maximum size 12 inches in length.
Beaver Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
Beda Lake (Grant County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit one fish.
Beehive (Lake) Reservoir (Chelan County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season. July 5 through October 31,
selective gear rules, and all species: Release all fish.
Bennington Lake (Mill Creek Reservoir) (Walla Walla County):
Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor prohibited. Trout: No more than 2 trout
over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Benson Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Berry Creek (tributary to Nisqually River) (Lewis County):
Selective gear rules.
Big Bear Creek (tributary of Sammamish River) (Snohomish/King
counties): June 1 through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Big Beaver Creek (Whatcom County):
From closed water markers on Ross Lake upstream one-quarter mile: Closed waters.
From one-quarter mile markers upstream, including tributary streams, and beaver ponds that are tributary to Big Beaver Creek: July 1 through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Big Beef Creek (Kitsap County): June 1 through August 31
season. Closed waters August 1 through August 31: Waters
within 100 feet of the Seabeck Highway NW Bridge. Selective
gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
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): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Big Quilcene River (Jefferson County):
From mouth to upper boundary of Falls View Campground:
June 1 through ((last day in February)) October 31 season. ((Closed waters: August 16 through October 31)) From mouth to
Rodgers Street selective gear rules June 1 through August 15
and closed waters August 16 through October 31. Rodgers
Street to the Highway 101 Bridge: Selective gear rules June 1
through August 15, one single point barbless hook August 16
through October 31, ((and selective gear rules November 1
through last day in February)) and night closure August 16
through ((December)) October 31. From electric weir to upper
boundary of Falls View Campground: Selective gear rules June
1 through ((last day in February)) October 31. All game fish:
Release all fish from mouth to campground. Salmon: Open only
August 16 through October 31 from Rodgers Street to the
Highway 101 Bridge. Daily limit 4 coho salmon. Only coho
salmon hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
From Highway 101 Bridge upstream to the electric weir at the Quilcene National Fish Hatchery: Closed waters.
Big River (Clallam County): June 1 through last day in
February season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum
length 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): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit one.
Bird Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
((Black Lake (Lower Wheeler Reservoir) (Chelan County): Last
Saturday in April through October 31 season. July 5 through
October 31, selective gear rules, and all species: Release
all fish.))
Black Lake (Okanogan County): Selective gear rules.
Black Lake (Pacific County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Black Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Black Lake (Thurston County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Black River (Thurston County), from mouth to Black Lake and
including all tributaries west of Interstate Highway 5,
including Waddell Creek, Mima Creek, Dempsey Creek, Beaver
Creek, Salmon Creek and Blooms Ditch: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Blockhouse Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit
five.
Bloodgood Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Blue Creek (Lewis County), from mouth to Spencer Road: Closed
waters except December 1 through December 31 season from mouth
to posted sign at rearing pond outlet. Closed waters:
Upstream from cable crossing to posted signs at fence. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure.))
Antisnagging rule. Only anglers who permanently use a
wheelchair((-bound anglers)) may fish from posted signs above
rearing pond to posted signs approximately 40 feet downstream
at fence including the rearing pond outlet. Trout: Daily
limit five. Minimum size 12 inches no more than two fish over
20 inches. Release wild cutthroat, wild steelhead and
hatchery steelhead with clipped right ventral fin.
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): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species:
Release all fish.
Blue Lake (Grant County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Blue Lake (near Sinlahekin) (Okanogan County): Last Saturday
in April through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.
Blue Lake (near Wannacut Lake) (Okanogan County): Last
Saturday in April through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules. Trout: Daily limit one.
Bobcat Creek and Ponds (Adams County): April 1 through
September 30 season.
Bogachiel River (Clallam County), from mouth to Olympic
National Park boundary: June 1 through April 30 season. December 1 through April 30, selective gear rules from Highway
101 to Olympic National Park boundary. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. November 1 through last day in February,
daily limit three steelhead downstream from Highway 101
Bridge. December 1 through April 30, mouth to Highway 101,
one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open
only July 1 through November 30 from mouth to Highway 101
Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be
adult salmon July 1 through August 31 and of which no more
than 3 may be adult salmon September 1 through November 30. July 1 through August 31 release wild adult coho and wild
adult Chinook. September 1 through October 31 the daily limit
may contain no more than 2 adult Chinook, release wild coho,
and selective gear rules. November 1 through November 30 the
daily limit may contain no more than 2 adult Chinook or 2
adult wild coho or a combination of adult Chinook and adult
wild coho.
Bonaparte Lake (Okanogan County): Trout: No more than one
over twenty inches in length may be retained.
Bosworth Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 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.
Boundary Creek (Clallam County): Closed waters.
Bowman Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Box Canyon Creek (Kittitas County), from mouth to waterfall
approximately 2 miles upstream (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.
Boxley Creek (North Bend) (King County), from its mouth to the
falls located at approximately river mile 0.9: Closed waters.
Boyle Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 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 220-56-160): Juveniles only.
Bridges Lake (King County): Last 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. Trout:
Daily limit one fish.
Browns Creek (Pend Oreille County): Fly fishing only.
Browns Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a
floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout: No
more than one fish greater than 11 inches in length may be
retained.
Buck Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Buckskin Creek and tributaries (Yakima County), from mouth to
the west boundary of Suntides Golf Course: Closed waters.
Bumping Lake (Reservoir) (Yakima County): Chumming permitted.
Trout: Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee
daily limit sixteen.
Bumping River (Yakima County):
From mouth to Bumping Reservoir: Lawful to fish to base of Bumping Dam. Selective gear rules June 1 through October 31. Whitefish: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Burbank Slough (Walla Walla County): Fishing from any
floating device prohibited.
Burke Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Burley Creek (Kitsap County): June 1 through ((last day in
February)) October 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
Butter Creek (Lewis County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum length ten inches.
Buttermilk Creek, mouth to confluence of East and West Forks
(Okanogan County): Closed waters.
Cady Lake (Mason County): Fly fishing only. Fishing from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor
prohibited. All species: Release all fish.
Cain Lake (Whatcom County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Calawah River (Clallam County), from mouth to forks: June 1
through April 30 season. December 1 through April 30,
selective gear rules from Highway 101 to forks. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. November 1 through last day
in February, daily limit three steelhead from mouth to Highway
101 Bridge. December 1 through April 30, mouth to Highway
101, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon:
Open only July 1 through November 30 from mouth to Highway 101
Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be
adult salmon July 1 through August 31 and of which no more
than 3 may be adult salmon September 1 through November 30. July 1 through August 31 release wild adult coho and wild
adult Chinook. September 1 through October 31 the daily limit
may contain no more than 2 adult Chinook, release wild coho,
and selective gear rules. November 1 through November 30 the
daily limit may contain no more than 2 adult Chinook or 2
adult wild coho or a combination of adult Chinook and adult
wild coho.
Calawah River, South Fork (Clallam County) from mouth to
Olympic National Park boundary: June 1 through last day in
February season. December 1 through last day in February,
selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Caldwell Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Trout:
Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches.
Caliche Lakes, Lower, Upper and West (Grant County): March 1
through July 31 season.
Calispell Creek (Calispell River) (Pend Oreille County):
From mouth to Calispell Lake: Year around season.
From Calispell Lake upstream to source: Selective gear rules.
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.
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. Daily limit same as most liberal regulation of either area.
Campbell Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.
Campbell Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through August 31:
Selective gear rules and all species: Release all fish.
Campbell Lake (Skagit County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Canyon Creek (Clark County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Canyon River (Mason County and Grays Harbor County): Closed
waters.
Canyon Creek (S.F. Stillaguamish River) (Snohomish County),
mouth to forks: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Canyon Creek (Whatcom County): Closed waters: Mouth to
Canyon Creek Road Bridge.
Capitol Lake (Thurston County), from its outlet to a point
four hundred feet below the lowest Tumwater Falls (Deschutes
River) fish ladder: Closed waters: Percival Cove, west of a
set of markers on the western shoreline of the south basin of
Capitol Lake. June 1 through March 31 season. ((Nonbuoyant
lure restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging rule August
1 through November 30. Trout: June 1 through July 31 daily
limit five, minimum length eight inches. August 1 through
March 31 daily limit two, minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only July 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6
fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release
coho.
Carbon River (Pierce County), from its mouth to Voight Creek:
((July)) September 1 through last day in February season. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction, night closure)) Antisnagging
rule and single point barbless hooks August 1 through November
30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Voight Creek to
Highway 162 Bridge: July 1 through August 15 and December 1
through last day in February season: Trout: Minimum length
14 inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30
mouth to Voight Creek. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more
than 4 may be adult salmon and of these 4 fish no more than 2
may be adult hatchery Chinook. Release chum and wild adult
Chinook salmon.
Carlisle Lake (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April through
last day in February season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Carl's Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Carney Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
June 30 and September 1 through November 30 seasons. Fishing
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor prohibited. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Carson Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Cascade Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Cascade Lake (San Juan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Cascade River (Skagit County):
From the mouth to the Rockport-Cascade Road Bridge:
October 1 through last day in February season. ((Nonbuoyant
lure restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging rule
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 8. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night
closure.)) Antisnagging rule. Daily limit 2 hatchery Chinook.
Open September 16 through November 30. Daily limit 4 coho
salmon.
From the Rockport-Cascade Road Bridge upstream: June 1
through last day in February season. ((Trout: Trout except
Dolly Varden/Bull Trout, minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of the trout
daily limit, minimum length twenty inches.)) Selective gear
rules. All species: Release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Cases Pond (Pacific County): Last 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. Trout:
Daily limit one, minimum length sixteen inches.
Cattail Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Cavanaugh Lake (Skagit County): Chumming permitted.
Cedar Creek (tributary of N.F. Lewis) (Clark County), from
mouth to 100 feet upstream of the falls: From the Grist Mill
Bridge to 100 feet upstream of the falls: Closed waters. June 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Release all fish
except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Cedar Creek (Jefferson County): June 1 through last day in
February season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
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): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Cedar River (King County), from mouth to Landsburg Road: June
1 through August 31 season. Selective gear rules ((and night
closure)). ((All species)) Trout: Release all ((fish))
trout. Landsburg Road to Cedar Falls: Closed waters.
Cedar River (Pacific County): Selective gear rules. All
species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead
per day may be retained.
Chain Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Release kokanee.
Chambers Creek (Pierce County): July 1 through November 15
season. ((Night closure and nonbuoyant lure restriction.))
Antisnagging rule.
Chambers Creek Estuary (downstream from markers 400 feet below
the Boise-Cascade Dam to the Burlington Northern Railroad
Bridge) (Pierce County): July 1 through November 15 season.
((Night closure and nonbuoyant lure restriction.))
Antisnagging 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.
Chambers Lake (within Ft. Lewis Military Reservation) (Pierce
County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all trout.
Chaplain Lake (Snohomish County): Closed waters.
Chapman Lake (Spokane County): Last 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), from Highway 101 Bridge
in Aberdeen to high bridge on Weyerhaeuser 1000 line
(approximately 400 yards downstream from Roger Creek): June 1
through April 15 season. Single point barbless hooks required
August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only April 16 through July 31
from mouth to high bridge, October 1 through January 31 from
mouth to Porter Bridge, and October 16 through last day in
February from Porter Bridge to high bridge. Daily limit 6
fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. October 1
through October 31, the daily limit may contain no more than
one adult Chinook, release chum. November 1 through November
30, release adult Chinook, and chum. December 1 through
January 31, mouth to Porter Bridge, the daily limit may
contain no more than one wild adult coho, and release adult
Chinook, and chum. December 1 through last day in February,
Porter Bridge to High Bridge, release adult Chinook, wild
adult coho, and chum. Sturgeon: Open year-round and no night
closure from mouth to high bridge on Weyerhaeuser 1000 line.
From the High Bridge on Weyerhaeuser 1000 line upstream, including all forks and tributaries: June 1 through April 15 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Chehalis River, South Fork (Lewis County), from mouth to
Highway Bridge at Boistfort School: June 1 through April 15
season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Chehalis River Potholes (adjacent to the Chehalis River south
of Highway 12 in Grays Harbor County, this does not include
sloughs or beaver ponds): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 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 species: Release all fish. Salmon:
Open only May 1 through May 31 south of a line from Purple
Point to Painted Rocks: Daily limit 1, minimum length 15
inches.
Chelan Lake Tributaries (Chelan County), from mouths upstream
one mile except Stehekin River: August 1 through September 30
season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release wild
cutthroat.
Chelan River (Chelan County): From the railroad bridge to the
Chelan P.U.D. safety barrier below the power house: May 15
through August 31 season. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction.))
Antisnagging rule. Trout: Release all trout.
Chewuch River (Chewack River) (Okanogan County), from mouth to
Eight Mile Creek: June 1 through August 15 season. Selective
gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Upstream from Eight Mile Creek to Pasayten Wilderness boundary: Closed waters June 1 through October 31.
From mouth to Pasayten Wilderness boundary: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Chikamin Creek (Chelan County): Selective gear rules.
Chimacum Creek (Jefferson County):
From mouth to Ness's Corner Road: June 1 through August 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From Ness's Corner Road to headwaters: Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Chiwaukum Creek (Chelan County): Mouth to Fool Hen Creek:
Closed waters.
Chiwawa River (Chelan County): Mouth to Buck Creek: Closed
waters.
Chopaka Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a
floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout:
Daily limit one.
Cispus River (Lewis County), from mouth to North Fork: Trout:
Release all cutthroat. Additional season November 1 through
May 31((,)). Trout: Release all ((game fish other than
steelhead)) trout except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day. Salmon: Open year around. Daily limit 6
fish, of which no more than 2 fish may be adult salmon. Salmon minimum size 8 inches. Release wild coho at all times
and release wild Chinook January 1 through July 31.
Cispus River, North Fork (Lewis County): Selective gear
rules. Trout: No more than one over twelve inches in length.
Release cutthroat.
Clallam River (Clallam County): June 1 through last day in
February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Clara Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Clear Creek (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Clear Lake (Chelan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. From July 5 through October 31, selective
gear rules and all species: Release all fish.
Clear Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Chumming permitted. Salmon: Landlocked
salmon rules apply.
Clear Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Clear Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Clearwater River (Jefferson County):
From mouth to Snahapish River: June 1 through April 15 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. December 1 through April 15, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon.
From Snahapish River upstream: Trout, minimum length fourteen inches.
Clearwater River (Pierce County): July 1 through October 31
season. Selective gear rules. 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. Lake trout (Mackinaw) not included
in trout daily limit. Lake trout daily limit 5, no minimum
size.
Cle Elum River (Kittitas County), from mouth to Cle Elum Dam:
Lawful to fish to base of Cle Elum Dam. Year-round season. 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.
Cliff Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Cloquallum Creek (Grays Harbor County):
From mouth to second bridge on Cloquallum Road: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From mouth to Highway 8 Bridge: Additional March 1 through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Clough Creek (North Bend) (King County): Closed waters.
Coal Creek (Cowlitz County), from mouth to four hundred feet
below falls: June 1 through August 31 and November 1 through
last day in February season. Trout: Release all fish except
up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Coal Creek (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County): June
1 through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Coal Creek (near Snoqualmie) (King County), from mouth to
Highway I-90: Last Saturday in April through October 31
season. Juveniles only. Trout: No minimum length.
Coffee Pot Lake (Lincoln County): March 1 through September
30 season. Selective gear rules except internal combustion
motors allowed. Trout: Daily limit one, minimum length
eighteen inches. Crappie: Daily limit ten, minimum length
nine inches.
Coldwater Lake (Cowlitz County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one, minimum length sixteen inches.
Coldwater Lake inlet and outlet streams (Cowlitz County):
Closed waters.
Collins Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Columbia Basin Hatchery Creek (Grant County): Hatchery
outflow to confluence with mainstem Hatchery Creek: April 1
through September 30 season. Juveniles and holders of reduced
fee disability licenses only. Trout: Daily limit three fish.
Mainstem Hatchery Creek: April 1 through September 30
season. Juveniles and holders of reduced fee disability
licenses only.
Columbia Park Pond (Benton County): Juveniles and holders of
reduced fee disability licenses only. All species: Daily
limit of five fish combined.
Columbia River, including impoundments and all connecting
sloughs, except Wells Ponds: Year-round season unless
otherwise provided. General species provisions (unless
otherwise provided for in this section): Bass: Below Priest
Rapids Dam: Daily limit five fish, bass 12 to 17 inches in
length may be retained. Daily limit 5. 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. ((Walleye: Daily limit five
fish of which not more than one may be over 24 inches, minimum
length 18 inches.)) Whitefish: Daily limit 15 fish. All
other 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.
From a true north-south line through Buoy 10 to a line between Rocky Point in Washington to Tongue Point in Oregon: Trout: Release wild cutthroat. Release all trout April 1 through July 31. Walleye: No minimum size. Daily limit ten, of which no more than five may be greater than eighteen inches in length and one greater than twenty-four inches in length. Fishing from the north jetty is allowed during salmon season openings. Salmon: Open only August 1 through March 31. August 1 through September 30, daily limit 2 salmon. Release Chinook, chum, sockeye, wild coho, Chinook less than 24 inches in length, and coho less than 16 inches in length, except one Chinook may be retained August 22 through September 3. October 1 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon and not more than one of which may be an adult Chinook salmon. Release chum, sockeye, and wild coho. January 1 through March 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum, sockeye, wild coho and wild Chinook. Fishing from the north jetty for salmon open during both Area 1 and Buoy 10 fishery openings with barbed hooks allowed and the daily limit is the more liberal if both areas are open. Sturgeon: Release sturgeon May 1 through May 12 and July 5 through December 31. Minimum size when open to retain sturgeon is 42 inches January 1 through April 30 and 45 inches May 13 through July 4. Bottomfish: Daily limits, seasons, size restrictions and gear restrictions are the same as those in the adjacent portion of Marine Area 1.
From the Rocky Point - Tongue Point line to the I-5 Bridge: Trout: Release wild cutthroat. Release all trout April 1 through May 15. Walleye: No minimum size. Daily limit ten, of which no more than five may be greater than eighteen inches in length and one greater than twenty-four inches in length. Salmon: Open only May 16 through March 31. May 16 through June 15 daily limit 6 hatchery jack Chinook. June 16 through June 30, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release sockeye. July 1 through July 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release sockeye and adult Chinook. August 1 through March 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum, sockeye, and wild coho. August 1 through December 31 the daily limit may contain not more than 1 adult Chinook, except release Chinook September 5 through September 30 downstream of boundary marker on lower end of Bachelor Island/Warrior Rock Lighthouse. Release wild Chinook January 1 through March 31. Sturgeon: (1) Release sturgeon May 1 through May 12 and July 5 through December 31 downstream from the Wauna powerlines. Minimum size when open to retain sturgeon is 42 inches January 1 through April 30 and 45 inches May 13 through July 4; (2) I-5 Bridge downstream to Wauna powerlines, lawful to retain sturgeon only on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from January 1 through July 31, and October 1 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 Bridge at The
Dalles to upper line of The Dalles Dam except that bank
fishing is permitted up to the downstream navigation lock wall
on the Washington shore. (3) From John Day Dam downstream
about three thousand feet except that bank fishing is
permitted up to four hundred feet below the fishway entrance
on the Washington shore. (4) From McNary Dam downstream to a
line across the river from the red and white marker on the
Oregon shore on a line that intersects the downstream end of
the wing wall of the boat lock near the Washington shore. August 1 through October 15: ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction
and night closure)) Antisnagging rule from Bonneville Dam to
The Dalles Dam. Trout: Release wild cutthroat from I-5
Bridge to Bonneville Dam and release all cutthroat in the
waters of Drano Lake. Release all trout April 1 through June
15. Walleye: No minimum size. Daily limit ten, of which no
more than five may be greater than eighteen inches in length
and one greater than twenty-four inches in length. 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 July 31 from Cascade Island - Bradford Island line downstream to a line from navigation
marker 85 on the Washington shore at a right angle to the
thread of the river to the Oregon shore, 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 to retain sturgeon only on
Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from January 1 through July
31 and October 1 through December 31, except for May 1 - July
31 closure to the navigation marker 85 line and the closure to
the Highway 82 Bridge. 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. Salmon: From I-5 Bridge to
Bonneville Dam: Open only June 16 through December 31 except
closed November 1 through December 31 from Beacon Rock to
Bonneville Dam. June 16 through June 30, daily limit 6 fish
of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release sockeye.
July 1 through July 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more
than 2 may be adult salmon. Release adult Chinook, and
sockeye. August 1 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish of
which no more than 2 may be adult salmon and of the adult
fish, only 1 may be an adult Chinook. Release wild coho,
sockeye, and chum. From Bonneville Dam to McNary Dam: Open
only June 16 through December 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which
only 2 may be adult salmon. Release sockeye. August 1
through December 31, release chum. August 1 through December
31, release wild coho from Bonneville Dam to Hood River
Bridge. From McNary Dam to the Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco:
Open only June 16 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish of
which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release sockeye.
From the Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco to the old Hanford
townsite (wooden towers) powerline crossing, in Sec. 30, T13N,
R28E except Ringold Hatchery waters: Closed waters: Ringold
Springs Creek (Hatchery Creek). Trout: Release all trout
except hatchery steelhead having both adipose and ventral fin
clips October 1 through October 31. Release all trout except
hatchery steelhead November 1 through March 31. Salmon: Open
only June 16 through July 31 and August 16 through December
31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release sockeye June 16 through July 31. 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 Springs Rearing Facility waters (from WDFW
markers 1/4 mile downstream from the Ringold wasteway outlet
to WDFW markers 1/2 mile upstream from Spring Creek): Open
only April 1 through April 15, except salmon, to fishing from
the bank on the hatchery side of the river. Trout: Release
all fish except hatchery steelhead. Salmon: Open only May 1
through May 31 to fishing from the bank on the hatchery side
of the river. Daily limit two hatchery salmon. ((Night
closure and nonbuoyant lure restriction.)) Antisnagging rule.
From the old Hanford townsite (wooden towers) powerline crossing in Sec. 30, T13N, R28E, to Vernita Bridge, (Highway 24): All species: February 1 through October 22 season. Trout: Release all trout. 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 only June 16 through July 31 and August 16 through October 22. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 fish may be adult salmon. Release sockeye June 16 through July 31.
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 only June 16 through July 31 and August 16 through October 22. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release sockeye June 16 through July 31.
From Priest Rapids Dam to Chief Joseph Dam, including up to base of Washburn Pond outlet structure: Closed waters: (1) Wanapum Dam - waters between the upstream line of Wanapum Dam to the boundary markers seven hundred fifty feet downstream of the east fish ladder and five hundred feet downstream of the west fish ladder. (2) Rock Island Dam to boundary markers four hundred feet downstream of the fish ladders. (3) Rocky Reach Dam - waters between the upstream line of Rocky Reach Dam to boundary markers four hundred feet downstream of the fish ladders. (4) Wells Dam - waters between the upstream line of Wells Dam to boundary markers four hundred feet downstream of the spawning channel discharge (Chelan County) and fish ladder (Douglas County). (5) Chief Joseph Dam - closed to fishing from the Okanogan County shore between the dam and the Highway 17 Bridge. Closed to fishing from a floating device from the boundary marker to the Corps of Engineers safety zone marker. Trout: Release all trout. All species: Antisnagging rule from Rocky Reach Dam to Turtle Rock. Salmon: Open only July 1 through October 15. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release coho and sockeye. From Wells Dam to Chief Joseph Dam, open only from Highway 173 Bridge at Brewster to Highway 17 Bridge at Bridgeport. Sturgeon: Release all sturgeon.
Above Chief Joseph Dam: See Lake Roosevelt and Rufus Woods Lake.
Colville River (Stevens County):
From mouth to bridge at Town of Valley: Year-round
season. Trout: Daily limit five fish, not more than two of
which may be brown trout October 1 through November 30. Walleye: 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. ((Small mouth bass:
Small mouth bass do not count as part of the bass daily limit.
Small mouth bass 12 to 17 inches in length may be retained. No minimum size. Daily limit 10 bass of which not more than 1
may be greater than 14 inches in length.))
From bridge at Valley upstream and tributaries: Selective gear rules.
Conconully Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Conconully Reservoir (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season.
Conger Pond (Pend Oreille County): Last 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): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Cooper River (Kittitas County): Mouth to Cooper Lake:
Selective gear rules.
Coot Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Copalis River (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through last day
in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Salmon: Open only September 1 through January 31 from mouth
to Carlisle Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than
2 may be adult salmon. Release adult Chinook.
Cottage Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Cottonwood Creek (Lincoln County): Year-round season.
Cottonwood Creek (Walla Walla County): Closed waters.
Cougar Creek (tributary to Yale Reservoir) (Cowlitz County):
June 1 through August 31 season.
Cougar Lake (near Winthrop) (Okanogan County): September 1
through March 31 season.
Coulter Creek (Kitsap/Mason counties): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
County Line Ponds (Skagit County): Closed waters.
Coweeman River (Cowlitz County), from mouth to Mulholland
Creek: June 1 through 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: June 1 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.
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. Salmon:
Daily limit 6 fish, of which not more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release wild coho. Release wild Chinook June 1
through July 31.
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((, and)). (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 to fish up to four hundred feet
or the posted deadline at the Cowlitz salmon hatchery barrier
dam. Lawful to fish up to Tacoma Power safety signs at Onion
Rock below Mossyrock Dam. Lawful 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. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging
rule April 1 through October 31 from mouth of Mill Creek to
the Cowlitz salmon hatchery barrier dam. All game fish:
Release all fish except steelhead April 1 through May 31. Trout: Daily limit five, minimum length twelve inches, no
more than two over twenty inches. Release wild cutthroat. Release all steelhead missing right ventral fin. 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 6 fish of which no more than
2 may be adult Chinook. Release all salmon except Chinook and
hatchery coho. Mill Creek to Blue Creek - release all Chinook
October 1 through December 31. Highway 4 Bridge in Kelso
downstream, release Chinook September 5 through September 30. 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
Ohanepecosh River and mouth of Muddy Fork: Trout: Release
cutthroat. Additional November 1 through May 31 season. Trout: Release all ((fish)) trout except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open year-round
from upstream boundary of Lake Scanewa. Daily limit 6 fish of
which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Salmon minimum size
12 inches. Release wild coho. Release wild Chinook January 1
through July 31.
Cowlitz River, Clear and Muddy Forks (Lewis County):
Selective gear rules. Trout: Release cutthroat.
Coyote Creek and Ponds (Adams County): April 1 through
September 30 season.
Crab Creek (Adams/Grant counties):
From Highway 26 to Morgan Lake Road in Section 36: 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): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Cranberry Creek (Mason County), mouth to Lake Limerick:
Closed waters.
Crawfish Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.
Crescent Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Crescent Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Crocker Lake (Jefferson County): Closed waters.
Crystal Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Cup Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Curl Lake (Columbia County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Fishing from any floating device
prohibited. Trout: No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in
length may be retained.
Curley Creek (Kitsap County): June 1 through ((last day in
February)) October 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
((Cushman Reservoir (Mason County): Salmon: Landlocked
salmon rules apply.))
Dakota Creek (Whatcom County): Salmon: Open only October 1
through December 31 from mouth to Giles Road Bridge. Daily
limit 2 salmon.
Dalton Lake (Franklin County): Trout: No more than two over
13 inches in length may be retained.
Damon Lake (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through October 31
season.
Davis Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Davis Lake (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April to last day
in February season.
Davis Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through August 31:
Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Davis Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Dayton Pond (Columbia County): Juveniles 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): Last Saturday in April
through November 30 season. Juveniles only. Salmon:
Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Deep Creek (Clallam County): December 1 through last day in
February season. All species: Release all fish except up to
two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Deep Creek (tributary to Bumping Lake) (Yakima County): Mouth
to second bridge crossing on USFS Rd. 1808 (approximately 3.7
miles from junction of USFS Rds. 1800 and 1808): Closed
waters.
Deep Lake (Grant County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Deep Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Deep Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
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 4 may be adult salmon, and
of the adult salmon, 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): Closed waters.
Deer Creek and Little Deer Creek (tributaries to North Fork
Stillaguamish) (Skagit County): Closed waters.
Deer Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
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): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Deer (Deer Springs) Lake (Lincoln County): Last Saturday in
April through September 30 season.
Deer Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Deer Lake (Stevens County): March 1 through October 31
season. Trout: No more than two over thirty inches in length
may be retained. ((Small mouth bass: Small mouth bass are
not included as part of the bass daily limit. No minimum
size. Small mouth bass 12 to 17 inches in length may be
retained. Daily limit 10 small mouth bass, not more than one
of which may be greater than 14 inches in length.))
De Roux Creek (Yakima 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.
Deschutes River (Thurston County): Closed waters: From 400
feet below lowest Tumwater Falls fish ladder to Old Highway 99
Bridge. From old U.S. Highway 99 Bridge near Tumwater to
Henderson Boulevard Bridge near Pioneer Park: June 1 through
March 31 season. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night
closure)) Antisnagging rule August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only
July 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no
more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release coho.
From Henderson Boulevard Bridge upstream: Year-round season. Selective gear rules. All game fish: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead. Salmon: Open only July 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release coho.
Devereaux Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Devil's Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Dewatto River (Mason County): Selective gear rules. Game
fish: Release all fish. Salmon: Open only September 16
through October 31 mouth to Dewatto-Holly Road Bridge. Daily
limit two coho. Release all salmon other than coho.
Diamond Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Dickey River (Clallam County): June 1 through April 30 season
in mainstem Dickey outside Olympic National Park and East Fork
Dickey upstream to D5200 road and June 1 through March 15 in
East Fork Dickey upstream from D5200 road and West Fork
Dickey. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. December 1
through April 30, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only July 1 through November 30 from mouth to
East Fork Dickey. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2
may be adult salmon July 1 through August 31 and of which no
more than 3 may be adult salmon September 1 through November
30. July 1 through August 31 release wild adult coho and wild
adult Chinook. September 1 through October 31 the daily limit
may contain no more than 2 adult Chinook, release wild coho,
and selective gear rules. November 1 through November 30 the
daily limit may contain no more than 2 adult Chinook or 2
adult wild coho or a combination of adult Chinook and adult
wild coho.
Dillacort Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all
trout.
Dog Lake (Yakima County): Trout: Daily limit may contain not
more than 1 fish over 14 inches in length.
Dosewallips River (Jefferson County), from mouth to Olympic
National Park boundary about three-quarters mile downstream of
falls: June 1 through August 31 season mouth to park boundary
and November 1 through December 15 season mouth to Highway 101
Bridge. Selective gear rules June 1 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.
Downs Lake (Lincoln/Spokane counties): ((Last Saturday in
April)) 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. 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: June 1 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 June 1 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.
Dungeness River (Clallam County):
From mouth to junction of Gray Wolf and Dungeness rivers: October 16 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 16 through December 31 from mouth to the hatchery intake pipe at river mile 11.3. Daily limit 4 coho salmon.
From junction of Gray Wolf River upstream to Gold Creek - Closed waters.
From junction of Gold Creek upstream to headwaters: Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Dusty Lake (Grant County): March 1 through November 30
season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one fish.
Early Winters Creek (Okanogan County): Closed waters.
East Little Walla Walla River (Walla Walla County): Closed
waters.
East Twin River (Clallam County): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
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): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Eightmile Lake (Chelan County): Trout: Daily limit five, not
more than two mackinaw may be retained.
Elbow Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Elk River (Grays Harbor County), from the Highway 105 Bridge
upstream: June 1 through last day in February season. Single
point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30
downstream of the confluence of the east and middle branches. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only
October 1 through November 30 from Highway 105 Bridge to the
confluence of the East and Middle Branches. Daily limit 6
fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release
adult Chinook, and chum.
Ell Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit
one.
Ellen Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. All species: Catch and release except up
to five rainbow trout may be retained.
Elochoman River (Wahkiakum County): Closed waters: Waters
from 100 feet above the upper hatchery rack downstream to the
Elochoman Hatchery Bridge located 400 feet below the upper
hatchery rack; waters from a point 50 feet above to 100 feet
below the outlet pipes from the most downstream Elochoman
Hatchery rearing pond and extending 30 feet out from the south
bank of the river; waters between the department of fish and
wildlife temporary rack downstream to Foster (Risk) Road
Bridge while rack is installed in the river; mainstem waters
from the confluence of the west fork to source.
From mouth to West Fork: June 1 through March 15 season.
((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging
rule September 1 through October 31. Stationary gear
restriction September 1 through October 31. Trout: Release
all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained
per day. Salmon: Open only September 1 through December 31. September 1 through October 15, daily limit 6 fish of which no
more than 4 may be adult salmon, and of the adult fish, no
more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum and wild coho.
October 1 through October 15 release Chinook upstream of
Highway 4 Bridge. October 16 through December 31, daily limit
6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release
chum and wild coho. Release Chinook upstream of Highway 4
Bridge.
Eloika Lake (Spokane County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Elwha River (Clallam County): Closed waters: From south
spillway on Aldwell Dam downstream two hundred feet.
From mouth to two hundred feet below the south spillway on the Aldwell Dam: October 1 through last day in February season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 1 through November 15. Daily limit 6 coho salmon of which no more than 4 may be adult coho salmon.
From Lake Aldwell upstream to Olympic National Park boundary, including all tributaries except Indian Creek: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Empire Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Enchantment Park Ponds (Chelan County): Juveniles only.
Entiat River (Chelan County), from mouth to Entiat Falls:
December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules
apply. Above Entiat Falls: Selective gear rules. 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): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Failor Lake (Grays Harbor County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: No more than two over 15
inches in length may be retained per day.
Fan Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through September 30 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Fazon Lake (Whatcom County): Fishing from any floating device
prohibited from first Friday in October through January 15. Channel catfish: Daily and possession limit two.
Fio Rito Lakes (Kittitas County): Fishing from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Fish Lake (Chelan County): Trout: No more than two over
fifteen inches in length may be retained.
Fish Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Fish Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Fish Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Fisher Slough (Snohomish County):
From mouth to Highway 530 Bridge: Year-round season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Upstream from Highway 530 Bridge: Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Fishhook Pond (Walla Walla County): March 1 through October
31 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: June 1 through October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Fishtrap Lake (Lincoln/Spokane counties): Last Saturday in
April through September 30 season.
Forde Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Fort Borst Park Pond (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April
through last day in February season. Juveniles only.
Fortson Mill Pond # 2 (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Fourth of July Lake (Adams/Lincoln counties): December 1
through March 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Trout:
No more than two over fourteen inches in length may be
retained.
Franz Lake (Skamania County): Closed waters.
Frater Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Frenchman Hills Lake (Grant County): February 1 through
September 30 season.
Gadwall Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Garfield Juvenile Pond (Whitman County): Juveniles only.
George Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Geneva Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Germany Creek (Cowlitz County), from mouth to end of Germany
Creek Road (approximately five miles): June 1 through August
31 and November 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Release
all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained
per day.
Gibbs Lake (Jefferson County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Release all trout.
Gillette Lake (Stevens County): Last 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):
June 1 through March 31 season. Selective gear rules. 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): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
Golf Course Pond (Asotin County): Trout: No more than 2
trout over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Goodman Creek (Jefferson County) outside Olympic National
Park: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout,
minimum length fourteen inches. ((December 1 through last day
in February, one wild steelhead per day may be retained.))
Goodwin Lake (Snohomish County): Chumming permitted.
Goose Creek (Lincoln County), within the city limits of
Wilbur: Year around season. Juveniles and holders of
disability licenses only.
Goose Lake, Lower (Adams County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches. Bluegill: Not more than five
over six inches in length.
Gorst Creek (Kitsap County): Closed waters: From lower
bridge on the old Belfair Highway upstream to source
(including tributaries). From mouth upstream to lower bridge:
Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Gosnell Creek and tributaries (tributary to Lake Isabella)
(Mason County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Goss Lake (Island County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Grande Ronde River (Asotin County):
From mouth to County Road Bridge about two and one-half miles upstream: Year-round season. Selective gear rules September 1 through May 31. Trout: Minimum length ten inches, maximum length twenty inches. Bass: Fish twelve to seventeen inches in length may be retained. Up to but not more than 3 bass over fifteen inches in length may be retained. Daily limit five. Channel catfish: No daily limit.
From County Road Bridge upstream to Oregon state line and all tributaries: June 1 through October 31 season. Selective gear rules, June 1 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 Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Gray Wolf River (Clallam County): From junction with
Dungeness River to bridge at river mile 1.0 - Closed waters.
From bridge at river mile 1.0 upstream - selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Grays River (Wahkiakum County), from mouth to Highway 4
Bridge: September 1 through October 15 and November 15
through March 15 season; and from Highway 4 Bridge to mouth of
South Fork: September 1 through October 15 and December 15
through March 15 season. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction, night
closure)) Antisnagging rule and stationary gear restriction
September 1 through October 15. All game fish: Release all
fish except hatchery steelhead. Salmon: Open only September
1 through October 15 from mouth to South Fork. Daily limit 6
hatchery coho of which no more than four may be adult coho. Release all salmon except hatchery coho.
Grays River, East Fork (Wahkiakum County): Selective gear
rules. Trout: Release all fish except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained per day.
Grays River, West Fork (Wahkiakum County), downstream from
hatchery intake footbridge: June 1 - August 31 season. Trout: Additional December 15 through March 15 season
downstream from hatchery intake footbridge. Release all fish
other than hatchery steelhead. Salmon: Additional September
1 through October 15 season. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction,
night closure)) Antisnagging rule and stationary gear
restriction. Daily limit 6 hatchery coho of which not more
than 4 may be adult coho. Release all salmon except hatchery
coho.
Green Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through November 30:
Selective gear rules, and all species: Release all fish.
Green Lake (Lower) (Okanogan County): April 1 through
November 30: Selective gear rules, and all species: Release
all fish.
Green River (Cowlitz County): Closed waters: All
tributaries.
From mouth to 2800 Bridge: June 1 through November 30
season except closed from 400 feet above to 400 feet below the
water intake at the upper end of the hatchery grounds during
the period September 1 through November 30 and from 400 feet
or posted signs above and below the salmon hatchery rack when
the rack is installed in the river. ((Nonbuoyant lure
restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging rule September 1
through October 31 from mouth to 400 feet below salmon
hatchery rack. ((All species: When nonbuoyant lure
restriction 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 four may be adult salmon,
and of the adult salmon only 2 may be adult Chinook. Release
chum and wild coho. Release Chinook October 1 through
November 30.
From 2800 Bridge to source: Closed waters.
Green (Duwamish) River (King County):
From the First Avenue South Bridge to the northbound
Interstate 5 bridge: June 1 through July 31 and September 1
through February 15 season. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and
night closure)) Antisnagging rule September 1 through November
30. Fishing from any floating device prohibited November 1
through February 15. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. July 1 through July 31 and September 1 through November 30,
one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open
only September 1 through December 31. Daily limit 6 fish of
which no more than 3 may be adult salmon and only 1 may be a
Chinook.
From the northbound Interstate 5 bridge to SW 43rd
Street/South 180th Street Bridge: June 1 through July 31 and
September 16 through February 15 season. ((Nonbuoyant lure
restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging rule September 16
through November 30. Fishing from any floating device
prohibited November 1 through February 15. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches. July 1 through July 31 and September
16 through November 30, one wild steelhead per day may be
retained. Salmon: Open only September 16 through December
31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 3 may be adult
salmon. Release Chinook.
From the SW 43rd Street/South 180th Street Bridge to
South 277th Street Bridge in Auburn: Open only June 1 through
July 31 and October 1 through February 15. ((Nonbuoyant lure
restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging rule October 1
through November 30. Fishing from any floating device
prohibited November 1 through February 15. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches. July 1 through July 31 and October 1
through November 30, one wild steelhead per day may be
retained. Salmon: Open only October 1 through December 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which not more than 3 may be adult
salmon. Release Chinook.
From the 277th Street Bridge to Auburn-Black Diamond Road
Bridge: Open only June 1 through August 15 and October 16
through last day in February. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction
and night closure)) Antisnagging rule October 16 through
November 30. Fishing from a floating device prohibited
November 1 through last day in February. Trout, minimum
length fourteen inches. July 1 through August 15 and October
16 through November 30, one wild steelhead per day may be
retained. Salmon: Open only October 16 through December 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 3 may be adult
salmon. Release Chinook.
From the Auburn-Black Diamond Road Bridge to the Tacoma
Headworks Dam: June 1 through last day in February season. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging
rule August 1 through November 30. Closed waters: Within 150
feet of the Palmer Pond outlet rack and within 150 feet of the
mouth of Keta Creek. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. July
1 through November 30, one wild steelhead per day may be
retained. Salmon: Open only November 1 through December 31. Daily limit 2 chum.
Greenwater River (King County), from mouth to Greenwater
Lakes: July 1 through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
Grimes Lake (Douglas County): June 1 through August 31
season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.
Grizzly Lake (Skamania County): Closed waters.
Halfmoon Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Halfmoon Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
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: June 1 through August 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Hammersley Inlet Freshwater Tributaries (Mason County), except
Mill Creek: Closed waters.
Hampton Lakes, Lower and Upper (Grant County): April 1
through September 30 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Hancock Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. All tributary streams and the upper third
of the outlet are closed waters.
Harvey Creek (tributary to Sullivan Lake) (Pend Oreille
County):
From mouth to Bridge 4830 on county road (about one and one-half miles): Closed waters.
From Bridge 4830 upstream: Selective gear rules.
Harvey Creek (tributary to Stillaguamish River) (Snohomish
County): Closed waters.
Hatch Lake (Stevens County): December 1 through March 31
season. All species: Catch and release except up to five
rainbow trout may be retained.
Hatchery Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Haven Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Hawk Creek and tributaries (Lincoln County): Year-round
season.
Hays Creek and Ponds (Adams County): April 1 through
September 30 season.
Headgate Pond (Asotin County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Juveniles, seniors and holders of
disability licenses only.
Heart Lake (near Anacortes) (Skagit County): Last 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): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Herman Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Hicks Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
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), outside of Olympic National
Park: May 15 through April ((15)) 30 season. May 15 through
May 31, open Wednesday through Sunday downstream from
Willoughby Creek only. Willoughby Creek upstream to park
boundary closed through May 31. Selective gear rules June 1
through October 15 from Willoughby Creek to Morgan's Crossing
Boat Launch, June 1 through November 30 from Morgan's Crossing
Boat Launch to the mouth of south fork, and December 1 through
April ((15)) 30 from DNR Oxbow Campground Boat Launch to mouth
of south fork. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Catch
and release during May, except up to two hatchery steelhead
may be retained on open days. November 1 through February 15,
daily limit three steelhead downstream from the Oxbow
Campground Boat Launch. December 1 through April ((15)) 30,
downstream of DNR Oxbow Campground Boat Launch, one wild
steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only May 16
through November 30 downstream of Willoughby Creek and October
16 through November 30 Willoughby Creek to Morgan's Crossing
Boat Launch. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may
be adult salmon except May 15 through August 31 downstream of
Willoughby Creek open Wednesday through Sunday only of each
week and daily limit may contain no more than one adult
salmon.
Hoh River South Fork (Jefferson County), outside Olympic
National Park: June 1 through April ((15)) 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Hoko River (Clallam County): From mouth to upper Hoko Bridge:
Fly fishing only September 1 through October 31. Additional
November 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. December 1 through March 15, one wild
steelhead per day may be retained.
From upper Hoko Bridge to Ellis Creek Bridge (river mile 18.5): June 1 through March 31 season. Fly fishing only. All species: Release all fish except that up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
Homestead Lake (Grant County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit one fish.
Hoquiam River, including all forks (Grays Harbor County):
June 1 through ((March 31)) last day of February season. Single point barbless hooks required August 16 through
November 30. ((Selective gear rules and all species: Release
all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained
per day, from March 1 through March 31.)) Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 1 through
November 30 from mouth to bridge on Dekay Road on mainstem and
East Fork mouth to mouth of Berryman Creek. Daily limit 6
fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon, except
release adult Chinook, and chum.
Horseshoe Lake (Clark/Cowlitz counties): Trout: No more than
2 trout 20 inches or greater in length may be retained. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Horseshoe Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit 1.
Horseshoe Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules
apply.
Horseshoe Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last 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): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Hourglass Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Howard Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Howell Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Hozomeen Lake (Whatcom County): July 1 through October 31
season.
Huff Lake (Pend Oreille County): Closed waters.
Humptulips River (Grays Harbor County), from mouth to Highway
101 Bridge: June 1 through March 31 season except closed
September 1 through October 15 mouth to Highway 101 Bridge. Night closure and single point barbless hooks required August
16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches. Salmon: Open October 16 through January 31. Daily
limit of 6 salmon, not more than two of which may be adult
salmon. October 16 through November 30 the daily limit may
contain no more than one adult Chinook and one wild adult
coho. Release chum. December 1 through January 31 release
adult Chinook, wild adult coho, and chum. From Highway 101
Bridge to forks: June 1 through last day in February season. Night closure and single point barbless hooks required August
16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches. Additional season March 1 through March 31.
Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Humptulips River, East Fork (Grays Harbor County), from mouth
to concrete bridge on Forest Service Road between Humptulips
Guard Station and Grisdale: ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and
night closure)) Antisnagging rule August 16 through November
30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Humptulips River, West Fork (Grays Harbor County), from mouth
to Donkey Creek: June 1 through last day in February season.
((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging
rule August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Additional season March 1 through March 31.
Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Hutchinson Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion engine prohibited.
I-82 Ponds, 1 through 7 (Yakima County): Fishing from vessels
equipped with internal combustion 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: Selective gear rules.
Indian Creek (tributary to Elwha River) (Clallam County), from
mouth upstream to first Highway 101 crossing: Selective gear
rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Indian Creek 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 ((5 and three-quarters)) 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.
Issaquah Creek (King County): June 1 through August 31
season. Juveniles only.
Jackson Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Jameson Lake (Douglas County): Last Saturday in April through
July 4 and October 1 through October 31 seasons.
Jasmine Creek (Okanogan County): Year-round season. Juveniles only.
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): Last 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): June 1 through
August 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Joe Creek (Grays Harbor County): Upstream from State Highway
109 Bridge to Ocean Beach Road Bridge: June 1 through
November 30 season. Single point barbless hooks required
August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through
November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may
be adult salmon. Release adult Chinook, and chum.
Johns Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.
Johns River (Grays Harbor County): Mouth to Ballon Creek:
June 1 through last day in February season. Single point
barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 1
through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than
2 may be adult salmon. Release adult Chinook, and chum.
Ballon Creek upstream, including North and South Forks: June 1 through September 30 and December 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
Johnson Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis County):
Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length ten inches.
Johnson Creek (Whatcom County), from Northern Pacific Railroad
tracks to the Lawson Street footbridge in Sumas: Juveniles
only.
Jump-Off Joe Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 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 to fish to base of
Kachess Dam. Selective gear rules. From Kachess Lake
(Reservoir) upstream to waterfall approximately one-half mile
above Mineral Creek: Closed waters.
Kalaloch Creek (Jefferson County), outside Olympic National
Park: Closed waters: Those waters within the section posted
as the Olympic National Park water supply June 1 through last
day in February season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.
Kalama River (Cowlitz County): Release wild cutthroat.
From mouth upstream to one thousand feet below fishway at
upper salmon hatchery: Year-round season except during the
period the temporary fish rack is installed. Waters from
Modrow Bridge downstream to one thousand five hundred feet
below the rack are closed waters when the rack is installed. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction, night closure, and))
Antisnagging rule April 1 through October 31 from the mouth to
the natural gas pipeline at Mahaffey's Campground and April 1
through August 31 from the pipeline to the posted deadline at
the intake to the lower salmon hatchery. Stationary gear
restriction September 1 through October 31 from mouth to the
((rack. All species: When nonbuoyant lure restriction in
effect only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.))
natural gas pipeline at Mahaffey's Campground. Fishing from a
floating device equipped with a motor prohibited upstream of
Modrow Bridge. September 1 through October 31: Fly fishing
only from the pipeline crossing to the posted deadline at the
intake to the lower salmon hatchery. ((Trout)) All game fish:
Release all ((trout)) fish year-round except up to two
hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open
year-round. 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 4 may be adult salmon, and
of the adult salmon only 2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum
and wild coho. October 1 through December 31 release Chinook
upstream from natural gas pipeline crossing.
From one thousand feet below to one thousand feet above the fishway at upper salmon hatchery: Closed waters.
From one thousand feet above the fishway at the upper salmon hatchery to Summers Creek: Year-round season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Selective gear rules. 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: June 1 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): Last
Saturday in April through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
Keechelus Lake (Reservoir) (Kittitas County): Chumming
permitted. Trout except kokanee: Daily limit two, minimum
length twelve inches, additionally up to sixteen kokanee may
be retained.
Kelsey Creek (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County):
June 1 through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Kennedy Creek (Thurston County), from mouth to four hundred
feet below falls: June 1 through last day in February season.
((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging
rule 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.
Kennedy Creek Pond (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Kettle River (Stevens County):
June 1 through October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length 12 inches. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon.
Additional season: November 1 through May 31. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Ki Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Kidney Lake (Skamania County): Last Saturday in April through
last day in February season.
Kimball Creek (near Snoqualmie) (King County): Last Saturday
in April through October 31 season. Juveniles only. Trout:
No minimum length.
Kings Lake and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Closed
waters.
Kings Lake Bog (King County): Closed waters.
Kiwanis Pond (Kittitas County): Juveniles and holders of
disability licenses only.
Klaus Lake (King County): Last 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. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night
closure)) Antisnagging rule May 1 through May 31. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction)) Antisnagging rule August 1
through January 31 except night fishing allowed. Game fish:
Closed December 1 through January 31. Release game fish other
than steelhead April 1 through May 31. Trout: Minimum length
twelve inches. Steelhead and salmon: April 1 through May 31
Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays only, daily limit 1 hatchery
steelhead or 1 salmon. Release wild Chinook. Salmon: June 1
through January 31 daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2
may be adult salmon. Release wild Chinook June 1 through July
31.
From Fisher Hill Bridge to four hundred feet above # 5 fishway: Closed waters.
From four hundred feet above # 5 fishway to the Yakama Indian Reservation boundary: June 1 through November 30 season, except waters from boundary markers above Klickitat salmon hatchery to boundary markers below hatchery are closed waters. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Salmon: Open only 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 November 30: Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release Chinook November 1 through November 30. Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
From the Yakama Indian Reservation boundary upstream to source, including all tributaries: Closed waters.
Klineline Ponds (Clark County): Trout: No more than 2 trout
20 inches in length or greater may be retained.
Koeneman Lake (Fern Lake) (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. All
species: Release all fish.
Kress Lake (Cowlitz County): Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Trout:
No more than 2 trout 20 inches in length or greater may be
retained. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Lacamas Creek (Clark County): Lawful to fish upstream to the
base of Lacamas Lake Dam.
Lacamas Creek, tributary of Cowlitz River (Lewis County):
June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Release
all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained
per day.
Lake Creek (Okanogan County): Mouth to Black Lake: Closed
waters. Black Lake to Three Prong Creek: ((Selective gear
rules.)) Closed waters.
Langlois Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Latah (Hangman) Creek (Spokane County): Year-round season.
Leader Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 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): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Ledking Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last 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.
Lemna Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Lenice Lake (Grant County): March 1 through November 30
season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.
Lena Lake, Lower (Jefferson County): Closed waters: Inlet
stream from mouth upstream to footbridge (about one hundred
feet).
Lenore Lake (Grant County): Closed waters: Area within two
hundred yard radius of trash rack leading to the irrigation
pumping station (south end of lake) and area approximately one
hundred yards beyond the mouth of inlet stream to State
Highway 17. March 1 through May 31 season: Selective gear
rules. All species: Release all fish. Additional season
June 1 through November 30: Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit one.
Leo Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Lewis River (Clark County), from mouth to forks: Year-round
season. Trout: Release all fish except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open year-round. January 1 through July 31, daily limit six fish of which not
more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release sockeye, wild
Chinook, and wild coho. August 1 through December 31, daily
limit 6 fish of which no more than 4 may be adult salmon, and
of the adult salmon only 2 may be adult Chinook. Release
chum, sockeye, and wild coho. September 5 through September
30 release Chinook. 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: June 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Release all trout except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Mouth to top boat ramp at Lewisville Park: Additional April 16 through May 31 season. Selective gear rules. Release all fish except up to two 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. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night
closure)) Antisnagging rule April 1 through November 30 from
Johnson Creek to Colvin Creek. ((When nonbuoyant lure
restriction is in effect, only fish hooked inside the mouth
may be retained.)) Trout: Release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open
year-round. January 1 through July 31, daily limit six fish
of which not more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release
sockeye, wild Chinook and wild coho. August 1 through
December 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 4 may be
adult salmon, and of the adult salmon only 2 may be adult
Chinook. Release chum, sockeye, and wild coho. September 5
through September 30 release Chinook downstream of the I-5
bridge. 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: May 1 through September 30 and December 16
through April 30 season. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and
night closure)) Antisnagging rule April 1 through September
30. ((When nonbuoyant lure restriction is in effect, only
fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.)) Trout:
Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day. Salmon: Open only January 1 through
September 30 and December 16 through December 30. January 1
through July 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2
may be adult salmon. Release sockeye, wild Chinook and wild
coho. August 1 through September 30 and December 16 through
December 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 4 may be
adult salmon, and of the adult salmon only 2 may be adult
Chinook. Release chum and wild coho. Release sockeye August
1 through September 30. 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: Last 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. All species: Release all fish.
Liberty Lake (Spokane County): ((Last Saturday in April))
March 1 through September 30 season.
Lilliwaup River (Mason County): Mouth to 200 feet below
falls: June 1 through August 31 season. Selective gear
rules. All species: Release all fish.
Lilly Lake (Chelan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. July 5 through October 31, selective gear
rules, and all species: Release all fish.
Limerick Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
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): June 1 through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Little Hoko River (Clallam County): Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Little Klickitat River (Klickitat County), within Goldendale
city limits: Last Saturday in April through October 31
season. Juveniles only. Trout: Daily limit five, no minimum
length.
Little Lost Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season.
Little Naches River (Yakima County): Selective gear rules.
Little Nisqually River (Lewis County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length ten inches.
Little Pend Oreille River (Stevens County) from the Little
Pend Oreille wildlife refuge boundary about 1 mile downstream
from the refuge headquarters office to Crystal Falls:
Selective gear rules, and all species: Release all fish
except up to five Eastern brook trout may be retained.
Little Quilcene River (Jefferson County), from mouth to the
Little Quilcene River Bridge on Penny Creek Road, June 1
through ((last day in February)) October 31 season. All
species: Selective gear rules and release all fish. Closed
waters: Mouth to Highway 101 Bridge September 1 through
October 31. ((Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.))
Little Spokane River (Spokane County):
From mouth to SR 291 Bridge: Year-round season.
From SR 291 Bridge upstream to the West Branch: Last Saturday in April through October 31 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): Last Saturday in April
((1)) through ((November 30:)) October 31 season. Selective
gear rules ((and all species: Release all fish)). Trout:
Daily limit one.
Little Twin Lake (Stevens County): Last 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): May 1 through March 31 season, except for hatchery
steelhead and Chinook season in April, and except closed
Wednesdays beginning the second Wednesday in April through May
31 and from 6 p.m. Tuesday through 6 p.m. Wednesday, October 1
through October 31. ((Night closure and nonbuoyant lure
restriction)) Antisnagging rule May 1 through June 30. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction)) Antisnagging rule August 1
through December 31 except night fishing allowed. March 16
through June 30 daily limit of two fish, of which one or both
may be hatchery steelhead or one or both may be Chinook
salmon. Release wild Chinook. Trout and salmon: May 1
through June 30 release all fish except hatchery steelhead and
Chinook salmon. Trout: July 1 through March 15 release all
fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per
day. Salmon: Open only August 1 through December 31. Daily
limit six fish of which no more than two may be adult salmon. Release wild coho.
Lone Lake (Island County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit one, minimum length 18 inches.
Long Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Fly fishing only. Unlawful to fish from
floating devices equipped with motors.
Long Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
((Long Lake (Spokane River Reservoir) (Spokane County): Bass:
Release all bass May 1 through June 30.))
Long Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Long's Pond (Thurston County): Juveniles only.
Loomis Lake (Pacific County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Loomis Pond (Grays Harbor County): Closed waters.
Loon Lake (Stevens County): Last 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 (Okanogan County): Unlawful to fish from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion engine.
Lost River (Okanogan County):
From mouth to mouth of Monument Creek: Closed waters.
From mouth of Monument Creek to outlet of Cougar Lake: Selective gear rules. Trout: Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit. Dolly Varden/Bull Trout daily limit two, minimum length fourteen inches.
Love Lake (Clark County): Closed waters.
Lucky Duck Pond (Stevens County): Juveniles only.
Ludlow Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Lyle Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Lyre River (Clallam County):
From mouth to falls near river mile 3: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From falls to source: Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Mad River (Chelan County), from mouth upstream to Jimmy Creek:
Closed waters.
Maggie Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
November 30 season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Margaret Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Marshal Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Martha Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Martha Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Mashel River (Pierce County): July 1 through October 31
season. Selective gear rules. ((Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.)) All species: Release all fish except up to
two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Mattoon Lake (Kittitas County): Fishing from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.
May Creek (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County): June
1 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.
McAllister Creek (Thurston County): ((Nonbuoyant lure
restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging rule August 1
through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only July 1 through November 30 from mouth to
Olympia - Steilacoom Road Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which
no more than 2 may be adult salmon.
McCabe Pond (Kittitas County): Fishing from any floating
device prohibited. All species: Five fish daily limit for
all species combined.
McDonald Creek (Clallam County): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
McDowell Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a
floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. All
species: Release all fish.
McIntosh Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
McLane Creek (Thurston County), from a line 50 feet north of
and parallel to the Mud Bay Road Bridge to a line 100 feet
upstream and parallel to the south bridge on Highway 101:
June 1 through November 30 season. ((Nonbuoyant lure
restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging rule August 1
through November 30. Game fish: Release game fish November 1
through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches
upstream from the south bridge. Salmon: Open only September
1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more
than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild coho.
From a line 100 feet upstream and parallel to the south
bridge on Highway 101 upstream: ((Nonbuoyant lure
restrictions and night closure)) Antisnagging rule August 1
through October 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
McLane Creek Ponds (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
McManaman Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
McMurray Lake (Skagit County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Medical Lake (Spokane County): ((Last Saturday in April))
March 1 through ((September 30)) October 31 season. Selective
gear rules except fishing from a floating device equipped with
a motor prohibited. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length
fourteen inches.
Medical Lake, West (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April
through September 30 season.
Melaney Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.
Melbourne Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Mercer Creek (Kittitas County), that portion within Ellensburg
city limits: Juveniles only. Trout: Daily limit five, no
minimum length.
Mercer Slough (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County):
June 1 through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Merrill Lake (Cowlitz County): Fly fishing only. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion engine. Trout: Daily limit two, maximum length
twelve inches.
Merritt Lake (Chelan County): Trout: Daily limit sixteen.
Merry Lake (Grant County): March 1 through November 30
season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.
Merwin Lake (Reservoir) (Clark/Cowlitz County): Salmon:
Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Methow River (Okanogan County):
Mouth to County Road 1535 (Burma Road) Bridge: Closed waters June 1 through October 31. County Road 1535 (Burma Road) Bridge to Foghorn Dam: June 1 through September 30 season: Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish. Foghorn Dam to Weeman Bridge: June 1 through August 15 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish. Upstream from Weeman Bridge to the falls above Brush Creek: Closed waters June 1 through October 31. 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. Trout: Maximum length twenty inches.
Middle Nemah Pond (Pacific County): June 1 through October 31
season.
Mill Creek (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Mill Creek (Cowlitz County): June 1 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. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure.))
Antisnagging rule. All species: Release all fish except that
up to two hatchery steelhead with intact ventral fins may be
retained per day.
Mill Creek (Mason County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
Mill Creek 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 Gose St. Bridge: June 1 through ((April
15)) March 31 season. All species: Barbless hooks required
and release all fish except hatchery steelhead September 1
through ((April 15)) March 31. Trout: Daily limit three
hatchery steelhead.
From Gose St. Bridge to Roosevelt St. Bridge, within city limits of Walla Walla: Closed waters.
From Roosevelt St. Bridge upstream, including all tributaries: All tributaries: Closed waters. Selective gear rules. Trout: Maximum length twenty inches.
Mill Creek Pond (Grays Harbor County): Juveniles only.
Mill Pond (Auburn) (King County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Juveniles and holders of a senior
license only.
Mill Pond (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Mineral Creek (tributary to upper Kachess River) (Kittitas
County), from mouth to Wilderness Boundary: Closed waters.
Mineral Creek (tributary to Nisqually River), and Mineral
Creek, North Fork (Lewis County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Mineral Lake (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Minter Creek (Pierce/Kitsap counties): Closed waters: Area
from department intake dam downstream to mouth June 1 through
October 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon:
Open only November 1 through December 31 from mouth to 50 feet
downstream of the hatchery rack. Daily limit 4 chum.
Mirror Lake (Grant County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Mission Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Moclips River (Grays Harbor County), from mouth to the
Quinault Indian Reservation: June 1 through last day in
February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Molson Lake (Okanogan County): Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.
Monte Christo Lake (Snohomish County): June 1 through October
31 season. Selective gear rules.
Mooses Pond (Pacific County): June 1 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 last day in February season. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.
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. ((Small mouth bass: Small
mouth bass are not included as part of the bass daily limit. No minimum size. Small mouth bass 12 to 17 inches in length
may be retained. Daily limit 10 small mouth bass, not more
than one of which may be greater than 14 inches in length.)) 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: June 1 through last day in February season. Selective
gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Mountain Lake (San Juan County): Trout: Daily limit may not
contain more than one trout over 18 inches in length.
Muck Creek and tributaries (within Ft. Lewis Military
Reservation) (Pierce County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Release all trout.
Mud Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Mud Lake (Yakima County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit one.
Mudget Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Munn Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Additional season March 1 through the last
Friday in April. All species: Selective gear rules and
release all fish.
Muskegon Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit two.
Murray Creek (Pierce County): Closed waters.
Myron Lake (Yakima County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit one.
Mystic Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Naches River (Yakima/Kittitas counties):
From the mouth to Little Naches River: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches, maximum length twenty inches. Release trout June 1 through October 31 from confluence with Tieton River to mouth of Rattle Snake Creek. Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Naneum Creek (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.
Naneum Pond (Kittitas County): Juveniles only.
Napeequa River (Chelan County): Mouth to Twin Lakes Creek:
Closed waters.
Naselle River (Pacific/Wahkiakum counties), from Highway 101
Bridge upstream including all forks: Closed waters: Area
from four hundred feet below falls in Sec. 6, T10N, R8W
(Wahkiakum County) to falls. Waters from the North Valley
Road Bridge (Big Hill Bridge) to Highway 4 closed August 16
through October 15.
Mainstem: June 1 through April 15 season, except
sturgeon. Single point barbless hooks required August 16
through November 30 upstream from Highway 4 Bridge to Crown
Main Line (Salme) Bridge. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and
night closure)) Antisnagging rule August 16 through November
30 downstream from North Fork. Stationary gear restrictions
above mouth of South Fork August 16 through November 30. Selective gear rules March 1 through April 15 above mouth of
South Fork. All game fish: Release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open
only August 1 through January 31 from Highway 101 Bridge to
Highway 4 Bridge and October 16 through January 31 from the
Highway 4 Bridge to the Crown Main Line Bridge. Daily limit 6
fish of which no more than 3 may be adult salmon and of these
3 adult fish no more than 1 may be a wild adult coho and not
more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum.
Sturgeon: Open year-round from mouth to Highway 4 Bridge.
From mouth of North Fork to source: Selective gear
rules. All species: Release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
South Fork, from mouth to Bean Creek: June 1 through
last day in February season, except sturgeon. ((Nonbuoyant
lure restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging rule August
16 through November 30. Game fish: Release game fish except
up to two 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.
Negro Creek (Lincoln County): Year-round season from mouth at
Sprague Lake to the fish barrier dam at Fishtrap Lake.
Negro Creek (Whitman County): Last Saturday in April through
July 15 season.
Nemah River, North, Middle, and South: June 1 through March
31 season, except closed August 1 through September 30 on
North Nemah from Highway 101 Bridge upstream to Nemah
Hatchery. Single point barbless hooks required on North Nemah
upstream to the lower bridge on dead end lower Nemah Road
October 1 through November 30, on Middle Nemah upstream to the
Department of Natural Resources Bridge on Middle Nemah A-line
Road August 16 through November 30, and on South Nemah
upstream to confluence with Middle Nemah August 16 through
November 30. Selective gear rules on Middle Nemah above DNR
Bridge and South Nemah above confluence with Middle Nemah. Night closure August 16 through November 30 on South Nemah to
the confluence with Middle Nemah and Middle Nemah and October
1 through November 30 on North Nemah. ((Nonbuoyant lure
restriction)) Antisnagging rule on North Nemah upstream from
bridge on dead end lower Nemah Road and the Middle Nemah from
the DNR Bridge on A-line Road upstream August 16 through
November 30. On the North Nemah from the mouth to the lower
bridge on dead end lower Nemah Road, stationary gear
restriction during the period August 16 through November 30. All game fish: Release all fish except up to two hatchery
steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only August
1 through January 31 on Middle Nemah from mouth to DNR Bridge
and South Nemah from mouth to confluence with Middle Nemah and
October 1 through January 31 on North Nemah from mouth to the
lower bridge on dead end Lower Nemah Road. Middle and South
Nemah: Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be
adult salmon and of the two adult fish no more than one may be
a wild adult coho. Release chum. North Nemah: Daily limit 6
salmon of which not more than 3 may be adult salmon and of the
adult fish no more than one may be a wild adult coho and no
more than two may be adult Chinook. Release chum.
Newhalem Ponds (Whatcom County): Closed waters.
Newaukum River, main river and South Fork upstream to Highway
508 Bridge near Kearny Creek (Lewis County): June 1 through
March 31 season. Night closure and single point barbless
hooks required August 16 through November 30 from mouth to
Leonard Road. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches mouth to
Highway 508 Bridge near Kearny Creek. Salmon: Open only
October 16 through last day in February from mouth to Leonard
Road. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release adult Chinook, and chum. December 1 through
last day in February release wild adult coho.
Newaukum River, Middle Fork, mouth to Taucher Road Bridge
(Lewis County): June 1 to March 31 season. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
Newaukum River, North Fork (Lewis County):
From mouth to four hundred feet below Chehalis city water intake: June 1 through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From 400 feet below Chehalis city water intake upstream: Closed waters.
Niawiakum River (Pacific County): From Highway 101 Bridge to
the South Bend/Palix Road Bridge: Night closure and single
point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30. All game fish: Release all fish. Salmon: Open only
September 1 through November 30 from Highway 101 Bridge to
South Bend/Palix Road Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no
more than 2 may be adult salmon and of the adult fish not more
than one may be a wild adult coho. Release adult Chinook, and
chum.
Nile Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Nisqually River (Pierce County), from mouth to Military Tank
Crossing Bridge: July 1 through January 31 season. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging
rule August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. All species: Release all species except
salmon December 1 through January 31. Salmon: Open only July
1 through January 31 from mouth to Military Tank Crossing
Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be
adult salmon. Release wild adult Chinook.
From Military Tank Crossing Bridge to four hundred feet
below LaGrande Falls: July 1 through October 31 season.
Selective gear rules. ((Nonbouyant lure restriction and night
closure August 1 through October 31. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.)) All species: Release all fish except up
to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Selective
gear rules.
Nooksack River (Whatcom County), from mouth to forks, Middle
Fork to Dam and North Fork to Nooksack Falls: June 1 through
last day in February season except closed June 1 through
September 30 in mainstem from yellow marker at the FFA High
School barn at Deming to confluence of the North and South
Forks. Fishing from floating devices equipped with motors
prohibited on the North and Middle Forks November 1 through
last day in February. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night
closure)) Antisnagging rule August 1 through November 30 on
mainstem and North Fork to Maple Creek. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only September 1
through December 31 in mainstem from Lummi Indian Reservation
boundary to yellow marker at the FFA High School barn in
Deming. Open only October 16 through December 31 in mainstem
from the FFA barn to the confluence of the North and South
Forks, and October 1 through October 31 on the North Fork from
confluence to Maple Creek. Daily limit 2 salmon, except
release pink and wild coho, release wild Chinook from mouth to
FFA barn, and release Chinook from FFA barn to forks and in
North Fork.
Nooksack River, South Fork (Skagit/Whatcom counties): From
mouth to Skookum Creek: June 1 through last day in February
season except closed July 1 through October 15 from Saxon Road
Bridge to mouth of Skookum Creek. Selective gear rules. Night closure August 1 through October 31. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 16 through
December 31. Daily limit 2 salmon, except release Chinook,
pink, and wild coho.
From Skookum Creek upstream: Closed waters.
No Name Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
North Creek (Okanogan County): From mouth to falls at river
mile 0.8: ((Selective gear rules.)) Closed waters.
North Creek (tributary of Sammamish River) (Snohomish/King
counties): June 1 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): Last 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), from Highway 105
Bridge upstream to Falls River: June 1 through last day in
February season, except sturgeon. Night closure August 16
through November 30. Single point barbless hooks required
August 16 through November 30 upstream to Salmon Creek.
((Nonbuoyant lure restriction)) Antisnagging rule from Salmon
Creek to Falls River August 16 through November 30. All game
fish: Release all fish except that up to two hatchery
steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only
September 1 through November 30 from Highway 105 Bridge to
Salmon Creek. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may
be adult salmon and of the adult fish not more than one may be
a wild adult coho. Release adult Chinook, and chum. Sturgeon: Open year-round from Highway 105 Bridge to Salmon
Creek.
Upstream from Falls River: Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
Northern State Hospital Pond (Skagit County): Last Saturday
in April through October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Northwestern Reservoir (Klickitat/Skamania counties): Last
Saturday in April through last day in February season.
Nunnally Lake (Grant County): March 1 through November 30
season. Closed waters: Outlet stream of Nunnally Lake. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.
Oakland Bay freshwater tributaries (Mason County), except
Goldsborough Creek (including Shelton Creek, Canyon Creek,
Uncle John Creek, Campbell Creek, Melaney Creek, Deer Creek,
John's Creek, and Cranberry Creek to Lake Limerick): Closed
waters.
Ohanapecosh Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis/Pierce
counties): Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length
twelve inches.
Ohop Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Okanogan River (Okanogan County):
From the mouth to the highway bridge at Malott: Year-round season. Trout: Release all trout. Upstream from the highway bridge at Malott: June 1 through August 31 season. Trout: Release all trout. Salmon: Open only July 1 through October 15 from mouth to Highway 97 Bridge immediately upstream of mouth. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release coho and sockeye. All species: Antisnagging rule July 1 through October 15.
Closed waters: From Zosel Dam downstream to first Highway 97 Bridge.
Old Fishing Hole Pond (Kent) (King County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Old Mill Stream (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Olequa Creek (Lewis County): June 1 through last day in
February season. Trout: Release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Osborne Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Outlet Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Owens Pond (Pacific County): June 1 through October 31
season.
Packwood Lake (Lewis County): Closed waters: All inlet
streams and outlet from log boom to dam. Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit five, minimum length ten inches.
Padden Lake (Whatcom County): Last 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): June 1
through March 31 season, except sturgeon. Single point
barbless hooks and night closure August 16 through November 30
upstream to the confluence of the South and Middle Forks. All
game fish: Release all fish except up to two hatchery
steelhead per day may be retained. Above the confluence of
the South and Middle Forks: Selective gear rules. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging
rule August 16 through November 30. All game fish: Release
all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be
retained. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30
from the Highway 101 Bridge to the confluence of the South and
Middle Forks. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may
be adult salmon and of the adult salmon not more than one may
be a wild adult coho. Release adult Chinook, and chum. Sturgeon: Open year-round from the Highway 101 Bridge to the
confluence of the South and Middle Forks.
Palouse River and tributaries, except Rock Creek (Whitman
County): Year-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. Bass: Fish 12 to 15 inches in
length may be retained, but not more than 3 bass over 15
inches in length may be retained. Daily limit 5. 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): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Panther Creek (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Panther Creek (tributary to Wind River) (Skamania County):
Closed waters.
Panther Lake (Kitsap/Mason counties): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Para-Juvenile Lake (Adams/Grant counties): April 1 through
September 30 season. Juveniles only.
Park Lake (Grant County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Parker Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Pass Lake (Skagit County): Fly fishing only. Fishing from a
floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. All
species: Release all fish.
Pataha Creek (Garfield County):
Within the city limits of Pomeroy: Juveniles only.
From city limits of Pomeroy upstream: Selective gear rules.
((Patterson Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.))
Pattison Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Peabody Creek (Clallam County): Juveniles only.
Pearrygin Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through September 30 season.
Pend Oreille River (Pend Oreille County): Year-round season. All sloughs within the boundaries of the Kalispell Reservation
except Calispell Slough: Closed waters.
Perch Lake (Grant County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Percival Creek (Thurston County): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
Peshastin Creek (Chelan County): Mouth to Ruby Creek: Closed
waters.
Petit Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Phalon Lake (Stevens County): Closed waters.
Pheasant Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April to
October 31 season.
Phelps Creek (Chelan County): From mouth to falls at river
mile 1: Selective gear rules.
Philippa Creek (tributary to N.F. Snoqualmie River) (King
County): Closed waters.
Phillips Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Phillips Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Pilchuck Creek (Snohomish County), mouth to Highway 9 Bridge:
June 1 through November 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Additional December 1
through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
Pilchuck River (Snohomish County)
From its mouth to five hundred feet downstream from the Snohomish City diversion dam: December 1 through last day in February season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From 500 feet below diversion dam upstream: Closed waters.
Pillar Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Pine Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Pine Lake (Mason County): Last 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
disability licenses only. Game fish: Daily limit of five
fish in the aggregate. No minimum or maximum size for any
species.
Pioneer Ponds (tributary to Stillaguamish River) (Snohomish
County): Closed waters.
Pipers (Carkeek) Creek (King County), from its mouth to its
source, including tributaries: Closed waters.
Pit Lake (Douglas County): Juveniles only.
Pleasant Lake (Clallam County): Trout: Kokanee minimum
length eight inches, maximum length twenty inches.
Plummer Lake (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April through
last day in February season.
Poacher Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Portage Creek (tributary to Stillaguamish River) (Snohomish
County): Closed waters.
Potholes Reservoir (Grant County): Crappie: Minimum length
nine inches. Crappie and bluegill: Combined daily limit
twenty-five fish. Perch: Daily limit twenty-five fish. ((Small mouth bass: Small mouth bass are not included as part
of the bass daily limit. No minimum size. Small mouth bass
12 to 17 inches in length may be retained. Daily limit 10
small mouth bass, not more than 1 of which may be greater than
14 inches in length.)) 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): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Pratt River (tributary to Middle Fork Snoqualmie) (King
County): Selective gear rules. All species: Release all
fish.
Prices Lake (Mason County): ((Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.)) Selective gear rules. All species:
Release all fish.
Promised Land Pond (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through
October 31 season.
Purdy Creek (Mason County): June 1 through July 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Puyallup River (Pierce County):
From mouth to the Electron power plant outlet: July 1
through last day in February season. Single point barbless
hooks, ((nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure))
antisnagging rule August 1 through November 30 from the mouth
to the Carbon River. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through December 31 from mouth
to Carbon River. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2
may be adult salmon, plus 2 additional adult pink salmon. Release wild adult Chinook.
From Electron power plant outlet upstream: July 1 through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Pysht River (Clallam County): June 1 through last day in
February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
December 1 through last day in February, one wild steelhead
per day may be retained.
Pysht River South Fork (Clallam County): Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
Quail Lake (Adams County): Fly fishing only. Fishing from
any floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. All
species: Release all fish.
Quarry Pond (Walla Walla County): Fishing from any floating
device prohibited. Trout: No more than 2 trout over 13
inches in length may be retained.
Quigg Lake (Grays Harbor County): June 1 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.
Quillayute River (Clallam County): Open year-round outside of
Olympic National Park only. May 1 through May 31 release all
game fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be
retained. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. November 1
through last day in February, daily limit three steelhead. December 1 through April 30, one wild steelhead per day may be
retained. Salmon: Open only February 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon
February 1 through August 31 and 3 may be adult salmon
September 1 through November 30. September 1 through October
31 the daily limit may contain no more than 2 adult Chinook,
release wild coho, and selective gear rules. November 1
through November 30 the 3 adult salmon may contain no more
than 2 adult Chinook or 2 adult wild coho or 1 adult Chinook
and 1 adult wild coho. February 1 through August 31 release
wild adult coho and wild adult Chinook.
Quinault River, Upper (Jefferson County), from mouth at upper
end of Quinault Lake to the National Park boundary: June 1
through April 15 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches. December 1 through April 15, one wild steelhead per
day may be retained. Salmon: Open only July 1 through
October 31. Daily limit 6 fish except release adult salmon.
Quincy Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Radar Ponds (Pacific County): Salmon: Landlocked salmon
rules apply.
Raging River (King County), from its mouth to the Highway 18
Bridge: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.
Railroad Pond (Franklin County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit two.
Rainbow Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
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): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Rat Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through November 30:
Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Rattlesnake Creek (Yakima County): Selective gear rules. All
species: Release all fish.
Rattlesnake Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Ravensdale Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit
two, minimum length twelve inches.
Reflection Pond (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Renner Lake (Ferry County): Last 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 to fish up to the base of Swofford Pond
Dam. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Rigley Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit
two, minimum length twelve inches.
Riley Lake (Snohomish County): Last 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.
Robbins Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Rock Creek (Adams/Whitman counties): Mouth to Endicott Road
year-round season.
Endicott Road to bridge on George Knott Road at Revere: Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Upstream from bridge on George Knott Road: Year-round season.
Rock Creek (Chelan County): Selective gear rules.
Rock Creek (Cedar River tributary below Landsburg Dam) (King
County): Closed waters.
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 (Skamania County): Mouth to falls: June 1 through
March 15 season. Trout: Release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Above falls,
additional November 1 through March 15 season.
Rocky Ford Creek and Ponds (Grant County): Fly fishing only. Fishing from bank only (no wading). All species: Release all
fish.
Rocky Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. June 1 through October 31 selective gear
rules and 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 May 31 from the
Coulee Dam National Recreation Area boundary downstream of
Onion Creek to the Canadian border; (2) January 1 through May
31 in San Poil arm upstream from outlet of French Johns
Lake((,)); and (3) April 1 through May 31 in Kettle arm
upstream to Barstow Bridge. Trout except kokanee: Daily
limit five. No more than two over twenty inches in length. Kokanee daily limit two. Walleye: No minimum size. Daily
limit 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. ((Small mouth bass: Small mouth bass do not count
as part of the bass daily limit. Fish between 12 and 17
inches in length may be retained. No minimum size. Daily
limit 10 bass, no more than one bass over 14 inches in length
may be retained.))
Rose Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Ross Lake (Reservoir) (Whatcom County): July 1 through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules, except fishing from
a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor
allowed. Trout: Daily limit three, possession limit six,
minimum length thirteen inches.
Ross Lake tributary streams (Whatcom County), except Big
Beaver Creek and Ruby Creek: Closed waters: From closed
water markers near mouth upstream for one mile. Above closed
water marker in tributaries not listed as closed: July 1
through October 31 season.
Round Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Rowland Lakes (Klickitat County): Last Saturday in April
through last day in February season.
Royal Lake (Adams County): Closed waters.
Royal Slough (including Marsh Unit IV impoundments) (Adams
County): Closed waters.
Ruby Creek (tributary to Ross Lake) (Whatcom County): Closed
waters.
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.
Rufus Woods Lake (Douglas County): Chumming allowed. Trout:
Daily limit two. Kokanee not included in daily trout limit.
Kokanee daily limit 2. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or
retain sturgeon from Rufus Woods Lake and tributaries.
Sacheen Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Saddle Mountain Lake (Grant County): Closed waters.
Sago Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Salmon Creek (Clark County), from mouth to 72nd Avenue N.E.:
June 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Release all fish
except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Salmon Creek, including all forks (Jefferson County): Closed
waters.
Salmon Creek, mainstem (Okanogan County): Closed waters.
Salmon Creek, North Fork and West Fork from mouth to South
Fork (Okanogan County): Selective gear rules.
Salmon Creek (tributary of Naselle River) (Pacific County):
June 1 through last day in February season. Selective gear
rules. All species: Release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
Salmon River (Jefferson County) outside of Olympic National
Park and Quinault Indian Reservation: June 1 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.
Salt Creek (Clallam County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
From mouth to bridge on Highway 112: Additional November 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Samish Lake (Whatcom County): Trout: Cutthroat trout daily
limit two, minimum length fourteen inches.
Samish River (Whatcom County):
From its mouth to the Hickson Bridge: June 1 through
March 15 season. From Highway 99 Bridge to department salmon
rack: Closed waters. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night
closure)) Antisnagging rule August 1 through December 31.
Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only July 1 through December 31 from mouth to Thomas Road Bridge and October 1 through December 31 from Thomas Road Bridge to I-5 Bridge. Daily limit two salmon.
Sammamish Lake (King County): Trout: Release all kokanee. Kokanee/sockeye under fifteen inches are kokanee while those
fifteen inches and over are sockeye salmon. December 1
through June 30: Release all steelhead and rainbow trout over
twenty inches in length. Salmon: Closed to salmon fishing
within 100 yards of the mouth of Issaquah Creek. Open only
August 16 through November 30. Daily limit two salmon. Release sockeye.
Sammamish River (Slough) (King County), from the 68th Avenue
N.E. Bridge to Lake Sammamish: January 1 through August 31
season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all trout.
Sandyshore Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April to
October 31 season.
San Poil River (Ferry County): Unlawful to fish for or retain
sturgeon.
Sarge Hubbard Park Pond (Yakima County): Juveniles and
holders of disability licenses only.
Satsop Lakes (Grays Harbor County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Satsop River((,)) (Grays Harbor County): Trout: Minimum
length 14 inches in mainstem and all forks. Mainstem and East
Fork, single point barbless hooks and night closure August 16
through November 30 except only August 16 through October 31
on East Fork upstream from bridge at Schafer State Park. Middle and West forks downstream from Cougar Smith Road
((nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure)) antisnagging
rule August 16 through November 30. Middle and West Forks
upstream from Cougar Smith Road ((night closure and nonbuoyant
lure restriction)) antisnagging rule August 16 through October
31.
From mouth to bridge at Schafer Park: June 1 through March 31 season. Salmon: Open only October 1 through January 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release adult Chinook, and chum.
Middle Fork (Turnow Branch), from mouth to Cougar Smith Road: June 1 through last day in February season.
West Fork, from mouth to Cougar Smith Road: June 1 through last day in February season.
Sauk River (Skagit/Snohomish counties):
From mouth to the mouth of the White Chuck River: June 1
through last day in February season. ((Trout except Dolly
Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to
retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit,
minimum length twenty inches.)) Selective gear rules. 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:
Selective gear rules. ((Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly
Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length
twenty inches.)) All species: Release all fish except up to
two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
South Fork upstream from Elliot Creek: June 1 through August 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
From mouth to the Darrington Bridge: Additional March 1 through April 30 season. Selective gear rules. 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.
Schaefer Lake (Chelan County): Trout: Daily limit sixteen.
Sekiu River (Clallam County): All open periods: Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.
From mouth to forks: Additional November 1 through last day in February season.
Serene Lake (Snohomish County): Last 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): Last 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): Closed waters.
Sherman Creek (Ferry County):
From the mouth at Lake Roosevelt upstream to four hundred feet above the water diversion dam for the hatchery: Closed waters, except December 1 through August 31 season from the mouth upstream to the hatchery boat dock.
Sherry Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Sherwood Creek (Mason County): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
Sherwood Creek Mill Pond (Mason County): June 1 through
October 31 season. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, daily
limit 2 fish.
Shiner Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor prohibited.
Shoe Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Shoveler Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Shye Lake (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through October 31
season.
Sidley Lake (Okanogan County): Trout: Daily limit two.
Siebert Creek (Clallam County): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
Silent Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.
Silvas Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all trout.
Silver Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis County),
mouth to USFS Road 4778: Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum length twelve inches.
Silver Lake (Cowlitz County): Crappie: Daily limit ten
crappie. Minimum size nine inches in length.
Silver Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
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. March 1 through September 30: Trout:
Daily limit 2 fish, minimum length 14 inches, except release
fish with clipped adipose fin. November 1 through December
31: All species: Release all fish.
Silver Lake (Whatcom County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
((Silvernail)) 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.
From Enloe Dam to Canadian border: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Sinlahekin Creek (Okanogan County), from Palmer Lake to Cecile
Creek bridge: June 1 through August 31 season. Selective
gear rules. Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Sixteen Lake (Skagit County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Skagit River (Skagit/Whatcom counties):
From mouth to the Memorial Highway Bridge (Highway 536 at Mt. Vernon): Year-round season. Selective gear rules March 1 through May 31 except lawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through December 31. Daily limit 2 salmon except release Chinook and pink.
From Memorial Highway Bridge (Highway 536 at Mt. Vernon)
upstream to Gilligan Creek: June 1 through March 15 season. ((Night closure and nonbuoyant lure restriction)) Antisnagging
rule 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 trout daily limit,
minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open only September 1
through December 31. Daily limit 2 salmon except release
Chinook and pink.
From Gilligan Creek to Cascade River: June 1 through
March 15 season except closed June 1 through June 30 and
August 1 through August 31 between a line 200 feet above the
east bank of the Baker River to a line 200 feet below the west
bank of the Baker River. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and
night closure)) Antisnagging rule July 1 through November 30. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of
the trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches. Salmon:
Open only September 16 through December 31 Gilligan Creek to
the Dalles Bridge at Concrete. Daily limit 2 salmon except
release Chinook and pink.
From the Dalles Bridge at Concrete to the Highway 530 Bridge at Rockport - Salmon open July 1 through July 31 except closed 12:01 a.m. July 5 until 2:00 p.m. July 6 and 12:01 a.m. July 10 until 2:00 p.m. July 11, and, except closed from 200 feet above the mouth of the Baker River to the Cascade River. Daily limit two sockeye salmon. Release all salmon except sockeye salmon. Salmon open September 16 through December 31. Daily limit 2 salmon except release Chinook and pink. Additional season: March 16 through April 30. Selective gear rules except lawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Unlawful to fish from a floating device while under power. All species: Release all fish.
From the Highway 530 Bridge at Rockport to the Cascade
River - Salmon open June 1 through July 8. ((Nonbuoyant lure
restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging rule June 1
through November 30. Daily limit two salmon. Release all
salmon except hatchery Chinook. Salmon open September 16
through December 31. Daily limit 2 salmon. Release Chinook
and pink. Additional season: March 16 through April 30. Selective gear rules except lawful to fish from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Unlawful
to fish from a floating device while under power. All
species: Release all fish.
From Cascade River to Gorge Powerhouse: June 1 through
March 15 season. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night
closure July 1 through November 30. Trout except Dolly
Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to
retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of the trout daily
limit, minimum length twenty inches.)) Selective gear rules.
All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained per day.
From the Gorge Powerhouse to Gorge Dam: Closed waters.
Skamokawa Creek (Wahkiakum County), mouth to forks just below
Oatfield and Middle Valley Road: November 1 through March 15
season. All species: Release all fish other than steelhead. Trout: Minimum length twenty inches.
Skate Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis County):
Trout: Daily limit five, no more than one over twelve inches
in length. 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 forks: ((Night
closure, nonbuoyant lure restriction)) Antisnagging rule and
((single point)) barbless hooks required August 1 through
November 30 mouth to Highway 101. June 1 through July 31 and
October 31 through December 15 season from mouth to Highway
101 Bridge. June 1 through October 31 season from Highway 101
Bridge to forks. All game fish: Release all fish. Selective
gear rules from Highway 101 Bridge to forks. Salmon: Open
only August 1 through December 15 mouth to Highway 101 Bridge.
Terminal gear restricted to no closer than 25 feet of a
tribal gill net. Daily limit 1 salmon August 1 through
September 30. Release chum salmon. Daily limit 6 salmon
October 1 through December 15, except daily limit may contain
no more than 4 adult fish and release Chinook. October 1
through October 15 release chum salmon.
Skokomish River, North Fork (Mason County):
From mouth to lower dam: June 1 through October 31 season. All species: Release all fish. Selective gear rules.
Above Lake Cushman, mouth to Olympic National Park boundary: June 1 through August 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all fish.
Skokomish River, South Fork (Mason County):
From mouth to mouth of Church Creek: June 1 through October 31 season. All species: Release all fish. Selective gear rules.
From mouth of Church Creek to mouth of Rule Creek: Closed waters.
From mouth of Rule Creek to headwaters: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Skookum Creek (Mason County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
Skookum Lakes, North and South (Pend Oreille County): Last
Saturday in April through October 31 season.
Skookumchuck Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all
trout.
Skookumchuck Reservoir (Thurston County): June 1 through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length
twelve inches.
Skookumchuck River (Thurston County):
From mouth to four hundred feet below the outlet of the PP&L/WDFW steelhead rearing pond located at the base of the Skookumchuck Dam: June 1 through April 30 season. Single point barbless hooks and night closure August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 16 through last day in February. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon, except December 1 through the last day in February release wild adult coho. Release adult Chinook, and chum.
From Skookumchuck Reservoir upstream and all tributaries: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Skykomish River (Snohomish County):
From mouth to mouth of Wallace River: June 1 through
last day in February season. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction
and night closure)) Antisnagging rule 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 last day in February from the boat ramp
below Lewis Street Bridge at Monroe downstream two thousand
five hundred feet. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly
Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length
twenty inches. Salmon: Open June 1 through July 31 Lewis
Street Bridge in Monroe to Wallace River. Daily limit 2
hatchery Chinook. In years ending in even numbers, open
September 1 through December 31 mouth to Wallace River. Daily
limit 2 salmon. 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 2 salmon
plus 2 additional pink. Release Chinook.
From the mouth of the Wallace River to the forks: June 1
through last day in February season, except closed June 1 to
8:00 a.m. August 1 in those waters one thousand five hundred
feet upstream and one thousand feet downstream of the outlet
at Skykomish Rearing Ponds. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and
night closure)) Antisnagging rule 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 Skykomish Rearing Ponds August 1
through last day in February. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull
Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly
Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length
twenty inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through
December 31. In years ending in even numbers, daily limit 2
salmon. Release Chinook and pink. In years ending in odd
numbers, daily limit 2 salmon plus 2 additional pink. Release
Chinook.
Skykomish River, North Fork (Snohomish County):
From mouth to one thousand feet downstream from Bear
Creek Falls: June 1 through last day in February season. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging
rule August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
From one thousand feet below Bear Creek Falls to Deer Falls: Closed waters.
Skykomish River, South Fork (King/Snohomish counties):
From mouth to six hundred feet downstream from the Sunset
Falls Fishway: June 1 through last day in February season.
((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging
rule August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
From a point six hundred feet downstream of the Sunset Falls Fishway to the Sunset Falls Fishway: Closed waters.
From Sunset Falls to source: June 1 through November 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Whitefish: Additional December 1 through last day in February season. Release all fish other than whitefish.
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.
Smith Creek (near North River) (Pacific County): June 1
through last day in February season, except sturgeon. Single
point barbless hooks, and night closure August 16 through
November 30 upstream to the Highway 101 Bridge. All game
fish: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead
per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only September 1
through November 30 from mouth to Highway 101 Bridge. Daily
limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon and
of the adult salmon not more than one may be an adult wild
coho. Release adult Chinook. Sturgeon: Open year-round from
mouth to Highway 101 Bridge.
Snake River: Year-round season. Closed to the taking of all
trout April 1 through June 15. Trout: Daily limit six,
minimum length ten inches, no more than three over twenty
inches. Release all steelhead June 16 through August 31. Barbless hooks required when fishing for steelhead. Sturgeon:
Unlawful to retain sturgeon in mainstem and tributaries
upstream from Lower Granite Dam. Bass: Fish twelve to
seventeen inches in length may be retained. Up to but not
more than 3 bass over fifteen inches in length may be
retained. Daily limit 5. 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.
Closed waters: Within four hundred feet of the base of any dam and within a four hundred foot radius around the fish ladder entrance at Lyons Ferry Hatchery, within a two hundred foot radius upstream of the fish ladder exit above Lower Granite Dam, and within an area one thousand two hundred feet downstream from the base of the west lock gate at Little Goose Dam on the south bank of the Snake River and one hundred feet out into the river from said river bank.
Snipe Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Snohomish River (Snohomish County), including all channels,
sloughs, and interconnected waterways, but excluding all
tributaries: June 1 through last day in February season,
except sturgeon. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night
closure)) Antisnagging rule 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 salmon. Release Chinook and pink.
In years ending in odd numbers: Open only August 16 through
December 31. Daily limit 2 salmon plus 2 additional pink. Release Chinook. Sturgeon: Open year-round from mouth to
Highway 2 Bridge.
Snoqualmie River (King County):
From mouth to the falls: June 1 through last day in February season, except waters within the Puget Power tunnel at the falls and within fifty feet of any point on Puget Power's lower Plant # 2 building (north bank) are closed waters. June 1 through November 30 selective gear rules, except fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor allowed. Fishing from any floating device prohibited November 1 through last day in February from the mouth of Tokul Creek downstream to the boat ramp at Plumb access, about one-quarter mile. Night closure September 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through December 31. Daily limit 2 fish. Release Chinook and pink.
From Snoqualmie Falls upstream, including the North and South Forks: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length ten inches. Additional November 1 through May 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Snoqualmie Middle Fork from mouth to source including all tributaries except Pratt and Taylor rivers: Year-round season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Snow Creek (Jefferson County), including all tributaries:
Closed waters.
Snyder Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all trout.
Sol Duc River (Clallam County): Open year-round. May 1
through May 31 release all game fish except up to two hatchery
steelhead per day may be retained. Selective gear rules from
the concrete pump station at the Sol Duc Hatchery to the
Highway 101 Bridge downstream of Snider Creek November 1
through April 30, and from the Highway 101 Bridge downstream
of Snider Creek to Olympic National Park June 1 through
October 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. November
1 through last day in February, daily limit three steelhead
from mouth to concrete pump station at Sol Duc Hatchery. December 1 through April 30, from mouth to the concrete pump
station at the Sol Duc Hatchery, one wild steelhead per day
may be retained. Salmon: Open only February 1 through
November 30 from mouth to concrete pump station. Daily limit
6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon February 1
through August 31 and of which no more than 3 may be adult
salmon September 1 through November 30. February 1 through
August 31 release wild adult coho and wild adult Chinook. September 1 through October 31 the daily limit may contain no
more than 2 adult Chinook, release wild coho, and selective
gear rules. November 1 through November 30 the daily limit
may contain no more than 2 adult Chinook or 2 adult wild coho
or 1 adult Chinook and 1 adult wild coho.
Sooes River (Suez River) (Clallam County): June 1 through
last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
Soos Creek (King County), from mouth to bridge near hatchery
residence: June 1 through August 31 season except salmon. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only
October 16 through November 30 to fishing by juveniles only. Night closure October 16 through November 30. Terminal gear
restricted to one single point hook. Daily limit two coho
salmon.
Bridge near hatchery residence to Salmon hatchery rack: June 1 through August 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
South Bend Mill Pond (Pacific County): Juveniles only.
South Prairie Creek (Pierce County), mouth to Page Creek:
Closed waters.
Spada Lake (Reservoir) (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. 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.
Spearfish Lake (Klickitat County): Last Saturday in April
through last day in February season.
Spectacle Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through September
30 season.
Spirit Lake (Skamania County): Closed waters.
Spokane River (Spokane County):
From SR 25 Bridge upstream to the upstream boundary at
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. ((Small
mouth bass: Small mouth bass do not count as part of the bass
daily limit. Small mouth bass 12 to 17 inches in length may
be retained. No minimum size. Daily limit 10 bass, no more
than one bass greater than 14 inches in length may be
retained.))
From the upstream boundary at Plese Flats Day Use Area
(Riverside State Park) upstream to the Monroe Street Dam:
((Year-round)) June 1 through March 15 season. Selective gear
rules. Trout: Daily limit one. Release wild trout. Salmon:
Landlocked salmon rules apply. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish
for or retain sturgeon.
From Monroe Street Dam upstream to Upriver Dam: Year-round season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
From Upriver Dam upstream to the Idaho/Washington state line: June 1 through March 15 season. Selective gear rules, except fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor permitted. All species: Release all fish.
Sprague Lake (Adams/Lincoln counties):
Waters south of the lakeside edge of the reeds and waters
of Cow Creek south to Danekas Road: July 1 through September
15 season. Trout: No more than two over twenty inches in
length may be retained. Crappie and bluegill: Combined daily
limit ((ten,)) twenty-five fish. Crappie: Minimum length
nine inches. ((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.))
Spring Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Spring Hill Reservoir (Black Lake, Lower Wheeler Reservoir)
(Chelan County): Last Saturday in April through October 31
season. July 5 through October 31, selective gear rules, and
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 Lake (Whatcom County): Fly fishing only. Fishing
from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout: Daily limit two.
Stan Coffin Lake (Grant County): Bass: Release all bass.
Starvation Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through May 31 season. Additional June 1 through October 31
season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all
fish.
Steel Lake (King County): Last 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. Trout: Minimum length fifteen inches. Release cutthroat. Additional March 1 through June 30 season. Selective gear
rules. All species: Release all fish.
Stetattle Creek (Whatcom County), from its mouth to mouth of
Bucket Creek (one and one-half miles upstream): Closed
waters.
Stevens Creek (Grays Harbor County), mouth to Highway 101
Bridge: June 1 through September 30 and December 1 through
last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
Stevens, Lake (Snohomish County): Chumming permitted. Kokanee: Kokanee not included in trout daily limit. Kokanee
daily limit ten fish.
Steves Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Stickney Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Stillaguamish River (Snohomish County):
From mouth to Marine Drive, including all sloughs:
Year-round season. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night
closure)) Antisnagging rule August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only
September 1 through December 31. In years ending in even
numbers, daily limit 2 salmon. Release Chinook and pink
salmon. In years ending in odd numbers, daily limit 2 salmon
plus 2 additional pink. Release Chinook.
From Marine Drive to the forks, except from the barrier dam (downstream of I-5) downstream two hundred feet which is closed waters: June 1 through last day in February season. Night closure August 1 through November 30. Selective gear rules June 1 through November 30 except fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor allowed. Game fish: June 1 through November 30 release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches December 1 through last day in February. Salmon: Open only September 1 through December 31. In years ending in even numbers, daily limit 2 salmon. Release Chinook and pink salmon. In years ending in odd numbers, daily limit 2 salmon plus 2 additional pink. Release Chinook.
Stillaguamish River, North Fork (Snohomish County), from mouth
to Swede Heaven Bridge: June 1 through last day in February
season. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure))
Antisnagging rule 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. June 1 through November 30: All
species: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead. June 1
through November 30 fly fishing only. December 1 through last
day in February: Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Stillaguamish River, South Fork (Snohomish County):
From mouth to four hundred feet downstream of the outlet
to fishway at Granite Falls: June 1 through last day in
February season. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night
closure)) Antisnagging rule August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From four hundred feet below the outlet of the end of the fishway to Mt. Loop Highway bridge above Granite Falls: Closed waters.
From Mt. Loop Highway Bridge above Granite Falls to
source: June 1 through November 30 season. ((Nonbuoyant lure
restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging rule August 1
through November 30.
Storm Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Stratford/Brook Lake (Grant County): February 1 through
September 30 season.
Stump Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion engine prohibited.
Suiattle River (Skagit County): Trout: Legal to retain Dolly
Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length
twenty inches.
Sullivan Creek (Pend Oreille County), from Mill Pond upstream
and tributaries: Selective gear rules. 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.
Sultan River (Snohomish County), from its mouth to a point
four hundred feet downstream from the diversion dam at river
mile 9.7: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout
except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of
trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches.
Sultan River, North and South Forks (Snohomish County):
Closed waters.
Summit Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Summit Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Sunday Creek (tributary to N.F. Snoqualmie River) (King
County): Closed waters.
Sutherland Lake (Clallam County): Chumming permitted.
Swale Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all trout.
Swamp Creek (tributary to Sammamish River) (Snohomish/King
counties): June 1 through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Swan Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Swan's Mill Pond (Stossel Creek) (King County): June 1
through October 31 season.
Swauk Creek (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.
Swift Reservoir (Skamania County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. From posted markers below Eagle
Cliff Bridge to Bridge: Selective gear rules except fishing
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor allowed. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Swofford Pond (Lewis County): Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Sylvia Lake (Grays Harbor County): Trout: No more than two
over 15 inches in length may be retained per day.
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): Selective gear rules and release
all fish except salmon. Salmon: Open only September 16
through October 31 mouth to marker one mile above North Shore
Road Bridge. Daily limit 2 coho salmon.
Taneum Creek (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.
Tanwax Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. 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 Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April
through November 30 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Tate Creek (tributary to N.F. Snoqualmie River) (King County):
Closed waters.
Taylor River (tributary to the Middle Fork Snoqualmie) (King
County): Selective gear rules. All species: Release all
fish.
Teal Lakes (North and South) (Grant County): April 1 through
September 30 season.
Teal Lake (Jefferson County): ((Last Saturday in April to
August 31 season.)) Fishing from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion engine prohibited. ((Additional
September 1 through March 30 season.)) Selective gear rules. ((All species: Release all fish.)) Trout daily limit one
fish.
Teanaway River((, including North Fork)) (Kittitas County):
Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all trout.
Teanaway River, North Fork (Kittitas County): Mouth to
Beverly Creek including all tributaries: Selective gear
rules. Trout: Release all trout. Beverly Creek to
impassable waterfall at the end of USFS Road 9737 (about 8
river miles): Closed waters.
Tenas Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Tennant Lake (Whatcom County): Fishing from any floating
device prohibited from first Friday in October through January
15.
Terrell, Lake (Whatcom County): Fishing from any floating
device prohibited the first Saturday after Labor Day through
the following Friday and from October 1 through January 31
except fishing from floating dock permitted.
Thomas Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Thornton Creek (tributary to Lake Washington) (King County):
June 1 through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Thread Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Tibbetts Creek (tributary to Lake Sammamish) (King County):
June 1 through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Tieton River (Yakima County): Lawful to fish to base of
Tieton (Rimrock) Dam. Selective gear rules June 1 through
October 31. Additional December 1 through March 31 season:
Whitefish gear rules apply.
Tieton River, North Fork (Yakima County), upstream from
Rimrock Lake: Closed waters: ((Spillway channel.)) From
Rimrock Lake to Clear Lake Dam including that portion of the
river that flows through the dry lakebed. June 1 through
August 15 season.
Tieton River, South Fork (Yakima County): From ((mouth)) the
bridge on USFS Road 1200 to bridge on USFS Rd. 1070
(approximately 12.5 miles): Closed waters.
Tiger Lake (Kitsap/Mason counties): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Tilton River (Lewis County), from mouth to West Fork: June 1
through March 31 season. Trout: Daily limit five, no more
than one over twelve inches in length. 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 June 1 through December 31. Daily limit 6
fish of which no more than 2 may be adult fish. Release wild
coho.
Tilton River, East, North, South and West Forks (Lewis
County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve
inches.
Toad Lake (Whatcom County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Tokul Creek (King County):
From mouth to the Fish Hatchery Road Bridge: December 1
through last day in February season, closed 5:00 p.m. to 7:00
a.m. daily. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction.)) Antisnagging
rule except night fishing allowed. 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 last day in February
season, closed 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. daily. ((Nonbuoyant
lure restriction.)) Antisnagging rule except night fishing
allowed. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
From the posted cable boundary marker located approximately four hundred feet downstream of the hatchery intake to the railroad trestle: Closed waters.
Tolt River (King County):
From mouth to the USGS trolley cable near the confluence of the North and South Forks: June 1 through last day in February season. June 1 through November 30, selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From the USGS trolley cable to the falls in Sec. 21, Twp 26N., R 8 E. on the North Fork, and to the dam on the South Fork: Closed waters.
From falls upstream on North Fork: Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
From dam upstream on South Fork: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length ten inches.
Touchet River (Columbia/Walla Walla counties):
Bass: Bass 12 to 17 inches in length may be retained. Up to but not more than 3 greater than 15 inches may be retained as part of the daily limit. Daily limit 5.
From confluence of north and south forks upstream, including Robinson and Wolf Forks: Selective gear rules. Bass: Statewide rules apply. Trout: Release all steelhead. Tributaries other than North Fork, South Fork, Robinson Fork, and Wolf Fork: Closed waters.
North Fork: Upstream of Spangler Creek June 1 through August 31 season.
South Fork: Upstream from Griffin Creek June 1 through August 31 season.
Wolf Fork: Upstream from Coates Creek June 1 through August 31 season.
From mouth to confluence of north and south forks:
Additional season: November 1 through ((April 15)) 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: June 1
through November 30 season. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and
night closure)) Antisnagging rule 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 4 may be adult salmon and of the adult
salmon only 2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum and wild
coho. Release all Chinook October 1 through November 30 in
North Fork upstream from Kidd Valley Bridge.
From the posted deadline below the fish collection facility upstream to the headwaters, including all tributaries, but excepting Castle and Coldwater Lakes: Closed waters.
Toutle River, South Fork (Cowlitz County), mouth to source:
Closed waters: All tributaries. June 1 through November 30
season. All species: Release all fish except hatchery
steelhead. Trout: Minimum length twenty inches. Mouth to
4100 Road Bridge: Additional December 1 through March 31
season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish
except hatchery steelhead.
Trapper Lake (Chelan County): Trout: Daily limit two.
Trout Creek (tributary to Wind River) (Skamania County):
Closed waters.
Trout Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Trout Lake (tributary to Big White Salmon River) (Klickitat
County): June 1 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 ((April 15)) 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 June 1 through October
31. Additional season November 1 through ((April 15)) 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. Release steelhead.
From Cow Camp Bridge upstream: Closed waters.
Tucquala Lake (Kittitas County): June 1 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): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Twin Lakes (Chelan County) and tributaries and outlet stream
to junction with the Napeequa River: Closed waters.
Twisp River (Okanogan County), from mouth to War Creek: June
1 through August 15 season. Selective gear rules. All
species: Release all fish. War Creek to South Fork Twisp
River: Closed waters.
Tye River (King County): Foss River to Alpine Falls June 1
through October 31 season: Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. Whitefish: Additional
November 1 through last day in February season. Release all
fish other than whitefish. From Alpine falls upstream:
Trout: Minimum size ten inches.
U Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through October
31 season.
Umtanum Creek (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.
Uncle John Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.
Union Creek (Yakima County): From mouth upstream to falls
(approximately 1/4 mile): Closed waters.
Union River (Mason County): Mouth to North Shore Road Bridge.
All species: Release all fish except sturgeon.
From North Shore Road Bridge to lower bridge on Old Belfair Highway: June 1 through August 15 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish except sturgeon.
From lower bridge on Old Belfair Highway upstream to watershed boundary: Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish except sturgeon.
From watershed boundary to source, including all tributaries: Closed waters.
Upper Wheeler Reservoir (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Valley Creek (Clallam County): Juveniles only.
Vance Creek (Mason County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
Vance Creek/Elma Ponds (Grays Harbor County): Pond One: Last
Saturday in April through November 30 season. Juveniles,
holders of a senior license and holders of a department
disability license only. Trout: No more than two over 15
inches in length may be retained per day. Salmon: Landlocked
salmon rules apply. Pond Two: Last 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): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Van Winkle Creek (Grays Harbor County): Mouth to 400 feet
below outlet of Lake Aberdeen Hatchery: Game fish: Minimum
length 14 inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through
January 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which not more than 2 may
be adult fish. Release chum, adult Chinook and wild adult
coho.
Vic Meyers (Rainbow) Lake (Grant County): Last Saturday in
April through September 30 season.
Vogler Lake (Skagit County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Fly fishing only. All species: Release
all fish.
Voight Creek (Pierce County): From mouth to Highway 162
Bridge: Closed waters.
Wagners Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Wahkiacus Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all
trout.
Waitts Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
last day in February season.
Walker Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Wallace River (Snohomish County):
From its mouth to 200 feet upstream of the water intake of the salmon hatchery: June 1 through last day in February 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 June 1 through August 31. Fishing from any floating device prohibited November 1 through last day in February. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30. Daily limit 2 coho.
From 200 feet upstream of the water intake of the salmon hatchery to mouth of Olney Creek: November 1 through last day in February season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches.
Walla Walla River (Walla Walla County):
From mouth to the Touchet River: Year-round season. Trout: Barbless hooks required when fishing for steelhead. Trout: Release trout April 1 through May 31. Daily limit three hatchery steelhead. Bass: No minimum or maximum size. No more than three fish over fifteen inches in length may be retained. Daily limit 5. Channel catfish: No daily limit.
From the Touchet River upstream to state line: Trout:
All tributaries except Mill Creek, maximum length twenty
inches. ((Bass:)) No minimum or maximum size. No more than
three fish over fifteen inches in length may be retained.
Daily limit 5. Channel catfish: No daily limit. Additional
season November 1 through ((April 15)) 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. Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Selective gear rules except fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor allowed. Trout:
Minimum length ten inches.
Wannacut Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Wapato Lake (Chelan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. From August 1 through October 31:
Selective gear rules except fishing from a device equipped
with an internal combustion motor permitted. Trout: Release
all trout.
Wapato Lake (Pierce County): Juveniles only.
Ward Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Ward Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Warden Lake and Warden Lake, South (Grant County): Last
Saturday in April through September 30 season.
Washburn Island Pond (Okanogan County): April 1 through
September 30 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Washburn Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit two.
Washington, Lake, including that portion of the Sammamish
River from the 68th Avenue N.E. Bridge downstream (King
County): Fishing from floating device prohibited one hundred
yards either side of the floating bridges. Chumming
permitted. Trout: December 1 through last day in February,
daily limit 5, no minimum length. Release steelhead and
rainbow trout over twenty inches in length. March 1 through
June 30, daily limit 5, minimum length twelve inches. Release
steelhead and rainbow trout over twenty inches in length. Kokanee/sockeye under fifteen inches are kokanee while those
fifteen inches and over are sockeye salmon. Salmon: Open
only September 16 through October 31 north of Highway 520
Bridge and east of Montlake Bridge. Daily limit two coho
salmon.
Washington, Lake, Ship Canal (King County) (waters east of a
north-south line 400 feet west of the fish ladder at the
Chittenden Locks and west of a north-south line at the eastern
ends of the concrete abutments east of the Montlake Bridge):
West of Fremont Bridge: Fishing from floating device
prohibited. East of Fremont Bridge: Chumming permitted.
From west boundary to a north-south line 400 feet east of the eastern end of the northern wing wall of Chittenden Locks: Closed waters.
From 400 feet east of the eastern end of the northern wing wall of Chittenden Locks to the east boundary: Open year-round. Trout: December 1 through last day in February daily limit five, no minimum length. Release steelhead and rainbow trout over twenty inches in length. March 1 through June 30, daily limit five, minimum length twelve inches. Release steelhead and rainbow trout over twenty inches in length. July 1 through November 30, daily limit five, no minimum length. Kokanee/sockeye less than fifteen inches in length are kokanee and fifteen inches and over in length are sockeye salmon.
Washougal River (Clark County): Night closure year-round.
From mouth to bridge at Salmon Falls: June 1 through
March 15 season. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction)) Antisnagging
rule and stationary gear restriction July 1 through October
31. ((When nonbuoyant lure restriction 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 March
15. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release chum and wild coho. Upstream of Little
Washougal River, release Chinook October 1 through November
30.
From mouth to Mt. Norway Bridge: Additional April 16 through May 31 season. Selective gear rules. 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: June 1 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.
Wenas Lake (Yakima County): Trout: Daily limit five, of
which not more than two may be brown trout.
Wenaha River tributaries within Washington: June 1 through
August 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all
steelhead.
Wenatchee Lake (Chelan County): Selective gear rules except
fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor allowed. 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 a motor.
West Evans Pond (Asotin County): Trout: No more than 2 trout
over 13 inches in length may be retained.
West Twin River (Clallam County): June 1 through October 31
season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Whatcom Creek (Whatcom County):
From mouth to stone bridge at Whatcom Falls Park: June 1
through last day in February season. ((Nonbuoyant lure
restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging rule August 1
through December 31. Closed waters: Woburn Street Bridge
upstream to the stone bridge. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches. Salmon: Open only August 1 through December 31 from
mouth to markers below Dupont Street. Daily limit 6 fish of
which not more than 2 may be adult salmon.
From stone bridge at Whatcom Falls Park upstream to Lake
Whatcom: Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Juveniles only. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night
closure)) Antisnagging rule August 1 through October 31. Trout: No minimum length.
Whatcom, Lake (Whatcom County): Last 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 River (Chelan County), from mouth upstream to White
River Falls: Closed waters.
White (Stuck) River (Pierce County):
From mouth to R Street Bridge in Auburn: October 1
through last day in February season: ((Nonbuoyant lure
restriction and night closure)) October 1 through October 31
all species: Fly fishing only and release all fish. November
1 through ((November 30)) last day in February. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. Antisnagging rule November 1
through November 30.
From R Street Bridge to Highway 410 Bridge at Buckley:
October 1 through October 31 season. Closed waters: Puget
Power canal, including the screen bypass channel, above the
screen at Dingle Basin. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and
night closure.)) Antisnagging rule. Trout: 14 inch minimum
size.
From the Weyerhaeuser 6000 Road Bridge (Bridge Camp) to
its source: July 1 through October 31 season. ((Nonbuoyant
lure restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging rule October
1 through October 31. Selective gear rules July 1 through
October 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Whitefish: Additional November 1 through January 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Whitechuck River (Snohomish County): Trout: Legal to retain
Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum
length twenty inches.
White Salmon River (Klickitat/Skamania counties):
From mouth to powerhouse: Open year-round. Bank fishing
only downstream from the Highway 14 Bridge. August 1 through
December 31: ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction.)) Antisnagging
rule except night fishing allowed. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Salmon and steelhead: Open April 1 through
June 30, daily limit two fish, one or both of which may be
salmon or hatchery steelhead. Release all fish except salmon
or hatchery steelhead. Release wild coho and wild Chinook. Salmon: Open July 1 through March 31. Daily limit 6 fish of
which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild coho. October 1 through December 31 release Chinook upstream from
posted markers upstream of Highway 14 Bridge.
From powerhouse to within four hundred feet of Northwestern Dam: November 16 to April 30 season except salmon and steelhead. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Release trout April 1 through April 30. Salmon: Open November 16 through March 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild coho. November 16 through December 31 release Chinook. Salmon and steelhead: Open April 1 through June 30, daily limit two fish, one or both of which may be salmon or hatchery steelhead. Release all fish except salmon or hatchery steelhead. Release wild coho and wild Chinook.
From gas pipeline crossing above Northwestern Lake to Gilmer Creek: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Wide Hollow Creek (Yakima County): Trout: Daily limit five,
no minimum length.
Widgeon Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Wildberry Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Wildcat Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Wilderness Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Willame Lake (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit
two, minimum length fifteen inches.
Willapa River (Pacific County): Mouth to Highway 6 Bridge:
June 1 through March 31 season. All game fish: Release all
game fish except that up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day. All species: August 16 through November 30
night closure and single point barbless hooks required. August 16 through November 30 above the WDFW access at the
mouth of Ward/Wilson Creek stationary gear restriction. ((Fishing from a floating device prohibited November 1 through
March 31 from the bridge on Willapa Road to Fork Creek.)) Highway 6 Bridge to Fork Creek: June 1 through July 15 and
October 16 through March 31 season. Night closure, single
point barbless hooks, and stationary gear restriction October
16 through November 30. ((November 1 through March 31 fishing
from any floating device prohibited from the bridge on Willapa
Road to Fork Creek.))
All game fish: Release all fish except that up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained. Salmon: Open only August 1 through January 31 from mouth to Highway 6 Bridge approximately 2 miles below mouth of Trap Creek and open October 16 through January 31 from Highway 6 Bridge to Fork Creek. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 3 may be adult salmon and of the adult salmon not more than one may be a wild adult coho and not more than two may be adult Chinook. Release chum.
Sturgeon: Open year round from mouth to Highway 6 Bridge.
Upstream from Fork Creek: Selective gear rules. August
16 through October 31, ((nonbuoyant lure restriction and night
closure)) antisnagging rule. All species: Release all fish
except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
South Fork: June 1 through last day in February season. Selective gear rules June 1 through October 31. ((Nonbuoyant
lure restriction and night closure)) Antisnagging rule August
16 through November 30. All species: Release all fish except
up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Williams Creek (Pacific County): June 1 through last day in
February season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release
all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be
retained.
Williams Lake (Spokane County): Last 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 (two branches within Ellensburg city limits)
(Kittitas County): Open year-round. Juveniles only. Trout:
Daily limit five, no minimum length.
Winchester Wasteway (Grant County): Within Winchester Game
Reserve: February 1 through September 30 season.
Wind River (Skamania County):
Mouth to four hundred feet below Shipherd Falls: July 1
through March 15 season, except salmon and steelhead. May 1
through June 30: ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night
closure.)) Antisnagging rule. August 1 through October 31:
((Nonbuoyant lure restriction. When nonbuoyant lure
restriction is in effect, only fish hooked inside the mouth
may be retained.)) Antisnagging rule. Salmon and steelhead:
Open March 16 through June 30 daily limit 2 fish, one or both
of which may be a salmon or hatchery steelhead. Release all
fish except salmon and hatchery steelhead. Release wild coho
and wild Chinook. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open August 1 through October 31. Daily limit 6 fish
of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild
coho. Release Chinook from Burlington-Northern Railroad
Bridge upstream.
From four hundred feet below to one hundred feet above Shipherd Falls fish ladder: Closed waters.
From one hundred feet above Shipherd Falls to source,
including all tributaries: May 1 through June 30 season. Closed waters: From 400 feet below to 100 feet above the
Coffer Dam and from a boundary marker approximately 800 yards
downstream from Carson National Fish Hatchery upstream,
including all tributaries. ((Night closure and nonbuoyant
lure restriction. When nonbuoyant lure restriction is in
effect, only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.))
Antisnagging rule. Salmon and steelhead: Daily limit 2 fish,
one or both of which may be a salmon or hatchery steelhead. Release all fish except salmon and hatchery steelhead. Additional season September 16 through November 30. Selective
gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Winston Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis County):
Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length ten inches.
Wishkah River (Grays Harbor County), including all forks:
Closed waters: From dam at Wishkah Rearing Ponds (formerly
Mayr Bros.) downstream to ((400)) 200 feet below outlet
channel((, except open during salmon season to within 200 feet
of dam)). Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. ((Release
wild cutthroat.)) Mouth to West Fork: June 1 through March
31 season. Single point barbless hooks required August 16
through November 30. Selective gear and all species: Release
all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained
per day, March 1 through March 31. Salmon: Open only October
1 through December 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more
than 2 may be adult salmon. Release adult Chinook, and chum.
From the West Fork to four hundred feet below outlet: June 1 through March 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day March 1 through March 31. Salmon: Open only October 1 through December 31 to 200 feet below the weir at the Long Live the Kings/Mayr Brothers facility. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release adult Chinook, and chum.
Wolf Creek, mouth to mouth of south fork (Okanogan County):
Closed waters.
Wood Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Woodland Creek (Thurston County): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
Wooten Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Wye Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Wynoochee River (Grays Harbor County): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Mouth to 7400 line bridge above mouth of
Schafer Creek: June 1 through March 31 season. Single point
barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30.
Salmon: Open only October 1 through January 31. Daily limit
6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon, except
daily limit may contain no more than 1 wild adult coho
December 1 through January 31. Release adult Chinook, and
chum.
7400 line bridge upstream: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Selective gear rules. Fishing from a floating device prohibited. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Wynoochee Reservoir (Grays Harbor County): June 1 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. ((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure.))
All species: Antisnagging rule 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:
Salmon: Open only September 1 through October 22. Daily
limit 6 fish of which not more than 2 may be adult salmon.
((Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure.)) All
species: Antisnagging rule September 1 through October 22.
From mouth to thirty-five hundred feet below Roza Dam: Year-round season. Closed waters: From Yakima Avenue-Terrace Heights Bridge upstream 400 feet. March 1 through November 30, closed from thirty-five hundred feet below Roza Dam to Roza Dam. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches and maximum length twenty inches. Release all trout April 1 through May 31. Thirty-five hundred feet below Roza Dam to four hundred feet below Roza Dam: December 1 through last day in February season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
From Roza Dam to four hundred feet below Easton Dam and from Lake Easton to the base of Keechelus Dam: Year-round season. Fishing from floating devices equipped with motors allowed only from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation restricted area signs at Roza Dam upstream to the boat launch ramp on the Roza Access Area (approximately one-half mile). Selective gear rules except bait and one single point barbed hook three-sixteenths or smaller point to shank may be used December 1 through last day in 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.
Yellowhawk Creek (Walla Walla County): Closed waters.
Yellowjacket Creek (tributary to Cispus River) (Lewis County):
Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Yokum Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
[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.]