WSR 98-06-031

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[Filed February 26, 1998, 1:23 p.m., effective May 1, 1998]

Date of Adoption: January 23, 1998.

Purpose: Amend personal use rules.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-12-010, 220-12-020, 220-16-440, 220-20-010, 220-56,100, 220-56-105, 220-56-115, 220-56-128, 220-56-145, 220-56-180, 220-56-191, 220-56-240, 220-56-255, 220-56-265, 220-56-270, 220-56-275, 220-56-285, 220-56-295, 220-56-307, 220-56-310, 220-56-315, 220-56-320, 220-56-325, 220-56-330, 220-56-335, 220-56-350, 220-56-380, 220-56-385, 220-57-160, 220-57-175, 220-57-190, 220-57-235, 220-57-240, 220-57-290, 220-57-310, 220-57-319, 220-57-350, 220-57-455, 220-57-495, 232-12-011, 232-12-619, and 232-28-619.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.040 and 75.08.080.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 97-22-107 on November 5, 1997.

Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: WAC 220-16-470, WAC number changed to WAC 220-16-475; WAC 220-16-550, physical description of Octopus Hole Conservation Area clarified; WAC 220-16-590, physical description of Orchard Rocks Conservation Area clarified; WAC 220-16-700, physical description of City of Des Moines Park Conservation Area clarified; WAC 220-16-710, physical description of South 239th Street Park Conservation Area clarified; WAC 220-16-720, physical description of Brackett's Landing Shoreline Sanctuary Conservation Area clarified; WAC 220-20-010 (11)(a), now does not allow gaffing of ling cod, but does allow gaffing of dogfish; WAC 220-56-100(16), changed the term "selective fishery" to "selective gear rules"; WAC 220-56-116, proposal dropped; WAC 220-56-128, conversation areas closed to fishing for food fish include: Brackett's Landing, City of Des Moines Park, Octopus Hole, Orchard Rocks, and South 239th Street Park; WAC 220-56-145, changed to allow the retention of ling cod and halibut in filleted form after the fisher has brought the fish to shore and stopped fishing; WAC 220-56-191, dropped the 14" minimum size requirement for salmon. Added provision to allow salmon fishing year-round from the Hood Canal Bridge; WAC 220-56-255, halibut seasons in Puget Sound adjusted; WAC 220-56-270, wording change for clarity; WAC 220-56-307, conservation areas closed to fishing for shellfish include: Brackett's Landing, City of Des Moines Park, Octopus Hole, Orchard Rocks, and South 239th Street Park; WAC 220-56-310, coastal waters are excepted from the proposal; WAC 220-56-325, shrimp opening in District 1 changed to first Saturday in June; WAC 220-56-335, area border moved to the mouth of the Columbia River; WAC 220-56-350, beach seasons for clam harvest adjusted based on resource assessment; WAC 220-56-380, beach seasons for oyster harvest adjusted based on resource assessment; WAC 220-56-385, Pacific Ocean beaches added to proposal; WAC 220-57-175, clarification that the adult size for chinook salmon is 28" from Mill Creek to the barrier dam; WAC 220-57-190, selective fishery rules changed to selective gear rules; WAC 220-56-335 [220-57-235], 6" minimum size for crab retained in coastal waters, Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay; WAC 220-57-350 and 220-57-455, selective fishery rules changed to selective gear rules; WAC 232-12-011, Titlow Beach wildlife classified as protected; WAC 232-12-619, daily limit removed for bullfrogs. Steelhead in landlocked lakes - no catch record card or steelhead license required. Barbless hook proposal dropped; WAC 232-28-619, Battle Ground Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Icehouse Lake, Klineline Pond, Kress Lake, Little Ash and Tunnel lakes - trout: No more than 2 over 20". Deadman Creek proposal dropped. Shellrock Creek reference changed to Shellneck Creek. Selective fishery regulations changed to selective gear rules throughout. Wild steelhead release requirement removed throughout, replaced with wild steelhead retention in selected waters. Bumping River - single barbless hooks required during whitefish only season. Lake Chelan, Cle Elum Lake, Keechelus Lake, Kachess Lake, and Palmer Lake - maximum number of hooks on a burbot set line changed to 10. Chewuch Lake - area boundary is from the mouth to the Pasayten Wilderness boundary. Columbia River - from mouth to I-5 bridge - release all steelhead changed to release all trout. Daily limit for bullfrogs was dropped. Grande Ronde River - game fish season changed to June 1 - August 31. Additional season from September 1 - April 15 - barbless hooks required. Kettle River - additional season is from November 1 - May 31, for whitefish only. Methow River game fish season changed to June 1 - August 31. Mill Creek - barbless hooks required in steelhead fishery. Newaukum River - mouth to Taucher Road Bridge is on the Middle Fork. Okanogan River - closed to fishing for trout downstream of the bridge at Malott. Roosevelt Lake - Kettle arm boundary is the Barstow Bridge. Satsop River, West Fork boundary is Cougar-Smith Road. Dropped Skagit River catch and release season from the pipeline crossing to the Dalles Bridge. Dewatto, Dosewallips, Duckabush, Skokomish and Tahuya rivers, Goldsborough Creek and Marine Areas 12 and 13 - proposal dropped. Skykomish River - Deer Creek Falls changed to Deer Falls. Stillaguamish River - Dolly Varden/bull trout retention dropped. June 1 - November 30 only hatchery steelhead may be retained. Wild steelhead retention December 1 - last day of February. Suiattle River - catch and release season dropped. Touchet River - tributaries other than Wolf Fork are closed. Tucannon River - barbless hooks required. Twisp River - boundary is mouth to South Fork Twisp River. Walla Walla River - barbless hooks required. Yakima River - barbless hooks required in whitefish fishery. Hawk Creek and tributaries - year round season; and WAC 220-56-116, 220-16-480, 220-16-490, 220-16-500, 220-16-510, 220-16-520, 220-16-530, 220-16-540, 220-16-560, 220-16-570, 220-16-580, 220-16-600, 220-16-620, 220-16-630, 220-16-640, 220-16-650, 220-16-660, 220-16-670, 220-10, 220-16-690, 220-56-190 and 220-56-290, proposals dropped.

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 8, amended 43, 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.

Effective Date of Rule: May 1, 1998.

February 25, 1998

Lisa Pelly, Chair

Fish and Wildlife Commission

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 97-18-035, filed 8/27/97, effective 9/27/97)

WAC 232-28-619 Washington game fish--Exceptions to state-wide rules. (1) County freshwater exceptions to state-wide rules:

(a) Adams and Grant counties: All seasons in specific freshwater exceptions to state-wide 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 state-wide rules, all tributaries to Lake Roosevelt between Grand Coulee Dam and the State Highway 25 Bridge at Northport except Barnaby and Nancy creeks: Trout: Daily limit 5, no minimum size.

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

(2) Specific freshwater exceptions to state-wide rules:

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

Abernathy Creek (Cowlitz County):

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

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

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

Alder Creek (Cowlitz County): Closed waters.

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

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

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.

Alexander Lake (Kitsap County): Closed waters.

((Alkali Flat Creek (Whitman County): Year around season.))

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

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

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

American Lake (Pierce County): Chumming permitted.

American River (Yakima County)((, from mouth to Rainier Fork)): Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules.

((Alpowa Creek (Garfield County): Last Saturday in April through June 30 season.

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

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 ((fishery regulations)) gear rules and all species: Release all fish.

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 ((fishery regulations)) gear rules.

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

South Fork and tributaries: Closed waters.

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

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

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

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

Baker River (Skagit County): From the mouth to Baker River fish barrier dam: Closed waters June 1 through August 31.

Ballinger Lake (Snohomish County): Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length may be retained.

Barnaby Slough (Skagit County): Closed waters.

Battle Ground Lake (Clark County): ((Last Saturday in April through October 31 season.)) 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: ((June 1 through August 15 season.)) From the mouth to the falls (approximately 3/4 mile): Closed waters.

Bear Lake (Spokane County): Juveniles and holders of free licenses only.

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

Bearpaw Lake (Whatcom County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. Trout: Daily and possession limit one, minimum length eighteen inches.

Beaver Creek (Thurston County): Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.

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

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

Beaver Lake (King County): Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length may be retained.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Big Beaver Creek (Whatcom County):

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

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

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

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): Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length may be retained.

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

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

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

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

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

Black Lake (Okanogan County): Selective gear rules.

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

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

Black River (Thurston County), from mouth to Black Lake and including all tributaries west of Interstate Highway 5, including Waddell Creek, Mima Creek, ((Salmon Creek,)) Dempsey Creek: Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release wild cutthroat.

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

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

Blooms Ditch (Thurston County): Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release wild cutthroat.

Blue Creek (Lewis County), from mouth to Spencer Road: Closed waters.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bogachiel River (Clallam County), from mouth to National Park boundary: June 1 through April 30 season. December 1 through April 30, selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules from Highway 101 to National Park boundary. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. December 1 through April 30, mouth to Highway 101, ((not more than)) one wild steelhead per day((, and Highway 101 to National Park boundary, release wild steelhead)) may be retained.

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.

Boundary Creek (Clallam County): Closed waters.

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

Box Canyon Creek (Kittitas County), from mouth to bridge on USFS Road No. 4930: Closed waters.

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

Boyle Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. ((Selective fishery regulations. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length fourteen inches.)) The inlet and outlet streams to Boyle Lake are closed waters.

Bridges Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. ((Selective fishery regulations. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length fourteen inches.)) The inlet and outlet streams to Bridges Lake are closed waters.

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

Browns Lake and inlet streams (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.

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

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

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

Bumping River (Yakima County):

((From mouth to American River: Selective fishery regulations. Whitefish: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Release all fish other than whitefish.))

From mouth ((of American River)) to Bumping Reservoir: Lawful to fish to base of Bumping Dam. Selective gear rules June 1 through October 31. Whitefish: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Terminal gear limited to one single barbless hook. Release all fish other than whitefish.

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

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

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

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

Buttermilk Creek, including East and West Forks (Okanogan County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Maximum length twenty inches.

Cady Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Trout: Daily limit two.

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

Calawah River (Clallam County), from mouth to forks: June 1 through April 30 season. December 1 through April 30, selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules from Highway 101 to forks. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. December 1 through April 30, mouth to Highway 101, ((not more than)) one wild steelhead per day((, and Highway 101 to mouth of south fork, wild steelhead release)) may be retained.

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

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

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

From mouth to Calispell Lake: Year around season.

From Calispell Lake upstream to source: Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules.

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

Campbell Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.

Campbell Lake (Okanogan County): September 1 through March 31 season.

Campbell Lake (Skagit County): Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length may be retained.

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

Canyon Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.

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

Capitol Lake (Thurston County), from its outlet to a point four hundred feet below the lowest Tumwater Falls (Deschutes River) fish ladder: Closed waters: Percival Cove, west of a set of markers on the western shoreline of the south basin of Capitol Lake. June 1 through July 31 season. Trout: Daily limit five, minimum length eight inches. Additional August 1 through March 31 season. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length fourteen inches.

Carbon River (Pierce County), from its mouth to the Highway 162 Bridge: June 1 through January 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Wild steelhead may be retained December 1 through January 31. Additional February 1 through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. ((Release wild steelhead.))

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

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 October 31 seasons. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.

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

From the mouth to the Rockport-Cascade Road Bridge: October 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout, minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of the trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches. Wild steelhead may be retained December 1 through last day in February.

Cases Pond (Pacific County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Juveniles only.

Cashmere Pond (Chelan County): Juveniles only.

Cassidy Lake (Snohomish County): Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length may be retained.

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

Cattail Lake (Grant County): March 1 through March 31 and September 1 through September 30 seasons.

Cavanaugh Lake (Skagit County): Chumming permitted.

Cedar Creek (tributary of N.F. Lewis) (Clark County), from mouth to junction of Chelatchie Creek: June 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release ((wild steelhead)) wild cutthroat.

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

Cedar Creek (Okanogan County), from mouth to Cedar Falls: Selective gear rules. Trout: Maximum length twenty inches.

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

Cedar River (King County): Closed waters.

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

Chaplain Lake (Snohomish County): Closed waters.

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

Chehalis River (Grays Harbor County), from Union Pacific Railroad Bridge in Aberdeen to high bridge on Weyerhaeuser 1000 line (approximately 400 yards downstream from Roger Creek): June 1 through April 15 season. Trout: Minimum length ((fourteen)) twelve inches. Release wild cutthroat ((and wild steelhead)).

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

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 Lake (Chelan County): Year around season except closed April 1 through June 30 north of a line between Purple Point at Stehekin and Painted Rocks and April 1 through June 30 within 400 feet of the mouths of all tributaries north of Fields Point. Trout except kokanee: Daily limit two except south of Fields Point May 15 through September 30 daily limit 5, not more than two of which may be over 15 inches in length. Trout except kokanee minimum length 15 inches except south of Fields Point minimum length 8 inches May 15 through September 30. Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit five, no minimum length. Salmon: Minimum length 15 inches. Burbot: ((One)) Set line ((per angler, no maximum number of hooks; set lines must be identified with fisher's name and address)) gear allowed.

Chelan Lake Tributaries (Chelan County), from mouths upstream one mile except Stehekin River: July 1 through October 31 season. Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules.

Chelan River (Chelan County): Year around season. Selective gear rules. Trout, minimum length twelve inches, maximum length twenty inches.

Chewelah Creek, forks and tributaries (Stevens County): Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules.

Chewuch River (Chewack River) (Okanogan County), from mouth to ((Lake Creek)) Pasayten Wilderness boundary: Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. Trout((,)): Minimum length twelve inches, maximum length twenty inches. Whitefish: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Release all fish except whitefish.

Chimacum Creek (Jefferson County):

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

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

Chiwaukum Creek (Chelan County), from mouth to South Fork: Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules.

Chiwawa River (Chelan County)((, from mouth to Rock Creek)): Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. Trout: Maximum length twenty inches.

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

Cispus River (Lewis County), from mouth to North Fork: Trout: Additional season November 1 through May 31, steelhead only. Release ((wild steelhead and)) all fish other than steelhead.

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

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

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

Clara Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April 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 all species: Release all fish.

Clear Lake (Pierce County): Chumming permitted.

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

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

Clearwater River (Jefferson County):

From mouth to Snahapish River: June 1 through April 15 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. December 1 through April 15, ((not more than)) one wild steelhead per day may be retained.

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

Cle Elum Lake (Reservoir) (Kittitas County): Trout except kokanee: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches. Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit sixteen, no minimum size. Burbot: ((One)) Set line ((per angler, no maximum number of hooks; set lines must be identified with fisher's name and address)) gear allowed.

Cle Elum River (Kittitas County), from mouth to Cle Elum Dam: Lawful to fish to base of Cle Elum Dam. Selective gear rules. Whitefish: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Release all fish except whitefish. Terminal gear restricted to one single barbless hook.

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

Cloquallum Creek (Grays Harbor County):

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

From mouth to Highway 8 Bridge: Additional March 1 through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release wild cutthroat.

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

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

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

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

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

Coffee Pot Lake (Lincoln County): March 1 through August 31 season. Selective gear rules except motors allowed. Trout: Daily limit two. Bass: Daily limit two, maximum length fourteen inches. Crappie: Daily limit ten.

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

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

Colville River (Stevens County):

From mouth to bridge at Town of Valley: Year around season. Trout: Daily limit five fish, not more than two of which may be brown trout October 1 through November 30. Walleye: No minimum size. Daily limit eight fish not more than one of which may be longer than 20 inches. Release walleye 16 to 20 inches in length.

From bridge at Valley upstream and tributaries: Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules.

Columbia Park ((Pond)) Lagoon (Benton County): Juveniles and licensed adults accompanied by a juvenile only.

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: Daily limit five fish, not more than three of which may be over 15 inches. Trout: Daily limit two fish, minimum length 12 inches, except release all Dolly Varden/Bull Trout. Walleye: Daily limit five fish of which not more than one may be over 24 inches, minimum length 18 inches. Whitefish: Daily limit 15 fish. All other gamefish: No daily limit, except release all grass carp. ((Bullfrog: Daily limit 10 frogs.))

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

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

From a true north-south line through Buoy 10 to the Megler-Astoria Bridge: ((Trout: Wild steelhead release. Release all steelhead April 1 through July 31.)) Trout: Release wild cutthroat. Release all trout April 1 through July 31. Fishing from the north jetty is allowed during salmon season openings.

From the Megler-Astoria Bridge to the I-5 Bridge: Closed waters: September 1 through September 30 at mouth of Abernathy Creek from the Washington shore to a line between Abernathy Point light and a boundary marker east of the mouth of Abernathy Creek. Trout: Release ((wild steelhead and)) wild cutthroat. Release all ((steelhead)) trout April 1 through May 15.

From the I-5 Bridge to the Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco, including Drano Lake: Closed waters: (1) From the upstream line of Bonneville Dam to boundary markers located six hundred feet below the fish ladder. (2) Waters from the upstream side of the Interstate Bridge at The Dalles to upper line of The Dalles Dam except that bank fishing is permitted up to four hundred feet below the fishway entrance 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. Trout: ((Release wild steelhead.)) Release wild cutthroat from I-5 Bridge to Bonneville Dam. Release all trout ((March 16)) April 1 through June 15.

From the Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco to the old Hanford townsite (wooden towers) powerline crossing, in Sec. 30, T13N, R28E: Closed waters: Ringold Springs Creek (Hatchery Creek). Trout: Release ((wild steelhead)) all trout, except May 1 through August 15 in those waters from the Ringold Hatchery from WDFW markers 1/4 mile downstream from the Ringold wasteway outlet to WDFW markers 1/2 mile upstream from Spring Creek when fishing from the bank on the hatchery side of the river.

From the old Hanford townsite (wooden towers) powerline crossing in Sec. 30, T13N, R28E, to Vernita Bridge, (Highway 24): All species: ((June 16)) February 1 through October 22 season. Trout: Release ((wild steelhead)) all trout.

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. All species: June 1 through March 31 season. Trout: Release ((wild steelhead)) all trout.

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 boat fishing from the boundary marker to the Corps of Engineers safety zone marker. Trout: Release ((wild steelhead)) all trout.

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

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.

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

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

((Coppei Creek (Walla Walla County): Last Saturday in April through June 30 season.))

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

((Cottonwood Creek (Asotin County): Trout: Release all steelhead.))

Cottonwood Creek (Lincoln County): Year around season.

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

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

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

County Line Ponds (Skagit County): Closed waters.

Cow Lake (Adams County): ((Channel catfish: Daily limit, five.)) Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length may be retained.

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

Cowiche Creek (Yakima County): Selective gear rules.

Cowlitz Falls Reservoir (Lake Scanewa) (Lewis County): June 1 through last day in February season. The upstream boundary of the reservoir in the Cowlitz arm is the posted PUD sign on Peters Road. The upstream boundary of the reservoir in the Cispus arm is the posted markers at the Lewis County PUD kayak launch, approximately 1.5 miles upstream from the confluence of the Cowlitz and Cispus arms. Trout: Daily limit five, minimum length eight inches.

Cowlitz River (Lewis County):

From mouth to Mayfield Dam: Year around season. Lawful to fish up to four hundred feet or the posted deadline at barrier dam. From the barrier dam downstream to a line from the mouth of Mill Creek to a boundary marker on the opposite shore, it is unlawful to fish from any floating device. All species: 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 ((and wild steelhead)). Below Barrier Dam release all steelhead missing right ventral fin.

From Mayfield Dam to mouth of Muddy Fork: Year around season. ((Release wild steelhead.))

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

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

Crab Creek (Adams/Grant counties):

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

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

Crab Creek (Lincoln County) and tributaries: Year around season.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Curl Lake (Columbia County): June 1 through October 31 season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.

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

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

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

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

Davis Lake (Okanogan County): September 1 through March 31 season

Dayton Pond (Columbia County): Juveniles only.

((Deadman Creek (Garfield County): Year around season.))

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

De Coursey Pond (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Juveniles only.

Deep Creek (Clallam County): Closed waters.

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

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

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

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

Deep River (Wahkiakum County): Year around season. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Wild steelhead may be retained December 1 through May 31.

Deer Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.

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

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

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): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Trout: No more than two over twenty inches in length may be retained.

Dempsey Creek (Thurston County): Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.

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

Deschutes River (Thurston County), from old U.S. Highway 99 Bridge near Tumwater to ((Vail Road Bridge one mile southwest of Lawrence Lake)) Henderson Boulevard Bridge near Pioneer Park, except waters from Old Highway 99 Bridge to four hundred feet below lowest Tumwater Falls fish ladder are closed waters: June 1 through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

From Henderson Boulevard Bridge upstream: June 1 through March 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish except trout greater than twenty inches in length.

Desire Lake (King County): Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length may be retained.

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

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

Dewatto River (Mason County): Trout, minimum length twelve inches. Wild cutthroat release.

From mouth to bridge on Bear Creek-Dewatto Road, additional November 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release ((wild steelhead and)) wild cutthroat.

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

Dickey River (includes all forks) (Clallam County): June 1 through April 30 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. December 1 through April 30, ((not more than)) one wild steelhead per day may be retained.

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

Dosewallips River (Jefferson County), from mouth to Olympic National Park boundary about three-quarters mile downstream of falls: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release ((wild steelhead and)) wild cutthroat.

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

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

((Dry Creek (Walla Walla County): Last Saturday in April through June 30 season.))

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

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

Duckabush River (Jefferson County), from mouth to the Olympic National Park Boundary: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release ((wild steelhead and)) wild cutthroat.

Dungeness River (Clallam County):

From mouth to junction of Gray Wolf and Dungeness River, October 16 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. ((Release wild steelhead.))

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

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

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

((Eagle Lakes, Big and Little (King County): Closed waters.))

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

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.

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

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

Elk River (Grays Harbor County), from the Highway 105 Bridge upstream: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release wild cutthroat.

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

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

Elochoman River (Wahkiakum County): Closed waters: Waters from 100 feet above the upper hatchery rack downstream to the Elochoman Hatchery Bridge located 400 feet below the upper hatchery rack; waters from a point 50 feet above to 100 feet below the outlet pipes from the most downstream Elochoman Hatchery rearing pond and extending 30 feet out from the south bank of the river; waters between the department of fish and wildlife temporary rack downstream to Foster (Risk) Road Bridge while rack is installed in the river; ((waters from the Beaver Creek Bridge to 200 feet below the weir at Beaver Creek Hatchery;)) mainstem waters from the confluence of the west fork to source.

From mouth to West Fork: June 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Daily limit five, minimum length twelve inches, no more than two over twenty inches. Release ((wild steelhead and)) wild cutthroat.

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

From mouth to two hundred feet below the south spillway on the Aldwell Lake Dam: June 1 through last day in February season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. ((Release wild steelhead.))

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

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

Enchantment Park Ponds (Chelan County): Juveniles only.

Entiat River (Chelan County), from mouth to ((Fox Creek)) Entiat Falls: June 1 through ((March)) August 31 season. Selective ((fishery regulations June 1 through November 30)) gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches, maximum length twenty inches. ((Release wild steelhead.)) Whitefish: Additional season December 1 through March 31. Release all fish except whitefish. Selective gear rules.

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

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

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. Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length may be retained.

((Findley Lake (King County): Closed waters.))

Finnel Lake (Adams County): ((Channel catfish: Daily limit five.)) Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length may be retained.

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

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

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

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

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

Fisher Slough (Snohomish County):

From mouth to Highway 530 Bridge: Year around season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Wild steelhead may be retained December 1 through last day in February.

Upstream from Highway 530 Bridge: ((June 1 through October 31 season.)) Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

Fishhook Pond (Walla Walla County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.

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

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

Flowing Lake (Snohomish County): Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length may be retained.

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

Fort Borst Park Lake (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April through last day in February season. Juveniles only.

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

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

Franz Lake (Skamania County): Closed waters.

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

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

Gadwall Lake (Grant County): March 1 through March 31 and September 1 through September 30 seasons.

Garfield Juvenile Pond (Whitman County): Juveniles only.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gold Creek (Okanogan County): From mouth to Foggy Dew Creek: Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules.

Goldsborough Creek (Mason County): June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release ((wild steelhead and)) wild cutthroat.

Goodman Creek (Jefferson County) outside Olympic National Park: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout, minimum length fourteen inches. December 1 through last day in February((, not more than)) one wild steelhead per day may be retained.

Goodwin Lake (Snohomish County): Chumming permitted. Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length may be retained.

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

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

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

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

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

Grande Ronde River (Asotin County):

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

From County Road Bridge upstream to Oregon state line and all tributaries: June 1 through ((April 15)) August 31 season. Selective ((fishery regulations June 1 through August 31)) gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. ((Release wild steelhead September 1 through April 15.)) Additional season September 1 through April 15: Barbless hooks required. All tributaries: Closed waters. All species: Release all fish except steelhead with a missing adipose fin and a healed scar at the fin site.

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

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

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

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

Grays River (Wahkiakum County), from mouth to mouth of South Fork: ((September)) January 1 through March 15 season. All species: Release all fish except steelhead without an adipose fin and healed scar at the fin site. Trout: Minimum length twenty inches. ((Release wild steelhead.))

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

Grays River, West Fork (Wahkiakum County), downstream from Hatchery ((trap site)) Road Bridge: June 1 - August 31 season. Trout: Additional January 1 through March 15 season downstream from Hatchery Road Bridge. Release all fish other than trout and all trout less than twenty inches in length.

Green Lake and Green Lake, Lower (Okanogan County): December 1 through March 31 season.

Green (Duwamish) River (King County):

From the First Avenue Bridge to Tacoma Headworks Dam: June 1 through last day in February season, except waters from the Auburn-Black Diamond Bridge downstream to the 8th St. N.E. Bridge in Auburn are closed September 1 through October 15 and waters from the Auburn-Black Diamond Bridge downstream to the Highway 18 Bridge are closed September 1 through October 31. Fishing from any floating device prohibited November 1 through last day in February. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Wild steelhead may be retained July 1 through ((November 30)) the last day in February.

From the SR 167 Freeway Bridge to the Tacoma Headworks Dam: Additional March 1 through March 15 season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout, minimum length fourteen inches. ((Release wild steelhead.))

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

From mouth to 2800 Bridge: June 1 through November 30 season except closed from the water intake at the upper end of the hatchery grounds downstream to a point 1500 feet below the salmon hatchery rack during the period September 1 through November 30. All species: Release all fish except steelhead. Trout: Minimum length twenty inches.

From 2800 Bridge to source: Closed waters.

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

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

Grizzly Lake (Skamania County): Closed waters.

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

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

Hallin Lake (Adams County): ((Channel catfish: Daily limit five.)) Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length may be retained.

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

Hamma Hamma River (Mason County):

From mouth to four hundred feet below falls: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. ((Release wild steelhead.

From falls to mouth of Boulder Creek: Trout: Daily limit five, no minimum length.))

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

Hampton Lakes, Lower and Upper (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.

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

Harrison Pond (Skagit County): Closed waters.

Hart Lake (Pierce County): Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length may be retained.

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 ((fishery regulations)) gear rules.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Headgate Pond (Asotin County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Juveniles and holders of free licenses only.

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

Heins Lake (Kitsap County): Closed waters.

Hemlock Lake (Trout Creek Reservoir) (Skamania County): June 1 through October 31 season. Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length fourteen inches. ((Release wild steelhead.))

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

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

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

Hoh River (Jefferson County), from mouth to mouth of South Fork: June 1 through April 15 season. December 1 through April 15, from Highway 101 to mouth of south fork, selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. December 1 through April 15, from mouth to Highway 101 ((not more than)) one wild steelhead per day((, and from Highway 101 to mouth of south fork, wild steelhead release)) may be retained.

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

Hoko River (Clallam County): Trout, minimum length fourteen inches. Release wild cutthroat upstream from upper Hoko Bridge (cement bridge on Lake Ozette Highway).

From mouth to ((cement bridge on Lake Ozette Highway ())upper Hoko Bridge(())): Additional November 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Wild steelhead may be retained December 1 through March 15.

From upper Hoko Bridge to Ellis Creek Bridge (river mile 18.5): Additional November 1 through March 31 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. ((All species)) Trout: Release ((all fish)) wild cutthroat.

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

Hoquiam River, including all forks (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release wild cutthroat.

Horseshoe Lake (Clark/Cowlitz counties): ((Last Saturday in April through last day in February season.)) Trout: No more than 2 trout 20 inches or greater in length may be retained.

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

Horseshoe Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season.

Horseshoe Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Chumming permitted. 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): March 1 through March 31 and September 1 through September 30 seasons.

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

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

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

Huff Lake (Pend Oreille County): Closed waters.

Humptulips River (Grays Harbor County), from mouth to forks: June 1 through ((April 30)) March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

Humptulips River, East Fork (Grays Harbor County), from mouth to concrete bridge on Forest Service Road between Humptulips Guard Station and Grisdale: ((June 1 through April 30 season.)) Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

Humptulips River, West Fork (Grays Harbor County)((, from)): Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Mouth to ((bridge on Forest Service Road # 2204 (about one-half mile above the mouth of Chester Creek))) Donkey Creek Road Bridge: ((June 1)) Additional November 1 through ((April 30)) March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

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

I-82 Ponds, 1 and 2 (Yakima County): Walleye: Unlawful to retain walleye.

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

Icehouse Lake (Skamania County): ((Last Saturday in April through last day in February season.)) 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: ((June 1 through March 31 season.)) Selective gear rules. Trout((,)): Minimum length twelve inches, maximum length twenty inches. ((Release wild steelhead.)) From Rock Island Bridge upstream to Leland Creek: Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules.

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

Indian Creek (Yakima County): Closed waters.

((Indian Dan Pond (Okanogan County): July 1 through October 31 season.))

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

Issaquah Creek (King County): Closed waters.

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

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

Jefferson Park Pond (Walla Walla County): ((Last Saturday in April through October 31 season.)) Juveniles only.

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.

John's Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.

Johns River, including North and South Forks (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release wild cutthroat.

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

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

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

Kachess Lake (Reservoir) (Kittitas County): Chumming permitted. Trout except kokanee: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches. Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit sixteen. Burbot: ((One)) Set line ((per angler, no maximum number of hooks; set lines must be identified with fisher's name and address)) gear allowed.

Kachess River (Kittitas County): Lawful to fish to base of Kachess Dam. Selective gear rules. From Kachess Lake (Reservoir) upstream to Mineral Creek: Closed waters.

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

Kalama River (Cowlitz County): Trout, minimum length 14 inches. Release wild cutthroat ((and wild steelhead)).

From mouth upstream to one thousand feet below fishway at upper salmon hatchery: Year around season except during the period the temporary fish rack is installed. Waters from two hundred feet above to one thousand five hundred feet below the rack are closed waters. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited upstream of Modrow Bridge. Fly fishing only from the pipeline crossing to the posted deadline at the intake to the lower salmon hatchery. September 1 through October 31.

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 around season. Selective gear rules.

From Summers Creek upstream to the 6420 Road at about one mile above the gate at the end of the county road: June 1 through March 31 season. Fly fishing only.

From 6420 Road to Kalama Falls: Closed waters.

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

Kapowsin Lake (Pierce County): Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length may be retained.

Kathleen Lake (King County): Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length may be retained.

Keechelus Lake (Reservoir) (Kittitas County): Chumming permitted. Trout except kokanee: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches, additionally up to sixteen kokanee may be retained. Burbot: ((One)) Set line ((per angler, no maximum number of hooks; set lines must be identified with fisher's name and address)) gear allowed.

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

Kennedy Creek (Thurston County), from mouth to four hundred feet below falls: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. ((Release wild steelhead.))

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

Kettle River (Stevens County):

June 1 through October 31 season. Trout: Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules, minimum length 12 inches. ((Walleye: No minimum size. Daily limit 8 fish not more than one of which may be longer than 20 inches. Release walleye 16 to 20 inches in length.))

Additional season: November 1 through ((March)) May 31. All species except ((walleye and)) whitefish: Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules and release all fish. ((Walleye: No minimum size. Daily limit 8 fish not more than one of which may be longer than 20 inches. Release walleye 16 to 20 inches in length.)) Whitefish: Single hook only.

((Additional season: April 1 through May 31. All species except whitefish: Selective fishery regulations and release all fish. Whitefish: Single hook only.))

Ki Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length may be retained.

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

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

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

Kings Lake Bog (King County): Closed waters.

Klaus Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season, except the inlet and outlet to first Weyerhaeuser spur are closed waters. ((Selective fishery regulations. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length fourteen inches.))

Klickitat River (Klickitat County):

From mouth to Fisher Hill Bridge: June 1 through November 30 season. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.

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. Whitefish: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Release all fish except whitefish.

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

Klineline Ponds (Clark County): ((Last Saturday in April through last day in February season.)) 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 ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. All species: Release all fish.

Kress Lake (Cowlitz County): ((Last Saturday in April through last day in February season.)) 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. Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over eighteen inches in length may be retained.

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

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

Lake Creek, ((upstream from Pasayten Wilderness boundary)) mouth to Three Prong Creek (Okanogan County): ((June 1 through August 31 season.)) Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. Trout: Maximum length twenty inches.

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

Latah (Hangman) Creek (Spokane County): Year around season.

Lawrence Lake (Thurston County): Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length may be retained.

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

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 two over twelve inches in length.

Lemna Lake (Grant County): March 1 through March 31 and September 1 through September 30 seasons.

Lenice Lake (Grant County): March 1 through October 31 season. Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.

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

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

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

Lewis River (Clark County), from mouth to forks: Year around season. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release ((wild steelhead and)) wild cutthroat.

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

From mouth to Johnson Creek: Year around season. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release wild ((steelhead and wild)) cutthroat.

From Johnson Creek to Colvin Creek: June 16 through April 30 season except those waters shoreward of the cable buoy and corkline at the mouth of the Lewis River Salmon Hatchery fish ladder are closed waters. Fishing from any floating device prohibited August 16 through October 15. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release ((wild steelhead and)) wild cutthroat.

From mouth of Colvin Creek to overhead powerlines at Merwin Dam: December 16 through September 30 season. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release ((wild steelhead and)) wild cutthroat.

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 and old Lewis River streambed between Swift No. 1 powerhouse and Swift No. 2 powerhouse: Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.

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

Lewis River, East Fork (south) (Clark/Skamania counties): Closed waters: From the posted markers four hundred feet below 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 to one hundred feet above Sunset Falls. ((Trout: Release wild steelhead.))

From mouth to four hundred feet below Horseshoe Falls: June 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

From one hundred feet above Sunset Falls to source: June 1 through December 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

Mouth to posted markers at top boat ramp at Lewisville Park: Trout: Additional April 16 through May 31 season. Release all fish other than steelhead with a missing adipose fin and a healed scar at the fin site.

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

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

Lincoln Pond (Clallam County): Juveniles only.

Little Ash Lake (Skamania County): ((Last Saturday in April through last day in February season.)) Trout: No more than 2 trout 20 inches in length or greater may be retained.

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

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

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

Little Naches River (Yakima County)((, Pileup Creek to Road 1913 Bridge)): Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules.

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

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

Little Spokane River (Spokane County):

From mouth to SR 291 Bridge: Year around season.

From SR 291 Bridge upstream to the West Branch: April 30 through October 31 season. Whitefish: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Release all fish except whitefish.

Little Twin Lake (Okanogan County): December 1 through March 31 season.

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: Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. Trout: Maximum length twenty inches.

Little White Salmon River (Skamania County): Closed waters: From markers at federal fish hatchery a distance of one thousand five hundred feet upstream to fishway. Trout: Daily limit five.

((Loma Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season.))

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 (Kitsap County): Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length may be retained.

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

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

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

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

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

Loomis Pond (Grays Harbor County): Closed waters.

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

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

Lost River (Okanogan County):

From one-quarter mile above bridge to mouth of Monument Creek: Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches, maximum length twenty inches.

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

Love Lake (Clark County): Closed waters.

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

Lucas Slough (Skagit County): Closed waters.

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

Lyons Park Pond (at College Place) (Walla Walla County): ((Last Saturday in April through October 31 season.)) Juveniles only.

Lyre River (Clallam County):

From mouth to falls near river mile 3: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. ((Release wild steelhead.))

From falls to source: ((Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.)) Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.

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

Maggie Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season.

Marie Lake (Hampton Sloughs) (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.

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.

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

McAllister Creek (Thurston County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

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

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

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

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

McLane Creek (Thurston County), from the south bridge on Highway 101 upstream: Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

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

McMurray Lake (Skagit County): Last Saturday in April through October 31.

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

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

Melaney Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.

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

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

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

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

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

Merry Lake (Grant County): March 1 through October 31 season. Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.

Methow River (Okanogan County):

From mouth upstream to ((second powerline crossing (approximately 1 mile))) the falls above Brush Creek: June 1 through ((March)) August 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches, maximum length twenty inches. ((Release wild steelhead.

From second powerline crossing to mouth of Lost River: Selective fishery regulations June 1 through September 30. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release wild steelhead.)) Whitefish: Additional season December 1 through March 31. Release all fish except whitefish. Selective gear rules.

Methow River tributaries except Chewuck, Lost and Twisp Rivers: Selective gear rules. Trout: Maximum length twenty inches.

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

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

Mill Creek (Chelan County): Closed waters.

Mill Creek (Cowlitz County)((, from mouth to forks (approximately one mile))): ((June 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release wild steelhead and wild cutthroat. Release all steelhead June 1 through October 31.)) Closed waters.

Mill Creek (Mason County): June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. ((Release wild steelhead.))

Mill Creek (Walla Walla County):

From mouth to 9th St. Bridge: June 1 through April 15 season. All species: Barbless hooks required and release all fish except steelhead with a missing adipose fin and a healed scar at the fin site September 1 through April 15. ((Trout: Release wild steelhead.))

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

From Roosevelt St. Bridge to Bennington Lake flood diversion dam: Trout: Daily limit five.

From Bennington Lake flood diversion dam upstream, including all tributaries: ((June 1 through October 31 season.)) All tributaries: Closed waters. Selective gear rules. Trout: Maximum length twenty inches.

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

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

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

Mima Creek (Thurston County): Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.

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 ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.

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

Minter Creek (Pierce/Kitsap counties): Closed waters: Area from department intake dam downstream to mouth. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moses Lake (Grant County): Crappie: Daily limit five, only crappie more than ten inches in length may be retained. Bluegill: Daily limit five, only bluegill more than eight inches in length may be retained.

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

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

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

Mud Lake (Yakima County): Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. Trout: Daily limit two.

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

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

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

Myron Lake (Yakima County): Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. Trout: Daily limit two.

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

Naches River (Yakima/Kittitas counties):

From the mouth to ((Rattlesnake Creek)) Little Naches River: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches, maximum length twenty inches. Whitefish: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Release all fish except whitefish. Terminal gear restricted to one single barbless hook.

From ((Rattlesnake Creek to)) Little Naches River upstream: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches, maximum length twenty inches. ((Whitefish: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Release all fish except whitefish.))

Naneum Creek (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.

Naneum Pond (Kittitas County): Juveniles only.

Naselle River (Pacific/Wahkiakum counties), from Highway 101 Bridge upstream including all forks: Closed waters: Area from four hundred feet below falls in Sec. 6, T10N, R8W (Wahkiakum County) to falls, and September 1 through January 31, waters within four hundred feet both upstream and downstream of the entrance to the Naselle Salmon Hatchery. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

From Highway 101 Bridge to mouth of North Fork: Additional November 1 through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

South Fork, from mouth to Bean Creek: Additional November 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

Nason Creek (Chelan County): Selective gear rules. From the ((Kahler Creek Bridge (near Coles Corner))) mouth upstream to ((Stevens Creek)) the downstream end of the Cascade Tunnel: ((Selective fishery regulations.)) Trout: Maximum length twenty inches.

From the downstream end of the Cascade Tunnel upstream to Smith Brook: Closed waters.

From Smith Brook to Stevens Creek: Selective gear rules.

Nason Creek Fish Pond (Chelan County): Juveniles and disabled persons only.

Negro Creek (Lincoln County): ((June 16 through March 31)) Year-round season from mouth at Sprague Lake to town of Sprague.

Negro Creek (Whitman County): Last Saturday in April through July 15 season.

Nemah River, North, Middle, and South: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

Newhalem Ponds (Whatcom County): Closed waters.

((New Mire Creek (tributary of Lake Sawyer) (King County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Juveniles only.))

Newaukum River, main river((, Middle Fork)) and South Fork (Lewis County): June 1 through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches mouth to Highway 508 Bridge near Kearny Creek. ((Release wild steelhead.))

Newaukum River, Middle Fork, mouth to Taucher Road Bridge (Lewis County): June 1 to March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

Newaukum River, North Fork (Lewis County):

From mouth to four hundred feet below Chehalis city water intake: June 1 through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. ((Release wild steelhead.))

From Chehalis city water intake upstream: Closed waters.

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

Nisqually River (Pierce County), from mouth to four hundred feet below LaGrande Powerhouse: June 1 through November 30 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

Nooksack River (Whatcom County), from mouth to forks, Middle Fork to Dam and North Fork to Nooksack Falls: June 1 through March 15 season. Fishing from floating devices equipped with motors prohibited on the North and Middle Forks November 1 through March 15. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. ((Release wild steelhead.))

Nooksack River, South Fork (Skagit/Whatcom counties):

((From its mouth to source: During all open periods: Selective fishery regulations. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Release wild steelhead.))

From mouth to Skookum Creek: June 1 through March 15 season. ((Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited November 1 through March 15.)) Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

From Skookum Creek upstream: ((Trout: Release all steelhead June 1 through September 30.)) Closed waters.

No Name Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season.

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

North Elton Ponds (Yakima County): December 1 through March 31 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited. Trout: Daily limit two.

North Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season.

North Potholes Reserve Ponds (Grant County): February 1 through ((October 10)) 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: Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

From Highway 105 Bridge to Falls River: Additional November 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

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 October 31 season. Closed waters: Outlet stream of Nunnally Lake. Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.

((Oak Creek (Yakima County): Trout: Daily limit five, no minimum length.))

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 ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.

Ohop Lake (Pierce County): Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length may be retained.

Okanogan River (Okanogan County):

From the mouth to the highway bridge at Malott: Year around season. Trout: Release all trout. Selective gear rules. Trout: Maximum length twenty inches.

Closed waters: From the highway bridge at Malott upstream: From Zosel Dam downstream to one-quarter mile below the railroad trestle. ((Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Release wild steelhead.))

Old Fishing Hole Pond (Kent) (King County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Juveniles only.

Olequa Creek (Lewis County): June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. ((Release wild steelhead.))

Osborne Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season.

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

Owens Pond (Pacific County): June 1 through October 31 season.

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

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 ((fishery regulations)) gear rules. Trout: Daily limit five, minimum length ten inches.

Padden Lake (Whatcom County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.

Palix River, including all forks (Pacific County): June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

Palouse River and tributaries (Whitman County): Year around season.

Palmer Lake (Okanogan County): Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length may be retained. Burbot: ((A single set line per fisher with unlimited hooks may be used for burbot, provided the set line is clearly identified with the fisher's name and address.)) Set line gear allowed.

Pampa Pond (Whitman County): Last Saturday in April through September 30 season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.

Panhandle Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season.

Panther Creek (Chelan County): Closed waters.

Panther Creek (tributary to Wind River) (Skamania County): ((Selective fishery regulations. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.)) Closed waters.

Panther Lake (Kitsap/Mason counties): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season.

Para-Juvenile Lake (Adams/Grant counties): March 1 through July 31 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. ((Trout: Daily limit one, minimum length eighteen inches.)) All species: Release all fish.

Pataha Creek (Garfield County):

((From mouth to Pomeroy city limits: Year around season.))

Within the city limits of Pomeroy: ((Last Saturday in April through October 31 season.)) Juveniles only.

From city limits of Pomeroy upstream: Selective ((fishery regulations)) gear rules.

Patterson Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season.

Pattison Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season.

Peabody Creek (Clallam County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Juveniles only.

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

Pend Oreille River (Pend Oreille County): Year around season. All sloughs within the boundaries of the Kalispell Reservation except Calispell Slough: Closed waters.

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

Percival Creek (Thurston County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.

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.

Phantom Lake (King County): Bass: Only bass less than twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length may be retained.

Pheasant Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April to October 31 season.

Philippa Creek (tributary to N.F. Snoqualmie River) (King County): Closed waters.

Phillips Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through October 31 season.

Pilchuck Creek (Snohomish County), mouth to Highway 9 Bridge: June 1 through November 30 season. Selective fishing regulations. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Additional December 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Wild steelhead may be retained.

Pilchuck River (Snohomish County)

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