PERMANENT RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Effective Date of Rule: May 1, 2010.
Purpose: Amend sportfishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-12-020 Shellfish -- Classification, 220-12-090 Classification -- Nonnative aquatic animal species, 220-56-100 Definitions -- Personal-use fishing, 220-56-115 Angling gear -- Lawful and unlawful acts, 220-56-116 Saltwater hook rules, 220-56-123 Statewide freshwater hook rules, 220-56-124 Unlawful provisions -- Hoodsport Hatchery, 220-56-128 Food fish fishing -- Closed areas, 220-56-129 Unclassified freshwater invertebrates and fish, 220-56-130 Unclassified marine invertebrates and fish, 220-56-185 Marine area codes, 220-56-230 Bottomfish and halibut -- Closed areas, 220-56-235 Possession limits -- Bottomfish, 220-56-240 Daily limits for forage fish and other food fish not otherwise provided for, 220-56-265 Forage fish -- Lawful gear, 220-56-310 Shellfish -- Daily limits, 220-56-330 Crab -- Areas and seasons, 220-56-350 Clams other than razor clams, mussels -- Areas and seasons, 220-56-380 Oysters -- Areas and season, 220-56-385 Oysters -- Unlawful acts, 220-56-500 Game fish seasons, 232-12-064 Live wildlife, and 232-28-619 Washington food fish and game fish -- Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 09-21-102 on October 20, 2009.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: 2010-2012 Sportfishing Rule Change Proposals:
WAC 220-12-090 Classification -- Nonnative aquatic animal species, Washington department of fish and wildlife (WDFW) amended this proposal to allow harvest of all nonnative crayfish species during the open season for native species. No minimum size of daily limits for nonnative species. Gear rules in place for other species must be followed. Allows harvest of exotic species while still offering protection to native crayfish.
WAC 220-55-230 Columbia River endorsement, WDFW adjusted the list of affected areas to reflect decisions of an advisory committee. We changed the list to read:
Mainstem Columbia River from the Rocky Point/Tongue Point line
to Chief Joseph Dam
Deep River (Wahkiakum County)
Grays River (Wahkiakum County)
Grays River, West Fork
Grays River, East Fork
Skamokawa River (Wahkiakum County)
Elochoman River (Wahkiakum County)
Mill Creek (Lewis County)
Abernathy Creek (Cowlitz County)
Germany Creek (Cowlitz County)
Coal Creek (Cowlitz County)
Cowlitz River (Cowlitz County)
Blue Creek
Lacamas Creek
Mill Creek
Olequa Creek
Tilton River
Mayfield Lake
Riffe Lake
Lake Scanewa
Cispus River (Lewis County)
Coweeman River (Cowlitz County)
Toutle River (Cowlitz County)
Toutle River, North Fork
Toutle River, South Fork
Green River (Cowlitz County)
Kalama River (Cowlitz County)
Gobar Creek
Lewis River (Clark/Cowlitz counties)
Lewis River, North Fork
Swift Reservoir
Lewis River, East Fork
Cedar Creek
Salmon Creek (Clark County)
Washougal River (Clark County)
Washougal River West (North) Fork
Little Washougal
Camas Slough (Clark County)
Drano Lake (Skamania County)
Hamilton Creek (Skamania County)
Rock Creek (Skamania County)
Wind River (Skamania County)
White Salmon River (Klickitat/Skamania County)
Klickitat River (Klickitat County)
Walla Walla River (Walla Walla County)
Mill Creek (Walla Walla County)
Touchet River (Columbia/Walla Walla counties)
Grande Ronde River (Asotin County)
Snake River mainstem
Palouse River (Whitman County) (below the falls)
Tucannon River (Columbia/Garfield counties)
Yakima River (Benton/Yakima/Kittitas counties)
Wenatchee River (Chelan County)
Icicle River (Chelan County)
Lake Wenatchee (Chelan County)
Entiat River (Chelan County)
Methow River (Okanogan County)
Okanogan River (Okanogan County)
Lake Osoyoos (Okanogan County)
Similkameen River (Okanogan County)
WAC 220-56-122 Statewide bait rules, the department had
proposed changes to this WAC provision to make it unlawful to
use shad as bait while fishing for sturgeon. However, WDFW
decided to address protection of large broodstock through area
closures instead. Therefore, we did not adopt any changes to
this WAC.
WAC 220-56-230 Bottomfish and halibut -- Closed areas, WDFW removed a proposal to close fishing for halibut and bottomfish in an area near Neah Bay. Such a proposal would have provided an area for divers to view rockfish. The department will reintroduce this subject in a future filing to allow more time for proposal development and public involvement. Another change WDFW made from the proposed version of this WAC to the adopted version is that we more specifically defined the area closed to fishing for rockfish (deeper than one hundred twenty feet) in Marine Areas 4, 5, and 6, by adding reference points.
WAC 220-56-235 Possession limits -- Bottomfish, to avoid gear conflicts, WDFW changed this WAC so that rockfish may be taken by spearfishing in Marine Area 5 only during the lingcod season for spearfishers. We changed the daily limit for rockfish in Marine Area 4 east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line from 10 to 6 fish, black or blue rockfish only.
WAC 220-56-240 Daily limits forage fish and other food fish not otherwise provided for, WDFW removed Albacore, skipjack, northern bluefin, yellowfin tuna, and mackerel, which are managed by the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC), from the marine foodfish species that have a daily limit of 2.
WAC 220-56-250 Lingcod -- Areas and seasons, WDFW removed a proposal related to spearfishing dates in Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13 due to gear-conflict issues.
WAC 220-56-282 Sturgeon -- Areas, seasons, limits and unlawful acts, the department removed a proposal to make it unlawful [to] use shad as bait while fishing for sturgeon. We will address protection of large broodstock through area closures instead.
WAC 220-56-310 Shellfish -- Daily limits, WDFW removed the proposal to decrease the Dungeness crab daily limit from 5 to 4 in Puget Sound, because a change in the open fishing days was also removed from WAC 220-56-330.
WAC 220-56-330 Crab -- Areas and seasons, the department removed the proposal to open days of the week from Wednesday through Saturday to Friday through Monday in Marine Areas 6, 7, 8-1, 8-2, 9, 10, 11, and 12, due to public testimony. Dates for Labor Day openings were adjusted to reflect 2010 dates.
WAC 220-56-350 Clams other than razor clams, mussels -- Areas and seasons, we adjusted sport clam seasons based on abundance and usage surveys and agreements with comanagers and other state agencies, as follows:
Ala Spit: Open May 1 through May 31.
Belfair State Park: Closed.
Frye Cove County Park: Open January 1 through May 15.
Hope Island State Park: Open May 1 through May 31.
Penrose Point State Park: Closed.
Point Whitney tidelands: Open March 1 through April 30.
Point Whitney Lagoon: Open May 1 through May 31.
Port Townsend Ship Canal/Portage Canal: Open January 1 through June 30.
Potlatch DNR tidelands: Open April 1 through June 30.
Potlatch State Park: Open April 1 through June 30.
Rendsland Creek: Open year-round.
Sequim Bay State Park: Open May 1 through June 30.
Triton Cove Tidelands: Open June 1 through August 31.
WAC 220-56-380 Oysters -- Areas and seasons, we adjusted
sport oyster seasons based on abundance and usage surveys and
agreements with comanagers and other state agencies, as
follows:
Ala Spit: Open May 1 through May 31.
Frye Cove County Park: Open January 1 through May 15.
Hope Island State Park: Open May 1 through May 31.
Penrose Point State Park: Closed.
Port Townsend Ship Canal/Portage Canal: Open January 1 through June 30.
Potlatch DNR tidelands: Open April 1 through June 30.
Potlatch State Park: Open April 1 through June 30.
WAC 232-28-619 Washington food fish and game
fish -- Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules:
• WDFW corrected the following county references:
Cadet Creek, Canyon Creek (Snohomish Co), Clear
Creek, Dan's Creek, Downey Creek, Elliot Creek,
Falls Creek, Lime Creek, Milk Creek, Silver Creek,
Sloan Creek, and Sulfur Creek.
• We added selective gear rules for protection of anadromous juveniles in: Alma Creek, Amon Creek, Bacon Creek, Boulder River, Diobsud Creek, Goodell Creek, Ladder Creek, Newhalem Creek, SF Nooksack River from Maple Creek to Nooksack Falls, Snipes Creek, Spring Creek, Squire Creek, Stillaguamish River, and the Suiattle River.
• Corral Creek - we changed the name to Corral Canyon Creek and added selective gear rules for protection of anadromous juveniles.
• We removed catch-and-release only restrictions from: All Creek, Cadet Creek, Elliot Creek, and Falls Creek.
• We clarified the boundary of the fishery on Buck Creek and Fisher Slough.
• We adjusted the end date of the fishery to February 15 for steelhead protection on Canyon Creek (SF Stillaguamish) and the Skykomish River.
• We adjusted the opening date to the first Saturday in June for Canyon Creek (Whatcom Co) and Fishtrap Creek (Whatcom Co).
• Columbia River: We removed the single hook requirement for salmon and steelhead from the mouth to McNary Dam. We closed the sturgeon sanctuary area in the upper river to fishing for sturgeon from May 1 through July 31.
• Elwha River: We removed the 12" minimum size from Eastern brook trout to increase harvest.
• Hilt Creek: We changed this to allow retention of up to two hatchery steelhead.
• Hutchinson Creek: We added the 14" minimum size to trout for sea-run cutthroat protection, and we adjusted the county reference.
• Icicle River: We modified the closing date to September 30.
• Methow River: We removed the proposed gear restriction, and instead we closed the fishery in the lower river up to McFarland Creek two weeks early for steelhead protection.
• Mill Creek: We increased the area of closed waters from the mouth to Bennington Dam.
• Pratt River: As a house-keeping change to correct a previous error, we changed the season from year-round to the first Saturday in June through October 31.
• Silesia Creek: We corrected the tributary from the Fraser River to the Chiliwack River.
• Skagit River: We corrected the end dates for catch-and-release seasons to match the proposal.
• Snake River: We closed the sturgeon sanctuary area to fishing for sturgeon from May 1 through July 31.
• Snoqualmie River: We added a tributary (Phillapa Creek) to the area "From Snoqualmie Falls upstream."
• Spirit Lake: We closed this lake due to access issues.
• Straight Creek: We added this fishery, which will have a season of the first Saturday in June through October, and selective gear rules.
• SF Stillaguamish River: We reinstated fisheries in the upper river.
• Sultan River: We added an upper boundary to the fishery.
• Sumas River: We added this fishery, which will have a season of the first Saturday in June through October 31.
• Taylor River: As a house-keeping change to correct a previous error, we changed the season from year-round to the first Saturday in June through October 31.
• WDFW removed the lead-tackle restrictions from:
Ferry, Swan, Long, Pierre, Big Meadow, Yocum, South
Skookum, Lost, Blue, Bonaparte, Calligan, and
Hancock lakes, and Lake Hozomeen.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 2, Amended 24, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: February 5, 2010 (with the exception of WAC 220-56-235 (1)(b), which was adopted on February 19, 2010).
Miranda Wecker, Chair
Fish and Wildlife Commission
OTS-2688.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 04-39, filed 3/4/04,
effective 5/1/04)
WAC 220-12-020
Shellfish -- Classification.
The following
species are classified as shellfish under RCW 75.08.080 and
are subject to the provisions of this title:
Abalone | |
Pinto abalone | Haliotis kamtschatkana |
Mussel | |
Blue mussel | Mytilus trossulus |
California mussel | Mytilus californianus |
Mediterranean mussel | Mytilus galloprovincialis |
Scallops | |
Pacific pink scallop | Chlamys rubida |
Rock scallop | Crassadoma gigantea |
Spiny scallop | Chlamys hastata |
Weathervane scallop | Patinopecten caurinus |
Clams | |
All macoma clams | Macoma spp. |
Butter clam | Saxidomus giganteus |
Common cockle | Clinocardium nuttallii |
Geoduck | Panopea abrupta |
Horse or Gaper clam | Tresus nuttallii, |
Tresus capax | |
Mud or soft shell clam | Mya arenaria |
Manila clam | Venerupis philippinarum |
Piddock | Zirfaea pilsbryi |
Razor clam | Siliqua patula |
Rock or native little neck clam |
(( |
Varnish clam | Nuttallia obscurata |
All other marine clams existing in Washington in a wild state | |
Oysters | |
All oysters | (Ostreidae) |
Squid | |
All squid | Sepiolida or Teuthida |
Octopus | |
Octopus | Enteroctopus dolfleini |
Barnacles | |
Goose barnacle | Pollicipes polymerus |
Shrimp | |
Coonstripe shrimp | Pandalus danae |
Coonstripe shrimp | Pandalus hypsinotus |
Ghost or sand shrimp | Neotrypaea spp. |
Humpy shrimp | Pandalus goniurus |
Mud shrimp | Upogebia pugettensis |
Ocean pink shrimp | Pandalus jordani |
Pink shrimp | Pandalus eous |
Sidestripe shrimp | Pandalopsis dispar |
Spot shrimp | Pandalus platyceros |
Crab | |
Dungeness or Pacific crab | Cancer magister |
Red rock crab | Cancer productus |
Tanner crab | Chionoecetes tanneri |
King and box crab | Lopholithodes spp. |
Crawfish | |
Crawfish | Pacifastacus sp. |
Sea cucumber | |
Sea cucumber | Parastichopus californicus |
Sea urchin | |
Green urchin | Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis |
Red urchin | Strongylocentrotus franciscanus |
Purple urchin | Strongylocentrotus purpuratus |
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 04-07-009 (Order 04-39), § 220-12-020, filed 3/4/04, effective 5/1/04; 03-05-057 (Order 03-24), § 220-12-020, filed 2/14/03, effective 5/1/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040 and 75.08.080. 98-06-031, § 220-12-020, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 95-04-066 (Order 95-10), § 220-12-020, filed 1/30/95, effective 5/1/95; 91-10-024 (Order 91-22), § 220-12-020, filed 4/23/91, effective 5/24/91; 88-12-025 (Order 88-28), § 220-12-020, filed 5/25/88, effective 8/22/88; 87-23-006 (Order 87-187), § 220-12-020, filed 11/6/87; 86-24-046 (Order 86-190), § 220-12-020, filed 11/26/86; 85-09-017 (Order 85-20), § 220-12-020, filed 4/9/85; 85-01-010 (Order 84-214), § 220-12-020, filed 12/7/84; 83-24-024 (Order 83-200), § 220-12-020, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; Order 1186, § 220-12-020, filed 1/13/75; Order 990, § 220-12-020, filed 5/11/72; Order 807, § 220-12-020, filed 1/2/69, effective 2/1/69; Order 677, Shellfish classification, filed 3/31/66; Order 256, Shellfish classification, filed 3/1/60; Abalone and octopus from Order 483 and 256, filed 3/1/60.]
(a) Amphibians:
(i) In the family Hylidae: Cricket frog, in the genus Hyla species in the group Arborea including: Hyla annectans, Hyla arborea, Hyla chinensis, Hyla hallowellii, Hyla immaculata, Hyla japonica, Hyla meridionalis, Hyla sanchiangensis, Hyla simplex, Hyla suweonensis, Hyla tsinlingensis, Hyla ussuriensis, and Hyla zhaopingensis.
(ii) In the family Pelobatidae, spadefoots, all species of the genus Pelobates including P. cultripes, P. fuscus, P. syriacus, and P. varaldii. All species of the genus Scaphiopus including: S. couchii, S. holbrookii, and S. hurterii. All species of the genus Spea including: S. hurterii, S. bombifrons, S. hammondii, and S. multiplicata with the exception of the native species: Spea intermontana the great basin spadefoot.
(iii) In the family Pipidae: African clawed frog, all members of the genera Silurana, and Xenopus.
(iv) In the family Ranidae:
(A) Bull frog, Rana catesbeiana.
(B) Holoarctic brown frogs and Palearctic green frogs of the genus Rana, including the following: Rana arvalis group (R. arvalis, R. chaochiaoensis, R. chevronta); Rana chensinensis group (R. altaica, R. chensinensis, R. dybowskii, R. kukunoris, R. kunyuensis, R. ornativentris, R. pirica); Rana graeca group (R. graeca, R. italica); Rana japonica group (R. amurensis, R. aragonensis, R. japonica, R. omeimontis, R. zhenhaiensis); the subgenus Rugosa (Rana rugosa, Rana emeljanovi, Rana tientaiensis); Rana tagoi group (R. sakuraii, R. tagoi); Rana temporaria group (R. asiatica, R. dalmatina, R. honnorate, R. huanrenensis, R. iberica, R. latastei, R. macrocnemis, R. okinavana, R. pyrenaica, R. tsushimensis, R. zhengi); and in the Rana Pelophylax section, the subgenus Pelophylax (R. bedriagae, R. bergeri, R. cerigensis, R. chosenica, R. cretensis, R. demarchii, R. epeirotica, R. fukienensis, R. grafti, R. hubeiensis, R. lateralis, R. lessonae, R. nigrolineata, R. nigromaculata, R. perezi, R. plancyi, R. porosa, R. ridibunda, R. saharica, R. shqiperica, R. shuchinae, R. terentievi, R. tenggerensis); and the Rana ridibunda-Rana lessonae hybridogenetic complex species R. esculenta and R. hispanica.
(v) In the family Ambystomatidae: Mole salamanders. In the genus Ambystomata: A. californiense, A. laterale, A. opacum, A. rosaceum, A. tigrinum, except for the native species A. tigrinum mavortium Western tiger salamander, and A. tigrinum melanostictum Tiger salamander.
(vi) In the family Amphiumidae one, two, and three toed salamanders or congo eels: All members of the genus Amphiuma.
(vii) In the family Cryptobranchidae: Giant salamanders and hellbenders, all members of the genera Andrias and Cryptobranchus.
(viii) In the family Dicamptodontidae, American giant salamanders, all members of the genus Dicamptodon, except for the native species: Dicamptodon tenebrosus, Pacific giant salamander, and Dicamptodon copei, Cope's giant salamander.
(ix) In the family Hynobiidae: Mountain salamanders, all members of the genera Batrachuperus, Hynobius, Liua, Onychodactylus, Pachyhynobius, Pseudohynobius, Ranodon, and Salamandrella.
(x) In the family Plethodontidae, subfamily Desmognathinae: All members of the genus Desmognathus, dusky salamander.
(xi) In the family Plethodontidae, subfamily Plethodontinae: All members of the genera Aneides (climbing salamanders); Batrachoseps (slender salamanders); Eurycea (American brook salamanders); Gyrinophilus (cave salamanders); Hemidactylium (four-toed salamanders); Hydromantes (web-toed salamanders); Plethodon (woodland and slimy salamanders); Pseudotriton (mud or red salamanders), and Speleomantes (European salamanders).
(xii) In the family Proteidae, mudpuppies, all members of the genus Necturus and Proteus.
(xiii) In the family Salamandridae: Newts, all members of the genera Chioglossa; Eichinotriton (mountain newts); Euproctus (European mt. salamander); Neurergus (Kurdistan newts); Notophthalmus (red-spotted newts); Pachytriton (Chinese newts); Paramesotriton (warty newts); Salamandrina (speckled salamander); Taricha except for the native species Taricha granulosa granulosa the Northern rough-skinned newt, and Triturus (alpine newts).
(xiv) In the family Sirenidae, sirens, all species of the genera Pseudobranchus and Siren.
(b) Reptiles:
(i) In the family Chelydridae, snapping turtles, all species.
(ii) In the family Emydidae:
(A) Chinese pond turtles, all members of the genus Chinemys.
(B) Pond turtles, all members of the genus Clemmys.
(C) European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis.
(D) Asian pond turtle, all members of the genus Mauremys.
(iii) In the family Trionychidae, American soft shell turtles, all members of the genus Apalone.
(c) Crustaceans:
(i) Family Cercopagidae:
(A) Fish hook water flea, Cercopagis pengoi.
(B) Spiny water flea, Bythotrephes cederstroemi.
(ii) Family Grapsidae: Mitten crabs: All members of the genus Erochier.
(iii) Family Cambaridae: Crayfish: All genera, except a person may possess and transport dead prohibited crayfish species obtained under the department's recreational crayfishing rules (WAC 220-56-336 and 220-56-315). There is no daily limit, size limit, or sex restriction for prohibited crayfish species. All nonnative crayfish must be kept in a separate container from native crayfish. Release of any live crayfish species into waters other than the water being fished is prohibited.
(iv) Family Parastacidae: Crayfish: All genera except Engaeos, and except the species Cherax quadricarinatus, Cherax papuanus, and Cherax tenuimanus.
(v) Family Portunidae: European green crab, Carcinus maenas.
(vi) Family Spheromatidae: Burrowing isopod, Sphaeroma quoyanum.
(d) Fish:
(i) Family Amiidae: Bowfin, grinnel, or mudfish, Amia calva.
(ii) Family Channidae: China fish, snakeheads: All members of the genus Channa.
(iii) Family Characidae: Piranha or caribe: All members of the genera Pygocentrus, Rooseveltiella, and Serrasalmus.
(iv) Family Clariidae: Walking catfish: All members of the family.
(v) Family Cyprinidae:
(A) Fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas.
(B) Carp, Bighead, Hypopthalmichthys nobilis.
(C) Carp, Black, Mylopharyngodon piceus.
(D) Carp, Grass (in the diploid form), Ctenopharyngodon idella.
(E) Carp, Silver, Hypopthalmichthys molitrix.
(F) Ide, silver orfe or golden orfe, Leuciscus idus.
(G) Rudd, Scardinius erythropthalmus.
(vi) Family Gobiidae: Round goby, Neogobius melanostomus.
(vii) Family Esocidae: Northern pike, Esox lucius.
(viii) Family Lepisosteidae: Gar-pikes: All members of the family.
(e) Mammals:
Family Myocastoridae: Nutria, Myocastor coypu.
(f) Molluscs:
(i) Family Dreissenidae: Zebra mussels: All members of the genus Dreissena and all species known as quagga.
(ii) Family Gastropoda: New Zealand mud snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum.
(2) Regulated aquatic animal species. The following species are classified as regulated aquatic animal species:
(a) Crustaceans:
All nonnative crustaceans classified as shellfish.
(b) Fish:
(i) All nonnative fish classified as food fish and game fish.
(ii) Family Cichlidae: Tilapia: All members of the genera Tilapia, Oneochromis, and Sartheradon.
(iii) Family Clupeidae: Alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus.
(iv) Family Cyprinidae:
(A) Common carp, koi, Cyprinus carpio.
(B) Goldfish, Carassius auratus.
(C) Tench, Tinca tinca.
(D) Grass carp (in the triploid form), Ctenopharyngodon idella.
(v) Family Poeciliidae: Mosquito fish, Gambusia affinis.
(c) Molluscs:
(i) All nonnative molluscs classified as shellfish.
(ii) Family Psammobiidae: Mahogany clam or purple varnish clam, Nuttalia obscurata.
(3) Unregulated aquatic animal species. The following species are classified as unregulated aquatic animal species: None.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 04-01-096 (Order 03-312), § 220-12-090, filed 12/16/03, effective 1/16/04; 02-19-007 (Order 02-223), § 220-12-090, filed 9/5/02, effective 10/6/02.]
OTS-2689.3
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-55-220
Two pole endorsement.
Anglers who are in
possession of a valid two pole endorsement may fish with two
lines in all lakes and ponds open to fishing, with the
following exceptions:
Water Body | County | |
Para-juvenile Lake | Adams | |
Quail Lake | Adams | |
Headgate Pond | Asotin | |
Columbia Park Pond | Benton | |
Blackbird Island Pond | Chelan | |
Lake Wenatchee | Chelan | |
Aldwell Lake | Clallam | |
Beaver Lake | Clallam | |
Carrie Blake Pond | Clallam | |
Dickey Lake | Clallam | |
Lake Pleasant | Clallam | |
Lincoln Pond | Clallam | |
Sutherland Lake | Clallam | |
Vancouver Lake | Clark | Includes all other waters west of Burlington-Northern Railroad from Columbia River drawbridge near Vancouver downstream to Lewis River |
Big Four Lake | Columbia | |
Dayton Pond | Columbia | |
Blue Lake | Cowlitz | |
Castle Lake | Cowlitz | |
Coldwater Lake | Cowlitz | |
Lewis River Power Canal | Cowlitz | Includes old Lewis River streambed between Swift No.1 powerhouse and Swift No. 2 powerhouse |
Merrill Lake | Cowlitz | |
Silver Lake | Cowlitz | |
Grimes Lake | Douglas | |
Pit Lake | Douglas | |
Long Lake | Ferry | |
Beda Lake | Grant | |
Brookies Lakes | Grant | |
Dry Falls Lake | Grant | |
Dusty Lake | Grant | |
Homestead Lake | Grant | |
Lenice Lake | Grant | |
Lenore Lake | Grant | |
Merry Lake | Grant | |
Nunnally Lake | Grant | |
Ping Pond | Grant | |
Damon Lake | Grays Harbor | |
Mill Creek Pond | Grays Harbor | |
Promised Land Pond | Grays Harbor | |
Quigg Lake | Grays Harbor | Located at Friends Landing near Montesano |
Shye Lake | Grays Harbor | |
Vance Creek Pond #1 | Grays Harbor | |
Vance Creek Pond #2 | Grays Harbor | |
Wynoochee Reservoir | Grays Harbor | |
Anderson Lake | Jefferson | |
Gibbs Lake | Jefferson | |
Horseshoe Lake | Jefferson | |
Teal Lake | Jefferson | |
Lake Sammamish | King | |
Lake Union | King | |
Lake Washington | King | Including that portion of Sammamish River from 68th Ave. NE bridge downstream |
Lake Washington Ship Canal | King | (Including Lake Union, Portage Bay, and Salmon Bay) waters east of a north-south line 400' west of the Chittenden Locks to the MontLake Bridge |
Mill Pond | King | Auburn |
Old Fishing Hole Pond | King | Kent |
Portage Bay | King | |
Rattlesnake Lake | King | |
Ravensdale Lake | King | |
Salmon Bay | King | |
Swans Mill Pond | King | |
Koeneman Lake | Kitsap | Formerly Fern Lake |
Easton Lake | Kittitas | |
Kachess Lake | Kittitas | |
Keechelus Lake | Kittitas | |
Kiwanis Pond | Kittitas | |
Naneum Pond | Kittitas | |
Cowlitz Falls Reservoir | Lewis | |
Fort Borst Park Pond | Lewis | |
Mayfield Lake | Lewis | Mayfield Dam to Mossyrock Dam |
Packwood Lake | Lewis | |
Scanewa Lake | Lewis | Cowlitz Falls Reservoir |
Walupt Lake | Lewis | |
Willame Lake | Lewis | |
Coffeepot Lake | Lincoln | |
Cady Lake | Mason | |
Cushman Reservoir | Mason | |
Prices Lake | Mason | |
Stump Lake | Mason | |
Aeneas Lake | Okanogan | |
Big Twin Lake | Okanogan | |
Black Lake | Okanogan | |
Blue Lake | Okanogan | Near Wannacut Lake |
Blue Lake | Okanogan | Sinlahekin Creek |
Campbell Lake | Okanogan | |
Chopaka Lake | Okanogan | |
Cougar Lake | Okanogan | Lost River |
Davis Lake | Okanogan | |
Ell Lake | Okanogan | |
Green Lake | Okanogan | |
Green Lake | Okanogan | Lower Green Lake |
Hidden Lake | Okanogan | Lost River |
Rat Lake | Okanogan | |
Silvernail Lake | Okanogan | |
Cases Pond | Pacific | |
Middle Nemah Pond | Pacific | |
Mooses Pond | Pacific | |
Owens Pond | Pacific | |
South Bend Mill Pond | Pacific | |
Browns Lake | Pend Oreille | |
Muskegon Lake | Pend Oreille | |
Bradley Lake | Pierce | |
De Coursey Pond | Pierce | |
Ohop Lake | Pierce | |
Tanwax Lake | Pierce | |
Wapato Lake | Pierce | |
Granite Lakes | Skagit | Near Marblemount |
Northern State Hospital Pond | Skagit | |
Pass Lake | Skagit | |
Vogler Lake | Skagit | |
Drano Lake | Skamania | (Little White Salmon River) downstream of markers on point of land downstream and across from Little White Salmon National Fish Hatchery and upstream of Hwy. 14 bridge |
Swift Reservoir | Skamania | From dam to markers approximately 1 mile below Eagle Cliff Bridge |
Ebey Lake | Snohomish | Little Lake |
Fortson Mill Pond #2 | Snohomish | |
Jennings Park Pond | Snohomish | |
Monte Cristo Lake | Snohomish | |
North Gissburg Pond | Snohomish | |
Spada Lake | Snohomish | |
Amber Lake | Spokane | |
Bear Lake | Spokane | |
Medical Lake | Spokane | |
North Silver Lake | Spokane | |
Bayley Lake | Stevens | |
Lucky Duck Pond | Stevens | |
Mcdowell Lake | Stevens | |
Rigley Lake | Stevens | |
Kennedy Creek Pond | Thurston | |
Long's Pond | Thurston | |
Mclane Creek Ponds | Thurston | |
Munn Lake | Thurston | |
Jefferson Park Pond | Walla Walla | |
Lions Park Pond | Walla Walla | College Place |
Diablo Lake | Whatcom | |
Gorge Lake | Whatcom | |
Lake Whatcom | Whatcom | |
Ross Lake | Whatcom | |
Squalicum Lake | Whatcom | |
Garfield Juvenile Pond | Whitman | |
Bumping Lake | Yakima | |
Clear Lake | Yakima | |
Leech Lake | Yakima | White Pass area |
Mud Lake | Yakima | |
Myron Lake | Yakima | |
Rimrock Lake | Yakima | |
Sarge Hubbard Park Pond | Yakima | |
Yakima Sportsmen's Park Ponds | Yakima |
Note: | The two pole endorsement is not valid in the Columbia and Snake rivers except as noted in Lake Roosevelt and Rufus Woods Lake. |
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Mainstem Columbia River from the Rocky Point/Tongue Point line
to Chief Joseph Dam
Deep River (Wahkiakum County)
Grays River (Wahkiakum County)
Grays River, West Fork
Grays River, East Fork
Skamokawa River (Wahkiakum County)
Elochoman River (Wahkiakum County)
Mill Creek (Lewis County)
Abernathy Creek (Cowlitz County)
Germany Creek (Cowlitz County)
Coal Creek (Cowlitz County)
Cowlitz River (Cowlitz County)
Blue Creek
Lacamas Creek
Mill Creek
Olequa Creek
Tilton River
Mayfield Lake
Riffe Lake
Lake Scanewa
Cispus River (Lewis County)
Coweeman River (Cowlitz County)
Toutle River (Cowlitz County)
Toutle River, North Fork
Toutle River, South Fork
Green River (Cowlitz County)
Green River (Cowlitz County)
Kalama River (Cowlitz County)
Lewis River (Clark/Cowlitz counties)
Lewis River, North Fork
Lewis River, East Fork
Cedar Creek
Salmon Creek (Clark County)
Washougal River (Clark County)
Washougal River West, North Fork
Little Washougal
Camas Slough (Clark County)
Drano Lake (Skamania County)
Hamilton Creek (Skamania County)
Rock Creek (Skamania County)
Wind River (Skamania County)
White Salmon River (Klickitat/Skamania counties)
Klickitat River (Klickitat County)
Walla Walla River (Walla Walla County)
Mill Creek (Walla Walla County)
Touchet River (Columbia/Walla Walla counties)
Grande Ronde River (Asotin County)
Snake River mainstem
Palouse River (Whitman County) (below the falls)
Tucannon River (Columbia/Garfield counties)
Yakima River (Benton/Yakima/Kittitas counties)
Wenatchee River
Icicle River (Chelan County)
Lake Wenatchee (Chelan County)
Entiat River (Chelan County)
Methow River (Okanogan County)
Okanogan River (Okanogan County)
Lake Osoyoos (Okanogan County)
Similkameen River (Okanogan County)
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OTS-2690.6
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 09-27, filed 2/25/09,
effective 5/1/09)
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, sea-run cutthroat trout, and sea-run Dolly Varden/bull trout.
(2) "Anti-snagging rule" means:
(a) Except when fishing with a buoyant lure (with no
weights added to the lure or line) or trolling from a vessel
or floating device, terminal fishing gear is limited to a lure
or bait with one single point hook. ((When fishing from a
floating device, up to two single point hooks may be used.))
(b) Only single point hooks measuring not more then 3/4 inch from point to shank may be used and all hooks must be attached to or below the lure or bait.
(c) Weights may not be attached below or less than 12 inches above the lure or bait.
(3) "Bait" means any substance which attracts fish by scent or flavors. Bait includes any lure which uses scent or flavoring to attract fish.
(4) "Barbless hook" means a hook on which all barbs have been deleted when manufactured or filed off or pinched down.
(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.
(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.
(8) "Buoyant lure" means a lure that floats on the surface of freshwater when no additional weight is applied to the line or lure, and when not being retrieved by a line.
(9) "Channel Marker 13 line" means a true north-south line through Grays Harbor Channel Marker 13.
(((9))) (10) "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.
(((10))) (11) "Fresh" means fish or shellfish that are
refrigerated, iced, salted, or surface glazed.
(((11))) (12) "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.
(((12))) (13) "Frozen" means fish or shellfish that are
hard frozen throughout.
(((13))) (14) "Gaffing" means an effort to take fish by
impaling the fish with a hook attached directly to a pole or
other device.
(((14))) (15) "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.
(((15))) (16) "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.
(((16))) (17) "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.
(((17))) (18) "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.
(((18))) (19) "Juvenile" means a person under fifteen
year of age.
(((19))) (20) "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.
(((20))) (21) "Night closure" means closed to fishing
from one hour after official sunset to one hour before
official sunrise.
(((21))) (22) "Opening day of lowland lake season" means
the last Saturday in April.
(23) "Possession limit" means the number of daily limits allowed to be retained in the field or in transit.
(((22))) (24) "Processed" means fish or shellfish which
have been processed by heat for human consumption as kippered,
smoked, boiled, or canned.
(((23))) (25) "Steelhead license year limit" means the
maximum number of steelhead trout any one angler may retain
from April 1st through the following March 31st.
(((24))) (26) "Selective gear rules" means terminal
fishing gear is limited to artificial flies with barbless
single hooks or lures with barbless single hooks((,)) and 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.
(((25))) (27) "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.
(((26))) (28) "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.
(((27))) (29) "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.
(((28))) (30) "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.
(((29))) (31) "Steelhead" means sea-run rainbow trout
over twenty inches in length.
(((30))) (32) "Trolling" means a method of fishing from a
vessel or floating device that is underway and under power.
(33) "Unmarked salmon" means a salmon with intact adipose and ventral fins.
(((31))) (34) "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."
(((32))) (35) "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.
(((33))) (36) "Wild" when used to describe the difference
between a hatchery fish and a nonhatchery fish, except salmon,
means a fish with all fins intact.
(((34))) (37) "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.
(((35))) (38) "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.
(((36))) (39) "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. 09-06-042 (Order 09-27), § 220-56-100, filed 2/25/09, effective 5/1/09; 08-07-003, § 220-56-100, filed 3/5/08, effective 4/5/08; 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.]
(a) Anglers in possession of a valid two-pole endorsement may use up to two lines while fishing in lakes, ponds, and reservoirs open to fishing unless listed as an exception in WAC 220-55-220.
(b) A second line using forage fish jigger gear is lawful while fishing in Catch Record Card Areas 5, 6, 7, 8-1, 8-2, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13. A violation of this subsection is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to take, fish for or possess fish taken for personal use by any means other than angling with a line attached to a pole held in hand while landing the fish or with a hand-operated line without rod or reel except as follows:
(a) It is lawful to leave the pole in a pole holder while playing or landing the fish if the pole is capable of being readily removed from the pole holder.
(b) It is lawful to use an electric power-operated reel designed for sport fishing attached to a pole.
(c) It is lawful to fish for or possess salmon taken for personal use with hand lines (lines not attached to a handheld pole) except use of hand lines is unlawful in those waters west of the mouth of the Sekiu River, the Pacific Ocean, Washington waters at the mouth of the Columbia River west of a line projected true north and south through Buoy 10, Grays Harbor, and Willapa Bay.
(d) A violation of this subsection is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person while angling to fail to keep his angling gear under his direct and immediate physical control.
(4) In areas where a saltwater license is valid, each fisher aboard a vessel may continue to deploy angling gear or shellfish gear until the daily limit of food fish or shellfish for all licensed and juvenile anglers aboard has been retained.
(5) It is unlawful to possess fish or shellfish taken with gear in violation of the provisions of this section. Possession of fish or shellfish while using gear in violation of the provisions of this section is a rebuttable presumption that the fish or shellfish were taken with such gear. Possession of such fish or shellfish is punishable under RCW 77.15.380 Unlawful recreational fishing in the second degree -- Penalty, unless the fish or shellfish are taken in the amounts or manner to constitute a violation of RCW 77.15.370 Unlawful recreational fishing in the first degree -- Penalty.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 06-09-021 (Order 06-67), § 220-56-115, filed 4/11/06, effective 5/12/06; 06-05-085 (Order 06-23), § 220-56-115, filed 2/14/06, effective 5/1/06; 05-05-035 (Order 05-15), § 220-56-115, filed 2/10/05, effective 5/1/05; 04-07-009 (Order 04-39), § 220-56-115, filed 3/4/04, effective 5/1/04; 02-09-001 (Order 02-53A), § 220-56-115, filed 4/3/02, effective 5/4/02; 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 220-56-115, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-16-091 (Order 00-134), § 220-56-115, filed 7/31/00, effective 8/31/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 77.12.040. 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 220-56-115, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99; 98-06-031, § 220-56-115, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 95-04-066 (Order 95-10), § 220-56-115, filed 1/30/95, effective 5/1/95; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-115, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 90-06-026, § 220-56-115, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 88-10-013 (Order 88-15), § 220-56-115, filed 4/26/88; 87-09-066 (Order 87-16), § 220-56-115, filed 4/21/87; 85-09-017 (Order 85-20), § 220-56-115, filed 4/9/85; 84-09-026 (Order 84-22), § 220-56-115, filed 4/11/84; 82-13-040 (Order 82-61), § 220-56-115, filed 6/9/82; 82-07-047 (Order 82-19), § 220-56-115, filed 3/18/82; 80-12-040 (Order 80-107), § 220-56-115, filed 8/29/80; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-115, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80.]
(2) It is unlawful to use barbed hooks in Marine Areas 5-13, except for forage fish jigger gear.
(3) It is unlawful to use other than one single-point barbless hook to fish for sturgeon.
(4) It is unlawful to use other than single-point
barbless hooks to fish for salmon in Marine Areas 1-13((,
except in the Ocean Shores and Westport Boat Basins, and in
Marine Area 2-1 from August 1 through January 31, as provided
for in this section)).
(5) It is unlawful to fish for or possess salmon taken with terminal gear hooks in violation of anti-snagging rule in the following saltwater areas during the periods indicated:
(((a))) Budd Inlet waters south of a line projected true
west from the KGY radio station to the mainland and north of
the closed zone provided for in WAC 220-56-128 - July 16
through October 31.
(((b) Ocean Shores Boat Basin - August 16 through January
31.
(c) Westport Boat Basin - August 16 through January 31.))
(6) It is unlawful to use forage fish jig gear, and anti-snagging rule and night closure in effect, in the Duwamish Waterway downstream from the First Avenue South Bridge to an east-west line through Southwest Hanford Street on Harbor Island parallel to Southwest Spokane Street where it crosses Harbor Island - July 1 through October 31.
(7) Use of gear in violation of this section is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160.
(8) It is unlawful to possess fish or shellfish taken with gear in violation of the provisions of this section. Possession of fish or shellfish while using gear in violation of the provisions of this section is a rebuttable presumption that the fish or shellfish were taken with such gear. Possession of such fish or shellfish is punishable under RCW 77.15.380 Unlawful recreational fishing in the second degree -- Penalty, unless the fish or shellfish are taken in the amounts or manner to constitute a violation of RCW 77.15.370 Unlawful recreational fishing in the first degree -- Penalty.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020. 09-15-035 (Order 09-133), § 220-56-116, filed 7/8/09, effective 8/8/09; 08-15-002 (Order 08-165), § 220-56-116, filed 7/3/08, effective 8/3/08; 07-16-056, § 220-56-116, filed 7/26/07, effective 8/26/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 06-09-021 (Order 06-67), § 220-56-116, filed 4/11/06, effective 5/12/06; 06-05-085 (Order 06-23), § 220-56-116, filed 2/14/06, effective 5/1/06; 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), § 220-56-116, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-16-091 (Order 00-134), § 220-56-116, filed 7/31/00, effective 8/31/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 95-04-066 (Order 95-10), § 220-56-116, filed 1/30/95, effective 5/1/95; 92-11-012 (Order 92-19), § 220-56-116, filed 5/12/92, effective 6/12/92; 89-10-032 (Order 89-26), § 220-56-116, filed 4/27/89; 88-10-012 (Order 88-14), § 220-56-116, filed 4/26/88; 85-09-017 (Order 85-20), § 220-56-116, filed 4/9/85; 83-07-043 (Order 83-16), § 220-56-116, filed 3/17/83; 82-13-040 (Order 82-61), § 220-56-116, filed 6/9/82.]
(2) It is unlawful to use other than one single barbless hook to fish for sturgeon.
(3) Use of gear in violation of this section is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160.
(4) It is unlawful to possess fish or shellfish taken with gear in violation of the provisions of this section. Possession of fish or shellfish while using gear in violation of the provisions of this section is a rebuttable presumption that the fish or shellfish were taken with such gear. Possession of such fish or shellfish is punishable under RCW 77.15.380 Unlawful recreational fishing in the second degree -- Penalty, unless the fish or shellfish are taken in the amounts or manner to constitute a violation of RCW 77.15.370 Unlawful recreational fishing in the first degree -- Penalty.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 06-09-021 (Order 06-67), § 220-56-123, filed 4/11/06, effective 5/12/06; 06-05-085 (Order 06-23), § 220-56-123, filed 2/14/06, effective 5/1/06; 05-17-007 (Order 05-168), § 220-56-123, filed 8/3/05, effective 9/3/05; 04-24-030 (Order 04-306), § 220-56-123, filed 11/23/04, effective 12/24/04; 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 220-56-123, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-16-091 (Order 00-134), § 220-56-123, filed 7/31/00, effective 8/31/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 77.12.040. 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 220-56-123, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 94-14-069, § 220-56-123, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94.]
(1) These waters are open to salmon angling regardless of the status of the surrounding waters of Area 12.
(2) Special daily limit of four salmon, of which no more than two salmon may be chinook salmon greater than 24 inches in length. Release chum salmon July 1 through October 15.
(3) It is unlawful to fish for or possess salmon taken from these waters from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise.
(4)(a) Persons with disabilities who permanently use a wheelchair and/or who have a designated harvester card under WAC 220-55-065 may fish from the ADA-accessible site at the Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery, provided such persons follow all applicable rules and regulations.
(b) Designated harvesters may fish from the ADA-accessible site with persons with disabilities who permanently use a wheelchair and/or who have a designated harvester card, if room allows. However, persons with disabilities who permanently use a wheelchair have priority over others if the ADA-accessible site becomes overcrowded.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020. 09-15-035 (Order 09-133), § 220-56-124, filed 7/8/09, effective 8/8/09; 08-15-002 (Order 08-165), § 220-56-124, filed 7/3/08, effective 8/3/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 02-15-097 (Order 02-158), § 220-56-124, filed 7/16/02, effective 8/16/02; 01-14-001 (Order 01-107), § 220-56-124, filed 6/21/01, effective 7/22/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 77.12.040. 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 220-56-124, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99; 98-15-081 (Order 98-122), § 220-56-124, filed 7/15/98, effective 8/15/98; 97-18-035, § 220-56-124, filed 8/27/97, effective 9/27/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 96-11-078 (Order 96-44), § 220-56-124, filed 5/13/96, effective 6/13/96; 95-12-027 (Order 95-46), § 220-56-124, filed 5/31/95, effective 7/1/95; 94-14-069, § 220-56-124, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-56-124, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93.]
(1) It is unlawful at all times to fish for or possess food fish taken for personal use in waters lying within 400 feet below any fish rack, fishway, dam or other artificial or natural obstruction, either temporary or permanent, unless otherwise provided.
(2) Waters of Budd Inlet at Olympia south of the Fourth Avenue Bridge are closed at all times, and all contiguous waters lying between the Fourth Avenue Bridge and a line from the northwesterly corner of the Thriftway Market Building to a point 100 yards north of the railroad bridge located on the western side of the inlet opposite the Thriftway Market Building are closed during the period July 16 through October 31.
(3) The waters of Percival Cove are closed at all times.
(4) Those waters of Hood Canal inshore from yellow marker buoys to the mouth of Finch Creek and waters within the channel created when tidelands are exposed are closed the entire year.
(5) Waters within a radius of 100 yards from the Enetai Hatchery Outfall Creek where it enters saltwater are closed at all times.
(6) Those waters of Sinclair Inlet inside a line fifty yards from the pierhead line of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton are closed at all times.
(7) Those waters of Hood Canal within 100 feet of the Seabeck Highway Bridge over Big Beef Creek are closed August 1 through November 30.
(8) In Shilshole Bay waters east of a line 175 feet west of the Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge are closed to fishing.
(9) Those waters of the Chinook River upstream from tide gate at the Highway 101 Bridge are closed at all times.
(10) Those waters of the Columbia River between the Vernita Bridge and the Hanford power line crossing (wooden towers at S24, T13N, R27E) are closed October 23 through June 15.
(11) Those waters of the Columbia River between the upstream line of Bonneville Dam to a point 600 feet below the fish ladder at the new Bonneville Dam Powerhouse are closed at all times.
(12) Waters of the Lake Washington Ship Canal west of a north-south line 400 feet east of the eastern end of the north wing wall of Chittenden Locks to the mouth of the Lake Washington Ship Canal are closed to food fish angling at all times.
(13) Waters of Catch Record Card Area 10 west of a line from Point Monroe to Indianola and east of a line from Point Bolin to Battle Point are closed to food fish angling from January 1 through March 31 except it is lawful to fish with gear meeting the fly fishing only requirements of WAC 220-56-210 except it is unlawful to use lead core fly line. Use of gear other than fly fishing gear or use of a lead core line in violation of this subsection is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160. It is unlawful to retain any fish taken during the period January 1 through March 31.
(14) 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 downstream of Chief Joseph Dam to the Corps of Engineers Safety Zone Marker.
(15) Wells Dam - waters between the upstream line of Wells Dam to boundary markers 400 feet below the spawning channel discharge on the Chelan County side and the fish ladder on the Douglas County side.
(16) Rocky Reach, Rock Island and Wanapum Dams - waters between the upstream lines of these dams and boundary markers 400 feet downstream of the fish ladders at Rocky Reach and Rock Island Dams and boundary markers at Wanapum Dam 750 feet below the east fish ladder and 500 feet below the west fish ladder.
(17) Priest Rapids Dam - waters between the upstream line of Priest Rapids Dam and boundary markers 650 feet below the fish ladders.
(18) Jackson (Moran) Creek - all waters of the Priest Rapids hatchery system including Columbia River waters out to midstream between markers located 100 feet upstream and 400 feet downstream of the mouth of the hatchery outlet.
(19) McNary Dam - waters between the upstream line of McNary Dam and a line across the river from the red and white marker on the Oregon shore to the downstream end of the wingwall of the boat lock near the Washington shore.
(20) John Day Dam - waters between the upstream line of John Day Dam and markers approximately 3,000 feet downstream, except that fishing is permitted from the Washington shore to within 400 feet of the fishway entrance.
(21) The Dalles Dam - waters between the upstream line of the Dalles Dam and the upstream side of the Interstate 197 Bridge, except that fishing is permitted from the Washington shore to within 400 feet of the fishway entrance.
(22) Spring Creek - waters within 1/4 mile of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Hatchery grounds between posted boundary markers located 1/4 mile on either side of the fish ladder entrance.
(23) The waters of Catch Area 12 are closed at all times to the taking of food fish other than salmon except:
(a) Persons with disabilities who permanently use a wheelchair and/or who have a designated harvester card under WAC 220-55-065 may fish from the ADA-accessible site at the Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery, provided such persons follow all applicable rules and regulations of the adjoining waters of Marine Area 12.
(b) Designated harvesters may fish from the ADA-accessible site with persons with disabilities who permanently use a wheelchair and/or who have a designated harvester card, if room allows. However, persons with disabilities who permanently use a wheelchair have priority over others if the ADA-accessible site becomes overcrowded.
(24) Freshwater Bay - waters south of a line from Angeles Point to Observatory Point (Bachelor Rock) are closed July 1 through August 31.
(25) Tulalip Bay - waters east of line from Mission Point to Hermosa Point are closed at all times.
(26) Waters of Catch Record Card Area 13 within 500 yards of the Toliva Shoal buoy are closed to fishing for food fish June 16 through April 30 and closed to rockfish year-round.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 06-09-021 (Order 06-67), § 220-56-128, filed 4/11/06, effective 5/12/06; 06-05-085 (Order 06-23), § 220-56-128, filed 2/14/06, effective 5/1/06; 05-05-035 (Order 05-15), § 220-56-128, filed 2/10/05, effective 5/1/05; 04-24-030 (Order 04-306), § 220-56-128, filed 11/23/04, effective 12/24/04; 04-17-098 (Order 04-218), § 220-56-128, filed 8/17/04, effective 9/17/04; 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), § 220-56-128, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-16-091 (Order 00-134), § 220-56-128, filed 7/31/00, effective 8/31/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 77.12.040. 98-15-081 (Order 98-122), § 220-56-128, filed 7/15/98, effective 8/15/98; 98-06-031, § 220-56-128, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 97-07-078 (Order 97-53), § 220-56-128, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 95-12-027 (Order 95-46), § 220-56-128, filed 5/31/95, effective 7/1/95; 94-14-069, § 220-56-128, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-56-128, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-128, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 90-06-026, § 220-56-128, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-128, filed 3/16/89; 88-10-012 (Order 88-14), § 220-56-128, filed 4/26/88; 85-09-017 (Order 85-20), § 220-56-128, filed 4/9/85; 82-07-047 (Order 82-19), § 220-56-128, filed 3/18/82; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-128, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-56-065.]
(2) It is unlawful for any person to take or possess freshwater clams and mussels taken for personal use. Freshwater clams and mussels include all bodily parts but does not include five pounds or less of relic shells of freshwater clams and mussels. A relic (dead) shell is defined as one which apparently died of natural causes and contains no meat or soft parts: It readily exhibits noticeable sediment, vegetation, algal or mineral stains, discolorations, soiling, weathering or other visual evidence on its interior surface which clearly and unambiguously shows the shell has not been cooked-out or freshly cleaned. No license or permit is required to take or possess up to five pounds of relic shells per day. It is unlawful to take or possess more than five pounds of relic shells without first obtaining a scientific collection permit.
(3) It is unlawful to retain any freshwater fish not classified as a food fish or game fish.
(4) It is unlawful for any person to take, fish for or possess Pacific lamprey, western brook lamprey, or river lamprey taken for personal use.
(((4))) (5) Violation of this rule is punishable under
RCW 77.15.140.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 06-23-114 (Order 06-289), § 220-56-129, filed 11/17/06, effective 12/18/06; 05-05-035 (Order 05-15), § 220-56-129, filed 2/10/05, effective 5/1/05; 03-05-057 (Order 03-24), § 220-56-129, filed 2/14/03, effective 5/1/03.]
(a) "Daily limit" means individual animals retained, alive or dead.
(b) "Sculpins" means individual sculpins of species that are not defined as bottomfish.
(c) "Nudibranch" means individual nudibranchs of any species.
(d))) "Unclassified marine invertebrates" and "unclassified marine fish" mean species existing in Washington state marine waters in a wild state that have not been classified as food fish, shellfish, game fish, protected wildlife, or endangered species.
(2) ((The following limits apply to the taking of
unclassified marine invertebrates in Catch Record Card Areas 1
through 13, and the taking of unclassified marine fish in
Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13:
(a) Daily limit of ten unclassified marine invertebrates, except moon snails and nudibranchs.
(b) Daily limit of five moon snails.
(c) Daily limit of two nudibranchs.
(d) Daily limit of two unclassified marine fish per species of fish, except that the daily limit may not contain more than two sculpins and it is unlawful to take, fish for or possess Pacific lamprey or river lamprey.
(e) The possession limit and the daily limit are the same.
(f) Potlatch DNR tidelands)) All Marine Areas are closed to the taking of unclassified marine invertebrates and unclassified marine fish.
(((g))) (3) It is unlawful to take, fish for or possess
Pacific lamprey or river lamprey.
(4) Violation of this ((subsection)) section is
punishable under RCW 77.15.380 Unlawful recreational fishing
in the second degree -- Penalty, unless the fish or shellfish
are taken in the amounts or manner to constitute a violation
of RCW 77.15.370 Unlawful recreational fishing in the first
degree -- Penalty.
(((3) Each person possessing unclassified marine
invertebrates or unclassified marine fish must retain their
take in a separate container. Violation of this subsection is
an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160.))
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 06-09-021 (Order 06-67), § 220-56-130, filed 4/11/06, effective 5/12/06; 06-05-085 (Order 06-23), § 220-56-130, filed 2/14/06, effective 5/1/06; 05-05-035 (Order 05-15), § 220-56-130, filed 2/10/05, effective 5/1/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 220-56-130, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 95-04-066 (Order 95-10), § 220-56-130, filed 1/30/95, effective 5/1/95; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-130, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80.]
(1) Area 1 (Ilwaco): Waters west of the Buoy 10 Line and north to Leadbetter Point.
(2)(a) Area 2 (Westport-Ocean Shores): From Leadbetter Point north to the Queets River. Area 2 excludes waters of Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor.
(b) Area 2-1: Willapa Bay east of a line from Leadbetter Point to Willapa Channel Marker 8 (Buoy 8) then to the westerly most landfall on Cape Shoalwater.
(c) Area 2-2: Grays Harbor east of a line from the outermost end of the north jetty to the outermost exposed end of the south jetty.
(3) Area 3 (La Push): From the Queets River north to Cape Alava.
(4) Area 4 (Neah Bay): From Cape Alava north and inside Juan de Fuca Strait to the Sekiu River.
(5) Area 5 (Sekiu and Pillar Point): From mouth of Sekiu River east to Low Point, mouth of the Lyre River.
(6) Area 6 (East Juan de Fuca Strait): From Low Point east to the Partridge Point-Point Wilson line north to the line from Trial Island (near Victoria, B.C.) - Rosario Strait Traffic Lane Entrance Lighted Buoy R (USCG Light List No. 16340, referenced as Y "R" on National Ocean Service Chart No. 18400-1 dated 1997-08-30) - Smith Island - the most northeasterly of the Lawson Reef lighted buoys (RB1 QK Fl Bell) - Northwest Island - the Initiative 77 marker on Fidalgo Island.
(7) Area 7 (San Juan Islands): All marine waters north of the line described under Area 6 to the United States-Canadian boundary.
(8)(a) Area 8 (Deception Pass, Hope and Camano Islands): Line projected from West Point on Whidbey Island to Reservation Head on Fidalgo Island east through Deception Pass, including all waters east of Whidbey Island to the Possession Point - Shipwreck Line.
(b) Area 8-1 (Deception Pass and Hope Island): East of a line projected from West Point on Whidbey Island to Reservation Head on Fidalgo Island, south of the Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge at the north end of Swinomish Slough, north of the Highway 532 Bridge between Camano Island and the mainland, and westerly of a line from the East Point Light on Whidbey Island to the Saratoga Pass Light #4 on Camano Island (Fl red 4 sec.).
(c) Area 8-2 (Port Susan and Port Gardner): East of a
line from the East Point Light on Whidbey Island to the
Saratoga Pass Light ((#2)) #4 on Camano Island (Fl red 4 sec.)
and north of a line from the south tip of Possession Point 110
degrees true to a shipwreck on the opposite shore.
(9) Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet): All waters inside and south of the Partridge Point-Point Wilson Line and a line projected from the southerly tip of Possession Point 110 degrees true to a shipwreck on the opposite shore and northerly of the Hood Canal Bridge and the Apple Cove Point-Edwards Point Line.
(10) Area 10 (Seattle-Bremerton): From the Apple Cove Point-Edwards Point Line to a line projected true east-west through the northern tip of Vashon Island.
(11) Area 11 (Tacoma-Vashon Island): From the northern tip of Vashon Island to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
(12) Area 12 (Hood Canal): All contiguous waters south of the Hood Canal Bridge and adjacent waters north of the Hood Canal Bridge when fishing from the pontoon beneath the bridge.
(13) Area 13 (South Puget Sound): All contiguous waters south of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 07-05-051 (Order 07-22), § 220-56-185, filed 2/16/07, effective 3/19/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 220-56-185, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00; 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 220-56-185, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99; 99-08-029 (Order 99-13), § 220-56-185, filed 3/30/99, effective 5/1/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 95-04-066 (Order 95-10), § 220-56-185, filed 1/30/95, effective 5/1/95; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-185, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-185, filed 3/16/89; 88-10-013 (Order 88-15), § 220-56-185, filed 4/26/88; 85-18-026 (Order 85-111), § 220-56-185, filed 5/27/85; 85-09-017 (Order 85-20), § 220-56-185, filed 4/9/85; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-185, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80.]
(((1))) (a) An eastward-facing C-shaped closed area
defined as: Beginning at 48°N, 124°59'W; thence to 48°N,
125°18'W; thence to 48°18'N, 125°18'W; thence to 48°18'N,
124°59'W; thence to 48°11'N, 124°59'W; thence to 48°11'N,
125°11'W; thence to 48°04'N, 125°11'W; thence to 48°04'N,
124°59'W; thence to the point of origin.
(((2))) (b) The "Westport Offshore Recreational YRCA"
closed area, defined by straight lines connecting the
following specific latitude and longitude coordinates in the
order listed: Beginning at 46°54.30'N, 124°53.40'W; thence to
46°54.30'N, 124°51.00'W; thence to 46°53.30'N, 124°51.00'W;
thence to 46°53.30'N, 124°53.40'W, thence to the point of
origin.
(((3))) (c) The "South Coast Recreational YRCA" closed
area, defined by straight lines connecting the following
specific latitude and longitude coordinates in the order
listed: Beginning at 46°58.00'N, 124°48.00'W; thence to
46°55.00'N, 124°48.00'W; thence to 46°55.00'N, 124°49.00'W;
thence to 46°58.00'N, 124°49.00'W; thence to the point of
origin.
(d) Marine Area 12.
(2) In Marine Area 4 east of the westernmost point of Cape Flattery, Marine Area 5 through 11 and 13, it is unlawful to take, fish for, retain, or possess bottomfish taken for personal use except from within the following areas:
(a) In Marine Area 4 east of the westernmost point of Cape Flattery, Marine Area 5, and Marine Area 6 west of the easternmost point of Dungeness Spit: Waters inside of an area approximating 120 feet (20 fathoms) described by following the coordinates: 124°44.20'W, 48°23.90'N; 124°40.00'W, 48°24.10'N; 124°36.46'W, 48°23.61'N; 124°21.24'W, 48°17.71'N; 124°14.43'W, 48°15.96'N; 124°02.02'W, 48°11.91'N; 123°34.51'W, 48°09.93'N; 123°31.13'W, 48°11.02'N; 123°24.13'W, 48°08.53'N; 123°06.02'W, 48°11.45'N; 123°06.02'W, 48°08.22'N.
(b) In the remaining portion of Marine Area 6, and Marine Areas 7 - 11 and 13: Waters shallower than 120 feet (20 fathoms).
(3) It is unlawful to take, fish for, retain, or possess rockfish taken for personal use from Marine Areas 6 - 11 and 13.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.020 and 77.12.047. 09-14-010 (Order 09-107), § 220-56-230, filed 6/22/09, effective 7/23/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 03-05-057 (Order 03-24), § 220-56-230, filed 2/14/03, effective 5/1/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 90-06-026, § 220-56-230, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90.]
(1) Coastal (Catch Record Card Areas 1 through 4) - 15 fish in the aggregate of all species and species groups of bottomfish, which may include no more than:
(a) Lingcod - 2 fish:
(i) Minimum length 22 inches in Catch Record Card Areas 1 through 3.
(ii) Minimum length 24 inches in Catch Record Card Area 4.
(b) Rockfish - 10 fish. Release all canary and yelloweye rockfish. In Marine Area 4 east of the Bonilla Tatoosh Line: 6 fish. Only black or blue rockfish may be retained.
(c) Surfperch (excluding shiner perch) - 15 fish.
(d) Wolfeel - 0 fish from Catch Record Card Area 4.
(e) Cabezon - 2 fish east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line.
(2) Inner Puget Sound (Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13):
(a) Catch Record Card Areas 5 and 6 - 15 fish in the aggregate of all species and species groups of bottomfish, which may include no more than:
Rockfish in Marine Area 5 except | 1 fish May 1 through September 30 only black or blue rockfish may be retained. | |
in Marine Area 5 west of Slip Point | 3 fish (( |
|
in Marine Area 6. | 0 fish | |
Surfperch | 10 fish | |
Pacific cod | 2 fish | |
Pollock | 2 fish | |
Flatfish (except halibut) | 15 fish | |
Lingcod | 1 fish | |
Wolf-eel | 0 fish | |
Cabezon | 2 fish | |
Pacific hake | 2 fish |
Rockfish | (( |
|
Surfperch | 10 fish | |
Pacific cod | 2 fish | |
Flatfish (except halibut) | 15 fish | |
Lingcod | 1 fish | |
Wolf-eel | 0 fish | |
Cabezon | 2 fish | |
Pollock | 2 fish | |
Pacific hake | 2 fish |
Rockfish (( |
(( |
|
Surfperch | 10 fish | |
Pacific cod | 0 fish | |
Pollock | 0 fish | |
Flatfish (except halibut) | 15 fish | |
Lingcod | 1 fish | |
Wolf-eel | 0 fish | |
Cabezon | 2 fish | |
Pacific hake | 0 fish |
(e) It is unlawful to possess lingcod taken by angling or
by spear fishing less than 26 inches in length or greater than
((40)) 36 inches in length.
(f) ((The daily limit taken by spear fishing may include
no more than one lingcod. There is no size restriction on the
one lingcod allowed in the daily limit if taken by spear
fishing.
(g))) It is unlawful to retain cabezon taken from Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 11 and 13 from December 1 through April 30.
(((h))) (g) It is unlawful to retain six-gill shark taken
from Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13.
(((i) It is unlawful to retain canary or yelloweye
rockfish taken from Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13.
(j) It is unlawful to take rockfish by spear fishing in Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13.
(k))) (h) In Catch Record Area((s)) 5 ((through 11 and
13)), the daily limit for rockfish is the first legal rockfish
caught, except ((in Area 5)) west of Slip Point the daily
limit for rockfish is the first three legal rockfish caught((,
provided that no more than one of the three may be other than
black rockfish)). Only black or blue rockfish may be
retained. After the daily limit of rockfish is caught, all
subsequent rockfish must be released.
(i) In Catch Record Card Area 5, it is unlawful to take rockfish by spear fishing except when this area is open to spear fishing for lingcod.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.65.200. 07-12-080, § 220-56-235, filed 6/5/07, effective 7/6/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 04-17-098 (Order 04-218), § 220-56-235, filed 8/17/04, effective 9/17/04; 04-07-009 (Order 04-39), § 220-56-235, filed 3/4/04, effective 5/1/04; 03-16-100 (Order 03-178), § 220-56-235, filed 8/6/03, effective 9/6/03; 03-05-057 (Order 03-24), § 220-56-235, filed 2/14/03, effective 5/1/03; 02-09-001 (Order 02-53A), § 220-56-235, filed 4/3/02, effective 5/4/02; 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 220-56-235, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-17-016 (Order 00-139), § 220-56-235, filed 8/3/00, effective 9/3/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 220-56-235, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00; 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 220-56-235, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 98-15-032 (Order 98-119), § 220-56-235, filed 7/7/98, effective 8/7/98; 97-07-078 (Order 97-53), § 220-56-235, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 96-05-004 (Order 96-13), § 220-56-235, filed 2/9/96, effective 5/1/96; 95-04-066 (Order 95-10), § 220-56-235, filed 1/30/95, effective 5/1/95; 94-14-069, § 220-56-235, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-56-235, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93; 92-11-012 (Order 92-19), § 220-56-235, filed 5/12/92, effective 6/12/92; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-235, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 90-06-026, § 220-56-235, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-235, filed 3/16/89; 88-10-013 (Order 88-15), § 220-56-235, filed 4/26/88; 85-09-017 (Order 85-20), § 220-56-235, filed 4/9/85; 84-09-026 (Order 84-22), § 220-56-235, filed 4/11/84; 83-07-043 (Order 83-16), § 220-56-235, filed 3/17/83; 80-07-017 (Order 80-45), § 220-56-235, filed 6/11/80; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-235, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80.]
(1) Forage fish: 10 pounds in the aggregate. The possession limit is two daily limits in fresh form. Additional forage fish may be possessed in frozen or processed form.
(2) All other marine food fish not otherwise provided for
in this chapter except albacore, yellowfin, skipjack, and
northern bluefin tuna and all mackerel: ((No)) Daily limit
two fish.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 220-56-240, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 220-56-240, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 1998 c 191 § 40. 98-24-042 (Order 98-241), § 220-56-240, filed 11/24/98, effective 1/1/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040 and 75.08.080. 98-06-031, § 220-56-240, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 97-08-017 (Order 97-53), § 220-56-240, filed 3/25/97, effective 5/1/97; 96-05-004 (Order 96-13), § 220-56-240, filed 2/9/96, effective 5/1/96; 95-04-066 (Order 95-10), § 220-56-240, filed 1/30/95, effective 5/1/95; 94-14-069, § 220-56-240, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-22-004 (Order 93-125), § 220-56-240, filed 10/20/93, effective 1/1/94; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-56-240, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93; 92-11-012 (Order 92-19), § 220-56-240, filed 5/12/92, effective 6/12/92; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-240, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 90-06-026, § 220-56-240, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-240, filed 3/16/89; 88-10-012 (Order 88-14), § 220-56-240, filed 4/26/88; 86-09-020 (Order 86-08), § 220-56-240, filed 4/9/86; 85-09-017 (Order 85-20), § 220-56-240, filed 4/9/85; 84-09-026 (Order 84-22), § 220-56-240, filed 4/11/84; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-240, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80.]
(2) It is unlawful to use a dip bag net to take forage fish unless the operator of the net holds the handle at all times the netting is in the water.
(3) It is unlawful to operate a dip bag net to harvest forage fish from a vessel under power, or to use more than one forage fish dip net at a time.
(4) Only persons with a ((disability)) reduced fee
license or a designated harvest card may use a hand-operated
gate on a dip net while fishing for forage fish.
(5) Forage fish jigger gear hooks may not have a gap between the shank and the point exceeding 3/8 inch.
(6) Use of gear in violation of this section is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160.
(7) It is unlawful to possess forage fish taken with gear in violation of the provisions of this section. Possession of forage fish while using gear in violation of the provisions of this section is a rebuttable presumption that the forage fish 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 forage fish are taken in the amounts or manner to constitute a violation of RCW 77.15.370 Unlawful recreational fishing in the first degree -- Penalty.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 06-09-021 (Order 06-67), § 220-56-265, filed 4/11/06, effective 5/12/06; 06-05-085 (Order 06-23), § 220-56-265, filed 2/14/06, effective 5/1/06; 03-05-057 (Order 03-24), § 220-56-265, filed 2/14/03, effective 5/1/03; 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), § 220-56-265, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040 and 75.08.080. 98-06-031, § 220-56-265, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 95-04-066 (Order 95-10), § 220-56-265, filed 1/30/95, effective 5/1/95; 88-10-013 (Order 88-15), § 220-56-265, filed 4/26/88; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-265, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80.]
(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)) 6 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:
(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. 08-07-003, § 220-56-310, filed 3/5/08, effective 4/5/08; 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.]
(a) Marine Area 4 east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line, and Areas 5 and 13 - Open 7:00 a.m., June 18 through the last day in February.
(b) Waters of Area 6, those waters of Area 7 south and
west of a line projected from Village Point, Lummi Island,
through the navigation buoy just east of Matia Island, thence
to the buoy at Clements Reef, thence to the easternmost point
of Patos Island, thence running along the northern shore of
Patos Island to the westernmost point of Patos Island, thence
due west to the international boundary; westerly of a straight
line from the northernmost tip of Sinclair Island through
Lummi Rocks to Lummi Island; and west of a line projected from
the southeast point of Sinclair Island to the ferry dock at
Shannon Point, and waters of Areas 8-1, 8-2, 9, 10, 11 and 12 - Open 7:00 a.m. July 1 through September 3, open only
Wednesday through Saturday of each week((, and open Sunday,
September 4 and Monday, September 5)) and open Sunday,
September 5 and Monday, September 6.
(c) Those contiguous waters of Marine Area 7 north, south
and east of a line that extends from Point Francis on Portage
Island, through the marker just north of Inati Bay on Lummi
Island to Lummi Island, and a line that extends from the
Anacortes ferry dock at Shannon Point, northward to the
southeastern tip of Sinclair Island, thence from the
northernmost tip of Sinclair Island through Lummi Rocks to
Lummi Island (southeast Hale Pass, Bellingham Bay, Samish Bay,
Padilla Bay, eastern waters of Bellingham Channel, Guemes
Channel and Fidalgo Bay) - Open 7:00 a.m. July 16 through
September 30, and open only Wednesday through Saturday ((of
each week)) except also open Sunday, September ((4)) (5) and
Monday, September ((5)) 6.
(d) Those waters of Marine Area 7 north and east of a
line projected from Village Point, Lummi Island through the
navigation buoy just east of Matia Island thence to the buoy
at Clements Reef thence to the easternmost point of Patos
Island, running along the northern shoreline of Patos Island
and from the westernmost point of Patos Island due west to the
international boundary and north of a line that extends from
Point Francis on Portage Island, through the marker just north
of Inati Bay on Lummi Island to Lummi Island - Open 7:00 a.m.
August 17 through September 30, and open only Wednesday
through Saturday of each week except also open Sunday,
September ((4)) 5 and Monday, September ((5)) 6.
(2) It is unlawful to fish for or possess crab taken for personal use with shellfish pot gear from Marine Areas 1, 2, 3, and Area 4 west of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line except during the period December 1 through September 15. Open to gear other than shellfish pot gear year-round.
(3) The Columbia River upstream from a line projected from the outermost end of the north jetty to the exposed end of the south jetty is open to crab fishing for personal use year-round.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 05-12-007 (Order 05-102), § 220-56-330, filed 5/19/05, effective 6/19/05; 05-05-035 (Order 05-15), § 220-56-330, filed 2/10/05, effective 5/1/05; 04-07-009 (Order 04-39), § 220-56-330, filed 3/4/04, effective 5/1/04; 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 220-56-330, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 220-56-330, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00; 99-08-029 (Order 99-13), § 220-56-330, filed 3/30/99, effective 5/1/99; 98-06-031, § 220-56-330, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 97-07-078 (Order 97-53), § 220-56-330, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 96-11-078 (Order 96-44), § 220-56-330, filed 5/13/96, effective 6/13/96; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-56-330, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93; 90-06-026, § 220-56-330, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 86-09-020 (Order 86-08), § 220-56-330, filed 4/9/86; 85-09-017 (Order 85-20), § 220-56-330, filed 4/9/85; 84-09-026 (Order 84-22), § 220-56-330, filed 4/11/84; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-330, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-56-082.]
Except that public tidelands at the following beaches are closed unless otherwise provided:
(1) Ala Spit: ((Closed the entire year.)) Open May 1
through May 31.
(2) Alki Park: Closed the entire year.
(3) Alki Point: Closed the entire year.
(4) Bay View State Park: Closed the entire year.
(5) Belfair State Park: Closed the entire year.
(6) Brown's Point Lighthouse: Closed the entire year.
(((6))) (7) Cama Beach State Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((7))) (8) Camano Island State Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((8))) (9) Chuckanut Bay: Closed the entire year.
(((9))) (10) Coupeville: Closed the entire year.
(((10))) (11) Dash Point State Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((11))) (12) Dave Mackie County Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((12))) (13) Des Moines City Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((13))) (14) Discovery Park: Closed the entire year.
(((14))) (15) DNR-79: Closed the entire year.
(((15) DNR-85: Closed the entire year.))
(16) DNR-142: Closed the entire year.
(17) DNR-144 (Sleeper): Closed the entire year.
(18) Dockton County Park: Closed the entire year.
(19) Dosewallips State Park: Open March 1 through October 31 only in area defined by boundary markers and signs posted on the beach.
(20) Dungeness Spit and Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge Tidelands - Open May 15 through September 30.
(21) Eagle Creek: Open July 1 through July 31.
(22) East San ((De FCA)) de Fuca: Closed the entire
year.
(23) Fort Flagler State Park including that portion of the spit west of the park boundary (Rat Island): Open May 15 through July 31.
(24) Fort Ward State Park: Closed the entire year.
(25) Freeland County Park: Closed the entire year.
(26) Frye Cove County Park: ((Closed the entire year.))
Open January 1 through May 15.
(27) 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.
(28) Gertrude Island - All tidelands at Gertrude Island closed the entire year.
(29) Golden Gardens: Closed the entire year.
(30) Graveyard Spit: Closed the entire year.
(31) Harrington Beach: Closed the entire year.
(32) Hoodsport: Tidelands at Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery are closed the entire year.
(33) Hope Island State Park (South Puget Sound): Open
((April)) May 1 through May 31.
(34) Howarth Park: Closed the entire year.
(35) Illahee State Park: Open April 1 through July 31.
(36) Kayak Point County Park: Closed the entire year.
(37) Kitsap Memorial State Park: Open May 15 through July 15.
(38) Kopachuck State Park: Open June 1 through July 31.
(39) 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.
(40) Lincoln Park: Closed the entire year.
(41) Lions Park (Bremerton): Closed the entire year.
(42) Little Clam Bay: Closed the entire year.
(43) Lower Roto Vista Park: Closed the entire year.
(44) Manchester State Park: Closed the entire year.
(45) McNeil Island - All tidelands on McNeil Island are closed the entire year.
(46) Meadowdale County Park: Closed the entire year.
(47) Mee-Kwa-Mooks Park: Closed the entire year.
(48) Monroe Landing: Closed the entire year.
(49) Mukilteo State Park - Closed the entire year.
(50) Mystery Bay State Park: Open October 1 through April 30.
(51) Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge: Closed the entire year.
(52) North Beach County Park: Closed the entire year.
(53) North Fort Lewis: Closed the entire year.
(54) North Point Hudson: Closed the entire year.
(55) Northeast Cultus Bay: Closed the entire year.
(56) Oak Bay County Park: Open June 1 through July 31.
(57) Oak Harbor City Park: Closed the entire year.
(58) Old Man House State Park: Closed the entire year.
(59) Olympia Shoal: Closed the entire year.
(60) Oyster Reserves: Puget Sound and Willapa Bay state oyster reserves are closed the entire year except as follows:
(a) North Bay: State-owned oyster reserves open the entire year.
(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.))
State-owned oyster reserves open the entire year except in
areas defined by boundary markers and signs posted on the
beach.
(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.
(61) Penrose Point State Park: ((Open March 1 through
May 31.)) Closed the entire year.
(62) Picnic Point County Park: Closed the entire year.
(63) Pitship Point: Closed the entire year.
(64) Pitt Island - All tidelands on Pitt Island are closed the entire year.
(65) Pleasant Harbor State Park: Closed the entire year.
(66) Point Whitney (excluding Point Whitney Lagoon):
Open March 1 through ((May 31)) April 30.
(67) Point Whitney Lagoon: ((Closed.)) Open May 1
through May 31.
(68) Port Angeles Coast Guard: Closed the entire year.
(69) Port Angeles Harbor: Closed the entire year.
(70) Port Gardner: Closed the entire year.
(71) Port Townsend Ship Canal/Portage Canal: Open
January 1 through ((May 31)) June 30.
(72) Post Point: Closed the entire year.
(73) Potlatch DNR tidelands: Open April 1 through
((August 31)) June 30.
(74) ((Potlatch East: Open April 1 through August 31.
(75))) Potlatch State Park: Open April 1 through
((August 31)) June 30.
(((76))) (75) Priest Point County Park: Closed the
entire year.
(((77))) (76) Purdy Spit County Park: The southern shore
of the spit from the boat ramp to the bridge is closed the
entire year.
(((78))) (77) 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.
(((79))) (78) Reid Harbor - South Beach: Closed the
entire year.
(((80))) (79) Retsil: Closed the entire year.
(((81) Rendsland Creek: Open January 1 through June 30.
(82))) (80) Richmond Beach Saltwater Park: Closed the entire year.
(((83))) (81) Saltwater State Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((84))) (82) Samish Beach: Closed the entire year.
(((85))) (83) Scenic Beach State Park: Open April 15
through May 15.
(((86))) (84) Seahurst County Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((87))) (85) Semiahmoo: Closed the entire year.
(((88))) (86) Semiahmoo County Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((89))) (87) Sequim Bay State Park - Open May 1 through
((July 31)) June 30.
(((90))) (88) Shine Tidelands State Park: Open January 1
through May 15.
(((91))) (89) Silverdale ((County)) Waterfront Park:
Closed the entire year.
(((92))) (90) Sinclair Inlet: Closed the entire year.
(((93))) (91) Skagit Wildlife Area: Closed the entire
year.
(((94))) (92) South Carkeek Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((95) South Dougall Point: Closed the entire year.
(96))) (93) South Gordon Point: Closed the entire year.
(((97))) (94) South Indian Island County Park: Open
April 1 through May 31.
(((98))) (95) South Mukilteo Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((99))) (96) South Oro Bay: Closed the entire year.
(((100))) (97) South Point Wilson (Port Townsend):
Closed the entire year.
(((101))) (98) Southworth Ferry Dock: Closed the entire
year.
(((102))) (99) Spencer Spit State Park: Open March 1
through July 31.
(((103))) (100) Suquamish (Old Man House): Closed the
entire year.
(((104))) (101) Taylor Bay: Closed the entire year.
(((105))) (102) Triton Cove Tidelands: Open ((May)) June
1 through ((September 30)) August 31.
(((106))) (103) Twanoh State Park: Open August 1 through
September 30.
(((107))) (104) Walker County Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((108))) (105) West Dewatto: DNR Beach 44A open August
1 through September 30.
(((109))) (106) West Pass Access: Closed the entire
year.
(((110))) (107) Willapa Bay: State-owned tidelands east
of the department Willapa Bay Field Station and Nahcotta
Tidelands Interpretive Site are closed year-round.
(((111))) (108) Wolfe Property State Park: Open January
1 through May 15.
(((112))) (109) 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.
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. 09-06-042 (Order 09-27), § 220-56-350, filed 2/25/09, effective 5/1/09; 08-07-003, § 220-56-350, filed 3/5/08, effective 4/5/08; 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) Ala Spit: Open May 1 through May 31.
(2) Alki Park: Closed the entire year.
(((2))) (3) Alki Point: Closed the entire year.
(((3))) (4) Bangor: Closed the entire year.
(((4))) (5) Bay View State Park: Closed the entire year.
(((5) Brown Point (DNR 57-B): Closed the entire year.))
(6) Brown's Point Lighthouse: Closed the entire year.
(7) Cama Beach State Park: Closed the entire year.
(8) Camano Island State Park: Closed the entire year.
(9) Chuckanut: Closed the entire year.
(((8))) (10) Coupeville: Closed the entire year.
(((9) Cushman (Saltwater) Park: Open year-round.
(10))) (11) Dash Point State Park: Closed the entire year.
(((11))) (12) Dave Mackie County Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((12))) (13) Des Moines City Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((13))) (14) Discovery Park: Closed the entire year.
(((14))) (15) DNR-79: Closed the entire year.
(((15) DNR-85: Closed the entire year.))
(16) DNR-142: Closed the entire year.
(17) DNR 144 (Sleeper): Closed the entire year.
(18) Dockton County Park: Closed the entire year.
(19) Dungeness Spit/National Wildlife Refuge: Open May 15 - September 30.
(20) East San de Fuca: Closed the entire year.
(((20))) (21) Fort Flagler State Park including that
portion of the spit west of the park boundary (Rat Island):
Open May 15 through July 31.
(((21))) (22) Fort Ward State Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((22))) (23) Freeland County Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((23))) (24) Frye Cove County Park: ((Closed the entire
year.)) Open January 1 through May 15.
(((24))) (25) Golden Gardens: Closed the entire year.
(((25))) (26) Graveyard Spit: Closed the entire year.
(((26))) (27) Harrington Beach: Closed the entire year.
(((27))) (28) Hoodsport: Tidelands at the Hoodsport
Salmon Hatchery are closed the entire year.
(((28))) (29) Hope Island State Park (South Puget Sound):
Open ((April)) May 1 through May 31.
(((29))) (30) Howarth Park: Closed the entire year.
(((30))) (31) Illahee State Park: Open April 1 through
July 31.
(((31))) (32) Kayak Point County Park: Closed the entire
year.
(33) Kitsap Memorial State Park: Open May 15 through August 15.
(((32))) (34) Kopachuck State Park: Open March 1 through
July 31.
(((33))) (35) 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.
(((34))) (36) Lincoln Park: Closed the entire year.
(((35))) (37) Lions Park (Bremerton): Closed the entire
year.
(((36))) (38) Little Clam Bay: Closed the entire year.
(((37))) (39) Lower Roto Vista Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((38))) (40) Manchester State Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((39))) (41) Meadowdale County Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((40))) (42) Mee-Kwa-Mooks Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((41))) (43) Monroe Landing: Closed the entire year.
(((42))) (44) Mukilteo State Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((43))) (45) Mystery Bay State Park: Open October 1
through April 30.
(((44))) (46) Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge: Closed
the entire year.
(((45))) (47) North Beach County Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((46))) (48) North Fort Lewis: Closed the entire year.
(((47))) (49) North Point Hudson: Closed the entire
year.
(((48))) (50) Northeast Cultus Bay: Closed the entire
year.
(((49))) (51) Oak Bay County Park: Open June 1 through
July 31.
(((50))) (52) Oak Harbor Beach Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((51))) (53) Oak Harbor City Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((52))) (54) Old Man House State Park: Closed the
entire year.
(((53))) (55) Olympia Shoal: Closed the entire year.
(((54))) (56) 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.))
State-owned oyster reserves open the entire years except in
areas defined by boundary markers and signs posted on the
beach.
(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.
(((55))) (57) Penrose Point State Park: ((Open March 1
through May 31.)) Closed the entire year.
(((56))) (58) Picnic Point: Closed the entire year.
(((57))) (59) Pitt Island: Closed the entire year.
(60) Pleasant Harbor State Park: Closed the entire year.
(((58))) (61) Port Angeles Coast Guard: Closed the
entire year.
(((59))) (62) Port Angeles Harbor: Closed the entire
year.
(((60))) (63) Port Gardner: Closed the entire year.
(((61))) (64) Port Townsend Ship Canal/Portage Canal:
Open January 1 through ((May 31)) June 30.
(((62))) (65) Post Point: Closed the entire year.
(((63))) (66) Potlatch DNR Tidelands: Open April 1
through ((August 31)) June 30.
(((64) Potlatch East: Open April 1 through August 31.
(65))) (67) Potlatch State Park: Open April 1 through
((August 31)) June 30.
(((66))) (68) Priest Point County Park: Closed the
entire year.
(((67))) (69) Purdy Spit County Park: The southern shore
of the spit from the boat ramp to the bridge is closed the
entire year.
(70) 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.
(((68))) (71) Reid Harbor - South Beach: Closed the
entire year.
(((69))) (72) Retsil: Closed the entire year.
(((70))) (73) Richmond Beach Saltwater Park: Closed the
entire year.
(((71))) (74) Saltwater State Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((72))) (75) Samish Beach: Closed the entire year.
(((73))) (76) Seahurst County Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((74))) (77) Scenic Beach State Park: Open April 15
through May 15.
(((75))) (78) Semiahmoo: Closed the entire year.
(((76))) (79) Semiahmoo County Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((77))) (80) Shine Tidelands State Park: Open January 1
through May 15.
(((78))) (81) Silverdale ((County)) Waterfront Park:
Closed the entire year.
(((79))) (82) Sinclair Inlet: Closed the entire year.
(((80))) (83) Skagit Wildlife Area: Closed the entire
year.
(((81))) (84) South Carkeek Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((82) South Dougall Point: Closed the entire year.
(83))) (85) South Gordon Point: Closed the entire year.
(((84))) (86) South Indian Island County Park: Open
April 1 through May 31.
(((85))) (87) South Mukilteo Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((86))) (88) South Oro Bay: Closed the entire year.
(((87))) (89) South Point Wilson (Port Townsend): Closed
the entire year.
(((88))) (90) Southworth Ferry Dock: Closed the entire
year.
(((89))) (91) Spencer Spit State Park: Open March 1
through July 31.
(92) Suquamish (Old Man House): Closed the entire year.
(((90))) (93) Taylor Bay: Closed the entire year.
(((91))) (94) Walker County Park: Closed the entire
year.
(((92))) (95) West Pass Access: Closed the entire year.
(((93))) (96) 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.
(((94))) (97) Woodard Bay: Closed the entire year.
(((95))) (98) Wolfe Property State Park: Open January 1
through May 15.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 09-06-042 (Order 09-27), § 220-56-380, filed 2/25/09, effective 5/1/09; 08-07-003, § 220-56-380, filed 3/5/08, effective 4/5/08; 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.]
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040 and 75.08.080. 98-06-031, § 220-56-385, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-385, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80.]
(1) Freshwater lakes, ponds and reservoirs: Open year round except as provided for in WAC 232-28-619.
(2) Freshwater rivers, streams and beaver ponds:
(a) Rivers, streams, and beaver ponds that drain into Puget Sound or the Strait of Juan de Fuca are closed to fishing for game fish unless otherwise provided for.
(b) All other rivers, streams, and beaver ponds: Open the first Saturday in June through October 31 except as provided for in WAC 232-28-619.
(3) Saltwater (all waters downstream and seaward of the mouths of rivers and streams generally defined in WAC 220-16-245 and specifically defined in WAC 220-56-105): Open year-round, except:
(a) Lake Washington Ship Canal - Those waters of Area 10 west of the Lake Washington Ship Canal to a north-south line 175 feet west of the Burlington-Northern Railroad Bridge are closed waters.
(b) Toliva Shoal - Waters within 500 yards of the Toliva Shoal buoy are closed waters from June 16 through April 30.
(c) Freshwater Bay - Waters south of a line from Angeles Point westerly to Observatory Point are closed July 1 through August 31.
(d) Tulalip Bay - Waters of Tulalip Bay east of a line from Hermosa Point to Mission Point are closed waters.
(e) Agate Pass - Waters of Catch Record Card Area 10 west of a line from Point Monroe to Indianola and east of a line from Point Bolin to Battle Point are closed to game fish angling from January 1 through March 31; except a person can fish with gear meeting the fly-fishing-only requirements of WAC 220-56-210, as long as he or she does not use lead-core fly line. Use of gear other than fly-fishing gear or use of a lead core line in violation of this subsection is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160. It is unlawful to retain any fish taken during the period January 1 through March 31.
(f) Those waters of Hood Canal inshore from yellow marker buoys to the mouth of Finch Creek and waters within the channel created when tidelands are exposed are closed the entire year except:
(i) Persons with disabilities who permanently use a wheelchair and/or who have a designated harvester card under WAC 220-55-065 may fish from the ADA-accessible site at the Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery, provided such persons follow all applicable rules and regulations of the adjoining waters of Marine Area 12.
(ii) Designated harvesters may fish from the ADA-accessible site with persons with disabilities who permanently use a wheelchair and/or who have a designated harvester card, if room allows. However, persons with disabilities who permanently use a wheelchair have priority over others if the ADA-accessible site becomes overcrowded.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 09-06-042 (Order 09-27), § 220-56-500, filed 2/25/09, effective 5/1/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020. 08-15-002 (Order 08-165), § 220-56-500, filed 7/3/08, effective 8/3/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 06-13-023 (Order 06-135), § 220-56-500, filed 6/13/06, effective 7/14/06.]
OTS-3091.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 10-08, filed 1/19/10,
effective 2/19/10)
WAC 232-12-064
Live wildlife.
Taking from the wild,
importation, possession, transfer, holding in captivity.
(1) It is unlawful to take live wildlife (((except
unclassified marine invertebrates and fish))), wild birds
(except starlings, house sparrows and rock doves by falconers,
and rock doves by bird dog trainers), or game fish from the
wild without a permit provided for by rule of the commission
and issued by the director.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-12-027(1), 232-12-067, and subsections (3) and (4) of this section, it is unlawful to import into the state, hold, possess, propagate, offer for sale, sell, transfer, or release live specimens of wildlife listed in this subsection, or their gametes and/or embryos, except as provided under subsection (7), (8), (9) or (10) of this section:
In the family Cervidae, all of the following species:
Roosevelt and Rocky Mountain elk | Cervus elaphus |
Mule deer and Black-tailed deer | Odocoileus hemionus |
White-tailed deer | Odocoileus virginianus |
Moose | Alces alces |
Caribou | Rangifer tarandus caribou |
(4) It is unlawful to possess or hold in captivity live wild animals, wild birds, or game fish unless lawfully acquired and possessed. Proof of lawful acquisition and possession must be produced for inspection on request of a department employee. Such proof shall contain:
(a) Species;
(b) Age and sex of animal;
(c) Origin of animal;
(d) Name of receiving party;
(e) Source-name and address;
(f) Invoice/statement date; and
(g) Documentation of prior transfers.
(5) Live wild animals, wild birds, or game fish held in captivity, or their progeny or parts thereof, may not be sold or otherwise used commercially except as provided by rule of the commission.
(6) No wildlife shall be released from captivity except as provided in WAC 232-12-271, except that it is lawful to return to the waters from which caught, game fish caught and subsequently kept alive on stringers, in live wells, or in other containers while fishing. The release of fish into any waters of the state, including private, natural, or man-made ponds, requires a fish planting permit.
(7) Scientific research or display: The director may authorize, by written approval, a person to import into the state, hold, possess and propagate live specimens of wildlife listed in subsection (2) of this section, for scientific research or for display by zoos or aquariums who are accredited institutional members of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), provided:
(a) The specimens are confined to a secure facility;
(b) The specimens will not be transferred to any other location within the state, except to other AZA-accredited facilities, and transported by AZA-accredited institutional members or their authorized agents with written approval of the director or as otherwise authorized in writing by the director;
(c) The specimens will not be sold or otherwise disposed of within the state without written approval of the director;
(d) The person will keep such records on the specimens and make such reports as the director may require; and
(e) The person complies with the other requirements of this section.
(8) Retention or disposal of existing specimens lawfully in captivity prior to June 20, 1992: A person holding live Roosevelt and Rocky Mountain elk, Mule Deer and Black-tailed deer, White-tailed deer, and Moose may retain the specimens of such wildlife such person lawfully possessed prior to June 20, 1992, and the lawful progeny thereof, provided such person complies with (a) through (f) of this subsection and the other requirements of this section:
(a) The person reported to the director, in writing, the species, number, and location of the specimens as required;
(b) The specimens are confined to a secure facility at the location reported;
(c) Live specimens are not propagated except at AZA-accredited facilities with the written permission of the director or as otherwise authorized in writing by the director;
(d) Live specimens are not released, except with written permission of the director;
(e) Live specimens are not sold or transferred, except:
(i) Live specimens in lawful possession prior to June 20, 1992, and their lawful progeny may be permanently removed from the state of Washington or transported directly to slaughter where in accordance with other applicable law;
(ii) Federally listed endangered or threatened species may be transferred to AZA-accredited facilities where in compliance with federal law;
(iii) Live specimens may be moved to the new primary residence of the possessor with the written approval of the director, provided all other requirements of this section are satisfied and the total number of locations where animals are held is not increased; and
(iv) AZA-accredited facilities may sell and/or transfer live specimens within the state with the written permission of the director;
(f) Live specimens shall be neutered, physically separated by sex, and/or rendered infertile by means of contraception, except at AZA-accredited facilities with the written permission of the director.
(9) Retention or disposal of existing specimens lawfully in captivity prior to February 13, 1993: A person holding live specimens of wildlife newly listed in subsection (2) of this section by operation of this rule (Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou)), may retain the specimens of such wildlife the person lawfully possessed prior to February 13, 1993, provided:
(a) The person reports to the director in writing by March 31, 1993, and reports annually thereafter, or as otherwise required by the director, the species, number, and location of such specimens; and
(b) The person complies with subsection (8)(b) through (f) of this section and the other requirements of this section.
(10) The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the importation, possession, propagation, sale, transfer, or release of live specimens of federally listed threatened or endangered species, their gametes or embryos, where in compliance with federal law.
(11) Escaped wildlife:
(a) Escaped wildlife will be considered a public nuisance. The department or any peace officer may seize, capture, or destroy wildlife that have escaped the possessor's control. The former possessor shall be responsible for costs incurred by the department in recovering, maintaining, or disposing of such animals, as well as any damage to the state's wildlife or habitat.
(b) Escapes of wildlife must be reported immediately to the department.
(c) The recapture or death of escaped wildlife must be reported immediately to the department.
(12) Secure facility:
(a) All captive wildlife will be held in a secure facility. For the purposes of this rule, a secure facility is an enclosure so constructed as to prevent danger to the environment or wildlife of the state, including escape of live wildlife specimens in captivity or ingress of resident wildlife ungulates (hoofed animals).
(b) For wildlife listed in subsection (2) of this section, the secure facility must comply with the fencing requirements in subsection (13) of this section.
(13) Fencing requirements:
(a) Perimeter fences must be, at a minimum, eight feet above ground level for their entire length. The bottom six feet must be mesh of sufficient size to prevent resident wildlife ungulates (hoofed animals) from entering and captive wildlife from escaping. Supplemental wire required to attain a height of eight feet may be smooth, barbed, or woven wire (at least 12-1/2 gauge) with strands spaced not more than six inches apart.
(b) Perimeter fences constructed of high tensile wire must be supported by a post or stay at minimum intervals of eight feet.
(c) Perimeter fences must be at least 12-1/2 gauge woven wire, 14-1/2 gauge high-tensile woven wire, chain link, nonclimbable woven fence, or other fence approved by the director.
If the wire used is not a full eight feet in height, it must be overlapped one row and securely fastened at every other vertical row or woven together with cable.
(d) Electric fencing materials may be used on perimeter fences only as a supplement to conventional fencing materials.
(e) All gates in the perimeter fences must be self-closing, equipped with two locking devices, and installed only in locations that have been approved by the director. Double gates may be required at points in the perimeter fences subject to frequent vehicle traffic that is not related to activities involving the holding of captive wildlife.
(f) Posts used in the perimeter fences must be:
(i) Wood (pressure treated), five-inch minimum diameter or an equivalent as approved by the director;
(ii) Spaced no more than twenty-four feet apart with stays or supports at eight foot intervals between the posts;
(iii) Extended at least eight feet above ground level; and
(iv) Have corners braced with wood or with an equivalent material as approved by the director.
(g) Fences must be maintained at all times to prevent captive wildlife from escaping or resident wildlife ungulates (hoofed animals) from entering the enclosure. If such animals do pass through, under, or over the fence because of any topographic feature or other conditions, the person possessing wildlife must immediately supplement the fence to prevent continued passage.
(h) For any fence existing prior to February 13, 1993, a person may petition the director in writing for a variance from the above fencing requirements. Any such petition must be filed no later than May 31, 1993, and must identify all aspects in which the existing fence does not meet the fencing requirements contained herein. On approval of the director, such person may maintain such existing fence with normal repair. However, any extension or relocation of existing fence must meet the fencing requirements contained herein.
(14) Marking requirements:
(a) All live specimens of wildlife identified in subsection (2) of this section must be individually identified by the methods specified below:
(i) All live specimens of such wildlife shall be marked with USDA official ear tags or with ear tags supplied or approved by the department. Tags shall be applied in sequential order; and
(ii) All live specimens of such wildlife shall be marked with a tattoo with an identifying number that has been recorded with the director. The tattoo must be placed on the left ear of the animal.
(b) Identification assigned to an individual animal may not be transferred to any other animal.
(c) Where allowed, all lawful progeny of wildlife identified in subsection (2) of this section must be tagged and tattooed by December 31 of the year of birth or upon leaving the holding facility, whichever is earlier.
(d) Where allowed, if wildlife identified in subsection (2) of this section is sold or transferred within the state, the tag and tattoo must accompany the animal. The new owner or possessor shall not renumber the animal.
(e) Where allowed, live specimens of wildlife identified in subsection (2) of this section shall be marked prior to importation.
(f) No unmarked wildlife identified in subsection (2) of this section may be sold or otherwise transferred from the holding facility.
(15) Testing of specimens:
(a) Where allowed, prior to entry into the state of Washington, persons importing any member of the Genus Cervus, which is identified in subsection (2) of this section, must submit records of genetic tests conducted by a professionally recognized laboratory to identify red deer genetic influence (genetic material from any member of any subspecies, race, or species of the elk-red deer-wapiti complex Cervus elaphus not indigenous to the state of Washington). Such testing shall be at the possessor's expense. Animals which are deemed by department of fish and wildlife biologists upon examination to exhibit either behavioral (vocalization), morphological (size, rump patch, color), or biochemical indications of such influence (hemoglobin, superoxide dismutase, transferrin and post-transferrin, or others to be developed) may not be imported.
(b) A person currently holding any member of the genus Cervus elaphus identified in subsection (2) of this section must submit records of genetic tests conducted by a professionally recognized laboratory to identify red deer genetic influence (genetic material from any member of any subspecies, race, or species of the elk-red deer-wapiti complex Cervus elaphus not indigenous to the state of Washington) for each individual cervid to the director within ninety days of passage of this rule. Such testing shall be at the possessor's expense. Any animals identified as red deer or having nonindigenous genetic influence must be destroyed, removed from the state, or neutered within one hundred eighty days of passage of this rule.
(c) The director may require that specimens listed in subsection (2) of this section lawfully in captivity be tested for brucellosis (brucella abortus), tuberculosis (mycobacterium bovis and mycobacterium tuberculosis), meningeal worm (Paralophostrongylus tenuis), and muscle worm (Elaphostrongylus cervis) in accordance with the procedures specified in department of agriculture WAC 16-54-180 as now or hereafter amended, and/or for other diseases or parasites determined to pose a risk to wildlife. The results of such tests shall be filed with the director as required.
(16) Reporting:
(a) A person holding wildlife listed in subsection (2) of this section in captivity shall submit a completed report no later than March 30, 1993, and then no later than January 31 of each year, or as otherwise required by the director, on a form provided by the department.
(b) Persons possessing wildlife listed in subsection (2) of this section must notify the director within ten days of any change of such persons' address and/or location of the holding facility.
(17) Inspection:
(a) All holding facilities for captive wildlife located in the state are subject to inspection for compliance with the provisions of this section.
(b) Such inspections shall be conducted at reasonable times.
(18) Notification and disposition of diseased animals:
(a) Any person who has reason to believe that wildlife being held pursuant to this rule have or have been exposed to a dangerous or communicable disease or parasite shall notify the department immediately.
(b) Upon having reason to believe that wildlife held pursuant to this rule have been exposed to or contracted a dangerous or contagious disease or parasite, the director may order inspection of such animals by a licensed, accredited veterinarian, certified fish pathologist, or inspection agent. Inspection shall be at the expense of the possessor.
(c) The director shall determine when destruction of wildlife, quarantine, disinfection, or sterilization of facilities is required at any facility holding wildlife pursuant to this rule. If the director determines that destruction of wildlife, quarantine, disinfection, or sterilization of facilities is required, a written order shall be issued to the possessor describing the procedure to be followed and the time period for carrying out such actions. Such activities shall be at the expense of the possessor.
(19) Quarantine area:
(a) Any facility holding wildlife listed in subsection (2) of this section must have an approved quarantine facility within its exterior boundary or submit an action plan to the director that guarantees access to an approved quarantine facility within the state of Washington.
(i) An approved quarantine facility is one that meets criteria set by the Washington department of agriculture.
(ii) The quarantine area must meet the tests of isolation, separate feed and water, escape security, and allowances for the humane holding and care of its occupants for extended periods of time.
(b) Should the imposition of a quarantine become necessary, the possessor of any wildlife must provide an on-site quarantine facility or make arrangements at such possessor's expense to transport such wildlife to an approved quarantine facility.
(20) Seizure:
(a) The department of fish and wildlife may seize any unlawfully possessed wildlife.
(b) The cost of any seizure and/or holding of wildlife may be charged to the possessor of such animals.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.020, 77.12.047, and 77.12.455. 10-03-088 (Order 10-08), § 232-12-064, filed 1/19/10, effective 2/19/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.12.020. 04-11-036 (Order 04-98), § 232-12-064, filed 5/12/04, effective 6/12/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040 and 77.12.010. 96-18-059 (Order 96-135), § 232-12-064, filed 8/30/96, effective 9/30/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.030. 93-04-038 (Order 581), § 232-12-064, filed 1/27/93, effective 2/13/93. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.16.040. 85-09-008 (Order 243), § 232-12-064, filed 4/5/85; 84-09-052 (Order 224), § 232-12-064, filed 4/16/84. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 82-04-034 (Order 177), § 232-12-064, filed 1/28/82; 81-12-029 (Order 165), § 232-12-064, filed 6/1/81. Formerly WAC 232-12-173.]
OTS-2728.4
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 09-133, filed 7/8/09,
effective 8/8/09)
WAC 232-28-619
Washington food fish and game
fish -- Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules.
(1) All
freshwater streams and lakes not listed as open for salmon
fishing are closed to fishing for salmon.
(2) Freshwater terminal gear restrictions: In all waters with freshwater terminal gear restrictions, including, but not limited to, selective gear rules, whitefish gear rules, single point barbless hooks required, fly-fishing only, and anti-snagging rules, violation of the gear rules is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160. It is unlawful to possess fish taken with gear in violation of the freshwater terminal gear restrictions. Possession of fish while using gear in violation of the freshwater terminal gear restrictions is a rebuttable presumption that the fish were taken with such gear. Possession of such fish is punishable under RCW 77.15.380 Unlawful recreational fishing in the second degree, unless the fish are taken in the amounts or manner to constitute a violation of RCW 77.15.370 Unlawful recreational fishing in the first degree.
(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: Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no minimum size.
(((e))) (d) 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.
(e) Kitsap County and Mason County east of Belfair-Bremerton Highway (S.R. 3): Beaver ponds: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Trout: No minimum length.
(4) Rivers, streams, and beaver ponds that drain into Puget Sound or the Strait of Juan de Fuca are closed to fishing unless listed as open below.
(5) 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: The first Saturday in June through August 31 and November 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
From Abernathy falls to posted markers five hundred feet downstream from salmon hatchery: Closed waters.
Aeneas Lake (Okanogan County): 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. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
North Fork from Grey Rock Trailhead Bridge crossing to
Shellneck Creek and Middle Fork from the A2000 Road Bridge at
Tree Phones Campground downstream to the A2000 Spur Road
Bridge in NE Section 34: Closed waters.
Alder Creek (Cowlitz County): Closed waters.
Alder Lake (Thurston County): Kokanee not included in trout
daily limit. Kokanee daily limit 10.
Aldrich Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Aldwell Lake (Clallam County): 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.
All Creek (Skagit County) (Suiattle River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
Alma Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules and
release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained.
Amon Creek (Benton County): Selective gear rules.
Alta Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Amber Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length fourteen
inches; release rainbow trout with a clipped adipose fin and a
healed scar at the site of the clipped fin. Additional season
October 1 through November 30 and March 1 through Friday
before last Saturday in April. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
American Lake (Pierce County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee. Chumming permitted.
American River (Yakima County): Closed waters: From Highway
410 Bridge at river mile 5.4 to the Mesatchee Creek Trail
crossing at river mile 15.8 July 16 through September 15.
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Anderson Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Anderson Creek (Whatcom County) (Nooksack River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Anderson Lake (Jefferson County): 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 all 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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
North Fork from USFS boundary upstream and all other tributaries: Closed waters.
South Fork and tributaries: Closed waters.
Bacon Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules and
release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained.
Bacus Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
B.C. Mill Pond (Stevens County): 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.
Bainbridge Island - all streams (Kitsap County): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules. Trout: Minimum size fourteen inches.
Baker Lake (Whatcom County): 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. Anti-snagging rule
and night closure. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches,
except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout. Legal to retain Dolly
Varden/Bull Trout as part of the trout daily limit, minimum
length twenty inches.
Highway 20 Bridge to Baker River fish barrier dam: Closed waters.
From fish barrier dam to headwaters, including all
tributaries and their tributaries except Channel Creek: First
Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Banks Lake (Grant County): Chumming allowed. Perch: Daily
limit twenty-five. Crappie: Daily limit 10, minimum size 9
inches in length.
Barnaby Slough (Skagit County): Closed waters.
Battle Ground Lake (Clark County): Fishing from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Trout: No more than 2 trout 20 inches or greater in length
may be retained.
Bay Lake (Pierce County): 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)) reduced fee licenses or designated harvester
cards, and licensed adults accompanied by a juvenile only.
Bear River (Pacific County): The first Saturday in June
through March 31 season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure
August 16 through November 30. 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. From the Lime Quarry Road to the Longview Fiber
Bridge: Selective gear rules and unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor the
first Saturday in June through March 31. All species:
Release all fish, except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day. Salmon: Open only September 1 through
November 30 from mouth to Lime Quarry Road. Daily limit 6
fish of which no more than 2 may be adult fish and of these
two fish no more than one may be a wild adult coho. Release
chum and adult Chinook. Upstream of Longview Fiber Bridge:
Closed waters.
Beaver Creek (Pierce County) (South Prairie Creek tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Beaver Creek (tributary to Elochoman River) (Wahkiakum
County): Closed waters.
Beaver Lake (Clallam County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Maximum size 12 inches in length.
Beaver Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
Beaver Lake (King County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than 2 over 15 inches in length.
Beda Lake (Grant County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one fish.
Beehive (Lake) Reservoir (Chelan County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season. July 5 through October 31,
selective gear rules, and all species: Release all fish.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor.
Bennington Lake (Mill Creek Reservoir) (Walla Walla County):
Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor prohibited. Trout: No more than 2 trout
over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Benson Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Berry Creek (tributary to Nisqually River) (Lewis County):
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Bertrand Creek (Whatcom County) (Nooksack River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Big Bear Creek (tributary of Sammamish River) (Snohomish/King
counties): The first Saturday in June through August 31
season. Juveniles only.
Big Beaver Creek (Whatcom County):
From one-quarter mile upstream of closed water markers on
Ross Lake upstream ((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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Big Beef Creek (Kitsap County) from Seabeck Highway Bridge to
Lake Symington: The first Saturday in June through August 31
season. Closed waters August 1 through August 31: Waters
within 100 feet of the Seabeck Highway NW Bridge. Selective
gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all
fish.
From Lake Symington upstream: First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. All species: Selective gear
rules. Release all trout.
Big Creek (Skagit County) (Suiattle River tributary): From
TeePee falls to source: First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Big Four Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from any floating device
prohibited. Trout: Daily limit two.
Big Lake (Skagit County): Crappie: Daily limit ten, minimum
length nine inches. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Big Meadow Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Big Mission Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Big Quilcene River (Jefferson County): See Quilcene River.
((From mouth to upper boundary of Falls View Campground:
All game fish: Release all fish. From mouth to Rodgers
Street selective gear rules the first Saturday in June through
August 15 and closed waters August 16 through October 31. Rodgers Street to the Highway 101 Bridge: Selective gear
rules the first Saturday in June through August 15, one single
point barbless hook August 16 through October 31, and night
closure August 16 through October 31. From electric weir to
upper boundary of Falls View Campground: Selective gear
rules. 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): The first Saturday in June
through last day in February season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
Big Scandia Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum size fourteen inches.
Big Tiffany Lake (Okanogan County): Trout: Eastern brook
trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern brook trout
daily limit ten. Release all cutthroat.
Big Twin Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one.
Bird Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Blackjack Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum size fourteen inches.
Blackbird Island Pond (Chelan County): July 1 through
September 30 season. Juveniles only.
Black Lake (Okanogan County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor.
Black Lake (Pacific County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Black Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Black Lake (Thurston County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee. Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Black Lake Ditch (Thurston County) from the confluence with
Percival Creek upstream to Black Lake: First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum size fourteen inches.
((Black River (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.)) Blackman's Lake
(Snohomish County): Trout: Daily limit 3.
Blockhouse Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit
five.
Bloodgood Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Blue Creek (Lewis County), from mouth to Spencer Road: Closed
waters except December 1 through December 31 season from mouth
to posted sign at rearing pond outlet. Closed waters:
Upstream from cable crossing to posted signs at fence. Anti-snagging rule and night closure. Only anglers who
permanently use a wheelchair may fish from posted signs above
rearing pond to posted signs approximately 40 feet downstream
at fence including the rearing pond outlet. Trout: Daily
limit five. Minimum size 12 inches no more than two fish over
20 inches. Release wild cutthroat, 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. Unlawful to fish
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor. 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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one.
Blue Lake (near Wannacut Lake) (Okanogan County): Last
Saturday in April through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one.
Bobcat Creek and Ponds (Adams County): April 1 through
September 30 season.
Bogachiel River (Clallam County), from mouth to Olympic
National Park boundary: The first Saturday in June through
April 30 season. The first Saturday in June through November
30, selective gear rules and December 1 through April 30,
selective gear rules and unlawful to fish from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor 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)) February 16 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. July 1 through August 31, daily limit 6
fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release
wild adult Chinook and wild adult coho. September 1 through
November 30, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 4 may be
adult salmon, and of the 4 adult salmon, no more than 2 may be
any combination of Chinook, wild coho, pink, sockeye, and chum
salmon.
Boise Creek (King County) (White River tributary) upstream of
Highway 410 crossing: First Saturday in June through October
31 season.
Bonaparte Creek (Okanogan County): Closed Waters from mouth
to falls one mile upstream.
Bonaparte Lake (Okanogan County): 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. Release all
cutthroat.
((Boundary Creek (Clallam County): Closed waters.))
Boulder Creek (Skagit County) (Cascade River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. All
species: Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Boulder River (Snohomish County) (NF Stillaguamish River
tributary): Mouth to Boulder Falls. First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules
and release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may
be retained.
From Boulder Falls upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Bowman Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Box Canyon Creek (Kittitas County), from mouth to waterfall
approximately 2 miles upstream (including the portion flowing
through the dry lakebed): Closed waters. From waterfall
approximately 2 miles upstream of mouth to USFS Road #4930
Bridge: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Boxley Creek (North Bend) (King County), from ((its mouth to))
the falls located at approximately river mile 0.9 upstream:
((Closed waters)) First Saturday in June through October 31
season.
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 220-55-160): 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. Unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one fish.
Browns Creek (Pend Oreille County): Fly fishing only.
Browns Lake (Pend Oreille County): 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 Creek (Skagit County) (Suiattle River tributary): From
upstream boundary of Buck Creek campground to source: First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
Buck Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Buckskin Creek and tributaries (Yakima County), from mouth to
the west boundary of Suntides Golf Course: Closed waters.
Bumping Lake (Reservoir) (Yakima County): Chumming permitted.
Trout: Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee
daily limit sixteen.
Bumping River (Yakima County):
From mouth to Bumping Reservoir: Lawful to fish to base of Bumping Dam. Selective gear rules and unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor the first Saturday in June through October 31. Whitefish: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Burbank Slough (Walla Walla County): Fishing from any
floating device prohibited.
Burke Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Burley Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
Butter Creek (Lewis County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length ten inches.
Buttermilk Creek, mouth to confluence of East and West Forks
(Okanogan County): Closed waters.
Buzzard Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. All species: Selective gear
rules. Trout: Daily limit 1.
Cadet Creek (Snohomish County) (Sauk River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules.
Cady Lake (Mason County): Fly fishing only. Fishing from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor
prohibited. All species: Release all fish.
Cain Lake (Whatcom County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Calawah River (Clallam County), from mouth to forks: The
first Saturday in June through April 30 season. December 1
through April 30, selective gear rules and unlawful to fish
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor 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)) February 16 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. July 1 through August 31, daily limit 6 fish of which
no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild adult
Chinook and wild adult coho. September 1 through November 30,
daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 4 may be adult
salmon, and of the 4 adult salmon, no more than 2 may be any
combination of Chinook, wild coho, pink, sockeye, and chum
salmon.
Calawah River, South Fork (Clallam County) from mouth to
Olympic National Park boundary: The first Saturday in June
through last day in February season. ((December 1)) First
Saturday in June through last day in February, selective gear
rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor December 1 through last day in
February. 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.
California Creek (Whatcom County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Calispell Creek (Calispell River) (Pend Oreille County):
From mouth to Calispell Lake: Year around season.
From Calispell Lake upstream to source: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Calispell Creek and tributaries: Trout: Eastern brook trout
not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern brook trout daily
limit ten. Once the daily limit of trout other than eastern
brook trout has been achieved, the entire daily limit for
trout other than eastern brook trout and eastern brook trout
has been taken.
Calligan Lake (King County): June 1 through October 31
season. All tributary streams, and the upper third of the
outlet are closed waters.
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.
Camp Creek (Snohomish County) (Whitechuck River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Campbell Creek (Mason County): ((Closed waters.)) First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules. Trout: Release all trout.
Campbell Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through August 31:
Selective gear rules and all species: Release all fish.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor.
Campbell Lake (Skagit County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Canyon Creek (Clark County): Trout: Daily limit five.
((Canyon River (Mason County and Grays Harbor County): Closed
waters.))
Canyon Creek (Snohomish County) (Suiattle River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Canyon Creek (S.F. Stillaguamish River) (Snohomish County),
mouth to forks: The first Saturday in June through ((last day
in)) February 15 season. ((Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.)) Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead
may be retained.
Canyon Creek (Whatcom County) (North Fork Nooksack River):
((Closed waters: Mouth to)) From Canyon Creek Road Bridge
upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Selective gear rules.
Canyon River (Mason County and Grays Harbor County): Closed
waters.
Capitol Lake (Thurston County), 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. ((The first Saturday in June through March 31))
Year-round season. Selective gear rules except bait and
barbless hooks allowed while fishing for salmon September 1
through October 15. Anti-snagging rule and night closure
August 1 through November 30. Trout: ((The first Saturday in
June through July 31 daily limit five, minimum length eight
inches. August 1 through March 31 daily limit two, minimum
length fourteen inches)) Release all trout. Salmon: Open
only July 1 through October 15. Daily limit 6 fish of which
no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release coho.
Carbon River (Pierce County), from its mouth to Voight Creek:
September 1 through last day in February season. Anti-snagging rule, night closure and single point barbless
hooks required September 1 through November 30. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches September 1 through November
30. December 1 through last day of February selective gear
rules and release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead
may be retained. Voight Creek to Highway 162 Bridge: ((July
1 through August 15 and December)) November 1 through last day
in February season: ((Trout: Minimum length 14 inches))
Selective gear rules and release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead may be retained. Salmon: Open only
September 1 through November 30 mouth to Voight Creek. Daily
limit 6 fish of which no more than 4 may be adult salmon and
of these 4 fish no more than 2 may be adult hatchery Chinook. Release chum and wild adult Chinook salmon.
Carlisle Lake (Lewis County): 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. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules
apply.
Carson Lake (Mason County): 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: June 1 through July 15 and September 16 through last day in February season. All species: Anti-snagging rule and night closure June 1 through July 15 and September 16 through November 30. Trout: Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout, minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of the trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open June 1 through July 15. Daily limit 4 hatchery Chinook, of which no more than 2 may be adult hatchery Chinook. Open September 16 through November 30. Daily limit 4 coho salmon.
From the Rockport-Cascade Road Bridge upstream: The first Saturday in June through last day in February season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Cases Pond (Pacific County): 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. Unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one, minimum length
sixteen inches.
Cattail Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Cavanaugh Lake (Skagit County): Chumming permitted.
Cayada Creek (Pierce County)(Carbon River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Cedar Creek (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. The
first Saturday in June through March 15 season. Trout:
Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day.
Cedar Creek (Jefferson County): The first Saturday in June
through last day in February season. Selective gear rules.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
Cedar Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season.
Cedar Creek (Okanogan County), from mouth to Cedar Falls:
Closed waters.
Cedar Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Trout:
Eastern brook trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern
brook trout daily limit ten. Once the daily limit of trout
other than eastern brook trout has been achieved, the entire
daily limit for trout other than eastern brook trout and
eastern brook trout has been taken.
Cedar Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Cedar River (King County), from mouth to Landsburg Road: The
first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Selective
gear rules and night closure. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Release all trout. ((Landsburg Road to Cedar Falls:
Closed waters.))
Cedar River (Pacific County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. All species: Release all fish except up to
two hatchery steelhead 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. All species: Selective gear rules and night closure.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. Trout: Release all trout.
Chambers Creek ((Estuary (downstream)) from the mouth to
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 anti-snagging
rule. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open
only July 1 through November 15. Daily limit 6 fish of which
no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild coho.
From Boise-Cascade Dam to Steilacoom Lake: July 1 through October 31 season. Night closure and anti-snagging rule. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum size fourteen inches.
Chambers Lake (within Ft. Lewis Military Reservation) (Pierce
County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Release all trout.
Channel Creek (Skagit County) (Baker River tributary): First
Saturday in June through September 15 season.
Chaplain 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): The
first Saturday in June through April 15 season. Single point
barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: From mouth to Porter
Bridge: Open September 16 through January 31. September 16
through October 15, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than
2 may be adult salmon, and of the 2 adult salmon, only 1 may
be a wild adult coho. Release chum and adult Chinook. October 16 through January 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no
more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum, wild coho, and
adult Chinook. From Porter Bridge to high bridge on
Weyerhaeuser 1000 line: Open October 1 through January 31. October 1 through October 15, daily limit 6 fish, of which no
more than 2 may be adult salmon, and of the 2 adult salmon,
only 1 may be a wild adult coho. Release chum and adult
Chinook. October 16 through January 31, daily limit 6 fish,
of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum,
wild coho, and adult Chinook. 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: The first Saturday in June through April 15 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish, except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Chehalis River, South Fork (Lewis County), from mouth to
Highway Bridge at Boistfort School: The first Saturday in
June 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)) game fish: Release all fish
except lake trout. Salmon and lake trout: Open ((only May 1
through May 31 south of a line from Purple Point to Painted
Rocks)) year-round: Salmon daily limit 1, minimum length 15
inches.
Chelan Lake Tributaries (Chelan County), from mouths upstream
one mile except Stehekin River: August 1 through September 30
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Release wild cutthroat.
Chelan River (Chelan County): From the railroad bridge to the
Chelan P.U.D. safety barrier below the power house: May 15
through August 31 season. Anti-snagging rule. Trout:
Release all trout.
Chewuch River (Chewack River) (Okanogan County), from mouth to
Eight Mile Creek: The first Saturday in June through August
15 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
All species: Release all fish.
Upstream from Eight Mile Creek to Pasayten Wilderness boundary: Closed waters the first Saturday in June through October 31.
From mouth to Pasayten Wilderness boundary: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Chikamin Creek (Chelan County): Selective gear rules.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor.
Chiliwack River (Whatcom County) including all tributaries and
their tributaries: First Saturday in June through October 31
season.
Chimacum Creek (Jefferson County):
From mouth to Ness's Corner Road: The first Saturday in
June through August 31 season. ((Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.)) Selective gear rules and release all fish.
From Ness's Corner Road to headwaters: ((Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.)) First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Chiwaukum Creek (Chelan County): Mouth to Fool Hen Creek:
Closed waters.
Chiwawa River (Chelan County): Mouth to Buck Creek: Closed
waters.
Chopaka Lake (Okanogan County): 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.
Church Creek (Mason County) upstream of bridge on U.S. Forest
Service Road #2361: First Saturday in June through October 31
season.
Cispus River (Lewis County), from mouth to North Fork: Trout:
Release all cutthroat. Additional season November 1 through
the Friday before the first Saturday in June. Trout: Release
all trout except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained
per day. Salmon: Open year around. Salmon minimum size 8
inches. January 1 through July 31, daily limit 6 fish, of
which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild coho
and wild Chinook. August 1 through December 31, daily limit 6
fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release
wild coho.
Cispus River, North Fork (Lewis County): Selective gear
rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. Trout: No more than one over
twelve inches in length. Release cutthroat.
Clallam River (Clallam County): The first Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish. Additional November 1 through last day in February
season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Clara Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Clear Creek (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Clear Creek (Snohomish County) (Sauk River tributary): From
Asbestos Creek Falls to source: First Saturday in June
through October 31 season.
Clear Lake (Chelan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. From July 5 through October 31, selective
gear rules and unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species:
Release all fish.
Clear Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Chumming permitted. Trout: Daily limit
5, no more than two over 14 inches in length may be retained,
except no size restriction for kokanee. Salmon: Landlocked
salmon rules apply.
Clear Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Clear Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Clearwater River (Jefferson County):
From mouth to Snahapish River: The first Saturday in
June through April 15 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches. ((December 1)) February 16 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. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Cle Elum Lake (Reservoir) (Kittitas County): Trout except
kokanee: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches. Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit
sixteen, no minimum size.
Cle Elum River (Kittitas County), from mouth to Cle Elum Dam:
Lawful to fish to base of Cle Elum Dam. Year-round season.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. Selective gear rules, except
December 1 through March 31 bait and one single point barbed
hook three-sixteenths or smaller point to shank may be used. Trout: Release all trout. Above Cle Elum Lake to outlet of
Hyas Lake except Tucquala Lake: Selective gear rules.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor.
Cliff Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Cloquallum Creek (Grays Harbor County):
From mouth to second bridge on Cloquallum Road: The first Saturday in June through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From mouth to Highway 8 Bridge: Additional March 1 through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
((Clough Creek (North Bend) (King County): Closed waters.))
Clover Creek (Pierce County) upstream of Steilacoom Lake,
including all tributaries: July 2 through October 31 season.
Coal Creek (Cowlitz County), from mouth to four hundred feet
below falls: The first Saturday in June through August 31 and
November 1 through last day in February season. Trout:
Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day.
Coal Creek (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County): The
first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Juveniles
only.
Coal Creek (near Snoqualmie) (King County), from mouth to
Highway I-90: Last Saturday in April through October 31
season. Juveniles only. Trout: No minimum length.
From Highway I-90 upstream. First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Coffee Pot Lake (Lincoln County): March 1 through September
30 season. Selective gear rules ((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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one, minimum
length sixteen inches.
Coldwater Lake inlet and outlet streams (Cowlitz County):
Closed waters.
Collins Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Columbia Basin Hatchery Creek (Grant County): Hatchery
outflow to confluence with ((mainstem Hatchery Creek)) Rocky
Coulee Wasteway: April 1 through September 30 season. Juveniles and holders of reduced fee ((disability)) licenses
or designated harvester cards only. Trout: No minimum size,
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 or designated harvester
cards only. All species: Daily limit of five fish combined.
Columbia River, including impoundments and all connecting
sloughs, except Wells Ponds: Year-round season unless
otherwise provided. General species provisions (unless
otherwise provided for in this section): Bass: Below McNary
Dam: Daily limit five fish, bass 12 to 17 inches in length
may be retained. Up to but not more than three of the daily
limit may be over 15 inches. Trout: Daily limit two fish,
minimum length 12 inches, except release all Dolly Varden/Bull
Trout. Whitefish: Daily limit 15 fish. All other game fish:
No daily limit, except release all grass carp. Effective
January 1, 2011: Salmon and steelhead - barbless hooks
required from mouth to McNary Dam.
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, upstream to
a line projected from Rocky Point on the Washington bank
through Red Buoy 44 to the navigation light at Tongue Point on
the Oregon bank: Trout: Release all trout except hatchery
steelhead. Walleye: No minimum size. Daily limit ten, of
which no more than five may be greater than eighteen inches in
length and one greater than twenty-four inches in length. Fishing from the north jetty is allowed during both Area 1 and
Buoy 10 salmon season openings, ((with)) (barbed hooks
allowed((;)) through December 31, 2010) and the daily limit is
the more liberal if both areas are open. Salmon and
steelhead: Open only August 1 through March 31. August 1
through August 31, daily limit 2 salmon or 2 hatchery
steelhead or one of each; only 1 may be a Chinook. Release
all salmon except Chinook and hatchery coho. Chinook minimum
length 24 inches. Coho minimum length 16 inches. September 1
through September 30, daily limit 3 hatchery coho and hatchery
steelhead combined, of which no more than 2 may be hatchery
steelhead. Coho minimum length 16 inches. October 1 through
December 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 3 may
be a combination of adult hatchery coho or hatchery steelhead,
and of these 3, only 2 may be hatchery steelhead. Release all
salmon except hatchery coho. January 1 through March 31,
daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult
hatchery Chinook salmon or hatchery steelhead or one of each. Release all salmon except hatchery Chinook. Fishing from the
north jetty for salmon open during both Area 1 and Buoy 10
fishery openings, ((with)) (barbed hooks allowed((;)) through
December 31, 2010) and the daily limit is the more liberal if
both areas are open. Sturgeon: Release sturgeon May 1
through May 8, June 29 through July 1, and July 6 through
December 31. Minimum size when open to retain sturgeon is 38
inches fork length January 1 through April 30, and 41 inches
fork length May 9 through July 5. Bottomfish: Daily limits,
seasons, size restrictions and gear restrictions are the same
as those in the adjacent portion of Marine Area 1.
From a line projected from Rocky Point on the Washington bank through Red Buoy 44 to the navigation light at Tongue Point on the Oregon bank, upstream to the I-5 Bridge: Trout: Release all trout except hatchery steelhead and hatchery cutthroat. Release all trout April 1 through May 15. Walleye: No minimum size. Daily limit ten, of which no more than five may be greater than eighteen inches in length and one greater than twenty-four inches in length. Salmon and steelhead: Open only May 16 through March 31. May 16 through July 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon or hatchery steelhead or one of each. Release all salmon except jack Chinook and sockeye, except adult Chinook may be retained June 22 through July 5. August 1 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon or hatchery steelhead or one of each; of the adult salmon, only 1 may be a Chinook. Release all salmon except Chinook and hatchery coho. September 13 through December 31, release Chinook downstream of a line projected from the Warrior Rock Lighthouse, through Red Buoy #4, to the orange marker atop the dolphin on the Washington shore. January 1 through March 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook or hatchery steelhead or one of each. Release all salmon except hatchery Chinook. (1) Release sturgeon May 1 through May 8, June 29 through July 1, and July 6 through December 31 downstream from the Wauna powerlines. Minimum size when open to retain sturgeon is 38 inches fork length January 1 through April 30, and 41 inches fork length May 9 through July 5; (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: Salmon and steelhead:
Anti-snagging rule from Bonneville Dam to McNary Dam and all
species: Night closure from Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam.
Trout: Release all trout except hatchery steelhead. Walleye:
No minimum size. Daily limit ten, of which no more than five
may be greater than eighteen inches in length and one greater
than twenty-four inches in length. Snake River Confluence
Protection Area: From the first powerline crossing the
Columbia upstream of Sacajawea State Park to the railroad
bridge between Burbank and Kennewick: All species: Daily
limits, seasons, size restrictions and gear restrictions are
the same as those in the adjacent portion of the Snake River. Sturgeon: (1) Sturgeon fishing is closed from Bonneville Dam
to a line from a boundary marker on the Washington shore
approximately 4,000 feet below the fish ladder to the
downstream end of Cascade Island to an Oregon angling boundary
on Bradford Island (the Cascade Island - Bradford Island
line). (2) It is unlawful to fish for sturgeon from May 1
through 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
downstream 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. (6) Release sturgeon from
August 1 through January 31 from McNary Dam to Priest Rapids
Dam. Closed to fishing for sturgeon from May 1 through July
31 from the trolley cableway 2.5 miles downstream from Priest
Rapids Dam to Priest Rapids Dam. Salmon and steelhead: From
I-5 Bridge to Bonneville Dam: Open June 16 through December
31 except salmon closed November 1 through December 31 from
Beacon Rock to Bonneville Dam. June 16 through July 31, daily
limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon or
hatchery steelhead or one of each. Release all salmon except
jack Chinook and sockeye, except adult Chinook may be retained
June 22 through July 5. August 1 through December 31, daily
limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon or
hatchery steelhead or one of each; of the adult salmon, only 1
may be a Chinook. Release all salmon except Chinook and
hatchery coho. Steelhead: Additional season January 1
through March 31. Daily limit 2. From Bonneville Dam to
McNary Dam: Open June 16 through December 31. June 16
through July 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2
may be adult salmon or hatchery steelhead or one of each. Release all salmon except jack Chinook and sockeye, except
adult Chinook may be retained July 1 through July 31. August
1 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more
than 2 may be adult salmon or hatchery steelhead or one of
each. Release all salmon except Chinook and coho. Release
wild coho from Bonneville Dam to Hood River Bridge. Steelhead: Additional season January 1 through March 31. Daily limit 2. From McNary Dam to the Highway 395 Bridge at
Pasco: Open only June 16 through December 31. June 16
through July 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2
may be adult salmon or hatchery steelhead or one of each. Release all salmon except jack Chinook and sockeye, except
adult Chinook may be retained July 1 through July 31. August
1 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more
than 2 may be adult salmon or hatchery steelhead or one of
each. Release all salmon except Chinook and coho. Steelhead:
Additional season January 1 through March 31. Daily limit 2.
From the Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco to the old Hanford townsite (wooden towers) powerline crossing, in Sec. 30, T13N, R28E except Ringold Area Bank Fishery waters: Closed waters: Ringold Springs Creek (Hatchery Creek). Trout: Release all trout, except up to two hatchery steelhead having both adipose and ventral fin clips may be retained per day, October 1 through October 31. Release all trout, except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day, November 1 through March 31. Salmon: Open only July 1 through October 22. Daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release sockeye. Walleye: Daily limit 10 fish. No minimum size, no more than 5 fish over 18 inches in length. No more than 1 fish over 24 inches in length. Ringold Area Bank Fishery waters (from WDFW markers 1/4 mile downstream from the Ringold wasteway outlet, to WDFW markers 1/2 mile upstream from Spring Creek): Open only April 1 through April 15, except closed for salmon fishing. Fishing allowed only from the bank and only on the hatchery side of the river. Trout: Release all trout, except hatchery steelhead. Salmon: Open only May 1 through May 31. Fishing allowed only from the bank and only on the hatchery side of the river. Daily limit two hatchery Chinook. Night closure and anti-snagging rule.
From the old Hanford townsite (wooden towers) powerline crossing in Sec. 30, T13N, R28E, to Vernita Bridge, (Highway 24): February 1 through October 22 season. Trout: Release all trout. Walleye: Daily limit 10 fish. No minimum size, no more than 5 fish over 18 inches in length. No more than 1 fish over 24 inches in length. Salmon: Open only July 1 through October 22. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 fish may be adult salmon. Release sockeye.
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 July 1 through October 22. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release sockeye.
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: Anti-snagging rule and night closure from Rocky Reach Dam to the most upriver edge of Turtle Rock. Salmon: Daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release coho and sockeye. From Priest Rapids Dam to Wells Dam, open only July 1 through October 15. From Wells Dam to Chief Joseph Dam, open only July 1 through July 15 and September 1 through October 15 from Highway 173 Bridge at Brewster to Highway 17 Bridge at Bridgeport, and July 16 through August 31 from Wells Dam 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.
From bridge at Valley upstream and tributaries: Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Conconully Lake (Okanogan County): 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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Coot Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Copalis River (Grays Harbor County): The first Saturday in
June through last day in February season. 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
chum and adult Chinook.
Corral Canyon Creek (Benton County): Selective gear rules.
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):
The first Saturday in June through August 31 season.
Cougar Lake (Pasayten Wilderness) (Okanogan County): All
species: Selective gear rules.
Cougar Lake (near Winthrop) (Okanogan County): ((September 1
through March 31 season.)) April 1 through August 31 - all
species: Release all fish.
Coulter Creek (Kitsap/Mason counties): ((Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.)) First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all
trout.
County Line Ponds (Skagit County): Closed waters.
Coweeman River (Cowlitz County), from mouth to Mulholland
Creek: The first Saturday in June through August 31 and
November 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Release all fish
except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. From Mulholland Creek upstream: The first Saturday in June
through August 31 season. Trout: Release all fish except up
to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Cowiche Creek (Yakima County): Selective gear rules.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor.
Cowlitz Falls Reservoir (Lake Scanewa) (Lewis County): June 1
through last day in February season. The upstream boundary of
the reservoir in the Cowlitz arm is the posted PUD sign on
Peters Road. The upstream boundary of the reservoir in the
Cispus arm is the posted markers at the Lewis County PUD kayak
launch, approximately 1.5 miles upstream from the confluence
of the Cowlitz and Cispus arms. Trout and salmon: Minimum
length eight inches. Trout: Release cutthroat. Release
rainbow trout except rainbow trout with a clipped adipose fin
and a healed scar at the site of the clipped fin. Salmon:
Open only June 1 through last day in February. January 1
through last day in February and June 1 through July 31, daily
limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild coho and wild Chinook. August 1 through December
31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult
Chinook. Release wild coho.
Cowlitz River (Lewis County):
From mouth to Mayfield Dam: Closed waters: (1) From 400 feet or posted markers below Cowlitz salmon hatchery barrier dam to boundary markers near the Cowlitz salmon hatchery water intake approximately 1,700 feet upstream of the Cowlitz salmon hatchery barrier dam. (2) From 400 feet below the Mayfield powerhouse upstream to Mayfield Dam. (3) Within a 100 foot radius of the new Cowlitz Trout Hatchery outfall structure except anglers who permanently use a wheelchair may fish within posted markers when adjacent waters are open. Year-round season except closed to fishing from south bank May 1 through June 15 from Mill Creek to the Cowlitz salmon hatchery barrier dam. Lawful 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. Anti-snagging rule and night closure 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 hatchery coho and Chinook. Release wild jack Chinook. Sturgeon: Seasons, days of the week, daily limits, and size limits same as in adjacent waters of mainstem Columbia River.
From posted PUD sign on Peters Road to mouth of Ohanepecosh River and mouth of Muddy Fork: Trout: Release cutthroat. Additional November 1 through Friday before the first Saturday in June season. Trout: Release all trout except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open year-round from upstream boundary of Lake Scanewa. Salmon minimum size 12 inches. January 1 through July 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild coho and wild Chinook. August 1 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release wild coho.
Cowlitz River, Clear and Muddy Forks (Lewis County):
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Release
cutthroat.
Coyote Creek and Ponds (Adams County): April 1 through
September 30 season.
Crab Creek (Adams/Grant counties):
From 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.)): First Saturday in June through October 31
season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all trout.
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 Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum size fourteen inches.
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. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
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): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.))
Dakota Creek (Whatcom County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Salmon: Open only
October 1 through December 31 from mouth to Giles Road Bridge.
Daily limit 2 salmon.
Dalton Lake (Franklin County): Trout: No more than two over
13 inches in length may be retained.
Damon Lake (Grays Harbor County): The first Saturday in June
through October 31 season.
Dan's Creek (Snohomish County) (Sauk River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules and release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Davis Lake (Ferry County): 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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species:
Release all fish.
Davis Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Dayton Pond (Columbia County): Juveniles, anglers with
reduced-fee licenses or designated harvesters only. Trout:
No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Deadman Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
De Coursey Pond (Pierce County): 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: Selective gear rules and
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. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Deep River (Wahkiakum County): Year-round season. Trout:
Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day. Salmon: Open year-round only from mouth to
town bridge. January 1 through July 31, daily limit 6 fish of
which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild
Chinook and wild coho. August 1 through December 31, daily
limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum and wild coho. Sturgeon: Seasons, days of the
week, daily limits, and size limits same as in adjacent waters
of mainstem Columbia River.
Deer Creek (Mason County): ((Closed waters.
Deer Creek and Little Deer Creek (tributaries to North Fork
Stillaguamish) (Skagit County): Closed waters.)) First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules. Trout: Release all trout.
Deer Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout:
No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Deer Lake (Island County): 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.
De Roux Creek (Kittitas County): Mouth to the USFS Trail
#1392 (De Roux Cr. Trail) stream crossing (approximately one
river mile): Closed waters. Upstream of USFS Trail #1392
stream crossing: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from
a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Deschutes River (Thurston County): ((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: The first
Saturday in June through ((March 31)) October 15 season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure August 1 through November
30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open
only July 1 through October 15. Daily limit 6 fish of which
no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release coho.
From Henderson Boulevard Bridge upstream: Year-round
season. Selective gear rules. ((All game fish)) Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Release all ((fish except hatchery
steelhead)) trout. Salmon: Open only July 1 through October
15. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release coho.
Devereaux Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Devil's Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Dewatto River (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor. Night closure September 16 through October 31 from
mouth to Dewatto-Holly Road Bridge. 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): The first Saturday in June
through April 30 season in mainstem Dickey outside Olympic
National Park and East Fork Dickey upstream to D5200 road and
the first Saturday in June through March 15 in East Fork
Dickey upstream from D5200 road and West Fork Dickey. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. ((December 1)) February 16
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. July 1 through August 31, daily limit 6
fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release
wild adult Chinook and wild adult coho. September 1 through
November 30, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 4 may be
adult salmon, and of the 4 adult salmon, no more than 2 may be
any combination of Chinook, wild coho, pink, sockeye, and chum
salmon.
Dillacort Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all
trout.
Diobsud Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules and
release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained.
Dog Lake (Yakima County): Trout: Daily limit may contain
((not)) no more than 1 fish over 14 inches in length.
Dogfish Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum
size fourteen inches.
Donovan Creek (Jefferson County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Dosewallips River (Jefferson County), from mouth to Olympic
National Park boundary about three-quarters mile downstream of
falls: The first Saturday in June through August 31 season
mouth to park boundary and November 1 through December 15
season mouth to Highway 101 Bridge. Selective gear rules and
unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor the first Saturday in June through
August 31. All species: Release all fish except salmon may
be retained November 1 through December 15. Salmon: Open
only November 1 through December 15 from mouth to Highway 101
Bridge. Daily limit 2 chum salmon.
Dot Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Downey Creek (Snohomish County) (Suiattle River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Downs Lake (Lincoln/Spokane counties): March 1 through
September 30 season. Crappie: Daily limit ten, minimum
length nine inches.
Dry Creek (Walla Walla County): Upstream from the middle
Waitsburg Road: Closed waters.
Dry Falls Lake (Grant County): April 1 through November 30
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Daily limit one.
Duck Lake (Grays Harbor County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Duckabush River (Jefferson County), from mouth to the Olympic
National Park Boundary: The first Saturday in June through
August 31 season mouth to park boundary and November 1 through
December 15 season mouth to Mason County P.U.D. No. 1 overhead
electrical distribution line. Selective gear rules and
unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor the first Saturday in June through
August 31. All species: Release all fish except salmon may
be retained November 1 through December 15. Salmon: Open
only November 1 through December 15 from mouth to Mason County
P.U.D. No. 1 overhead electrical distribution line. Daily
limit 2 chum salmon.
Dune Lake (Grant County): All species: Selective gear rules.
Trout: Daily limit 1.
Dungeness River (Clallam County):
From mouth ((to junction of Gray Wolf and Dungeness
rivers)) to forks at Dungeness Campground: 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.)) First Saturday in
June through October 31 season.
Dusty Lake (Grant County): March 1 through November 30
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Daily limit one fish.
Dyes Inlet (Kitsap County) - all streams: First Saturday in
June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum size fourteen inches.
Eaton Creek (Thurston County) (Lake St. Clair tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Early Winters Creek (Okanogan County): Closed waters.
East Little Walla Walla River (Walla Walla County): Closed
waters.
East Twin River (Clallam County): ((Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.)) First Saturday in June through October 31
season. Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Easton Lake (Kittitas County): Saturday before Memorial Day
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit five fish of
which no more than 2 may be trout other than Eastern brook
trout. Minimum length 8 inches.
Ebey Lake (Little Lake) (Snohomish County): Fly fishing only.
Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor
prohibited. Trout: Daily limit one, minimum length eighteen
inches.
Echo Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Eglon Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum
size 14 inches.
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: The first Saturday in June 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. October 1 through October 15, daily limit 6 fish,
of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon, and of the 2
adult fish, only 1 may be an adult wild coho. Release adult
Chinook, and chum. October 16 through November 30, daily
limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum, wild coho, and adult Chinook.
Ell Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor. Trout: Daily limit one.
Ellen Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. All species: Catch and release except up
to five rainbow trout may be retained.
Elliot Creek (Snohomish County) (Sauk River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules.
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: The first Saturday in June through March 15 season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure 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 from the first Saturday in June through December 31. First Saturday in June through July 31, daily limit 6 hatchery Chinook, of which no more than 2 may be adults. August 1 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum, wild coho, and wild Chinook.
Eloika Lake (Spokane County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Elwha River (Clallam County): ((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)):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor. Trout except Eastern brook
trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Eastern brook trout:
No minimum size.
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. Unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit 5 trout, not more than
one of which may be greater than 12 inches in length. Eastern
brook trout not included in trout daily limit. Eastern brook
trout daily limit ten. Once the daily limit of trout other
than eastern brook trout has been achieved, the entire daily
limit for trout other than eastern brook trout and eastern
brook trout has been taken.
Ephrata Lake (Grant County): Closed waters.
Erie Lake (Skagit County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Evans Creek (Pierce County) (Carbon River tributary) from
Carbon River-Fairfax Road upstream: First Saturday in June
through October 31 season.
Failor Lake (Grays Harbor County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: No more than two over 15
inches in length may be retained per day.
Falls Creek (Snohomish County) (Sauk River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules.
Fan Lake (Pend Oreille County): 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. Perch: Daily limit
25.
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): Mouth to I-5 Bridge: First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
Fishhook Pond (Walla Walla County): March 1 through October
31 season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
Trout: No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in length may be
retained.
Fishtrap Creek (Whatcom County): From Koh Road to Bender
Road: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Juveniles only.
Fishtrap Lake (Lincoln/Spokane counties): Last Saturday in
April through September 30 season.
Fiske Creek (Pierce County) (Puyallup River tributary)
upstream from Fiske Road: First Saturday in June through
October 31 season.
Forde Lake (Okanogan County): 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.
Found Creek (Skagit County) (Cascade River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Fourth of July Lake (Adams/Lincoln counties): December 1
through March 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Trout:
No more than two over fourteen inches in length may be
retained.
Fox Creek (Pierce County) (Puyallup River tributary) upstream
from Fiske Road: First Saturday in June through October 31
season.
Franz Lake (Skamania County): Closed waters.
Frater Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Frenchman Hills Lake (Grant County): February 1 through
September 30 season.
Friday Creek (Whatcom County) (Samish River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
Fulton Creek (Mason County) from mouth to falls at river mile
0.8: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Selective gear rules and release all fish.
From falls at river mile 0.8 upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Gadwall Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Gale Creek (Pierce County) (South Prairie Creek tributary)
upstream of confluence with Wilkeson Creek: First Saturday in
June through October 31 season.
Gamble Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season: Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Garfield Juvenile Pond (Whitman County): Juveniles only.
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): The first Saturday in
June through August 31 and November 1 through March 15 season.
Trout: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead
may be retained per day.
Gibbs Lake (Jefferson County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. Trout: Release all trout.
Gillette Lake (Stevens County): 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): The
first Saturday in June through March 31 season. Selective
gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all
fish.
Gold Creek, Gold Creek Pond and Outlet Channel (tributary to
Keechelus Lake) (Kittitas County): Closed waters.
Gold Creek (Okanogan County): From mouth to confluence north
fork Gold Creek: Closed waters.
Goldsborough Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
((Minimum length fourteen inches.)) Release all trout.
Golf Course Pond (Asotin County): Trout: No more than 2
trout over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Goodell Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules and
release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained.
Goodman Creek (Jefferson County) outside Olympic National
Park: The first Saturday in June through last day in February
season. Trout, minimum length fourteen inches.
Goodwin Lake (Snohomish County): Chumming permitted.
Goose Creek (Lincoln County), within the city limits of
Wilbur: Year around season. Juveniles and holders of
((disability)) reduced fee licenses or designated harvester
cards only.
Goose Lake, Lower (Adams County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches. Bluegill: Not more than five
over six inches in length.
((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.
Grade Creek (Snohomish County) (Suiattle River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Grande Ronde River (Asotin County):
From mouth to County Road Bridge about two and one-half miles upstream: Year-round season. Selective gear rules and unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor September 1 through May 31. Trout: Minimum length ten inches, maximum length twenty inches. Channel catfish: No daily limit mouth to Oregon state line.
From County Road Bridge upstream to Oregon state line and all tributaries: Selective gear rules and unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor the first Saturday in June through August 31 and barbless hooks required September 1 through October 31. Additional season November 1 through April 15: Barbless hooks required. All tributaries: Closed waters. All species: Release all fish except whitefish and hatchery steelhead. Trout: Daily limit three hatchery steelhead.
Granite Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Closed
waters.
Granite Lakes (near Marblemount) (Skagit County): Grayling:
Release all grayling.
Grass 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 ((-)): First Saturday
in June through October 31 season. All species: Selective
gear rules((. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.)) and
release all fish. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Grays River (Wahkiakum County), from mouth to Highway 4
Bridge: First Saturday in June through October 15 and
November 15 through March 15 season; and from Highway 4 Bridge
to mouth of South Fork: First Saturday in June through
October 15 and December 1 through March 15 season. Anti-snagging rule, night closure and stationary gear
restriction September 1 through October 15. All game fish:
Release all fish except hatchery steelhead. Salmon: Open
only from first Saturday in June through October 15 from mouth
to South Fork. First Saturday in June through July 31, daily
limit 6 hatchery Chinook, of which no more than 2 may be
adults. August 1 through October 15, daily limit 6 fish, of
which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum, wild
coho and unmarked Chinook. Unmarked Chinook are Chinook
without either a clipped ventral fin or a clipped adipose fin.
Grays River, East Fork (Wahkiakum County): Selective gear
rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. Trout: Release all fish except
up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Grays River, West Fork (Wahkiakum County), downstream from
hatchery intake footbridge: The first Saturday in June - October 15 season. All species: Release all fish except up
to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Trout:
Additional December 1 through March 15 season downstream from
hatchery intake footbridge. Release all fish other than
hatchery steelhead. Salmon: Open only from first Saturday in
June through October 15. September 1 through October 15:
Anti-snagging rule, night closure and stationary gear
restriction. First Saturday in June through July 31, daily
limit 6 hatchery Chinook, of which no more than 2 may be
adults. August 1 through October 15, daily limit 6 fish of
which not more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum,
wild coho and unmarked Chinook. Unmarked Chinook are Chinook
without either a clipped ventral fin or a clipped adipose fin.
Green Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through November 30:
Selective gear rules, and unlawful to fish from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All
species: Release all fish.
Green Lake (Lower) (Okanogan County): April 1 through
November 30: Selective gear rules, and unlawful to fish from
a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
All species: Release all fish.
Green River (Cowlitz County): Closed waters: All
tributaries.
From mouth to 2800 Bridge: The first Saturday in June through November 30 season except closed from 400 feet above to 400 feet below the water intake at the upper end of the hatchery grounds during the period September 1 through November 30 and from 400 feet or posted signs above and below the salmon hatchery rack when the rack is installed in the river. Anti-snagging rule and night closure September 1 through October 31 from mouth to 400 feet below salmon hatchery rack. All species: When anti-snagging rule in effect, only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained. Trout: Release all trout except hatchery steelhead. Salmon: Open August 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish, of which not more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum, wild coho, and wild jack Chinook October 1 through November 30, release adult Chinook.
From 2800 Bridge to ((source)) Miner's Creek: Closed
waters.
From Miner's Creek upstream: All species: Catch and release and selective gear rules.
Green (Duwamish) River (King County):
From the First Avenue South Bridge to Tukwila
International Boulevard/Old Highway 99: The first Saturday in
June through July 31 and September 1 through February 15
season. In years ending in odd numbers, additional season
August 22 through August 31, night closure, bait prohibited,
only 1 single-point hook may be used, and hook must measure
less than 1/2 inch from point to shank. Anti-snagging rule
and night closure September 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 when open from August 22 through
November 30, one wild steelhead per day may be retained.)) Salmon: In years ending in odd numbers, open August 22
through December 31. Daily limit 6 salmon, no more than 3 may
be any combination of adult coho and adult chum. Release
Chinook. In years ending in even numbers, open September 1
through December 31. Daily limit 6 salmon, no more than 3 may
be adult salmon. Release Chinook.
From Tukwila International Boulevard/Old Highway 99 to
the Interstate 405 Bridge: The first Saturday in June through
July 31 and September 1 through February 15 season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure 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. In years ending in odd numbers, daily limit 6 salmon, no
more than 3 may be any combination of adult coho and adult
chum, and only 1 may be a Chinook. In years ending in even
numbers, daily limit 6 salmon, no more than 3 may be adult
salmon, and only 1 may be a Chinook.
From the Interstate 405 Bridge to South 277th Street
Bridge in Auburn: Open only the first Saturday in June
through July 31 and October 1 through February 15. In years
ending in odd numbers, additional season September 1 through
September 30, night closure, bait prohibited, only 1
single-point hook may be used, and hook must measure less than
1/2 inch from point to shank. Anti-snagging rule and night
closure October 1 through November 30. Fishing from any
floating device prohibited November 1 through February 15. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. ((July 1 through July
31 and when open from September 1 through November 30, one
wild steelhead per day may be retained.)) Salmon: In years
ending in odd numbers, open September 1 through December 31. Daily limit 6 salmon, no more than 3 may be any combination of
adult coho and adult chum. Release Chinook. In years ending
in even numbers, open October 1 through December 31. Daily
limit 6 salmon, no more than 3 may be adult salmon. Release
Chinook.
From the 277th Street Bridge to Auburn-Black Diamond Road
Bridge: Open only the first Saturday in June through August
15 and October 16 through last day in February. In years
ending in odd numbers, additional season September 16 through
October 15, night closure, bait prohibited, only 1
single-point hook may be used, and hook must measure less than
1/2 inch from point to shank. Anti-snagging rule and night
closure October 16 through November 30. Fishing from a
floating device prohibited November 1 through last day in
February. Trout, minimum length fourteen inches. ((July 1
through August 15 and when open from September 16 through
November 30, one wild steelhead per day may be retained.))
Salmon: In years ending in odd numbers, open September 16
through December 31. Daily limit 6 salmon, no more than 3 may
be any combination of adult coho and adult chum. Release
Chinook. In years ending in even numbers, open October 16
through December 31. Daily limit 6 salmon, no more than 3 may
be adult salmon. Release Chinook.
From the Auburn-Black Diamond Road Bridge to the water
pipeline walk bridge (1/2 mile downstream of Tacoma Headworks
Dam): The first Saturday in June through last day in February
season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure August 1 through
November 30. Closed waters: Within 150 feet of the Palmer
Pond outlet rack and within 150 feet of the mouth of Keta
Creek. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. ((July 1 through
November 30, one wild steelhead per day may be retained.)) Salmon: Open only November 1 through December 31. In years
ending in odd numbers, daily limit 6 salmon, no more than 3
may be any combination of adult coho and adult chum. Release
Chinook. In years ending in even numbers, daily limit 6
salmon, no more than 3 may be adult salmon. Release Chinook.
From Friday Creek upstream, including all tributaries and their tributaries: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Greenwater River (King County), from mouth to Greenwater
Lakes: ((July 1 through October)) November 1 through January
31 season. ((Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length 14
inches.)) Release all fish except whitefish. Whitefish gear
rules.
From Greenwater Lakes upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Grimes Lake (Douglas County): June 1 through August 31
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Daily limit one.
Grizzly Lake (Skamania County): Closed waters.
Groves Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum
size fourteen inches.
Halfmoon 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: The first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
From falls upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
((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.
Hansen Creek (Skagit County) including all tributaries and
their tributaries: First Saturday in June through October 31
season. Selective gear rules.
Harris Lake (Grant County): All species: Selective gear
rules. Trout: Daily limit 1.
Harvey Creek (tributary to Sullivan Lake) (Pend Oreille
County):
From mouth to Bridge 4830 on county road (about one and one-half miles): Closed waters.
From Bridge 4830 upstream: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
((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. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Haven Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Hawk Creek and tributaries (Lincoln County): Year-round
season.
Hays Creek and Ponds (Adams County): April 1 through
September 30 season.
Headgate Pond (Asotin County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Juveniles, seniors and holders of
((disability)) reduced fee licenses or designated harvester
cards 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. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Hilt Creek (Skagit County) (Sauk River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules and release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Hog Canyon Creek (Spokane County): Hog Canyon Dam to Scroggie
Road: Year-round season.
Hog Canyon Lake (Spokane County): December 1 through March 31
season. Trout: No more than two over fourteen inches in
length may be retained.
Hoh River (Jefferson County), outside of Olympic National
Park:
From Olympic National Park boundary upstream to DNR Oxbow
Campground Boat Launch: May 16 through April 15 season. May
16 through the Friday before the first Saturday in June, open
Wednesday through Sunday only each week, and catch and
release, except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained
on open days. First Saturday in June through April 15, trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. November 1 through February
15, daily limit may include 1 additional hatchery steelhead.
((December 1)) February 16 through April 15, one wild
steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open May 16
through August 31, Wednesday through Sunday only each week,
daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 1 may be an adult
salmon, and release wild Chinook. Open September 1 through
November 30, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be
adult salmon.
From DNR Oxbow Campground Boat Launch to Willoughby
Creek: May 16 through April 15 season. Selective gear rules
((August 1 through October 15 and December 1 through April
15)) and unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. Release all game fish except up
to two hatchery steelhead may be retained. May 16 through the
Friday before the first Saturday in June, open Wednesday
through Sunday only each week((, and catch and release, except
up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained on open days. First Saturday in June through April 15, trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches)). Salmon: Open May 16 through August
31, Wednesday through Sunday only each week, daily limit 6
fish of which no more than 1 may be an adult salmon, and
release wild Chinook. Open October 16 through November 30,
daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon.
From Willoughby Creek to Morgan's Crossing boat launch
site: First Saturday in June through April 15 season.
Selective gear rules ((first Saturday in June through October
15 and December 1 through April 15. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches)) and unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. Release all game
fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained. Salmon: Open October 16 through November 30, daily limit 6
fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon.
From Morgan's Crossing boat launch site upstream to
Olympic National Park boundary below mouth of South Fork Hoh
River: First Saturday in June through April 15 season.
Selective gear rules. ((Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.)) Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor. Release all fish except up
to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Hoh River South Fork (Jefferson County), outside Olympic
National Park: The first Saturday in June through April 15
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Hoko River (Clallam County): From mouth to upper Hoko Bridge:
First Saturday in June through March 15 season. 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): The first Saturday in June through March 31 season. Fly fishing only. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
Homestead Lake (Grant County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one fish.
Hoquiam River, including all forks (Grays Harbor County): The
first Saturday in June through last day of February season. Single point barbless hooks required August 16 through
November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. 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. Release chum, wild coho, and adult
Chinook.
Horseshoe Lake (Clark/Cowlitz counties): Trout: No more than
2 trout 20 inches or greater in length may be retained. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Horseshoe Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit 1.
Horseshoe Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules
apply. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two over 14 inches
in length may be retained, except no size restriction for
kokanee.
Horseshoe Lake (Pend Oreille County): 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.
Howe Creek (Jefferson County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Howell Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Hozomeen Lake (Whatcom County): July 1 through October 31
season.
Huff Lake (Pend Oreille County): Closed waters.
Humptulips River (Grays Harbor County): From mouth to Ocean
Beach Road: The first Saturday in June through March 31
season, except closed September 1 through September 30. Night
closure and single-point barbless hooks required August 16
through August 31 and October 1 through November 30. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open October 1
through January 31. Daily limit of 6 salmon, of which no more
than two may be adult salmon, and of the 2 adult salmon, only
one may be an adult Chinook. Release chum and wild coho. From Ocean Beach Road to Highway 101: The first Saturday in
June through March 31 season, except closed September 1
through September 15. Night closure and single-point barbless
hooks required August 16 through August 31 and September 16
through November 30. All species: Bait prohibited September
16 through September 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches. Salmon: Open September 16 through January 31. Daily
limit of 6 salmon, of which no more than two may be adult
salmon, and of the 2 adult salmon, only one may be an adult
Chinook. Release chum and wild coho. From Highway 101 Bridge
to forks: The first Saturday in June through last day in
February season. Night closure and single point barbless
hooks required August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches. Additional season March 1 through
March 31. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained.
Humptulips River, East Fork (Grays Harbor County), from mouth
to concrete bridge on Forest Service Road between Humptulips
Guard Station and Grisdale: Anti-snagging rule and night
closure August 16 through October 31. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
Humptulips River, West Fork (Grays Harbor County), from mouth
to Donkey Creek: The first Saturday in June through last day
in February season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure
August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Additional season March 1 through March 31. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species:
Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained.
Hutchinson Creek (Whatcom County) (SF Nooksack tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. All
species: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum size fourteen
inches.
Hutchinson Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion engine prohibited.
I-82 Ponds, 1 through 7 (Yakima County): Fishing from vessels
equipped with internal combustion motors prohibited.
Icehouse Lake (Skamania County): Trout: No more than 2 trout
20 inches or greater in length may be retained.
Icicle River (Creek) (Chelan County):
From mouth to four hundred feet below Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery rack: Closed waters. From Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery rack upstream to Leland Creek: First Saturday in June through September 30 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Illabot Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Illahee Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum
size 14 inches.
((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 six miles upstream (including the portion of the
creek that flows through the dry lakebed): Closed waters. Upstream of waterfall: Eastern brook trout do not count as
part of trout daily limit. Eastern brook trout: No minimum
size and no daily limit.
Indian Heaven Wilderness Lakes (Skamania County): Trout:
Daily limit three.
Ingall's Creek (Chelan County): Mouth to Wilderness boundary:
Closed waters.
Isabella Lake (Mason County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Island Lake (Kitsap County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Island Lake (Mason County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Issaquah Creek (King County): The first Saturday in June
through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Jackman Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Jackson Lake (Pierce County): 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 Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season.
Jefferson Park Pond (Walla Walla County): Juveniles only.
Trout: No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in length may be
retained.
Jennings Park Pond (Snohomish County): 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) mouth to confluence
with East Fork: The first Saturday in June through August 31
season. ((Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches)) Selective
gear rules and release all fish.
From confluence with East Fork upstream, including East Fork: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Joe Creek (Grays Harbor County): Upstream from State Highway
109 Bridge to Ocean Beach Road Bridge: The first Saturday in
June through November 30 season. Single point barbless hooks
required August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only September 1
through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish, of which no more
than 2 may be adult salmon. Release adult Chinook, and chum.
Johns Creek (Mason County): ((Closed waters.)) First Saturday
in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Trout: Release all trout.
Johns River (Grays Harbor County): Mouth to Ballon Creek:
The first Saturday in June through last day in February
season. Single point barbless hooks required August 16
through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 1 through November 30. October 1
through October 15, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than
2 may be adult salmon, and of the 2 adult salmon, only 1 may
be an adult wild coho. Release chum and adult Chinook. October 16 through November 30, daily limit 6 fish, of which
no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum, wild coho,
and adult Chinook.
Ballon Creek upstream, including North and South Forks: The first Saturday in June through September 30 and December 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
Johnson Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis County):
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum
length ten inches.
Johnson Creek (Whatcom County), from Northern Pacific Railroad
tracks to the Lawson Street footbridge in Sumas: First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Jones Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Jordan Creek (Skagit County) (Cascade River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
Jorsted Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Jump-Off Joe Lake (Stevens County): 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. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
From Kachess Lake (Reservoir) upstream to waterfall
approximately one-half mile above Mineral Creek: Closed
waters.
Kalaloch Creek (Jefferson County), outside Olympic National
Park: Closed waters: Those waters within the section posted
as the Olympic National Park water supply the first Saturday
in June through last day in February season. Selective gear
rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. 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. Anti-snagging rule and night closure April 1 through October 31 from the mouth to the intake at the lower salmon hatchery. Stationary gear restriction September 1 through October 31 from mouth to the natural gas pipeline at Mahaffey's Campground. All species: When anti-snagging rule in effect only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited upstream of Modrow Bridge. September 1 through October 31: Fly fishing only from the pipeline crossing to the posted deadline at the intake to the lower salmon hatchery. All game fish: Release all fish year-round except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open year-round. January 1 through July 31, daily limit 6 hatchery Chinook of which no more than 1 may be an adult salmon. August 1 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum, wild Chinook, and wild coho.
From one thousand feet below to one thousand feet above the fishway at upper salmon hatchery: Closed waters.
From one thousand feet above the fishway at the upper salmon hatchery to Summers Creek: Year-round season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
From Summers Creek upstream to the 6420 Road at about one mile above the gate at the end of the county road: The first Saturday in June through March 31 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Fly fishing only. All species: Release all fish.
From 6420 Road to Kalama Falls: Closed waters.
Kalispell Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Last
Saturday in April through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor.
Kapowsin Lake (Pierce County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Keechelus Lake (Reservoir) (Kittitas County): Chumming
permitted. Trout except kokanee: Daily limit two, minimum
length twelve inches, additionally up to sixteen kokanee may
be retained.
Kelsey Creek (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County):
The first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Kendall Creek (Whatcom County) (NF Nooksack tributary) above
the hatchery grounds: First Saturday in June through October
31 season. Selective gear rules.
Kennedy Creek (Thurston County), from mouth to four hundred
feet below falls: The first Saturday in June through last day
in February season. Selective gear rules. Anti-snagging rule
and night closure October 1 through December 31. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 1
through November 30 from mouth to northbound Highway 101
Bridge. Barbless hooks required. Daily limit 6 fish of which
no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild coho.
From falls upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Kennedy Creek Pond (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Kettle River (Stevens County):
The Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length 12 inches. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon.
Additional season: November 1 through May 31. Whitefish gear rules apply.
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.
Kindy Creek (Skagit County) (Cascade River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules and release all fish.
King's Creek (Pierce County) (Puyallup River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Kings Lake and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Closed
waters.
Kings Lake Bog (King County): Closed waters.
Kitsap Lake (Kitsap County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Kiwanis Pond (Kittitas County): Juveniles and holders of
((disability)) reduced fee licenses or designated harvester
cards 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. Anti-snagging rule and night closure May 1 through May 31. Anti-snagging rule August 1 through January 31. 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: Open April 1 through May 31 on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays only; daily limit 1 hatchery steelhead or 1 salmon. Release wild Chinook. Salmon: Open June 1 through January 31. June 1 through July 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild Chinook. August 1 through January 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook.
From Fisher Hill Bridge to four hundred feet above # 5 fishway: Closed waters.
From four hundred feet above # 5 fishway to the Yakama Indian Reservation boundary: June 1 through November 30 season, except waters from boundary markers above Klickitat salmon hatchery to boundary markers below hatchery are closed waters. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply. Salmon: Open only June 1 through November 30 from 400 feet above No. 5 Fishway to boundary markers below Klickitat Salmon Hatchery. June 1 through July 31, daily limit 6 salmon. Release adult salmon and release wild Chinook. August 1 through October 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook. November 1 through November 30, daily limit 6 fish. Release Chinook.
From the Yakama Indian Reservation boundary upstream to source, including all tributaries: Closed waters.
Klineline Ponds (Clark County): Trout: No more than 2 trout
20 inches in length or greater may be retained.
Koeneman Lake (Fern Lake) (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Kokanee Lake (Mason County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Kress Lake (Cowlitz County): Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Trout:
No more than 2 trout 20 inches in length or greater may be
retained. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Lacamas Creek (Clark County): Lawful to fish upstream to the
base of Lacamas Lake Dam.
Lacamas Creek, tributary of Cowlitz River (Lewis County):
Trout: Release all trout except up to two hatchery steelhead
may be retained per day.
Ladder Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules and
release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained.
Lake Creek (Okanogan County): Mouth to Black Lake: Closed
waters. Black Lake to Three Prong Creek: Closed waters.
Langlois Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Latah (Hangman) Creek (Spokane County): Year-round season.
Lawrence Lake (Thurston County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no
more than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except
no size restriction for kokanee.
Leader Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
LeBar Creek (Mason County) from the falls at river mile one
upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Le Clerc Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Trout:
Eastern brook trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern
brook trout daily limit ten. Once the daily limit of trout
other than eastern brook trout has been achieved, the entire
daily limit for trout other than eastern brook trout and
eastern brook trout has been taken.
Ledbetter Lake (Pend Oreille County): 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.
Leland Creek (Jefferson County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Leland Lake (Jefferson County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no
more than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except
no size restriction for kokanee.
Lemna Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Lena Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season.
Lenice Lake (Grant County): March 1 through November 30
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Daily limit one.
Lena Lake, Lower (Jefferson County): Closed waters: Inlet
stream from mouth upstream to footbridge (about one hundred
feet).
Lenore Lake (Grant County): Closed waters: Area within two
hundred yard radius of trash rack leading to the irrigation
pumping station (south end of lake) and area approximately one
hundred yards beyond the mouth of inlet stream to State
Highway 17. March 1 through May 31 season: Selective gear
rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Additional season the first Saturday in June through November
30: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout:
Daily limit one.
Leo Lake (Pend Oreille County): 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 hatchery Chinook of
which not more than 1 may be an adult salmon. August 1
through September 30, daily limit 6 hatchery salmon, of which
no more than 2 may be adult hatchery Chinook. Release all
salmon except hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho. October 1
through December 31, daily limit 6 hatchery coho. Sturgeon:
Seasons, days of the week, daily limits, and size limits same
as in adjacent waters of mainstem Columbia River.
Lewis River, East Fork (Clark/Skamania counties): Closed
waters: From the posted markers at the lower end of Big Eddy
to one hundred feet above Lucia Falls; from four hundred feet
below to four hundred feet above Molton Falls; from four
hundred feet below Horseshoe Falls upstream including all
tributaries above Horseshoe Falls.
Mouth to 400 feet below Horseshoe Falls: The first Saturday in June through March 15 season. Trout: Release all trout except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Mouth to top boat ramp at Lewisville Park: Additional April 16 through the Friday before the first Saturday in June season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Release all fish except up to 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. Anti-snagging rule and night closure April 1 through November 30 from Johnson Creek to Colvin Creek. When anti-snagging rule is in effect, only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained. October 1 through December 15, fishing from any floating device prohibited from Johnson Creek to Colvin Creek. 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 6 hatchery Chinook of which only 1 may be an adult salmon. August 1 through September 30, daily limit 6 hatchery salmon, of which no more than 2 may be adult hatchery Chinook. Release all salmon except hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho. October 1 through December 31, daily limit 6 hatchery coho. Sturgeon: Seasons, days of the week, daily limits, and size limits same as in waters of mainstem Columbia River adjacent to mouth of Lewis River.
From mouth of Colvin Creek to overhead powerlines at Merwin Dam: May 1 through September 30 and December 16 through April 30 season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure April 1 through September 30. When anti-snagging rule is in effect, only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained. Trout: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open only January 1 through September 30 and December 16 through December 31. January 1 through July 31, daily limit 6 hatchery Chinook of which only 1 may be an adult salmon. August 1 through September 30, daily limit 6 hatchery salmon, of which no more than 2 may be adult hatchery Chinook. Release all salmon except hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho. December 16 through December 31, daily limit 6 hatchery coho. Sturgeon: Seasons, days of the week, daily limits, and size limits same as in waters of mainstem Columbia River adjacent to mouth of Lewis River.
From overhead powerlines at Merwin Dam to Merwin Dam: Closed waters.
From the cable crossing 1,300 feet below Yale Dam to Yale Dam: Closed waters.
Within Lewis River Power Canal: From the fishing pier to the access road at Swift Dam: 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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Liberty Lake (Spokane County): March 1 through October 31
season.
Lilliwaup River (Mason County): Mouth to 200 feet below
falls: The first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species:
Release all fish.
From falls upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Lilly Lake (Chelan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. July 5 through October 31, selective gear
rules, and unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all
fish.
Lime Creek (Snohomish County) (Suiattle River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Limerick Lake (Mason County): 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): The first Saturday in June through
August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Little Hoko River (Clallam County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Little 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 Mission Creek (Mason County) from falls upstream:
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules and release all fish.
Little Naches River (Yakima County): Selective gear rules.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor.
Little Nisqually River (Lewis County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum length 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:
Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 season.
Selective gear rules, and unlawful to fish from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All
species: Release all fish except up to five Eastern brook
trout may be retained.
Little Quilcene River (Jefferson County), from mouth to the
Little Quilcene River Bridge on Penny Creek Road: First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules, unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor, and release all
fish. Closed waters: Mouth to Highway 101 Bridge September 1
through October 31.
From Little Quilcene River Bridge on Penny Creek Road upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Little Scandia Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum size fourteen inches.
Little Spokane River (Spokane County):
From mouth to SR 291 Bridge: Year-round season.
From SR 291 Bridge upstream to the West Branch: 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
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one.
Little Twin Lake (Stevens County): 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. ((Anti-snagging rule and)) Night closure
((May 1)) March 16 through June 30. The area west of a line
projected from the easternmost pillar of the Highway 14 Bridge
to a posted marker on the north shore - open only to bank
fishing from April 16 through June 30. Anti-snagging rule
August 1 through December 31. 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
and wild jack Chinook.
Lone Lake (Island County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one, minimum length 18
inches.
Long Lake (Ferry County): 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 (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Long's Pond (Thurston County): Juveniles only.
Loomis Lake (Pacific County): 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 (Mason County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than
two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Lost Lake (Okanogan County): Unlawful to fish from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion engine.
Lost River (Okanogan County):
From mouth to mouth of Monument Creek: Closed waters.
From mouth of Monument Creek to outlet of Cougar Lake: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit. Dolly Varden/Bull Trout daily limit two, minimum length fourteen inches.
Love Lake (Clark County): Closed waters.
Lucky Duck Pond (Stevens County): Juveniles only.
Ludlow Creek (Jefferson County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Ludlow Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Lyle Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Lyle Creek (King County) (White River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Lyre River (Clallam County):
From mouth to falls near river mile 3: The first Saturday in June through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From falls to source: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Mad River (Chelan County), from mouth upstream to Jimmy Creek:
Closed waters.
Maggie Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
November 30 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules
apply.
Maple Creek (Whatcom County) (NF Nooksack tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
Marble Creek (Skagit County) (Cascade River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Malaney Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all
trout.
Margaret Lake (King County): 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. 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): The
first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Juveniles
only.
Mayfield Lake (Reservoir) (Lewis County): Mayfield Dam to 400
feet below Mossyrock Dam: Closed waters: Tacoma Power safety
signs at Onion Rock Bridge to Mossyrock Dam. Trout and
salmon: Minimum length eight inches. Trout: Release
cutthroat. Release rainbow trout except rainbow trout with a
clipped adipose fin and a healed scar at the site of the
clipped fin. Salmon: Open only September 1 through December
31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release wild coho.
McAllister Creek (Thurston County): ((Anti-snagging rule and
night closure August 1 through November 30.)) First Saturday
in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. 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.)) First Saturday in June through October 31
season. Selective gear rules and release all fish.
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. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
McLane Creek (Thurston County): ((Anti-snagging rule and))
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules. Night closure August 1 through October 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
McLane Creek Ponds (Thurston County): 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): March 1 through 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.
Mercer Slough (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County):
The first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Merrill Lake (Cowlitz County): All species: Fly fishing only
and release all fish. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion engine. ((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. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Daily limit one.
Merwin Lake (Reservoir) (Clark/Cowlitz County): Salmon:
Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Methow River (Okanogan County):
Mouth to County Road 1535 (Burma Road) Bridge: Closed
waters. County Road 1535 (Burma Road) Bridge to ((Foghorn
Dam)) the Hwy 153 Bridge at McFarland Creek: The first
Saturday in June through September ((30)) 15 season:
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species:
Release all fish. McFarland Creek to Foghorn Dam: The first
Saturday in June through September 30 season. Selective gear
rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Foghorn Dam to Weeman Bridge: The first Saturday in June
through August 15 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. All species: Release all fish. Upstream
from Weeman Bridge to the falls above Brush Creek: Closed
waters the first Saturday in June through October 31. Additional season Gold Creek to falls above Brush Creek:
December 1 through March 31. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Methow River tributaries not otherwise provided for:
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Maximum
length twenty inches.
Middle Nemah Pond (Pacific County): The first Saturday in
June through October 31 season.
Milk Creek (Snohomish County) (Suiattle River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Mill Creek (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Mill Creek (Cowlitz County): The first Saturday in June
through August 31 and November 1 through March 15 seasons. Trout: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead
may be retained per day.
Mill Creek (Lewis County): Additional season December 1
through December 31, mouth to hatchery road crossing culvert. Anti-snagging rule and night closure. All species: Release
all fish except that up to two hatchery steelhead with intact
ventral fins may be retained per day.
Mill Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
Mill Creek 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: The first Saturday in
June through March 31 season. All species: Barbless hooks
required and release all fish except hatchery steelhead
September 1 through March 31. Trout: Daily limit three
hatchery steelhead.
From Gose St. Bridge to Roosevelt St. Bridge, within city limits of Walla Walla)) Bennington Dam: Closed waters.
From ((Roosevelt St. Bridge)) Bennington Dam upstream((,
including all tributaries)): All tributaries: Closed waters.
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout:
((Maximum length twenty inches.)) Release all steelhead.
Mill Creek Pond (Grays Harbor County): Juveniles only.
Mill Pond (Auburn) (King County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Juveniles only except open to all
ages during Free Fishing Weekend (as defined in WAC 220-56-160).
Mill Pond (Pend Oreille County): 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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. 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 the first
Saturday in June 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. Night closure. 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. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Moclips River (Grays Harbor County), from mouth to the
Quinault Indian Reservation: The first Saturday in June
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 [Cristo])) Cristo Lake
(Snohomish County): The first Saturday in June through
((October)) August 31 season. All species: Selective gear
rules and catch and release except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained. Unlawful to fish from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Mooses Pond (Pacific County): The first Saturday in June
through October 31 season.
Moran Slough (including inlet and outlet streams) (Grant
County): Closed waters.
Morgan Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Morse Creek (Clallam County), from mouth to Port Angeles Dam:
December 1 through last day in February season. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.
From Port Angeles Dam upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Moses Lake (Grant County): Crappie: Daily limit ten, only
crappie more than nine inches in length may be retained. Bluegill: Daily limit five, only bluegill more than eight
inches in length may be retained. Walleye: Daily limit 8
walleye. Minimum length twelve inches. No more than one
walleye over 22 inches in length may be retained. Yellow
perch: Daily limit 25 yellow perch.
Mosquito Creek (Jefferson County), outside Olympic National
Park: The first Saturday in June through last day in February
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
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. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. 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
Friday before the last Saturday in April.)) All species:
Selective gear rules, unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor, and release all
fish.
Muskegon Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit two.
((Murray Creek (Pierce County): Closed waters.))
Myron Lake (Yakima County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one.
Mystic Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Naches River (Yakima/Kittitas counties):
From the mouth to Little Naches River: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches, maximum length twenty inches. Release trout the first Saturday in June through October 31 from confluence with Tieton River to mouth of Rattle Snake Creek. Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Naneum Creek (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor.
Nahwatzel Lake (Mason County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Naneum 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: The first Saturday in June 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. Anti-snagging rule and night closure 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 and unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor 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 2 may be adult Chinook and no more than 1 may be a wild adult coho. Release chum.
Sturgeon: Open year-round from mouth to Highway 4 Bridge.
From mouth of North Fork to source: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
South Fork, from mouth to Bean Creek: The first Saturday in June through last day in February season, except sturgeon. Anti-snagging rule and night closure 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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Negro Creek (Lincoln County): Year-round season from mouth at
Sprague Lake to the fish barrier dam at Fishtrap Lake.
Negro Creek (Whitman County): Last Saturday in April through
July 15 season.
Nemah River, North, Middle, and South: The first Saturday in
June 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 and unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor 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. Anti-snagging 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 open 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 no more
than 3 may be adult salmon, and of the 3 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): The first
Saturday in June 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 from 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 chum,
wild coho, and adult Chinook.
Newaukum River, Middle Fork, mouth to Taucher Road Bridge
(Lewis County): The first Saturday in June to March 31
season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Newaukum River, North Fork (Lewis County):
From mouth to four hundred feet below Chehalis city water intake: The first Saturday in June through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From 400 feet below Chehalis city water intake upstream: Closed waters.
Newhalem Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules
and release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may
be retained.
Newhalem Ponds (Whatcom County): Closed waters.
New Pond Creek (Pierce County) (South Prairie Creek
tributary): First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
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 2 adult fish, only
one may be a wild adult coho. Release chum and adult Chinook.
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. Anti-snagging rule and night closure 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 3 may be adult salmon, and of the adult salmon
only 2 may be any combination of pink, chum and coho. Release
wild adult Chinook.
From Military Tank Crossing Bridge to four hundred feet
below LaGrande ((Falls)) Powerhouse: July 1 through October
31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained per day.
From Alder Reservoir upstream: July 1 through October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Nookachamps Creek (Skagit County) including all tributaries
and their tributaries: First Saturday in June through October
31 season. Selective gear rules.
Nooksack River (Whatcom County), from mouth to forks((, Middle
Fork to Dam and North Fork to Nooksack Falls)): The first
Saturday in June through ((last day in)) February 15 season
except closed the first Saturday in June 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.)) Anti-snagging rule and night closure
the first Saturday in June 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 wild coho, release wild Chinook from
mouth to FFA barn, and release Chinook from FFA barn to forks
((and in North Fork)). In years ending in odd numbers,
release pink salmon.
Nooksack River, North Fork (Whatcom County): From mouth to
Nooksack Falls: First Saturday in June through February 15
season. November 1 through February 15 - unlawful to fish
from a floating device equipped with a motor. First Saturday
in June through November 30 night closure and anti-snagging
rule from mouth to Maple Creek. Salmon: Open only October 1
through October 31 from mouth to Maple Creek. Minimum size
twelve inches, daily limit 2. Release Chinook and wild coho.
In years ending in odd numbers, release pink salmon. From
Maple Creek to Nooksack Falls: Selective gear rules.
Above Nooksack Falls including all tributaries and their tributaries: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Nooksack River, Middle Fork (Whatcom County) mouth to city of
Bellingham diversion dam: First Saturday in June through
February 15 season. Selective gear rules. Trout minimum size
14 inches. November 1 through February 15 - motors
prohibited.
Above diversion dam, including all tributaries and their tributaries: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Nooksack River, South Fork (Skagit/Whatcom counties): From
mouth to Skookum Creek: The first Saturday in June through
((last day in)) February 15 season. Selective gear rules.
Release all game fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may
be retained. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor. Night closure the first
Saturday in June through November 30. ((Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.)) Salmon: Open only October 16
through December 31. Daily limit 2 salmon, except release
Chinook and wild coho. In years ending in odd numbers,
release pink salmon.
((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: Closed waters.
North Creek (tributary of Sammamish River) (Snohomish/King
counties): The first Saturday in June through August 31
season. Juveniles only.
North Elton Ponds (Yakima County): December 1 through March
31 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion engine prohibited. Trout: Daily limit
two.
North Lake (King County): 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: The first Saturday in June
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. Anti-snagging rule and night closure 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 2 adult fish, only one may be
a wild adult coho. Release chum and adult Chinook. Sturgeon:
Open year-round from Highway 105 Bridge to Salmon Creek.
Upstream from Falls River: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead 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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. 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. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Ohop Creek (Pierce County): July 1 through October 31 season.
All species: Selective gear rules, unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor,
and release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per
day may be retained.
Ohop Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Okanogan River (Okanogan County):
From the mouth to the highway bridge at Malott: Year-round season. Trout: Release all trout. Upstream from the highway bridge at Malott: The first Saturday in June 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: Anti-snagging rule and night closure July 1 through October 15.
Closed waters: From Zosel Dam downstream to first Highway 97 Bridge.
Olalla Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum
size 14 inches.
Old Fishing Hole Pond (Kent) (King County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Old Mill Stream (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Olequa Creek (Lewis County): Trout: Release all trout except
up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Olson Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Osborne Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Outlet Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Owens Pond (Pacific County): The first Saturday in June
through October 31 season.
Owl Creek (Snohomish County) (Whitechuck River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Packwood Lake (Lewis County): Closed waters: All inlet
streams and outlet from log boom to dam. Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit five, minimum
length ten inches.
Padden Lake (Whatcom County): 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): The first
Saturday in June 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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. Anti-snagging rule and night
closure 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 2 adult salmon,
only one may be a wild adult coho. Release chum and adult
Chinook. Sturgeon: Open year-round from the Highway 101
Bridge to the confluence of the South and Middle Forks.
Palouse River and tributaries, except Rock Creek (Whitman
County): Year-round season. Mainstem from mouth to base of
Palouse Falls. Trout: Daily limit 6 fish, minimum length 10
inches, no more than 3 trout over 20 inches may be retained,
except release all trout April 1 through June 15 and release
steelhead June 16 through August 31. Barbless hooks required
when fishing for steelhead. Walleye: Daily limit 10 fish, no
minimum size. No more than 5 walleye over 18 inches in length
may be retained, and no more than 1 walleye over 24 inches in
length may be retained. Channel catfish: No daily limit.
Palouse River mainstem above Palouse Falls and tributaries
except Rock Creek: Year-round season.
Pampa Pond (Whitman County): March 1 through September 30
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout:
No more than two over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Panhandle Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Panther Creek (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Panther Creek (tributary to Wind River) (Skamania County):
Closed waters.
Panther Lake (Kitsap/Mason counties): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Para-Juvenile Lake (Adams/Grant counties): April 1 through
September 30 season. Juveniles only.
Park Lake (Grant County): 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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Pattison Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Peabody Creek (Clallam County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Penny Creek (Jefferson County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season.
Perry Creek (Thurston County) from mouth to falls: First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules. Trout: Minimum size 14 inches.
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): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. 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. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
((Philippa Creek (tributary to N.F. Snoqualmie River) (King
County): Closed waters.))
Phillips Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Phillips Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Pilchuck Creek (Snohomish County), mouth to Highway 9 Bridge:
The first Saturday in June through ((November 30)) February 15
season. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Selective gear
rules((. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Additional
December 1 through last day in February season. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.)) and unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor the
first Saturday in June through November 30.
From Highway 9 Bridge to Pilchuck Falls: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout minimum size 14 inches.
From Pilchuck Falls upstream, including all tributaries and their tributaries and all tributaries to Lake Cavanaugh: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Pilchuck River (Snohomish County)
From its mouth to five hundred feet downstream from the
Snohomish City diversion dam: December 1 through ((last day
in)) February 15 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 Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 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 or designated harvester cards 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. 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.
Powerline Lake (Franklin County): Trout: Daily limit 2.
Pratt River (tributary to Middle Fork Snoqualmie) (King
County): First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species:
Release all fish.
Prices Lake (Mason County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Promised Land Pond (Grays Harbor County): The first Saturday
in June through October 31 season.
((Purdy Creek (Mason County): The first Saturday in June
through July 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species:
Release all fish.)) Pugh Creek (Snohomish County) (Whitechuck
River tributary): First Saturday in June through October 31
season. Selective gear rules.
Puyallup River (Pierce County):
From mouth to the Electron power plant outlet: ((July 1
through last day in February season, except closed August 23
from mouth to city of Puyallup outfall structure near junction
of Freeman Road and North Levee Road.)) Game fish season is
open only when salmon fishing is open. Single-point barbless
hooks, anti-snagging rule and night closure August 1 through
November 30 from the mouth to the Carbon River. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only August 16
through December 31 from mouth to Carbon River, except closed
August 23 from mouth to city of Puyallup outfall structure
near junction of Freeman Road and North Levee Road. In years
ending in even numbers, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more
than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild adult Chinook. In
years ending in odd numbers, daily limit 6 fish, of which no
more than 4 may be adult salmon, and of the adult salmon, no
more than 2 may be any combination of Chinook, coho, and chum.
Release wild adult Chinook.
((From Electron power plant outlet upstream: July 1
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. All
species: Release all fish.)) From Carbon River upstream:
September 1 through last day of February season. Selective
gear rules and release all fish except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained.
Pyramid Creek (King County) upstream of Forest Service Road
7000: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Pysht River (Clallam County): The first Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish. Additional November 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): The first Saturday in June
through April 15 season. Trout: Daily limit 2. Minimum
length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 1 through
January 31. Daily limit 6 hatchery coho salmon of which no
more than 4 may be adult hatchery coho.
Quilcene River (Jefferson County):
From mouth to Rodgers Street: First Saturday in June through August 15 season. Selective gear rules and release all fish. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
From Rodgers Street to Highway 101 Bridge: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Release all game fish. First Saturday in June through August 15. Selective gear rules. Salmon: Open only August 16 through October 31 from Rodgers Street to the Highway 101 Bridge. Night closure and only one single point barbless hook may be used. Daily limit 4 coho salmon. Only coho salmon hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
From electric weir at Quilcene National Fish Hatchery to upper boundary of Falls View Campground: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release all fish. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
From upper boundary of Falls View Campground upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Quillayute River (Clallam County): Open year-round outside of
Olympic National Park only. May 1 through the Friday before
the first Saturday in June 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))
February 16 through April 30, one wild steelhead per day may
be retained. Salmon: Open only February 1 through November
30. February 1 through August 31, daily limit 6 fish of which
no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild adult
Chinook and wild adult coho. September 1 through November 30,
daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 4 may be adult
salmon, and of the 4 adult salmon, no more than 2 may be any
combination of Chinook, wild coho, pink, sockeye, and chum
salmon.
Quinault River, Upper (Jefferson County), from mouth at upper
end of Quinault Lake to the National Park boundary: The first
Saturday in June through April 15 season. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches. ((December 1)) February 16 through
April 15, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon:
Open only July 1 through October 31. Daily limit 6 fish, of
which no more than 2 may be adult salmon.
Quincy Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Racehorse Creek (Whatcom County) (NF Nooksack tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Radar Ponds (Pacific County): Salmon: Landlocked salmon
rules apply.
Raging River (King County), from its mouth to the Highway 18
Bridge: The first Saturday in June through ((last day in))
February 15 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From Highway 18 Bridge upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
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. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Rat Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through November 30:
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species:
Release all fish.
Rattlesnake Creek (Yakima County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Rattlesnake Lake (King County): ((Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.)) Selective gear rules and catch
and release. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor.
Ravensdale Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches.
Red Creek (King County) (White River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Reflection Pond (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Rendsland Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Renner Lake (Ferry County): 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. Unlawful to fish
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches.
Riley Lake (Snohomish County): 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.
Ripley Creek (Jefferson County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Robbins Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Rock Creek (Adams/Whitman counties): Mouth to Endicott Road
year-round season.
Endicott Road to bridge on George Knott Road at Revere: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Upstream from bridge on George Knott Road: Year-round season.
Rock Creek (Chelan County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful
to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor.
((Rock Creek (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. Trout:
Release all trout except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day. Above falls, additional November 1 through
March 15 season.
Rocky Brook Creek (Jefferson County)(Dosewallips River
tributary): From falls 1000 feet upstream of mouth upstream:
First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Rocky Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all
trout.
Rocky Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Rocky Ford Creek and Ponds (Grant County): Fly fishing only. Fishing from bank only (no wading). All species: Release all
fish.
Rocky Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. June 1 through October 31 selective gear
rules ((and)). Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species:
Release all fish.
Roesiger Lake (Snohomish County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Roosevelt Lake (Ferry/Lincoln/Stevens counties): All
species: Closed waters: (1) March 1 through the Friday
immediately preceding Memorial Day weekend from the Little
Dalles power line crossing upstream approximately one mile to
marked rock point, and from Northport power line crossing
upstream to most upstream point of Steamboat Rock; (2) January
1 through May 31 in San Poil arm upstream from outlet of
French Johns Lake; and (3) April 1 through Friday before
Memorial Day in Kettle arm upstream to Barstow Bridge. Trout
except kokanee: Daily limit five. No more than two over
twenty inches in length. Kokanee daily limit six, no more
than two with intact adipose fins. Walleye: No minimum size.
Daily limit 8 fish not more than one of which may be longer
than 22 inches. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon from
Roosevelt Lake and tributaries. Carp: Unlawful to fish for
carp with bow and arrow.
Rose Lake (Mason County): 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)) From one mile((. Above closed water marker in tributaries not listed as
closed)) above their mouths to headwaters: 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.)) Only uninjured trout caught using
artificial lures or flies with single barbless hooks may be
released. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon
from Rufus Woods Lake and tributaries.
Sacheen Lake (Pend Oreille County): 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.
Saint Clair Lake (Thurston County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no
more than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except
no size restriction for kokanee.
Salmon Creek (Clark County), from mouth to 72nd Avenue N.E.:
The first Saturday in June through March 15 season. Trout:
Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day.
((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. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor.
Salmon Creek (tributary of Naselle River) (Pacific County):
The first Saturday in June through last day in February
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
All 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: The first Saturday in
June through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches. Hatchery steelhead in this river are
steelhead with a dorsal fin height of less than 2-1/8 inches
or with an adipose or ventral fin clip. Salmon: Open only
September 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which
no more than 3 may be adult salmon and of the adult salmon not
more than 2 may be adult Chinook salmon.
Salmonberry Creek (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum size 14 inches.
Salt Creek (Clallam County): ((Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.)) From mouth to bridge on Highway 112:
((Additional November 1)) First Saturday in June through last
day in February season. ((Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.)) Selective gear rules. Release all fish except
November 1 through the last day in February up to 2 hatchery
steelhead may be retained.
Samish Lake (Whatcom County): Trout: Cutthroat trout daily
limit two, minimum length fourteen inches.
Samish River (Whatcom County):
From its mouth to the ((Hickson)) I-5 Bridge: The first
Saturday in June through ((March 15)) December 31 season.
((From Highway 99 Bridge to department salmon rack: Closed
waters.)) Stationary gear restriction ((from mouth to
Interstate 5 Bridge August 1 through December 31.)),
anti-snagging rule, and night closure August 1 through
December 31. Additional season January 1 through March 31.
All species: Selective gear rules and release all fish except
up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.
((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, release wild coho.))
From the I-5 Bridge to the Hickson Bridge: Closed waters from the old Highway 99 Bridge to the WDFW salmon rack. First Saturday in June through March 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules and release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.
From Hickson Bridge upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Sammamish Lake (King County): Closed to fishing within 100
yards of the mouth of Issaquah Creek August 16 through
November 30. Trout: Release all kokanee. Kokanee/sockeye
under fifteen inches are kokanee while those fifteen inches
and over are sockeye salmon. December 1 through June 30:
Release all steelhead and rainbow trout over twenty inches in
length. Salmon: Open only August 16 through November 30. Daily limit four salmon, of which only two may be Chinook. Release sockeye.
Sammamish River (Slough) (King County), from the 68th Avenue
N.E. Bridge to Lake Sammamish: January 1 through August 31
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Release all trout.
Sandyshore Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April to
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
San Poil River (Ferry County): Unlawful to fish for or retain
sturgeon.
Sarge Hubbard Park Pond (Yakima County): Juveniles and
holders of ((disability)) reduced fee licenses or designated
harvester cards 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
anti-snagging rule and night closure August 16 through
November 30. Middle and West Forks upstream from Cougar Smith
Road anti-snagging rule and night closure August 16 through
October 31.
From mouth to bridge at Schafer Park: The first Saturday in June through March 31 season. Salmon: Open only October 1 through January 31. October 1 through October 15, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon, and of the 2 adult salmon, only 1 may be an adult wild coho. Release chum and adult Chinook. October 16 through January 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum, wild coho, and adult Chinook.
Middle Fork (Turnow Branch), from mouth to Cougar Smith Road: The first Saturday in June through last day in February season.
West Fork, from mouth to Cougar Smith Road: The first Saturday in June through last day in February season.
Sauk River (Skagit/Snohomish counties):
From mouth to the mouth of the White Chuck River: The first Saturday in June through last day in February season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All 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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
From the mouth of the White Chuck River to headwaters, including North Fork and South Fork upstream to Elliot Creek: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
South Fork upstream from Elliot Creek: The first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
((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.
Scatter Creek (King County) (White River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Schaefer Lake (Chelan County): Trout: Daily limit sixteen.
Schneider Creek (Thurston County) from mouth to falls: First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules. Trout: Minimum size 14 inches.
Scooteney Reservoir (Franklin County): Walleye: Minimum size
12 inches.
Sedge Lake (Grant County): All species: Selective gear
rules. Trout: Daily limit 1.
Sekiu River (Clallam County): ((All open periods: Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.))
From mouth to forks: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release all fish. Additional November 1 through last day in February season. Trout minimum length 14 inches.
From forks upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Serene Lake (Snohomish County): 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.)) First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules. Trout: Release all trout.
Sherman Creek (Ferry County):
From the mouth at Lake Roosevelt upstream to four hundred
feet above the water diversion dam for the hatchery: Closed
waters, except ((December 1 through August 31)) first Saturday
in June through October 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): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: ((Minimum
length fourteen inches.)) Release all trout.
Sherwood Creek Mill Pond (Mason County): The first Saturday
in June through October 31 season. Trout: Minimum length 14
inches, daily limit 2 fish.
Shine Creek (Jefferson County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Shiner Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor prohibited.
Shoe Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Shoveler Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Shye Lake (Grays Harbor County): The first Saturday in June
through October 31 season.
Sidley Lake (Okanogan County): Trout: Daily limit two.
Siebert Creek (Clallam County): Trout: (( Minimum length
fourteen inches.)) First Saturday in June through October 31
season. Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Silent Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.
Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two over 14 inches in
length may be retained, except no size restriction for
kokanee.
Silesia Creek (Chiliwack River tributary) (Whatcom County):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Silvas Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all trout.
Silver Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis County),
mouth to USFS Road 4778: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Silver Creek (Skagit County) (Samish River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
Silver Creek (Whatcom County)(Nooksack River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Silver Lake (Cowlitz County): Crappie: Daily limit ten
crappie. Minimum size nine inches in length.
Silver Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Silver Lake (Spokane County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Silver Lake, North (Spokane County): March 1 through
September 30 and November 1 through December 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. March 1 through
September 30: Trout: 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.
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: The first Saturday in June through August 31
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear
rules apply.
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)) February 15 through May 31 ((except lawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor)). Night closure July 9 through August 9. 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 July 9 through
August 9, open 12:01 p.m. Thursday through Sunday only each
week. Daily limit 2 Chinook salmon, only one of which may be
an adult Chinook. In years ending in even numbers, open
September 1 through December 31. Daily limit 2 salmon. Release Chinook and chum. In years ending in odd numbers,
open August 16 through December 31. Daily limit 2 salmon plus
2 additional pink. Release Chinook and chum.
From Memorial Highway Bridge (Highway 536 at Mt. Vernon)
upstream to Gilligan Creek: June 1 through ((March)) February
15 season. Night closure rule July 1 through November 30. Anti-snagging rule August 16 through November 30. Trout
except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of
trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches. Additional
February 16 through March 15 season. All species: Release
all fish except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
while under power. Salmon: Open July 9 through August 9,
open 12:01 p.m. Thursday through Sunday only each week. Daily
limit 2 Chinook salmon, only one of which may be an adult
Chinook. In years ending in even numbers, open September 1
through December 31. Daily limit 2 salmon. Release Chinook
and chum. In years ending in odd numbers, open August 16
through December 31. Daily limit 2 salmon plus 2 additional
pink. Release Chinook and chum.
From Gilligan Creek to the Dalles Bridge at Concrete:
June 1 through ((March)) February 15 season. Anti-snagging
rule and night closure July 1 through November 30. Trout
except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of
the trout daily limit; minimum length twenty inches. Salmon:
In years ending in even numbers, open September 16 through
December 31. Daily limit 2 salmon. Release Chinook and chum.
In years ending in odd numbers, open August 16 through
December 31. Daily limit 2 salmon plus 2 additional pink. Release Chinook and chum. Additional season February 16
through March 15. All species: Release all fish except up to
2 hatchery steelhead may be retained. Selective gear rules.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device while under power.
From the Dalles Bridge at Concrete to the Highway 530
Bridge at Rockport: June 1 through ((March)) February 15
season, except closed June 1 through August 31, between a line
200 feet above the east bank of the Baker River to a line 200
feet below the west bank of the Baker River. Anti-snagging
rule and night closure July 1 through November 30. Trout
except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of
the trout daily limit; minimum length twenty inches. Salmon
open September 16 through December 31. In years ending in
even numbers, daily limit 2 salmon. Release Chinook and chum.
In years ending in odd numbers, daily limit 2 salmon plus 2
additional pink. Release Chinook and chum. Additional
season: ((March)) February 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 except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained.
From the Highway 530 Bridge at Rockport to the Cascade
River: June 1 through ((March)) February 15 season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure June 1 through November
30. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as
part of the trout daily limit; minimum length twenty inches. Salmon open June 1 through July 15. Daily limit four hatchery
Chinook salmon, of which only two may be adult hatchery
Chinook. Salmon open September 16 through December 31. In
years ending in even numbers, daily limit 2 salmon. Release
Chinook and chum. In years ending in odd numbers, daily limit
2 salmon plus 2 additional pink. Release Chinook and chum. Additional season: ((March)) February 16 through April 30. Selective gear rules((, except a person can 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 except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained.
From Cascade River to Gorge Powerhouse: June 1 through March 15 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
From ((the Gorge Powerhouse to)) Gorge Dam to Ross Dam
and all tributaries to this section except Stetattle Creek:
((Closed waters.)) First Saturday in June through October 31
season.
Skamokawa Creek (Wahkiakum County), mouth to forks just below
Oatfield and Middle Valley Road: June 1 through October 31
season. Trout: Release all trout except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained.
Skate Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis County):
Trout: Daily limit five, no more than one over twelve inches
in length. Release cutthroat. Release rainbow trout except
rainbow trout having a clipped adipose fin and a healed scar
at the site of the clipped fin.
Skokomish River (Mason County), mouth to ((forks)) Highway 101
Bridge: Night closure, anti-snagging rule and single point
barbless hooks required August 1 through November 30 ((mouth
to Highway 101)). The first Saturday in June through July 31
and October 31 through December 15 season ((from mouth to
Highway 101 Bridge. The first Saturday in June 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.
From Highway 101 Bridge to forks: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Skokomish River, North Fork (Mason County):
From mouth to lower dam: The first Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species: Release all fish. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Above Lake Cushman, mouth to Olympic National Park
boundary: The first Saturday in June through August 31
season. Selective gear rules. ((Trout:)) Unlawful to fish
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor. Release all fish.
Skokomish River, South Fork (Mason County):
From mouth to mouth of ((Church)) LeBar Creek: First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Release all fish. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor.
((From mouth of Church Creek to mouth of Rule Creek:
Closed waters.))
From mouth of Rule Creek to headwaters: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Skookum Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: ((Minimum
length fourteen inches.)) Release all trout.
Skookum Lake((s)), 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): The first Saturday
in June 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: The first Saturday in June 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. Release chum, wild coho, and adult Chinook.
From Skookumchuck Reservoir upstream and all tributaries: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Skykomish River (Snohomish County):
From mouth to mouth of Wallace River: June 1 through
((last day in)) February 15 season. Anti-snagging rule and
night closure August 1 through November 30 mouth to Lewis
Street Bridge in Monroe and June 1 through November 30 from
Lewis Street Bridge in Monroe to Wallace River. Fishing from
any floating device prohibited November 1 through ((last day
in)) February 15 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 15 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. Anti-snagging rule and
night closure August 1 through November 30. Fishing from any
floating device prohibited in the area one thousand five
hundred feet upstream and one thousand feet downstream of the
outlet at Skykomish Rearing Ponds August 1 through ((last day
in)) February 15. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly
Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length
twenty inches. Salmon: Open only September 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: The first Saturday in June through ((last day
in)) February 15 season. ((Anti-snagging rule and night
closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
From one thousand feet below Bear Creek Falls to Deer Falls: Closed waters.)) Selective gear rules and release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.
From Deer Falls (about 1/4 mile upstream of Goblin Creek) upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Skykomish River, South Fork (King/Snohomish counties):
From mouth to six hundred feet downstream from the Sunset
Falls Fishway: The first Saturday in June through ((last day
in)) February 15 season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure
August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
((From a point six hundred feet downstream of the Sunset
Falls Fishway to the Sunset Falls Fishway: Closed waters.))
From Sunset Falls to source including all tributaries and their tributaries: The first Saturday in June through November 30 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Whitefish: Additional December 1 through last day in February season. Release all fish other than whitefish. All tributaries: Closed waters.
Slate Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Trout:
Eastern brook trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern
brook trout daily limit ten. Once the daily limit of trout
other than eastern brook trout has been achieved, the entire
daily limit for trout other than eastern brook trout and
eastern brook trout has been taken.
Sloan Creek (Snohomish County) (Sauk River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Smith Creek (near North River) (Pacific County): The first
Saturday in June 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 chum and adult Chinook. Sturgeon: Open year-round from mouth to Highway 101 Bridge.
Smith Creek (Whatcom County)(Nooksack River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
Snake River: Year-round season. Closed to the taking of all
trout April 1 through June 15. All species: April 24 through
June 15 from Texas Rapids boat launch upstream to the Corps of
Engineers boat launch approximately 1 mile upstream of Little
Goose Dam: Night closure, barbless hooks only, and hooks must
measure 5/8 inch or less from point to shank. Trout: Daily
limit six, minimum length ten inches, no more than three over
twenty inches. Release all steelhead June 16 through August
31. Barbless hooks required when fishing for steelhead. Sturgeon: Release all sturgeon from August 1 through January
31 from the mouth to Ice Harbor Dam. Closed to fishing for
sturgeon from May 1 through July 31 from the downstream end of
Goose Island to Ice Harbor Dam. Unlawful to retain sturgeon
in mainstem and tributaries upstream from Lower Granite Dam. Walleye: Daily limit 10 fish. No minimum size. No more than
5 fish over 18 inches in length. No more than 1 fish over 24
inches in length. Channel catfish: No daily limit. Salmon:
Open only April 24 through June 15 from Texas Rapids boat
launch upstream to the Corps of Engineers boat launch
approximately 1 mile upstream of Little Goose Dam. Daily
limit 1 hatchery Chinook.
Closed waters: Within four hundred feet of the base of any dam and within a four hundred foot radius around the fish ladder entrance at Lyons Ferry Hatchery, within a two hundred foot radius upstream of the fish ladder exit above Lower Granite Dam, and within an area one thousand two hundred feet downstream from the base of the west lock gate at Little Goose Dam on the south bank of the Snake River and one hundred feet out into the river from said river bank.
Snipe Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Snipes Creek (Benton County): Selective gear rules.
Snohomish River (Snohomish County), including all channels,
sloughs, and interconnected waterways, but excluding all
tributaries: The first Saturday in June through ((last day
in)) February 15 season, except sturgeon. Anti-snagging rule
and night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout except
Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily
limit, minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: In years ending
in even numbers, open only September 1 through December 31. Daily limit 2 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: The first Saturday in June
through last day in February season, except the first Saturday
in June through February 15 from the mouth to the boat launch
at Plumb. Waters within the Puget Power tunnel at the falls
and within fifty feet of any point on Puget Power's lower
Plant # 2 building (north bank) are closed waters. The first
Saturday in June through November 30 selective gear rules((,
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: First Saturday in June through October 31
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Minimum length ten inches. Additional November 1
through ((May 31)) the Friday before the first Saturday in
June season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all
fish. All tributaries except Tate, Sunday and Phillapa
creeks: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Snoqualmie Middle Fork from mouth to source including all tributaries except Pratt and Taylor rivers: Year-round season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
((Snow Creek (Jefferson County), including all tributaries:
Closed waters.))
Snyder Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all trout.
Sol Duc River (Clallam County):
From mouth to concrete pump station at the Sol Duc
Hatchery: Open year-round. May 1 through the Friday before
the first Saturday in June, release all game fish except up to
two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. First
Saturday in June through April 30, trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. November 1 through last day in February,
daily limit may include 1 additional hatchery steelhead. ((December 1)) February 16 through April 30, one wild
steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only
February 1 through November 30. February 1 through August 31,
daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release wild adult Chinook and wild adult coho.
September 1 through November 30, daily limit 6 fish of which
no more than 4 may be adult salmon, and of the 4 adult salmon,
no more than 2 may be any combination of Chinook, wild coho,
pink, sockeye, and chum salmon.
From concrete pump station at Sol Duc Hatchery to Highway 101 Bridge downstream of Snider Creek: First Saturday in June through April 30 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. November 1 through April 30: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
From Highway 101 Bridge downstream of Snider Creek to
Olympic National Park boundary: Selective gear rules. ((Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.)) Unlawful to fish
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor. Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead
may be retained.
Sooes River (Suez River) (Clallam County): The first Saturday
in June through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
Soos Creek (King County), from mouth to ((bridge near))
hatchery ((residence)) rack: The first Saturday in June
through August 31 season ((except salmon)). Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
((Bridge near hatchery residence to Salmon hatchery rack:
The first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.))
South Bend Mill Pond (Pacific County): Juveniles only.
South Prairie Creek (Pierce County), ((mouth to Page Creek:
Closed waters.)) from city of Buckley diversion dam upstream:
First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Spada Lake (Reservoir) (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. Trout: Maximum length twelve
inches.
Spada Lake (Reservoir) tributaries (Snohomish County): Closed
waters.
Spanaway Lake and Spanaway Lake outlet downstream to the dam
(approximately 800 feet) (Pierce County): Year-round season.
Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two over 14 inches in
length may be retained, except no size restriction for
kokanee.
Spearfish Lake (Klickitat County): Last Saturday in April
through last day in February season.
Spectacle Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through September
30 season.
Spencer Lake (Mason County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Spirit Lake (Skamania County): Closed waters.
Spokane River (Spokane County):
From SR 25 Bridge upstream to 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.
From the upstream boundary at Plese Flats Day Use Area (Riverside State Park) upstream to the Monroe Street Dam: June 1 through March 15 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Daily limit one. Release wild trout. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon.
From Monroe Street Dam upstream to Upriver Dam: Year-round season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
From Upriver Dam upstream to the Idaho/Washington state
line: The first Saturday in June through March 15 season. Selective gear rules((, except fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor permitted)). All
species: Release all fish.
Sprague Lake (Adams/Lincoln counties): Closed waters: Waters
((south of the lakeside edge of the reeds and waters of Cow
Creek south)) of Cow Creek, the marsh at the southwest end of
the lake from the lakeside edge of the reeds to Danekas
Road((: July 1 through September 15 season.)), the small bay
at the southeast end of the lake, and those waters within 50
feet of Harper Island. All other waters southwest of the
southwest tip of Harper Island: Closed waters from October 1
through April 30. Trout: No more than two over twenty inches
in length may be retained. Crappie and bluegill: Combined
daily limit twenty-five fish. Crappie: Minimum length nine
inches.
Spring Creek (Benton County): Selective gear rules.
Spring Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Spring Hill Reservoir (Black Lake, Lower Wheeler Reservoir)
(Chelan County): Last Saturday in April through October 31
season. July 5 through October 31, selective gear rules((,
and)). Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Spring Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout:
No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Spring Lakes (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Squalicum Creek (Whatcom County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Squalicum Lake (Whatcom County): Fly fishing only. Fishing
from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout: Daily limit two.
Squire Creek (Snohomish County) (NF Stillaguamish River
tributary): First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
All species: Selective gear rules and release all fish except
up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Stan Coffin Lake (Grant County): Bass: Release all bass.
Starvation Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through May 31 season. Additional June 1 through October 31
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
All species: Release all fish.
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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length fifteen
inches. Release cutthroat. Additional March 1 through June
30 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
All species: Release all fish.
Steilacoom Lake (Pierce County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no
more than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except
no size restriction for kokanee.
Stetattle Creek (Whatcom County)((, from its mouth to)) above
the mouth of Bucket Creek (one and one-half miles upstream):
((Closed waters.)) First Saturday in June through October 31
season.
Stevens Creek (Grays Harbor County), mouth to Highway 101
Bridge: The first Saturday in June through September 30 and
December 1 through last day in February season. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.
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. Anti-snagging rule and night closure 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: The first Saturday in June through ((last day
in)) February 15 season. Night closure August 1 through
November 30. Selective gear rules the first Saturday in June
through November 30 ((except fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor allowed)). Game
fish: The first Saturday in June 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: The first Saturday in June through
((last day in)) February 15 season. Anti-snagging rule and
night closure August 1 through November 30. Fishing from any
floating device prohibited upstream of the Highway 530 Bridge
at mile post 28.8 (Cicero Bridge). Fishing from any floating
device equipped with a motor prohibited downstream from the
Highway 530 Bridge. The first Saturday in June through
November 30: All species: Release all fish except hatchery
steelhead. The first Saturday in June through November 30 fly
fishing only. December 1 through ((last day in)) February 15:
Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From Swede Heaven Bridge to falls approximately one mile upstream of Cascade Creek: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules and release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Upstream of falls: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Stillaguamish River, South Fork (Snohomish County):
From mouth to four hundred feet downstream of the outlet
to fishway at Granite Falls: The first Saturday in June
through ((last day in)) February 15 season. Anti-snagging
rule and night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.
((From four hundred feet below the outlet of the end of
the fishway to Mt. Loop Highway bridge above Granite Falls:
Closed waters.
From Mt. Loop Highway Bridge above Granite Falls to source: The first Saturday in June through November 30 season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure August 1 through November 30.))
Stimson Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Storm Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Straight Creek (Snohomish County) (Suiattle River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Stratford/Brook Lake (Grant County): February 1 through
September 30 season.
Stump Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion engine prohibited. Trout daily
limit 5, no more than 2 over 15 inches in length.
Suiattle River (Skagit County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily
limit, minimum length twenty inches.
Sullivan Creek (Pend Oreille County), from Mill Pond upstream
and tributaries: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from
a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Eastern brook trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern brook trout daily limit ten. Once the daily limit of
trout other than eastern brook trout has been achieved, the
entire daily limit for trout other than eastern brook trout
and eastern brook trout has been taken.
Sullivan Lake (Pend Oreille County): Trout: Daily limit 2
trout, except kokanee not counted in daily trout limit.
Kokanee daily limit ten.
Sulphur Creek (Snohomish County) (Suiattle River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Sultan River (Snohomish County), from its mouth to a point
four hundred feet downstream from the diversion dam at river
mile 9.7: The first Saturday in June through ((last day in))
February 15 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.))
Upstream of the diversion dam to Culmback Dam: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Sumas River (Whatcom County) including all tributaries except
Johnson Creek: First Saturday in June through October 31
season.
Summit Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Summit Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
((Sunday Creek (tributary to N.F. Snoqualmie River) (King
County): Closed waters.))
Susan Lake (Thurston County): Selective gear rules and
release all fish.
Sutherland Lake (Clallam County): Chumming permitted.
Swale Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all trout.
Swamp Creek (tributary to Sammamish River) (Snohomish/King
counties): The first Saturday in June through August 31
season. Juveniles only.
Swan Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Swan's Mill Pond (Stossel Creek) (King County): The first
Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Swauk Creek (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor.
Swift Reservoir (Skamania County): Last Saturday in April
through ((October 31)) November 30 season. From posted
markers below Eagle Cliff Bridge to Bridge: Selective gear
rules ((except fishing from a floating device equipped with 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.
Symington Lake (Kitsap County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Release all trout.
Tacoma Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Trout:
Eastern brook trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern
brook trout daily limit ten. Once the daily limit of trout
other than eastern brook trout has been achieved, the entire
daily limit for trout other than eastern brook trout and
eastern brook trout has been taken.
Tahuya River (Mason County) from mouth to marker approximately
1 mile upstream of North Shore Road Bridge: First Saturday in
June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules,
unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor, and release all fish except salmon.
Night closure September 16 through October 31. Salmon: Open
only September 16 through October 31 ((mouth to marker one
mile above North Shore Road Bridge)). Daily limit 2 coho
salmon.
From marker approximately one mile upstream of North Shore Road Bridge upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Taneum Creek (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor.
Tanwax Creek (Thurston County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Tanwax Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee. Crappie: Daily limit ten, minimum
length nine inches.
Tapps Lake (Reservoir) and Tapps Lake (Reservoir) intake canal
(Pierce County), to within four hundred feet of the screen at
Dingle Basin: Year-round season.
Tarboo Creek (Jefferson County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Tarboo Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April
through ((November 30)) October 31 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.)) Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two over
14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Taylor River (tributary to the Middle Fork Snoqualmie) (King
County): First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species:
Release all fish.
Teal Lakes (North and South) (Grant County): April 1 through
September 30 season.
Teal Lake (Jefferson County): Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited. Selective gear rules. Trout daily limit one fish.
Teanaway River (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. Trout: Release all trout.
Teanaway River, North Fork (Kittitas County): Mouth to
Beverly Creek including all tributaries: Selective gear
rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. Trout: Release all trout. Beverly Creek to impassable waterfall at the end of USFS Road
9737 (about 8 river miles): Closed waters.
Tee Lake (Mason County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than
two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Tenas Creek (Skagit County) (Suiattle River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
Tenas Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Ten Mile Creek (Whatcom County) (Nooksack River tributary):
First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules.
Tennant Lake (Whatcom County): Fishing from any floating
device prohibited from first Friday in October through January
15.
Tern Lake (Grant County): All species: Selective gear rules.
Trout: Daily limit 1.
Terrell Creek (Whatcom County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules.
Terrell, Lake (Whatcom County): Fishing from any floating
device prohibited the first Saturday after Labor Day through
the following Friday and from October 1 through January 31
except fishing from floating dock permitted.
Thomas Creek (Skagit County) (Samish River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
Thomas Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Thorndyke Creek (Jefferson County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules and release
all fish.
Thornton Creek (tributary to Lake Washington) (King County):
The first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Thorton Creek (Skagit County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. All species: Release all fish except up
to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Thread Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Tibbetts Creek (tributary to Lake Sammamish) (King County):
The first Saturday in June through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Tieton River (Yakima County): Lawful to fish to base of
Tieton (Rimrock) Dam. Selective gear rules and unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor the first Saturday in June through October
31. Additional December 1 through March 31 season: Whitefish
gear rules apply.
Tieton River, North Fork (Yakima County): Closed waters:
Clear Lake spillway channel and the river within 400' of Clear
Lake Dam. Entire river, including that portion of the river
that flows through the dry lakebed of Rimrock Reservoir: The
first Saturday in June through August 15 season.
Tieton River, South Fork (Yakima County): From the bridge on
USFS Road 1200 to bridge on USFS Rd. 1070 (approximately 12.5
miles): Closed waters.
Tiger Lake (Kitsap/Mason counties): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more
than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no
size restriction for kokanee.
Tilton River (Lewis County), from mouth to West Fork: The
first Saturday in June through March 31 season. Trout: Daily
limit five, no more than one over twelve inches in length. Release cutthroat. Release rainbow trout except rainbow trout
having a clipped adipose fin and a healed scar at the site of
the clipped fin. Salmon: Open only first Saturday in June
through December 31. Minimum length eight inches. First
Saturday in June through July 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which
no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild coho. August 1 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no
more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release wild coho.
Tilton River, East, North, South and West Forks (Lewis
County): Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Toad Lake (Whatcom County): 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. Anti-snagging rule. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From Fish Hatchery Road Bridge to posted cable boundary marker located approximately four hundred feet downstream of the hatchery intake: January 15 through last day in February season, closed 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. daily. Anti-snagging rule. 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: The first Saturday in June
through ((last day in)) February 15 season. The first
Saturday in June through November 30, selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
((From 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: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
From dam upstream on South Fork: First Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length ten inches.
Touchet River (Columbia/Walla Walla counties):
From confluence of north and south forks upstream, including Robinson and Wolf Forks: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Release all steelhead. Tributaries other than North Fork, South Fork, Robinson Fork, and Wolf Fork: Closed waters.
North Fork: Upstream of Spangler Creek the first Saturday in June through August 31 season.
South Fork: Upstream from Griffin Creek the first Saturday in June through August 31 season.
Wolf Fork: Upstream from Coates Creek the first Saturday in June through August 31 season.
From mouth to confluence of north and south forks: Additional season: November 1 through March 31. Barbless hooks required. All species: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead and brown trout. Trout: Daily limit three fish.
Toutle River (Cowlitz County):
From mouth to forks, and North Fork from the mouth to the posted deadline below the fish collection facility: The first Saturday in June through November 30 season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure September 1 through October 15 on North Fork from confluence with South Fork to mouth of Green River. All game fish: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only August 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum, wild coho, and wild jack Chinook. October 1 through November 30, release Chinook from Kidd Valley Bridge near Hwy. 504 upstream.
From the posted deadline below the fish collection facility upstream to the headwaters, including all tributaries, but excepting Castle and Coldwater Lakes: Closed waters.
Toutle River, South Fork (Cowlitz County), mouth to source:
Closed waters: All tributaries. The first Saturday in June
through November 30 season. All species: Release all fish
except hatchery steelhead. Trout: Minimum length twenty
inches. Mouth to 4100 Road Bridge: Additional December 1
through March 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor. All species: Release all fish except
hatchery steelhead.
Trail's End Lake (Mason County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no
more than two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except
no size restriction for kokanee.
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): The first Saturday in June through October 31
season.
Tucannon River (Columbia/Walla Walla counties): Closed
waters: All tributaries.
From the mouth upstream to Turner Road Bridge: Additional November 1 through March 31 season. Barbless hooks required. All species: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead and whitefish. Trout: Daily limit three hatchery steelhead.
From the Turner Road Bridge upstream to the Tucannon Hatchery Bridge: Selective gear rules and unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor the first Saturday in June through October 31. Additional season November 1 through March 31. Barbless hooks required. All species: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead and whitefish. Trout: Daily limit three hatchery steelhead.
From the Tucannon Hatchery Bridge upstream to 500 feet above the Rainbow Lake intake: Closed waters.
From 500 feet above the Rainbow Lake intake to the Cow Camp Bridge: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Release steelhead.
From Cow Camp Bridge upstream: Closed waters.
Tucquala Lake (Kittitas County): The first Saturday in June
through October 31 season.
Tunnel Lake (Skamania County): Trout: No more than 2 trout
20 inches in length or greater may be retained.
Twin Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Twin Lake (Mason County): Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than
two over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Twin Lakes (Chelan County) and tributaries and outlet stream
to junction with the Napeequa River: Closed waters.
Twisp River (Okanogan County), from mouth to War Creek: The
first Saturday in June through August 15 season. Selective
gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all
fish. War Creek to South Fork Twisp River: Closed waters.
Tye River (King County): Foss River to Alpine Falls the first
Saturday in June through October 31 season: All species:
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches. Whitefish: Additional November 1
through last day in February season. Release all fish other
than whitefish. All tributaries to this section and their
tributaries: First Saturday in June through October 31
season.
From Alpine falls upstream including all tributaries:
((Trout: Minimum size ten inches.)) First Saturday in June
through October 31 season.
U Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through October
31 season.
Umtanum Creek (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.
Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor.
Uncle John Creek (Mason County): ((Closed waters.)) First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules. Trout: Release all trout.
Union Creek (Yakima County): From mouth upstream to falls
(approximately 1/4 mile): Closed waters.
Union River (Mason County)((:)) Mouth to North Shore Road
Bridge((.)): First Saturday in June through August 15 season.
All species: Release all fish ((except sturgeon)).
From North Shore Road Bridge to lower bridge on Old
Belfair Highway: The first Saturday in June through August 15
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
All species: Release all fish ((except sturgeon)).
From lower bridge on Old Belfair Highway upstream to
watershed boundary: First Saturday in June through October 31
season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
All species: Release all fish ((except sturgeon)).
((From watershed boundary to source, including all
tributaries: Closed waters.))
Upper Wheeler Reservoir (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Valley Creek (Clallam County): First Saturday in June through
October 31 season. 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)) reduced fee license or a designated harvester
card only. Trout: No more than two over 15 inches in length
may be retained per day. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules
apply. Pond Two: 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: All species:
Anti-snagging rule and night closure August 16 through
November 30. Game fish: Minimum length 14 inches. Salmon:
Open only September 1 through January 31. Daily limit 6 fish,
of which no more than 2 may be adult fish. 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)) falls under powerline upstream:
First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
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: The first Saturday in June 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 the first Saturday in June 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)) Wallace Falls: 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.
From Wallace Falls upstream: First Saturday in June through October 31 season.
Walla Walla River (Walla Walla County):
From mouth to the Touchet River: Year-round season. Trout: Barbless hooks required when fishing for steelhead. Trout: Release trout April 1 through May 31. Daily limit three hatchery steelhead. Channel catfish: No daily limit.
From the Touchet River upstream to state line: Trout: All tributaries except Mill Creek, maximum length twenty inches. Channel catfish: No daily limit. Additional season November 1 through March 31. All species: Barbless hooks required and release all fish except hatchery steelhead. Trout: Daily limit three hatchery steelhead.
Walupt Lake (Lewis County): Closed waters: All inlet
streams. 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. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Warden Lake and Warden Lake, South (Grant County): 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 Creek (Mason County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season.
Washington, Lake, including that portion of the Sammamish
River from the 68th Avenue N.E. Bridge downstream (King
County): Fishing from floating device prohibited one hundred
yards either side of the floating bridges. Chumming
permitted. 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)) less than fifteen inches in length
are kokanee while those fifteen inches and over in length are
sockeye salmon. Salmon: Open only September 16 through
October 31 north of Highway 520 Bridge and east of Montlake
Bridge. Daily limit four coho salmon.
Washington, Lake, Ship Canal (King County) (waters east of a
north-south line 400 feet west of the fish ladder at the
Chittenden Locks and west of a north-south line at the eastern
ends of the concrete abutments east of the Montlake Bridge):
West of Fremont Bridge: Fishing from floating device
prohibited. East of Fremont Bridge: Chumming permitted.
From west boundary to a north-south line 400 feet east of the eastern end of the northern wing wall of Chittenden Locks: Closed waters.
From 400 feet east of the eastern end of the northern wing wall of Chittenden Locks to the east boundary: Open year-round. Trout: December 1 through last day in February daily limit five, no minimum length. Release steelhead and rainbow trout over twenty inches in length. March 1 through June 30, daily limit five, minimum length twelve inches. Release steelhead and rainbow trout over twenty inches in length. July 1 through November 30, daily limit five, no minimum length. Kokanee/sockeye less than fifteen inches in length are kokanee and fifteen inches and over in length are sockeye salmon.
Washougal River (Clark County): Night closure year-round.
From mouth to bridge at Salmon Falls: The first Saturday in June through March 15 season. Anti-snagging rule and stationary gear restriction July 1 through October 31. When anti-snagging rule is in effect, only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained. Trout: Release all trout except up to 2 hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only August 1 through December 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum, wild coho, and wild jack Chinook. Upstream of Little Washougal River, release adult Chinook October 1 through November 30.
From mouth to Mt. Norway Bridge: Additional April 16 through the Friday before the first Saturday in June season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Release all trout except up to 2 hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
From bridge at Salmon Falls to its source, including tributaries: Closed waters.
Washougal River, West (North) Fork (Clark/Skamania counties):
From mouth to the water intake at the department hatchery: Closed waters.
From intake at department hatchery to source: The first Saturday in June through March 15 season. Trout: Release all trout except up to 2 hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
Watson Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout:
No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Waughop Lake (Pierce County): Salmon: Landlocked salmon
rules apply.
((Wenas Lake (Yakima County): Trout: Daily limit five, of
which not more than two may be brown trout.))
Wenaha River tributaries within Washington: The first
Saturday in June through August 31 season. Selective gear
rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with
an internal combustion motor. Trout: Release all steelhead.
Wenatchee Lake (Chelan County): Selective gear rules ((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 an internal combustion engine.
West Evans Pond (Asotin County): Trout: No more than 2 trout
over 13 inches in length may be retained.
West Twin River (Clallam County): ((Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.)) First Saturday in June through October 31
season. Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Whatcom Creek (Whatcom County):
From mouth to stone bridge at Whatcom Falls Park: The first Saturday in June through last day in February season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure August 1 through December 31. Closed waters: Woburn Street Bridge upstream to the stone bridge. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only August 1 through December 31 from mouth to markers below Dupont Street. Daily limit 6 fish of which not more than 2 may be adult salmon. Anglers fishing lawfully, within 50 yards of the Bellingham Technical College Hatchery Collection Tube, and on the hatchery side of the creek, that hook and land chum salmon, may remove those chum salmon from the water and immediately place them unharmed into the Hatchery Collection Tube.
From stone bridge at Whatcom Falls Park upstream to Lake Whatcom: Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Juveniles only. Anti-snagging rule and night closure August 1 through October 31. Trout: No minimum length.
Whatcom, Lake (Whatcom County): 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 Creek (Skagit County) (Sauk River tributary): First
Saturday in June through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules and release all fish.
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: October 1 through
October 31 all species: Fly fishing only and release all
fish. November 1 through last day in February. Selective
gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Anti-snagging rule and night closure ((November)) October 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. Anti-snagging rule and night closure. Trout: 14 inch minimum size.
From the Weyerhaeuser 6000 Road Bridge (Bridge Camp) to its source: July 1 through October 31 season. Anti-snagging rule and night closure October 1 through October 31. Selective gear rules and unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor July 1 through October 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Whitefish: Additional November 1 through January 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Whitechuck River (Snohomish County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Trout: Legal to retain Dolly
Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length
twenty inches.
White Salmon River (Klickitat/Skamania counties):
From mouth to powerhouse: Open year-round. Bank fishing only downstream from the Highway 14 Bridge. August 1 through December 31: Anti-snagging rule. 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 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 and wild jack Chinook. October 1 through December 31, release adult Chinook upstream of posted markers 0.5 miles 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 and wild jack Chinook. November 16 through December 31, release adult Chinook. Salmon and steelhead: Open April 1 through June 15, daily limit two fish, one or both of which may be salmon or hatchery steelhead. Release all fish except salmon or hatchery steelhead. Release wild Chinook.
From gas pipeline crossing above Northwestern Lake to Gilmer Creek: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Wide Hollow Creek (Yakima County): ((Trout: Daily limit
five, no minimum length.)) Juveniles only.
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. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Wilderness Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Wilkeson Creek (Pierce County) (South Prairie Creek tributary)
upstream of confluence with Gale Creek: First Saturday in
June through October 31 season.
Willame Lake (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length fifteen
inches.
Willapa River (Pacific County): Mouth to Highway 6 Bridge:
The first Saturday in June 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. Highway 6 Bridge to Fork Creek: The first
Saturday in June 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.
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 3 adult salmon, only one may be a
wild adult coho and no 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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. August 16 through October 31, anti-snagging rule and night closure. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
South Fork: The first Saturday in June through last day in February season. Selective gear rules and unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor the first Saturday in June through October 31. Anti-snagging rule and night closure August 16 through November 30. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Williams Creek (Pacific County): The first Saturday in June
through last day in February season. Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor. All 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): Juveniles only.
Winchester Wasteway (Grant County): Within Winchester Game
Reserve: February 1 through September 30 season.
Wind River (Skamania County):
Mouth to four hundred feet below Shipherd Falls: July 1
through March 15 season, except salmon and steelhead. ((May 1
through June 30: Anti-snagging rule and)) Night closure March
16 through June 30. August 1 through October 31:
Anti-snagging rule and night closure. When anti-snagging rule
is in effect, only fish hooked in the mouth may be retained. 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 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 and wild jack Chinook. Release
adult 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. Anti-snagging rule and night closure. When anti-snagging rule is in effect, only fish hooked in the mouth may be retained. 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. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish.
Winston Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis County):
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum
length ten inches.
Wishkah River (Grays Harbor County), including all forks:
Closed waters: From weir at Wishkah Rearing Ponds, downstream
200 feet. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Mouth to
mouth of the West Fork: The first Saturday in June 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
October 1 through December 31. October 1 through October 15,
daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon, and of the 2 adult salmon, only 1 may be an adult wild
coho. Release chum and adult Chinook. October 16 through
December 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may
be adult salmon. Release chum, wild coho, and adult Chinook.
From the mouth of the West Fork to two hundred feet below the weir at the Wishkah Rearing Ponds: The first Saturday in June through March 31 season. All species: March 1 through March 31, release all fish, except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day, and selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Salmon: Open October 1 through December 31. October 1 through October 15, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon, and of the adult salmon, only 1 may be an adult wild coho. Release chum and adult Chinook. October 16 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum, wild coho, and adult Chinook.
From the weir at the Wishkah Rearing Ponds upstream: Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Wolf Creek, mouth to mouth of south fork (Okanogan County):
Closed waters.
Woodard Creek (Thurston County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum length 14 inches.
Wood Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Woodland Creek (Thurston County): First Saturday in June
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.
Wooten Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Wye Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit 5, no more than two
over 14 inches in length may be retained, except no size
restriction for kokanee.
Wynoochee River (Grays Harbor County): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Mouth to 7400 line bridge above mouth of
Schafer Creek: The first Saturday in June 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. Release chum, wild coho, and adult Chinook.
7400 line bridge upstream: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Selective gear rules. Fishing from a floating device prohibited. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Wynoochee Reservoir (Grays Harbor County): The first Saturday
in June through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit two,
minimum length twelve inches. Salmon: Landlocked salmon
rules apply.
Yakima River (Yakima County): Release all steelhead in
mainstem and tributaries. Channel catfish: No daily limit.
From mouth to 400 feet below Prosser Dam: March 1 through October 22 season. Closed waters: From the WDFW white markers 200 feet downstream of the USBR Chandler Powerhouse/Pumping Station spillway chute to the powerline crossing immediately upstream of the powerhouse September 1 through October 22. Chumming permitted. Trout: Release all trout. Salmon: Open only September 1 through October 22. Daily limit 6 fish of which not more than 2 may be adult salmon. All species: Anti-snagging rule and night closure September 1 through October 22.
From Prosser Dam to Highway 223 Bridge: May 1 through October 31 season. Trout: Release all trout.
From mouth to Highway 223 Bridge: Bass: Bass 12 to 17 inches in length may be retained. No daily limit for bass, but not more than 3 bass greater than 15 inches in length may be retained.
From Highway 223 Bridge to 400 feet below Sunnyside Dam: Trout: Minimum length twelve inches and maximum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through October 22. Daily limit 6 fish of which not more than 2 may be adult salmon. All species: Anti-snagging rule and night closure September 1 through October 22. Additional season December 1 through last day in February - Whitefish gear rules apply.
From Sunnyside Dam to thirty-five hundred feet below Roza Dam: Closed waters: From Yakima Avenue-Terrace Heights Bridge upstream 400 feet. All species: Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches and maximum length twenty inches. Additional season December 1 through last day in February - Whitefish gear rules apply.
From thirty-five hundred feet below Roza Dam to Roza Dam December 1 through last day in February season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
From Roza Dam to four hundred feet below Easton Dam and from Lake Easton to the base of Keechelus Dam: Year-round season. Fishing from floating devices equipped with motors allowed only from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation restricted area signs at Roza Dam upstream to the boat launch ramp on the Roza Access Area (approximately one-half mile). Selective gear rules except bait and one single point barbed hook three-sixteenths or smaller point to shank may be used December 1 through last day in February. Unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor December 1 through the last day of February. Trout: From Roza Dam to 400 feet below Easton Dam: Release all trout. Lake Easton to the base of Keechelus Dam. Release all trout except eastern brook trout. Eastern brook trout: No daily limit and no minimum size.
Yakima Sportsmen's Park Ponds (Yakima County): Juveniles
only.
Yale Reservoir (Cowlitz County): Trout: Kokanee not counted
in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit sixteen.
Landlocked salmon rules.
Yellowhawk Creek (Walla Walla County): Closed waters.
Yellowjacket Creek (tributary to Cispus River) (Lewis County):
Selective gear rules. Unlawful to fish from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor. Trout: Minimum
length twelve inches.
((Yokum)) Yocum Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020. 09-15-035 (Order 09-133), § 232-28-619, filed 7/8/09, effective 8/8/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 09-06-042 (Order 09-27), § 232-28-619, filed 2/25/09, effective 5/1/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020. 08-15-002 (Order 08-165), § 232-28-619, filed 7/3/08, effective 8/3/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 08-07-003, § 232-28-619, filed 3/5/08, effective 4/5/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020. 07-16-056, § 232-28-619, filed 7/26/07, effective 8/26/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 07-05-051 (Order 07-22), § 232-28-619, filed 2/16/07, effective 3/19/07; 06-16-096 (Order 06-174), § 232-28-619, filed 7/31/06, effective 8/31/06; 06-09-021 (Order 06-67), § 232-28-619, filed 4/11/06, effective 5/12/06; 06-05-085 (Order 06-23), § 232-28-619, filed 2/14/06, effective 5/1/06; 05-17-007 (Order 05-168), § 232-28-619, filed 8/3/05, effective 9/3/05; 05-05-035 (Order 05-15), § 232-28-619, filed 2/10/05, effective 5/1/05; 05-03-005 (Order 05-03), § 232-28-619, filed 1/5/05, effective 2/5/05; 04-19-012 (Order 04-242), § 232-28-619, filed 9/2/04, effective 10/3/04; 04-16-046 (Order 04-189), § 232-28-619, filed 7/28/04, effective 8/28/04; 04-07-009 (Order 04-39), § 232-28-619, filed 3/4/04, effective 5/1/04; 03-16-110 (Order 03-181), § 232-28-619, filed 8/6/03, effective 9/6/03; 03-05-057 (Order 03-24), § 232-28-619, filed 2/14/03, effective 5/1/03; 02-20-082 (Order 02-249), § 232-28-619, filed 9/30/02, effective 10/31/02; 02-15-097 (Order 02-158), § 232-28-619, filed 7/16/02, effective 8/16/02; 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), § 232-28-619, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02; 01-14-001 (Order 01-107), § 232-28-619, filed 6/21/01, effective 7/22/01; 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 232-28-619, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-16-091 (Order 00-134), § 232-28-619, filed 7/31/00, effective 8/31/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 232-28-619, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00; 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 232-28-619, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99; 99-08-029 (Order 99-13), § 232-28-619, filed 3/30/99, effective 5/1/99; 98-15-081 (Order 98-122), § 232-28-619, filed 7/15/98, effective 8/15/98; 98-06-031, § 232-28-619, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 75.12.040. 97-18-035, § 232-28-619, filed 8/27/97, effective 9/27/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 97-07-076 (Order 97-50), § 232-28-619, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 96-11-079 (Order 96-45), § 232-28-619, filed 5/13/96, effective 6/13/96; 95-19-011 (Order 95-114), § 232-28-619, filed 9/7/95, effective 10/8/95; 95-10-027, § 232-28-619, filed 4/26/95, effective 5/27/95; 95-05-008 (Order 95-11), § 232-28-619, filed 2/1/95, effective 5/1/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.055 and 77.12.040. 93-21-070 (Order 617), § 232-28-619, filed 10/20/93, effective 4/16/94; 92-01-084 (Order 524), § 232-28-619, filed 12/16/91, effective 4/16/92.]