PERMANENT RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Purpose: Allow wild steelhead retention in selected streams.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 232-12-619 and 232-28-619.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 04-13-094 on June 18, 2004.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: WAC 232-12-619(3) amend new language to read, "of which no more than one may be a wild steelhead from waters in which wild steelhead retention is allowed."
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: September 2, 2004.
Susan Yeager
for Will Roehl, Chair
Fish and Wildlife Commission
OTS-7267.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 04-39, filed 3/4/04,
effective 5/1/04)
WAC 232-12-619
Permanent Washington statewide game fish
rules.
The following statewide rules apply to all waters
unless modified under regional regulation exceptions.
(1) Fishing seasons open at 12:01 a.m. on the first day and close at 11:59 p.m. on the last day and fishing is allowed 24 hours per day.
(2) It is unlawful to:
(a) Use a gaff hook to land game fish.
(b) Take bullfrogs except by angling, hand dip netting, spearing (gigging) or with bow and arrow.
(c) Feed or use any substance to attract game fish unless specifically authorized by special regulations.
(d) Fish for game fish with a bow and arrow or spear.
(e) Possess fish which are under the minimum size or over the maximum size as shown in general or exceptions to state-wide rules.
(3) Seasonal steelhead limit: Each angler who possesses a valid steelhead catch record card may not retain more than thirty steelhead April 1st through the following March 31st of which no more than one may be a wild steelhead from waters in which wild steelhead retention is allowed.
(4) Military personnel, regardless of the length of time in the state of Washington, who are permanently stationed at a military installation within the state, are entitled to purchase a resident license. Military personnel must have a license to fish for game fish anywhere in the state. Dependents must establish a ninety-day residency.
(5) Wild cutthroat release: In waters requiring a wild cutthroat release, it is unlawful to possess any cutthroat that does not have a missing adipose fin and a healed scar in the location of the missing fin.
(6) Wild steelhead release: In waters requiring wild steelhead release, it is unlawful to possess any steelhead trout that does not have a missing adipose or ventral fin and a healed scar at the location of the missing fin.
(7) Free fishing weekend: The Saturday and Sunday following the first Monday in June is declared as free fishing weekend in Washington. On this weekend a fishing license is not required for any person, regardless of residency or age, to fish for or possess game fish and a fish and wildlife lands vehicle use permit is not required to utilize department parking facilities, except that it is unlawful to fish for or possess steelhead trout without the required catch record card. During free fishing weekend only the licensing requirement is affected, and all other rules remain in effect.
(8) Trout taken with bait: When fishing with bait, all trout equal to or greater than the minimum size are counted as part of the daily limit, whether kept or released, except steelhead trout may be caught and released while using bait until the daily limit is retained.
(9) Fish taken with artificial flies and lures: Where use of bait is prohibited, or where artificial flies or lures are used voluntarily, fish may be released until the daily limit is retained. If any fish has swallowed the hook or is hooked in the gill, eye or tongue, it should be kept if legal to do so.
(10) Burbot taken with set line: Where use of a set line is allowed for burbot, a single set line identified with the fisher's name and address and a maximum of five hooks may be used.
(11) Rainbow trout taken from landlocked lakes: Rainbow trout taken from landlocked lakes shall not be considered steelhead and no catch record card is required.
(12) OPEN SEASONS:
LAKES, PONDS, AND RESERVOIRS: |
YEAR AROUND, unless specified otherwise under exceptions to state-wide rules. |
RIVERS, STREAMS AND BEAVER PONDS: |
JUNE 1 THROUGH OCTOBER 31, unless specified otherwise under exceptions to state-wide rules. |
Note: | The date set for "traditional" April openers for Lakes, Ponds, and Reservoirs for this year and future years is the last Saturday in April. |
GAME FISH SPECIES |
DAILY LIMIT | MINIMUM SIZE LIMIT |
|
BASS | Five - release
bass greater than
twelve but less
than seventeen
inches in length,
only one over
seventeen inches
may be retained
|
None | |
GRASS CARP.... It is unlawful to fish for or retain grass carp. | |||
TROUT (except Eastern Brook trout) |
A total of five
trout, of which no
more than two
may be from
Rivers, Streams,
and Beaver
Ponds. |
None in Lakes, Ponds, and Reservoirs. | |
No more than two
of the trout daily
catch limit of 5
may be
Steelhead. |
Eight inches in Rivers, Streams, and Beaver Ponds. | ||
EASTERN BROOK
TROUT (Salvelinus fontinalis) |
Five - to be
considered part
of the trout daily
catch limit. Counts as a
bonus limit in
rivers, streams
and beaver
ponds. Total of
five fish,
including brook
trout, in these
waters. |
None | |
BURBOT |
Five |
None |
|
CHANNEL CATFISH |
Five. | None. |
Eastern brook trout
Brown trout
Cutthroat trout
Dolly Varden/Bull trout
Golden trout
Grayling
Kokanee/Silver trout
Lake trout
Landlocked Atlantic salmon
Rainbow trout/Steelhead
Landlocked chinook and coho
Tiger trout
(b) ((There is a moratorium on)) Wild steelhead
((retention from April 1, 2004, through March 31, 2006))
release is required year-round, except as provided in
exceptions to statewide rules.
(c) All waters, statewide, are CLOSED YEAR AROUND to fishing for or retaining Dolly Varden/Bull Trout.
Where exceptions to the above closure for Dolly Varden/Bull
Trout occur under individual listings in the exceptions to
statewide rules, Dolly Varden/Bull Trout count as part of the
combined trout daily limit of five.
WALLEYE | Five, not more than one over twenty-two inches | Sixteen inches | |
Walleye may be
caught, retained,
and released alive
from a livewell until
a daily limit is in
possession. |
|||
WHITEFISH | Fifteen | None |
|
ALL OTHER GAME FISH |
No Limit | None |
|
BULLFROGS | No Limit | None |
(15) Possession limit. Except as otherwise provided, the possession limit is two daily limits in fresh, frozen or processed form.
(((15))) (16) Marine waters rules: These rules apply to
all marine waters contained within the boundaries of
Washington state, within Puget Sound, Hood Canal, the Strait
of Juan de Fuca, the San Juan Islands, the Straight of
Georgia, and the Pacific Ocean, including estuaries (river
mouths) from salt water upstream to a line between the
outermost headlands measured at the highest high tide (usually
the debris line furthest inshore on surrounding beaches),
unless otherwise described under area regulations (see
individual areas, below):
(a) Fishing hours: Twenty-four hours per day year around except those waters of Area 10 west of the Lake Washington Ship Canal to a north-south line 175 feet west of the Burlington-Northern Railroad Bridge are closed waters.
(b) License requirements: A valid current Washington state department of fish and wildlife saltwater license, and, if appropriate, a sport catch record card, is required to fish for game fish including steelhead in marine waters. All steelhead taken from marine areas shall be entered on the catch record card using the words Marine Area and followed by the appropriate marine area code number.
(c) Gear restrictions: Angling gear only, and in those waters of Area 10 downstream of the First Avenue South Bridge to an east-west line through southwest Hanford Street on Harbor Island and parallel to southwest Spokane Street where it crosses Harbor Island, nonbuoyant lure restriction July 1 through November 30. In all areas, underwater spearfishing, spearing, gaffing, clubbing, netting, or trapping game fish is unlawful.
(d) All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 04-07-009 (Order 04-39), § 232-12-619, filed 3/4/04, effective 5/1/04; 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), § 232-12-619, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-16-091 (Order 00-134), § 232-12-619, filed 7/31/00, effective 8/31/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 232-12-619, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00; 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 232-12-619, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99; 99-08-029 (Order 99-13), § 232-12-619, filed 3/30/99, effective 5/1/99. Statutory Authority: 1998 c 191 and RCW 75.08.080. 99-03-029 (Order 99-02), § 232-12-619, filed 1/13/99, effective 2/13/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040 and 75.08.080. 98-06-031, § 232-12-619, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 75.12.040. 97-18-035, § 232-12-619, filed 8/27/97, effective 9/27/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 97-07-076 (Order 97-50), § 232-12-619, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 96-11-079 (Order 96-45), § 232-12-619, filed 5/13/96, effective 6/13/96; 95-17-063 (Order 95-103), § 232-12-619, filed 8/15/95, effective 9/15/95; 95-05-008 (Order 95-11), § 232-12-619, filed 2/1/95, effective 5/1/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.055 and 77.12.040. 93-21-070 (Order 617), § 232-12-619, filed 10/20/93, effective 4/16/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 93-10-054 (Order 600), § 232-12-619, filed 4/30/93, effective 5/31/93. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.055 and 77.12.040. 92-01-084 (Order 524), § 232-12-619, filed 12/16/91, effective 4/16/92.]
OTS-7268.3
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 04-39 [04-189], filed
3/4/04 [7/28/04], effective 5/1/04 [8/28/04])
WAC 232-28-619
Washington food fish and game
fish -- Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules.
(1) All
freshwater streams and lakes not listed as open for salmon
fishing are closed.
(2) County freshwater exceptions to statewide rules:
(a) Adams and Grant counties: All seasons in specific freshwater exceptions to statewide rules apply to inlet and outlet streams of named lakes in Grant and Adams counties.
(b) Adams, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, and Okanogan counties, except Zosel Dam (Okanogan River): Lawful to fish to base of all dams.
(c) Benton County: Rivers, streams and beaver ponds open year around.
(d) Ferry and Lincoln counties: Except those tributaries listed under specific water exceptions to statewide rules, all tributaries to Lake Roosevelt between Grand Coulee Dam and the State Highway 25 Bridge at Northport except Barnaby and Nancy creeks: Trout: Daily limit 5, no minimum size.
(e) Kitsap County and Mason County on Tahuya Peninsula west of Belfair-Bremerton Highway (S.R. 3): Beaver ponds: Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Trout: No minimum length.
(3) Specific freshwater exceptions to statewide 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 August 31 and November 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
From Abernathy Falls to posted markers five hundred feet downstream from salmon hatchery: Closed waters.
Aeneas Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a floating
device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout: Daily limit
one.
Ahtanum Creek, including North and Middle Forks (Yakima
County): Selective gear rules. North Fork from Grey Rock
Trailhead Bridge crossing to Shellneck Creek: Closed waters.
Alder Creek (Cowlitz County): Closed waters.
Aldrich Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Aldwell Lake (Clallam County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules except fishing from a
floating device equipped with a motor permitted. Trout:
Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches.
Alexander Lake (Kitsap County): Closed waters.
Alkali Lake (Grant County): Crappie: Not more than five
greater than eight inches in length. Bluegill: Not more than
five greater than six inches in length.
Alta Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Amber Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season. Selective gear rules, except electric
motors allowed. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length
fourteen inches; release rainbow trout missing adipose fin. Additional season October 1 through November 30 and March 1
through last Saturday in April. Selective gear rules except
electric motors allowed. All species: Release all fish.
American Lake (Pierce County): Chumming permitted.
American River (Yakima County): Selective gear rules.
Anderson Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. From
September 1 through October 31, selective 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 gear rules.
North Fork from USFS boundary upstream and all other tributaries: Closed waters.
South Fork and tributaries: Closed waters.
B.C. Mill Pond (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Bachelor Creek (Yakima County): Year around season. Trout:
Daily limit five, no minimum length.
Badger Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Baker Lake (Whatcom County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season, except closed waters in an area two hundred
feet in radius around the pump discharge at the south end of
the lake. Chumming permitted. Trout: Minimum length six
inches and maximum length eighteen inches.
Baker River (Skagit County): Mouth to Highway 20 Bridge:
September 1 through October 31 season. Nonbuoyant lure
restriction and night closure. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches, except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout. Legal to
retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of the trout daily
limit, minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open only July
1 through July 31. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night
closure. Daily limit 2 sockeye salmon.
Highway 20 Bridge to Baker River fish barrier dam: Closed waters.
Banks Lake (Grant County): Chumming allowed. Perch: Daily
limit twenty-five.
Barnaby Slough (Skagit County): Closed waters.
Battle Ground Lake (Clark County): Fishing from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Trout: No more than 2 trout 20 inches or greater in length
may be retained.
Bay Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Bayley Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
July 4 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a floating
device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout: Daily limit
one, minimum length fourteen inches. Additional season, July
5 through October 31. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a
floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. All
species: Release all fish. Inlet stream: Closed waters.
Bear Creek (Yakima County), tributary to South Fork Tieton
River: From the mouth to the falls (approximately 3/4 mile):
Closed waters.
Bear Lake (Spokane County): Juveniles, holders of disability
licenses, and licensed adults accompanied by a juvenile only.
Bear River (Pacific County): June 1 through March 31 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 16
through November 30. Single point barbless hooks required
August 16 through November 30 downstream from the Lime Quarry
Road. Upstream from the Lime Quarry Road: Selective gear
rules June 1 through March 31. All game fish: Release all
fish. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30 from
mouth to Lime Quarry Road. Daily limit 6 fish of which no
more than 2 may be adult fish and of these two fish no more
than one may be a wild adult coho. Release adult chinook.
Beaver Creek (tributary to Elochoman River) (Wahkiakum
County): Closed waters.
Beaver Lake (Clallam County): Selective gear rules except
electric motors allowed. Trout: Maximum size 12 inches in
length.
Beaver Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
Beda Lake (Grant County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit one fish.
Beehive (Lake) Reservoir (Chelan County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season. July 5 through October 31,
selective gear rules, and all species: Release all fish.
Bennington Lake (Mill Creek Reservoir) (Walla Walla County):
Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor prohibited.
Benson Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Berry Creek (tributary to Nisqually River) (Lewis County):
Selective gear rules.
Big Bear Creek (tributary of Sammamish River) (Snohomish/King
counties): 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 gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Big Beef Creek (Kitsap County): June 1 through August 31
season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all
fish.
Big Four Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from any floating device
prohibited. Trout: Daily limit two.
Big Lake (Skagit County): Crappie: Daily limit ten, minimum
length nine inches. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Big Meadow Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Big Quilcene River (Jefferson County):
From mouth to upper boundary of Falls View Campground: June 1 through last day in February season. Closed waters: August 16 through October 31 from mouth to Rodgers Street. Rodgers Street to the Highway 101 Bridge: Selective gear rules June 1 through last day in February and night closure August 16 through December 31. From electric weir to upper boundary of Falls View Campground: Selective gear rules June 1 through last day in February. All game fish: Release all fish from mouth to campground. Salmon: Open only August 16 through October 31 from Rodgers Street to the Highway 101 Bridge. Daily limit 4 coho salmon.
From Highway 101 Bridge upstream to the electric weir at the Quilcene National Fish Hatchery: Closed waters.
Big River (Clallam County): June 1 through last day in
February season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release
all fish.
Big Twin Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules except
electric motors permitted. Trout: Daily limit one.
Bird Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Black Lake (Lower Wheeler Reservoir) (Chelan County): Last
Saturday in April through October 31 season. July 5 through
October 31, selective gear rules, and all species: Release
all fish.
Black Lake (Okanogan County): Selective gear rules.
Black Lake (Pacific County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Black Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Black Lake (Thurston County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Black River (Thurston County), from mouth to Black Lake and
including all tributaries west of Interstate Highway 5,
including Waddell Creek, Mima Creek, Dempsey Creek, Beaver
Creek, Salmon Creek and Blooms Ditch: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Blockhouse Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit
five.
Bloodgood Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Blue Creek (Lewis County), from mouth to Spencer Road: Closed
waters except December 1 through December 31 season from mouth
to posted sign at rearing pond outlet. Closed waters:
Upstream from cable crossing to posted signs at fence. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure. Only
wheelchair-bound anglers may fish from posted signs above
rearing pond to posted signs approximately 40 feet downstream
at fence including the rearing pond outlet. Trout: Daily
limit five. Minimum size 12 inches no more than two fish over
20 inches. Release wild cutthroat, wild steelhead and
hatchery steelhead with missing right ventral fin.
Blue Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
Blue Lake (Cowlitz County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species:
Release all fish.
Blue Lake (Grant County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Blue Lake (near Sinlahekin) (Okanogan County): Last Saturday
in April through October 31 season. Selective gear rules,
except electric motors allowed. Trout: Daily limit one.
Blue Lake (near Wannacut Lake) (Okanogan County): Last
Saturday in April through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules, except electric motors allowed. Trout: Daily limit
one.
Bobcat Creek and Ponds (Adams County): April 1 through
September 30 season.
Bogachiel River (Clallam County), from mouth to Olympic
National Park boundary: June 1 through April 30 season. December 1 through April 30, selective gear rules from Highway
101 to Olympic National Park boundary. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. December 1 through April 30, mouth to
Highway 101, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only July 1 through November 30 from mouth to
Highway 101 Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than
2 may be adult salmon July 1 through August 31 and of which no
more than 3 may be adult salmon September 1 through November
30. July 1 through August 31 release wild adult coho and wild
adult chinook. September 1 through November 30 the daily
limit may contain no more than 2 adult chinook or 2 adult wild
coho or a combination of adult chinook and adult wild coho.
Bonaparte Lake (Okanogan County): Trout: No more than one
over twenty inches in length may be retained.
Bosworth Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Boundary Creek (Clallam County): Closed waters.
Bowman Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Box Canyon Creek (Kittitas County), from mouth to waterfall
approximately 2 miles upstream: Closed waters. From
waterfall approximately 2 miles upstream of mouth to USFS Road
#4930 Bridge: Selective gear rules.
Boxley Creek (North Bend) (King County), from its mouth to the
falls located at approximately river mile 0.9: Closed waters.
Boyle Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. The inlet and outlet streams to Boyle Lake
are closed waters.
Bradley Lake (Pierce County): Salmon: Landlocked salmon
rules apply.
Bridges Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. The inlet and outlet streams to Bridges
Lake are closed waters.
Brookies Lake (Grant County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit one fish.
Browns Creek (Pend Oreille County): Fly fishing only.
Browns Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a
floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout: No
more than one fish greater than 11 inches in length may be
retained.
Buck Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Buckskin Creek and tributaries (Yakima County), from mouth to
the west boundary of Suntides Golf Course: Closed waters.
Bumping Lake (Reservoir) (Yakima County): Chumming permitted.
Trout: Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee
daily limit sixteen.
Bumping River (Yakima County):
From mouth to Bumping Reservoir: Lawful to fish to base of Bumping Dam. Selective gear rules June 1 through October 31. Whitefish: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Burbank Slough (Walla Walla County): Fishing from any
floating device prohibited.
Burke Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Burley Creek (Kitsap County): June 1 through last day in
February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Butter Creek (Lewis County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum length ten inches.
Buttermilk Creek, mouth to confluence of East and West Forks
(Okanogan County): Closed waters.
Cady Lake (Mason County): Fly fishing only. Fishing from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor
prohibited. All species: Release all fish.
Cain Lake (Whatcom County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Calawah River (Clallam County), from mouth to forks: June 1
through April 30 season. December 1 through April 30,
selective gear rules from Highway 101 to forks. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. December 1 through April 30,
mouth to Highway 101, one wild steelhead per day may be
retained. Salmon: Open only July 1 through November 30 from
mouth to Highway 101 Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no
more than 2 may be adult salmon July 1 through August 31 and
of which no more than 3 may be adult salmon September 1
through November 30. July 1 through August 31 release wild
adult coho and wild adult chinook. September 1 through
November 30 the daily limit may contain no more than 2 adult
chinook or 2 adult wild coho or a combination of adult chinook
and adult wild coho.
Calawah River, South Fork (Clallam County) from mouth to
Olympic National Park boundary: June 1 through last day in
February season. December 1 through last day in February,
selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Caldwell Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Trout:
Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches.
Caliche Lakes, Lower, Upper and West (Grant County): March 1
through July 31 season.
Calispell Creek (Calispell River) (Pend Oreille County):
From mouth to Calispell Lake: Year around season.
From Calispell Lake upstream to source: Selective gear rules.
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): April 1 through August 31:
Selective gear rules and all species: Release all fish.
Campbell Lake (Skagit County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Canyon Creek (Clark County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Canyon River (Mason County and Grays Harbor County): Closed
waters.
Canyon Creek (S.F. Stillaguamish River) (Snohomish County),
mouth to forks: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Capitol Lake (Thurston County), from its outlet to a point
four hundred feet below the lowest Tumwater Falls (Deschutes
River) fish ladder: Closed waters: Percival Cove, west of a
set of markers on the western shoreline of the south basin of
Capitol Lake. June 1 through March 31 season. Nonbuoyant
lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November
30. Trout: June 1 through July 31 daily limit five, minimum
length eight inches. August 1 through March 31 daily limit
two, minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only July
1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more
than 2 may be adult salmon. Release coho.
Carbon River (Pierce County), from its mouth to Voight Creek:
June 1 through last day in February season. Nonbuoyant lure
restriction, night closure and single barbless hooks August 1
through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Voight Creek to Highway 162 Bridge: June 1 through August 15
and December 1 through last day in February season: Trout:
Minimum length 14 inches. Salmon: Open only September 1
through November 30 mouth to Voight Creek. Daily limit 6 fish
of which no more than 4 may be adult salmon and of these 4
fish no more than 2 may be adult hatchery chinook. Release
wild adult chinook and chum salmon.
Carlisle Lake (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April through
last day in February season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Carl's Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Carney Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
June 30 and September 1 through November 30 seasons. Fishing
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor prohibited. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Carson Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Cascade Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Cascade Lake (San Juan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Cascade River (Skagit County):
From the mouth to the Rockport-Cascade Road Bridge: October 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout, minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of the trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open only September 16 through November 30. Daily limit 4 hatchery coho salmon.
From the Rockport-Cascade Road Bridge upstream: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout, minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of the trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches.
Cases Pond (Pacific County): Last Saturday in April through
November 30 season. Juveniles only. Salmon: Landlocked
salmon rules apply.
Cassidy Lake (Snohomish County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Castle Lake (Cowlitz County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit one, minimum length sixteen inches.
Cattail Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Cavanaugh Lake (Skagit County): Chumming permitted.
Cedar Creek (tributary of N.F. Lewis) (Clark County), from
mouth to 100 feet upstream of the falls: From the Grist Mill
Bridge to 100 feet upstream of the falls: Closed waters. June 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Release all fish
except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Cedar Creek (Jefferson County): June 1 through last day in
February season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
Cedar Creek (Okanogan County), from mouth to Cedar Falls:
Closed waters.
Cedar Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Cedar River (King County), from mouth to Landsburg Road: June
1 through August 31 season. Night closure. All species:
Release all fish. Landsburg Road to Cedar Falls: Closed
waters.
Chain Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Release kokanee.
Chambers Creek Estuary (downstream from markers 400 feet below
the Boise-Cascade Dam to the Burlington Northern Railroad
Bridge) (Pierce County): July 1 through November 15 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only
July 1 through November 15. Daily limit 6 fish of which no
more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild coho.
Chambers Lake (within Ft. Lewis Military Reservation) (Pierce
County): Selective gear rules, except electric motors
allowed. Trout: Release all trout.
Chaplain Lake (Snohomish County): Closed waters.
Chapman Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Chumming permitted. Trout: Kokanee not
counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit ten.
Chehalis River (Grays Harbor County), from Highway 101 Bridge
in Aberdeen to high bridge on Weyerhaeuser 1000 line
(approximately 400 yards downstream from Roger Creek): June 1
through April 15 season. Single point barbless hooks required
August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only April 16 through July 31
from mouth to high bridge, October 1 through January 31 from
mouth to Porter Bridge, and October 16 through last day in
February from Porter Bridge to high bridge. Daily limit 6
fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. October 1
through November 30, mouth to Porter Bridge, release adult
chinook. October 16 through November 30, Porter Bridge to
High Bridge, release adult chinook. December 1 through
January 31, mouth to Porter Bridge, the daily limit may
contain no more than one wild adult coho, and release adult
chinook. December 1 through last day in February, Porter
Bridge to High Bridge, release adult chinook and wild adult
coho. Sturgeon: Open year-round from mouth to high bridge on
Weyerhaeuser 1000 line.
Chehalis River, South Fork (Lewis County), from mouth to
Highway Bridge at Boistfort School: June 1 through April 15
season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Chehalis River Potholes (adjacent to the Chehalis River south
of Highway 12 in Grays Harbor County, this does not include
sloughs or beaver ponds): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Chelan Hatchery Creek (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Chelan Lake (Chelan County): Closed waters: Within 400 feet
of all tributaries south of a line from Purple Point at
Stehekin and Painted Rocks. Trout except kokanee and lake
trout: Daily limit 5. Release wild cutthroat. Lake trout
not counted in daily trout limit. Lake trout no minimum size,
no daily limit. Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit five, no minimum length. Burbot: Set
line gear allowed. North of a line between Purple Point at
Stehekin and Painted Rocks: April 1 through July 31: All
species: Release all fish. Salmon: Open only May 1 through
May 31 south of a line from Purple Point to Painted Rocks:
Daily limit 1, minimum length 15 inches.
Chelan Lake Tributaries (Chelan County), from mouths upstream
one mile except Stehekin River: August 1 through September 30
season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release wild
cutthroat.
Chelan River (Chelan County): From the railroad bridge to the
Chelan P.U.D. safety barrier below the power house: May 15
through August 31 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction. Trout: Release all trout.
Chewuch River (Chewack River) (Okanogan County), from mouth to
Eight Mile Creek: June 1 through September 30 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Upstream from Eight Mile Creek to Pasayten Wilderness boundary: Closed waters June 1 through October 31.
From mouth to Pasayten Wilderness boundary: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Chikamin Creek (Chelan County): Selective gear rules.
Chimacum Creek (Jefferson County):
From mouth to Ness's Corner Road: June 1 through August 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From Ness's Corner Road to headwaters: Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Chiwaukum Creek (Chelan County): Mouth to Fool Hen Creek:
Closed waters.
Chiwawa River (Chelan County): Mouth to Buck Creek: Closed
waters.
Chopaka Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a
floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout:
Daily limit one.
Cispus River (Lewis County), from mouth to North Fork: Trout:
Release all cutthroat. Additional season November 1 through
May 31, release all game fish other than steelhead. Salmon:
Open year around. Daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2
fish may be adult salmon. Salmon minimum size 8 inches. Release wild coho at all times and release wild chinook
January 1 through July 31.
Cispus River, North Fork (Lewis County): Trout: No more than
one over twelve inches in length. Release cutthroat.
Clallam River (Clallam County): June 1 through last day in
February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Clara Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Clear Creek (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Clear Lake (Chelan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. From July 5 through October 31, selective
gear rules and all species: Release all fish.
Clear Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Chumming permitted. Salmon: Landlocked
salmon rules apply.
Clear Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Clear Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Clearwater River (Jefferson County):
From mouth to Snahapish River: June 1 through April 15 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. December 1 through April 15, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon.
From Snahapish River upstream: Trout, minimum length fourteen inches.
Cle Elum Lake (Reservoir) (Kittitas County): Trout except
kokanee: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches. Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit
sixteen, no minimum size. Burbot: Set line gear allowed.
Cle Elum River (Kittitas County), from mouth to Cle Elum Dam:
Lawful to fish to base of Cle Elum Dam. Year-round season. Selective gear rules, except December 1 through March 31 bait
and one single point barbed hook three-sixteenths or smaller
point to shank may be used. Trout: Release all trout. Above
Cle Elum Lake to outlet of Hyas Lake except Tucquala Lake:
Selective gear rules.
Cliff Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Cloquallum Creek (Grays Harbor County):
From mouth to second bridge on Cloquallum Road: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From mouth to Highway 8 Bridge: Additional March 1 through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Clough Creek (North Bend) (King County): Closed waters.
Clover Creek (Pierce County), within the boundaries of McChord
Air Force Base: Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit
two, minimum length twelve inches.
Coal Creek (Cowlitz County), from mouth to four hundred feet
below falls: June 1 through August 31 and November 1 through
last day in February season. Trout: Release all fish except
up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
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 September
15 season. Selective gear rules except motors allowed. Trout: Daily limit two. Bass: Daily limit two, maximum
length fourteen inches. Crappie: Daily limit ten, minimum
length nine inches.
Coldwater Lake (Cowlitz County): Selective gear rules except
use of electric motors allowed. Trout: Daily limit one,
minimum length sixteen inches.
Coldwater Lake inlet and outlet streams (Cowlitz County):
Closed waters.
Collins Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Columbia Basin Hatchery Creek (Grant County): Hatchery
outflow to confluence with mainstem Hatchery Creek: April 1
through September 30 season. Juveniles and holders of reduced
fee disability licenses only. Mainstem Hatchery Creek: April
1 through September 30 season. Juveniles and holders of
reduced fee disability licenses only.
Columbia Park Pond (Benton County): Juveniles and holders of
reduced fee disability licenses only. All species: Daily
limit of five fish combined.
Columbia River, including impoundments and all connecting
sloughs, except Wells Ponds: Year-round season unless
otherwise provided. General species provisions (unless
otherwise provided for in this section): Bass: Below Priest
Rapids Dam: Daily limit five fish, 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 game fish: No
daily limit, except release all grass carp.
In the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon, the license of either state is valid. Anglers must comply with the fishing regulations of the state in which they are fishing. This provision does not allow an angler licensed in Oregon to fish on the Washington shore, or in the sloughs or tributaries in Washington.
Anglers fishing the Columbia River are restricted to one daily limit, as defined by the laws of the state in which they are fishing, even if they are licensed by both states.
From a true north-south line through Buoy 10 to a line between Rocky Point in Washington to Tongue Point in Oregon: Trout: Release wild cutthroat. Release all trout April 1 through July 31. Walleye: No minimum size. Daily limit ten, of which no more than five may be greater than eighteen inches in length and one greater than twenty-four inches in length. Fishing from the north jetty is allowed during salmon season openings. Salmon: Open only August 1 through March 31. August 1 through August 15, daily limit 2 salmon of which not more than one may be a chinook salmon. Release chum, sockeye, wild coho, chinook less than 24 inches in length, and coho less than 16 inches in length. August 16 through September 30, daily limit 3 salmon of which not more than one may be a chinook salmon. Release sockeye, chum, wild coho, chinook less than 24 inches in length and coho less than 16 inches in length. October 1 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 3 may be adult salmon and not more than one of which may be a chinook salmon. Release chum, sockeye, and wild coho. January 1 through March 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum, sockeye, wild coho and wild chinook. Fishing from the north jetty for salmon open during both Area 1 and Buoy 10 fishery openings.
From the Rocky Point - Tongue Point line to the I-5 Bridge: Trout: Release wild cutthroat. Release all trout April 1 through May 15. Walleye: No minimum size. Daily limit ten, of which no more than five may be greater than eighteen inches in length and one greater than twenty-four inches in length. Salmon: Open only May 16 through March 31. May 16 through July 31 daily limit 6 hatchery jack chinook. August 1 through March 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum, sockeye, and wild coho. Release wild chinook January 1 through March 31. Sturgeon: (1) Release sturgeon May 1 through May 14 and July 24 through December 31 downstream from the Wauna powerlines. Minimum size when open to retain sturgeon is 45 inches; (2) I-5 Bridge downstream to Wauna powerlines, lawful to retain sturgeon only on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from February 1 through July 31, and October 1 through December 31. Release sturgeon on other days and during other time periods.
From the I-5 Bridge to the Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco: Closed waters: (1) From the upstream line of Bonneville Dam to boundary markers located six hundred feet below the fish ladder, and closed to fishing from a floating device or fishing by any method except hand-casted gear from shore from Bonneville Dam downstream to a line from the Hamilton Island boat ramp to an Oregon boundary marker on Robins Island. (2) Waters from the upstream side of the Interstate Bridge at The Dalles to upper line of The Dalles Dam except that bank fishing is permitted up to the downstream navigation lock wall on the Washington shore. (3) From John Day Dam downstream about three thousand feet except that bank fishing is permitted up to four hundred feet below the fishway entrance on the Washington shore. (4) From McNary Dam downstream to a line across the river from the red and white marker on the Oregon shore on a line that intersects the downstream end of the wing wall of the boat lock near the Washington shore. August 1 through October 15: Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure from Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam. Trout: Release wild cutthroat from I-5 Bridge to Bonneville Dam and release all cutthroat in the waters of Drano Lake. Release all trout April 1 through June 15. Walleye: No minimum size. Daily limit ten, of which no more than five may be greater than eighteen inches in length and one greater than twenty-four inches in length. Sturgeon: (1) Sturgeon fishing is closed from Bonneville Dam to a line from a boundary marker on the Washington shore approximately 4,000 feet below the fish ladder to the downstream end of Cascade Island to an Oregon angling boundary on Bradford Island (the Cascade Island - Bradford Island line). (2) It is unlawful to fish for sturgeon from May 1 through July 31 from Cascade Island - Bradford Island line downstream to a line from Navigation Marker 85 on the Washington shore at a right angle to the thread of the river to the Oregon shore. (3) Cascade Island - Bradford Island line downstream to I-5 Bridge, lawful to retain sturgeon only on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from February 1 through July 31 and October 1 through December 31, except for May 1 - July 31 closure to Navigation Marker 85. Release sturgeon on other days and during other time periods. (4) Release sturgeon September 1 through December 31 from the upstream line of Bonneville Dam and 400 feet below McNary Dam. Salmon: Open only June 16 through December 31 except closed November 1 through December 31 from Beacon Rock to Bonneville Dam. June 16 through July 31, daily limit 6 hatchery jack chinook. August 1 through December 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum and sockeye. Release wild coho downstream of Bonneville Dam.
From the Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco to the old Hanford townsite (wooden towers) powerline crossing, in Sec. 30, T13N, R28E except Ringold Hatchery waters: Closed waters: Ringold Springs Creek (Hatchery Creek). Trout: Release all trout except hatchery steelhead having both adipose and ventral fin clips may be retained October 1 through March 31. Release hatchery steelhead having only adipose fin clips. Salmon: Open only August 16 through December 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Walleye: Daily limit 10 fish. No minimum size, no more than 5 fish over 18 inches in length. No more than 1 fish over 24 inches in length. Ringold Springs Rearing Facility waters (from WDFW markers 1/4 mile downstream from the Ringold wasteway outlet to WDFW markers 1/2 mile upstream from Spring Creek): Open only April 1 through April 15 to fishing from the bank on the hatchery side of the river. Trout: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead having both adipose and ventral fin clips. Release hatchery steelhead having only adipose fin clips.
From the old Hanford townsite (wooden towers) powerline crossing in Sec. 30, T13N, R28E, to Vernita Bridge, (Highway 24): All species: February 1 through October 22 season. Trout: Release all trout. Walleye: Daily limit 10 fish. No minimum size, no more than 5 fish over 18 inches in length. No more than 1 fish over 24 inches in length. Salmon: Open only August 16 through October 22. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 fish may be adult salmon.
From Vernita Bridge (Highway 24) to Priest Rapids Dam: Closed waters: (1) Priest Rapids Dam - waters between the upstream line of Priest Rapids Dam downstream to the boundary markers six hundred fifty feet below the fish ladders. (2) Jackson (Moran Creek or Priest Rapids Hatchery outlet) Creek - all waters of the Priest Rapids Hatchery system to the outlet on the Columbia River, extending to midstream Columbia between boundary markers located one hundred feet upstream and four hundred feet downstream of the mouth. Trout: Release all trout. Walleye: Daily limit 10 fish. No minimum size, no more than 5 fish over 18 inches in length. No more than 1 fish over 24 inches in length. Salmon: Open only August 16 through October 22. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon.
From Priest Rapids Dam to Chief Joseph Dam, including up to base of Washburn Pond outlet structure: Closed waters: (1) Wanapum Dam - waters between the upstream line of Wanapum Dam to the boundary markers seven hundred fifty feet downstream of the east fish ladder and five hundred feet downstream of the west fish ladder. (2) Rock Island Dam to boundary markers four hundred feet downstream of the fish ladders. (3) Rocky Reach Dam - waters between the upstream line of Rocky Reach Dam to boundary markers four hundred feet downstream of the fish ladders. (4) Wells Dam - waters between the upstream line of Wells Dam to boundary markers four hundred feet downstream of the spawning channel discharge (Chelan County) and fish ladder (Douglas County). (5) Chief Joseph Dam - closed to fishing from the Okanogan County shore between the dam and the Highway 17 Bridge. Closed to fishing from a floating device from the boundary marker to the Corps of Engineers safety zone marker. Trout: Release all trout. Sturgeon: Release all sturgeon.
Above Chief Joseph Dam: See Lake Roosevelt and Rufus Woods Lake.
Colville River (Stevens County):
From mouth to bridge at Town of Valley: Year-round season. Trout: Daily limit five fish, not more than two of which may be brown trout October 1 through November 30. Walleye: No minimum size. Daily limit five fish not more than one of which may be longer than 18 inches. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon.
From bridge at Valley upstream and tributaries: Selective gear rules.
Conconully Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Conconully Reservoir (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season.
Conger Pond (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Connelly Creek and tributaries (Lewis County), from four
hundred feet below the city of Morton Dam to its source:
Closed waters.
Conner Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Cooper River (Kittitas County): Mouth to Cooper Lake:
Selective gear rules.
Coot Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Copalis River (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through last day
in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Salmon: Open only September 1 through January 31 from mouth
to Carlisle Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than
2 may be adult salmon. Release adult chinook.
Cottage Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Cottonwood Creek (Lincoln County): Year-round season.
Cougar Creek (tributary to Yale Reservoir) (Cowlitz County):
June 1 through August 31 season.
Cougar Lake (near Winthrop) (Okanogan County): September 1
through March 31 season.
Coulter Creek (Kitsap/Mason counties): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
County Line Ponds (Skagit County): Closed waters.
Coweeman River (Cowlitz County), from mouth to Mulholland
Creek: June 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Release all
fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per
day.
Cowiche Creek (Yakima County): Selective gear rules.
Cowlitz Falls Reservoir (Lake Scanewa) (Lewis County): June 1
through last day in February season. The upstream boundary of
the reservoir in the Cowlitz arm is the posted PUD sign on
Peters Road. The upstream boundary of the reservoir in the
Cispus arm is the posted markers at the Lewis County PUD kayak
launch, approximately 1.5 miles upstream from the confluence
of the Cowlitz and Cispus arms. Trout and salmon: Minimum
length eight inches. Trout: Release cutthroat. Salmon:
Daily limit 6 fish, of which not more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release wild coho. Release wild chinook June 1
through July 31.
Cowlitz River (Lewis County):
From mouth to Mayfield Dam: Closed waters: Barrier Dam to boundary marker at Cowlitz salmon hatchery water intake approximately 1,700 feet upstream from dam. Year-round season except closed to fishing from south bank May 1 through June 15 from Mill Creek to the barrier dam. Lawful to fish up to four hundred feet or the posted deadline at barrier dam. Lawful to fish up to Tacoma Power safety signs at Onion Rock below Mossyrock Dam. Lawful to fish up to Lewis County P.U.D. safety signs below Cowlitz Falls Dam. From the barrier dam downstream to a line from the mouth of Mill Creek to a boundary marker on the opposite shore, it is unlawful to fish from any floating device. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure April 1 through October 31 from mouth of Mill Creek to the barrier dam. All game fish: Release all fish except steelhead April 1 through May 31. Trout: Daily limit five, minimum length twelve inches, no more than two over twenty inches. Release wild cutthroat. Release all steelhead missing right ventral fin. Salmon: Open year-round. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 3 may be adult salmon and of the adult salmon not more than 2 may be adult chinook salmon, except January 1 through April 30 the daily limit may contain no more than 2 adult salmon and May 1 through July 31 the daily limit may contain no more than one adult salmon. Release chum and wild coho August 1 through April 30. Release wild chinook January 1 through July 31. Mill Creek to Blue Creek - release all chinook October 1 through December 31. Sturgeon: Lawful to retain sturgeon on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, February 1 through July 31 and October 1 through December 31. Release sturgeon on other days and during other time periods.
From posted PUD sign on Peters Road to mouth of Ohanepecosh River and mouth of Muddy Fork: Trout: Release cutthroat. Additional November 1 through May 31 season. Trout: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open year-round from upstream boundary of Lake Scanewa. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Salmon minimum size 8 inches. Release wild coho. Release wild chinook January 1 through July 31.
Cowlitz River, Clear and Muddy Forks (Lewis County): Trout:
Release cutthroat.
Coyote Creek and Ponds (Adams County): April 1 through
September 30 season.
Crab Creek (Adams/Grant counties):
From Highway 26 to Morgan Lake Road in Section 36: March 1 through September 30 season.
From Morgan Lake Road in Section 36 to O'Sullivan Dam (including Marsh Unit I and II impoundments): Closed waters.
Crab Creek (Lincoln/Grant counties) and tributaries:
Year-round season. March 1 through May 31 terminal gear
restricted to one single hook measuring 3/4 inch or less point
to shank in those waters from Grant County Road 7 to the
fountain buoy and shoreline markers or 150 feet downstream of
the Alder Street fill, and from Moses Lake downstream to the
confluence of the outlet streams.
Crabapple Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Cranberry Creek (Mason County), mouth to Lake Limerick:
Closed waters.
Crawfish Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.
Crescent Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Crescent Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Crocker Lake (Jefferson County): Closed waters.
Crystal Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Cup Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Curl Lake (Columbia County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Fishing from any floating device
prohibited.
Curley Creek (Kitsap County): June 1 through last day in
February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Cushman Reservoir (Mason County): Salmon: Landlocked salmon
rules apply.
Dakota Creek (Whatcom County): Salmon: Open only October 1
through December 31 from mouth to Giles Road Bridge. Daily
limit 2 salmon.
Damon Lake (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through October 31
season.
Davis Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Davis Lake (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April to last day
in February season.
Davis Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through August 31:
Selective gear rules except electric motors allowed, and all
species: Release all fish.
Davis Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Dayton Pond (Columbia County): Juveniles only.
Deadman Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
De Coursey Pond (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April
through November 30 season. Juveniles only. Salmon:
Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Deep Creek (Clallam County): December 1 through last day in
February season. All species: Release all fish except up to
two hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Deep Creek (tributary to Bumping Lake) (Yakima County): Mouth
to second bridge crossing on USFS Rd. 1808 (approximately 3.7
miles from junction of USFS Rds. 1800 and 1808): Closed
waters.
Deep Lake (Grant County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Deep Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Deep Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Deep River (Wahkiakum County): Year-round season. Trout:
Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day. Salmon: Open year-round only from mouth to
town bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may
be adult salmon. Release chum and wild coho. Release wild
chinook January 1 through July 31. Sturgeon: Release
sturgeon May 1 through May 14 and July 24 through December 31.
Minimum size when open is 45 inches.
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.
De Roux Creek (Yakima County): Selective gear rules.
Deschutes River (Thurston County): Closed waters: From 400
feet below lowest Tumwater Falls fish ladder to Old Highway 99
Bridge. From old U.S. Highway 99 Bridge near Tumwater to
Henderson Boulevard Bridge near Pioneer Park: June 1 through
March 31 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night
closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only July 1 through November
30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release coho.
From Henderson Boulevard Bridge upstream: Year-round season. Selective gear rules. All game fish: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead. Salmon: Open only July 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release coho.
Devereaux Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Devil's Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Dewatto River (Mason County): Mouth to Bear Creek-Dewatto
Road: Selective gear rules. Game fish: Release all fish. Salmon: Open only September 16 through October 31 mouth to
Dewatto-Holly Road Bridge. Daily limit two coho. Release all
salmon other than coho.
Upstream from Bear Creek-Dewatto Road: Selective gear rules. Game fish: Release all fish.
Diamond Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Dickey River (includes all forks) (Clallam County): June 1
through April 30 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches. December 1 through April 30, one wild steelhead per
day may be retained. Salmon: Open only July 1 through
November 30 from mouth to East Fork Dickey, including Olympic
National Park. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may
be adult salmon July 1 through August 31 and of which no more
than 3 may be adult salmon September 1 through November 30. July 1 through August 31 release wild adult coho and wild
adult chinook. September 1 through November 30 the daily
limit may contain no more than 2 adult chinook or 2 adult wild
coho or a combination of adult chinook and adult wild coho.
Dillacort Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all
trout.
Dog Lake (Yakima County): Trout: Daily limit may contain not
more than 1 fish over 14 inches in length.
Dosewallips River (Jefferson County), from mouth to Olympic
National Park boundary about three-quarters mile downstream of
falls: June 1 through last day in February season except
closed September 1 through October 31 from mouth to Mason
County P.U.D. No. 1 overhead electrical distribution line. All game fish: Release all fish except that up to two
hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open
only November 1 through December 15 from mouth to Highway 101
Bridge. Daily limit 2 chum salmon.
Dot Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Downs Lake (Lincoln/Spokane counties): Last Saturday in April
through September 30 season. Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Dry Falls Lake (Grant County): April 1 through November 30
season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.
Duck Lake (Grays Harbor County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Duckabush River (Jefferson County), from mouth to the Olympic
National Park Boundary: June 1 through last day in February
season except closed September 1 through October 31 from mouth
to Mason County P.U.D. No. 1 overhead electrical distribution
line. All game fish: Release all fish except that up to two
hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open
only November 1 through December 15 from mouth to Mason County
P.U.D. No. 1 overhead electrical distribution line. Daily
limit 2 chum salmon.
Dungeness River (Clallam County):
From mouth to junction of Gray Wolf and Dungeness rivers: October 16 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 16 through December 31 from mouth to the hatchery intake pipe at river mile 11.3. Daily limit 4 hatchery coho salmon.
From junction of Gray Wolf River upstream to Gold Creek - Closed waters.
From junction of Gold Creek upstream to headwaters: Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Dusty Lake (Grant County): March 1 through November 30
season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one fish.
Early Winters Creek (Okanogan County): Closed waters.
East Twin River (Clallam County): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
Easton Lake (Kittitas County): Saturday before Memorial Day
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit five fish of
which no more than 2 may be trout other than Eastern brook
trout. Minimum length 8 inches.
Ebey Lake (Little Lake) (Snohomish County): Fly fishing only.
Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor
prohibited. Trout: Daily limit one, minimum length eighteen
inches.
Echo Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Eightmile Lake (Chelan County): Trout: Daily limit five, not
more than two mackinaw may be retained.
Elbow Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Elk River (Grays Harbor County), from the Highway 105 Bridge
upstream: June 1 through last day in February season. Single
point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30
downstream of the confluence of the east and middle branches. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only
October 1 through November 30 from Highway 105 Bridge to the
confluence of the East and Middle Branches. Daily limit 6
fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release
adult chinook.
Ell Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit
one.
Ellen Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Elochoman River (Wahkiakum County): Closed waters: Waters
from 100 feet above the upper hatchery rack downstream to the
Elochoman Hatchery Bridge located 400 feet below the upper
hatchery rack; waters from a point 50 feet above to 100 feet
below the outlet pipes from the most downstream Elochoman
Hatchery rearing pond and extending 30 feet out from the south
bank of the river; waters between the department of fish and
wildlife temporary rack downstream to Foster (Risk) Road
Bridge while rack is installed in the river; mainstem waters
from the confluence of the west fork to source.
From mouth to West Fork: June 1 through March 15 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure September 1 through October 31. Stationary gear restriction September 1 through October 31. Trout: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open only September 1 through December 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult chinook. Release chum and wild coho. October 1 through December 31 release chinook upstream of Highway 4 Bridge.
Eloika Lake (Spokane County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
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, except closed June 1 through September 30 mouth to marker at outfall of rearing channel at about river mile 3.2. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. August 1 through September 30, fly fishing only from mouth to the marker at the outfall of the WDFW rearing channel. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 1 through November 15. Daily limit 6 coho salmon of which no more than 4 may be adult coho salmon.
From Lake Aldwell upstream to Olympic National Park boundary, including all tributaries except Indian Creek: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Empire Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Enchantment Park Ponds (Chelan County): Juveniles only.
Entiat River (Chelan County), from mouth to Entiat Falls:
December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules
apply.
Ephrata Lake (Grant County): Closed waters.
Erie Lake (Skagit County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Failor Lake (Grays Harbor County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Fan Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through September 30 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Fazon Lake (Whatcom County): Fishing from any floating device
prohibited from first Friday in October through January 15. Channel catfish: Daily and possession limit two.
Fio Rito Lakes (Kittitas County): Fishing from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.
Fish Lake (Chelan County): Trout: No more than two over
fifteen inches in length may be retained.
Fish Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Fish Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Fish Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Fisher Slough (Snohomish County):
From mouth to Highway 530 Bridge: Year-round season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Upstream from Highway 530 Bridge: Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Fishhook Pond (Walla Walla County): March 1 through October
31 season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
Fishtrap Creek (Whatcom County): From Koh Road to Bender
Road: June 1 through October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Fishtrap Lake (Lincoln/Spokane counties): Last Saturday in
April through September 30 season.
Forde Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Fort Borst Park Pond (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April
through last day in February season. Juveniles only.
Fortson Mill Pond # 2 (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Fourth of July Lake (Adams/Lincoln counties): December 1
through March 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Trout:
No more than two over fourteen inches in length may be
retained.
Franz Lake (Skamania County): Closed waters.
Frater Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Frenchman Hills Lake (Grant County): February 1 through
September 30 season.
Gadwall Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Garfield Juvenile Pond (Whitman County): Juveniles only.
George Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Geneva Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Germany Creek (Cowlitz County), from mouth to end of Germany
Creek Road (approximately five miles): June 1 through August
31 and November 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Release
all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained
per day.
Gibbs Lake (Jefferson County): Selective gear rules except
electric motors allowed. Trout: Release all trout.
Gillette Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Gissberg Pond, North (Snohomish County): Juveniles only.
Gissberg Ponds (Snohomish County): Channel catfish: Daily
limit 2, no minimum size.
Goat Creek (Okanogan County): Closed waters.
Gobar Creek (tributary to Kalama River) (Cowlitz County):
June 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Release all fish
except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Gold Creek, Gold Creek Pond and Outlet Channel (tributary to
Keechelus Lake) (Kittitas County): Closed waters.
Gold Creek (Okanogan County): From mouth to confluence north
fork Gold Creek: Closed waters.
Goldsborough Creek (Mason County): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
Goodman Creek (Jefferson County) outside Olympic National
Park: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout,
minimum length fourteen inches. December 1 through last day
in February, one wild steelhead per day may be retained.
Goodwin Lake (Snohomish County): Chumming permitted.
Goose Creek (Lincoln County), within the city limits of
Wilbur: Year around season. Juveniles and holders of
disability licenses only.
Goose Lake, Lower (Adams County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches. Bluegill: Not more than five
over six inches in length.
Gorst Creek (Kitsap County): Closed waters: From lower
bridge on the old Belfair Highway upstream to source
(including tributaries). From mouth upstream to lower bridge:
Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Gosnell Creek and tributaries (tributary to Lake Isabella)
(Mason County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Goss Lake (Island County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Grande Ronde River (Asotin County):
From mouth to County Road Bridge about two and one-half miles upstream: Year-round season. Selective gear rules September 1 through May 31. Trout: Minimum length ten inches, maximum length twenty inches.
From County Road Bridge upstream to Oregon state line and all tributaries: June 1 through October 31 season. Selective gear rules, June 1 through August 31 and barbless hooks required September 1 through October 31. Additional season November 1 through April 15: Barbless hooks required. All tributaries: Closed waters. All species: Release all fish except whitefish and hatchery steelhead. Trout: Daily limit three hatchery steelhead.
Granite Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Closed
waters.
Granite Lakes (near Marblemount) (Skagit County): Grayling:
Release all grayling.
Grass Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Gray Wolf River (Clallam County): From junction with
Dungeness River to bridge at river mile 1.0 - Closed waters.
From bridge at river mile 1.0 upstream - selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Grays River (Wahkiakum County), from mouth to Highway 4
Bridge: September 1 through October 15 and November 15
through March 15 season; and from Highway 4 Bridge to mouth of
South Fork: September 1 through October 15 and December 15
through March 15 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction, night
closure and stationary gear restriction September 1 through
October 15. All game fish: Release all fish except hatchery
steelhead. Salmon: Open only September 1 through October 15
from mouth to South Fork. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more
than two may be adult salmon. Release chinook, chum, and wild
coho.
Grays River, East Fork (Wahkiakum County): Selective gear
rules. Trout: Release all fish except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained per day.
Grays River, West Fork (Wahkiakum County), downstream from
hatchery intake footbridge: June 1 - August 31 season. Trout: Additional December 15 through March 15 season
downstream from hatchery intake footbridge. Release all fish
other than hatchery steelhead.
Green Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through November 30:
Selective gear rules except electric motors allowed, and all
species: Release all fish.
Green Lake (Lower) (Okanogan County): April 1 through
November 30: Selective gear rules, and all species: Release
all fish.
Green River (Cowlitz County): Closed waters: All
tributaries.
From mouth to 2800 Bridge: April 1 through November 30 season except closed from 400 feet above to 400 feet below the water intake at the upper end of the hatchery grounds during the period September 1 through November 30 and from 400 feet or posted signs above and below the salmon hatchery rack when the rack is installed in the river. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure September 1 through October 31 from mouth to 400 feet below salmon hatchery rack. All game fish: Release all fish except steelhead. Salmon: Open only April 1 through May 31 from mouth to 400 feet below the water intake at the upper end of the hatchery grounds and June 1 through November 30 from mouth to 2800 Bridge. April 1 through July 31: Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild chinook. August 1 through November 30: Daily limit 6 salmon not more than 3 of which may be adult salmon and of the adult salmon not more than 2 may be adult chinook salmon. Release chum and wild coho. October 1 through November 30 release chinook.
From 2800 Bridge to source: Closed waters.
Green (Duwamish) River (King County):
From the First Avenue South Bridge to SW 43rd Street/South 180th Street Bridge: June 1 through July 31 and September 16 through last day in February season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure September 16 through November 30. Fishing from any floating device prohibited November 1 through last day in February. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. July 1 through July 31 and September 16 through November 30, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only September 16 through December 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which not more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chinook salmon.
From the SW 43rd Street/South 180th Street Bridge to South 277th Street Bridge in Auburn: June 1 through July 31 and October 1 through last day in February season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure October 1 through November 30. Fishing from any floating device prohibited November 1 through last day in February. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. July 1 through July 31 and October 1 through November 30, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only October 1 through December 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which not more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chinook salmon.
From the 277th Street Bridge to Auburn-Black Diamond Road Bridge: June 1 through July 31 and October 16 through March 15 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure October 16 through November 30. Fishing from a floating device prohibited November 1 through March 15. Trout, minimum length fourteen inches. July 1 through July 31 and October 16 through November 30, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only October 16 through December 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chinook.
From the Auburn-Black Diamond Road Bridge to the Tacoma Headworks Dam: June 1 through March 15 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Closed waters: Within 150 feet of the Palmer Pond outlet rack and within 150 feet of the mouth of Keta Creek. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. July 1 through November 30, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only November 1 through December 31. Daily limit 2 chum salmon.
Greenwater River (King County), from mouth to Greenwater
Lakes: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve
inches.
Grimes Lake (Douglas County): June 1 through August 31
season. Selective gear rules, except fishing from a floating
device equipped with an electric motor allowed. Trout: Daily
limit one.
Grizzly Lake (Skamania County): Closed waters.
Halfmoon Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Halfmoon Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Hamilton Creek (Skamania County): Trout: Release all fish
except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. All tributaries downstream from the Highway 14 Bridge: Closed
waters.
Hamma Hamma River (Mason County):
From mouth to four hundred feet below falls: June 1 through August 31 and November 1 through last day in February season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Hammersley Inlet Freshwater Tributaries (Mason County), except
Mill Creek: Closed waters.
Hampton Lakes, Lower and Upper (Grant County): April 1
through September 30 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Hancock Lake (King County): June 1 through October 31 season.
All tributary streams and the upper third of the outlet are
closed waters.
Harrison Pond (Skagit County): Closed waters.
Harvey Creek (tributary to Sullivan Lake) (Pend Oreille
County):
From mouth to Bridge 4830 on county road (about one and one-half miles): Closed waters.
From Bridge 4830 upstream: Selective gear rules.
Harvey Creek (tributary to Stillaguamish River) (Snohomish
County): Closed waters.
Hatch Lake (Stevens County): December 1 through March 31
season.
Hatchery Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Haven Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Hawk Creek and tributaries (Lincoln County): Year-round
season.
Hays Creek and Ponds (Adams County): April 1 through
September 30 season.
Headgate Pond (Asotin County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Juveniles, seniors and holders of
disability licenses only.
Heart Lake (near Anacortes) (Skagit County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season.
Heins Lake (Kitsap County): Closed waters.
Hemlock Lake (Trout Creek Reservoir) (Skamania County):
Closed waters.
Hen Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30 season.
Heritage Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Herman Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Hicks Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Hog Canyon Creek (Spokane County): Hog Canyon Dam to Scroggie
Road: Year-round season.
Hog Canyon Lake (Spokane County): December 1 through March 31
season. Trout: No more than two over fourteen inches in
length may be retained.
Hoh River (Jefferson County), from mouth to Olympic National
Park boundary below mouth of South Fork: June 1 through April
15 season. Selective gear rules June 1 through October 15
from Willoughby Creek to Morgan's Crossing Boat Launch, June 1
through November 30 from Morgan's Crossing Boat Launch to the
mouth of south fork, and December 1 through April 15 from DNR
Oxbow Campground Boat Launch to mouth of south fork. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. December 1 through April 15,
from mouth to DNR Oxbow Campground Boat Launch((: Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches)), one wild steelhead per day
may be retained. Salmon: Open only May 16 through November
30 mouth to Willoughby Creek and October 16 through November
30 Willoughby Creek to Morgan's Crossing Boat Launch. Daily
limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon
except May 16 through August 31 from mouth to Willoughby Creek
open Wednesday through Sunday only of each week and daily
limit may contain no more than one adult salmon.
Hoh River South Fork (Jefferson County), outside Olympic
National Park: June 1 through April 15 season. Selective
gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Hoko River (Clallam County): From mouth to upper Hoko Bridge:
Fly fishing only September 1 through October 31. Additional
November 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. December 1 through March 15, one wild
steelhead per day may be retained.
From upper Hoko Bridge to Ellis Creek Bridge (river mile 18.5): June 1 through March 31 season. Fly fishing only. All species: Release all fish except that up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
Homestead Lake (Grant County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit one fish.
Hoquiam River, including all forks (Grays Harbor County):
June 1 through March 31 season. Single point barbless hooks
required August 16 through November 30. Selective gear and
all species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained per day, from March 1 through March
31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open
only October 1 through November 30 from mouth to bridge on
Dekay Road on mainstem and East Fork mouth to the abandoned
flat car bridge downstream of the mouth of Berryman Creek. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon, except release adult chinook.
Horseshoe Lake (Clark/Cowlitz counties): Trout: No more than
2 trout 20 inches or greater in length may be retained. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Horseshoe Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit 1.
Horseshoe Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules
apply.
Horseshoe Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout except kokanee: Daily limit
five. Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee
daily limit five.
Horsethief Lake (Klickitat County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Hourglass Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Howard Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Howell Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Hozomeen Lake (Whatcom County): July 1 through October 31
season.
Huff Lake (Pend Oreille County): Closed waters.
Humptulips River (Grays Harbor County), from mouth to forks:
June 1 through March 31 season except closed March 1 through
March 31 from Highway 101 Bridge to forks. Night closure and
single point barbless hooks required August 16 through
November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon:
Open only October 16 through January 31 from mouth to Highway
101 Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be
adult salmon. Release wild adult coho. October 16 through
October 31 the daily limit may contain no more than 1 adult
chinook. November 1 through January 31 release adult chinook.
Humptulips River, East Fork (Grays Harbor County), from mouth
to concrete bridge on Forest Service Road between Humptulips
Guard Station and Grisdale: Nonbuoyant lure restriction and
night closure August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
Humptulips River, West Fork (Grays Harbor County), from mouth
to Donkey Creek: June 1 through last day in February season.
Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 16
through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Hutchinson Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion engine prohibited.
I-82 Ponds, 1 through 7 (Yakima County): Fishing from vessels
equipped with internal combustion engines prohibited.
Icehouse Lake (Skamania County): Trout: No more than 2 trout
20 inches or greater in length may be retained.
Icicle River (Creek) (Chelan County):
From mouth to four hundred feet below Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery rack: Closed waters. From Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery rack upstream to Leland Creek: Selective gear rules.
Indian Creek (tributary to Elwha River) (Clallam County), from
mouth upstream to first Highway 101 crossing: Selective gear
rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Indian Creek (Yakima County): From mouth to waterfall
approximately 5 and three-quarters miles upstream: Closed
waters. Upstream of waterfall: Eastern brook trout do not
count as part of trout daily limit. Eastern brook trout: No
minimum size and no daily limit.
Indian Heaven Wilderness Lakes (Skamania County): Trout:
Daily limit three.
Ingall's Creek (Chelan County): Mouth to Wilderness boundary:
Closed waters.
Issaquah Creek (King County): Closed waters.
Jackson Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Jameson Lake (Douglas County): Last Saturday in April through
July 4 and October 1 through October 31 seasons.
Jasmine Creek (Okanogan County): Year-round season. Juveniles only.
Jefferson Park Pond (Walla Walla County): Juveniles only.
Jennings Park Pond (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Jewitt Creek (Klickitat County): Juveniles only. Trout:
Daily limit five, no minimum length.
Jimmy-Come-Lately Creek (Clallam County): June 1 through
August 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Joe Creek (Grays Harbor County): Upstream from State Highway
109 Bridge to Ocean Beach Road Bridge: June 1 through
November 30 season. Single point barbless hooks required
August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through
November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may
be adult salmon. Release adult chinook.
Johns Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.
Johns River, mouth to Ballon Creek including North and South
Forks (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through last day in
February season. Waters above Ballon Creek, including North
and South Forks, are closed. Single point barbless hooks
required August 16 through November 30 from mouth to Ballon
Creek. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open
only October 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of
which no more than 2 may be adult salmon, except release adult
chinook.
Johnson Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis County):
Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length ten inches.
Johnson Creek (Whatcom County), from Northern Pacific Railroad
tracks to the Lawson Street footbridge in Sumas: Juveniles
only.
Jump-Off Joe Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Kachess Lake (Reservoir) (Kittitas County): Chumming
permitted. Trout except kokanee: Daily limit two, minimum
length twelve inches. Kokanee not counted in daily trout
limit. Kokanee daily limit sixteen. Burbot: Set line gear
allowed.
Kachess River (Kittitas County): Lawful to fish to base of
Kachess Dam. Selective gear rules. From Kachess Lake
(Reservoir) upstream to waterfall approximately one-half mile
above Mineral Creek: Closed waters.
Kalaloch Creek (Jefferson County), outside Olympic National
Park: Closed waters: Those waters within the section posted
as the Olympic National Park water supply June 1 through last
day in February season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.
Kalama River (Cowlitz County): Release wild cutthroat.
From mouth upstream to one thousand feet below fishway at upper salmon hatchery: Year-round season except during the period the temporary fish rack is installed. Waters from two hundred feet above to one thousand five hundred feet below the rack are closed waters. Nonbuoyant lure restriction, night closure, and stationary gear restriction September 1 through October 31 from mouth to one thousand five hundred feet below the rack. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited upstream of Modrow Bridge. September 1 through October 31: Fly fishing only from the pipeline crossing to the posted deadline at the intake to the lower salmon hatchery. Trout: Release all trout except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open year-round. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum and wild coho. Release wild chinook January 1 through July 31. October 1 through December 31 release chinook upstream from natural gas pipeline crossing.
From one thousand feet below to one thousand feet above the fishway at upper salmon hatchery: Closed waters.
From one thousand feet above the fishway at the upper salmon hatchery to Summers Creek: Year-round season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Release steelhead in mainstem and tributaries.
From Summers Creek upstream to the 6420 Road at about one mile above the gate at the end of the county road: June 1 through March 31 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Fly fishing only. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Release steelhead in mainstem and tributaries.
From 6420 Road to Kalama Falls: Closed waters.
Kalispell Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Last
Saturday in April through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
Keechelus Lake (Reservoir) (Kittitas County): Chumming
permitted. Trout except kokanee: Daily limit two, minimum
length twelve inches, additionally up to sixteen kokanee may
be retained. Burbot: Set line gear allowed.
Kelsey Creek (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County):
Closed waters.
Kennedy Creek (Thurston County), from mouth to four hundred
feet below falls: June 1 through last day in February season.
Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure October 1
through December 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 1 through November 30 from mouth to
northbound Highway 101 Bridge. Barbless hooks required. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release coho.
Kennedy Creek Pond (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Kettle River (Stevens County):
June 1 through October 31 season. All species: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length 12 inches. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon.
Additional season: November 1 through May 31. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Ki Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Kidney Lake (Skamania County): Last Saturday in April through
last day in February season.
Kimball Creek (near Snoqualmie) (King County): Last Saturday
in April through October 31 season. Juveniles only. Trout:
No minimum length.
Kings Lake and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Closed
waters.
Kings Lake Bog (King County): Closed waters.
Kiwanis Pond (Kittitas County): Juveniles and holders of
disability licenses only.
Klaus Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Closed waters: The inlet and outlet to
first Weyerhaeuser spur.
Klickitat River (Klickitat County):
From mouth to Fisher Hill Bridge: May 1 through January 31 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure May 1 through May 31. Nonbuoyant lure restriction August 1 through January 31. Game fish: Closed December 1 through January 31. Release game fish other than steelhead May 1 through May 31. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Steelhead and salmon: May 1 through May 31 Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays only, daily limit 2 hatchery steelhead or 2 salmon or one of each. Salmon: June 1 through January 31 daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon.
From Fisher Hill Bridge to four hundred feet above # 5 fishway: Closed waters.
From four hundred feet above # 5 fishway to the Yakama Indian Reservation boundary: June 1 through November 30 season, except waters from boundary markers above Klickitat salmon hatchery to boundary markers below hatchery are closed waters. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Salmon: Open only June 1 through November 30 from 400 feet above No. 5 Fishway to boundary markers below Klickitat Salmon Hatchery. June 1 through July 31: Daily limit 6 salmon. Release adult salmon. August 1 through November 30: Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chinook November 1 through November 30. Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
From the Yakama Indian Reservation boundary upstream to source, including all tributaries: Closed waters.
Klineline Ponds (Clark County): Trout: No more than 2 trout
20 inches in length or greater may be retained.
Koeneman Lake (Fern Lake) (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. All
species: Release all fish.
Kress Lake (Cowlitz County): Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Trout:
No more than 2 trout 20 inches in length or greater may be
retained. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Lacamas Creek (Clark County): Lawful to fish upstream to the
base of Lacamas Lake Dam.
Lacamas Creek, tributary of Cowlitz River (Lewis County):
June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Release
all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained
per day.
Lake Creek (Okanogan County): Mouth to Black Lake: Closed
waters. Black Lake to Three Prong Creek: Selective gear
rules.
Langlois Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Latah (Hangman) Creek (Spokane County): Year-round season.
Leader Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Ledbetter Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Ledking Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Leech Lake (White Pass area) (Yakima County): Fly fishing
only. Fishing prohibited from floating devices equipped with
motors. Trout: No more than one over 14 inches in length.
Lemna Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Lenice Lake (Grant County): March 1 through November 30
season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.
Lena Lake, Lower (Jefferson County): Closed waters: Inlet
stream from mouth upstream to footbridge (about one hundred
feet).
Lenore Lake (Grant County): Closed waters: Area within two
hundred yard radius of trash rack leading to the irrigation
pumping station (south end of lake) and area approximately one
hundred yards beyond the mouth of inlet stream to State
Highway 17. March 1 through May 31 season: Selective gear
rules, except fishing from a floating device equipped with an
electric motor permitted. All species: Release all fish. Additional season June 1 through November 30: Selective gear
rules, except fishing from a floating device equipped with an
electric motor permitted. Trout: Daily limit one.
Leo Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Lewis River (Clark County), from mouth to forks: Year-round
season. Trout: Release all fish except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open year-round. January 1 through July 31 daily limit six fish of which not
more than 2 may be adult salmon. August 1 through December
31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 3 may be adult
salmon and of the adult salmon not more than 2 may be adult
chinook salmon. Release chum and wild coho August 1 through
April 30. Release wild chinook January 1 through July 31. Sturgeon: Lawful to retain sturgeon on Thursdays, Fridays and
Saturdays, February 1 through July 31 and October 1 through
December 31. Release sturgeon on other days and during other
time periods.
Lewis River, East Fork (Clark/Skamania counties): Closed
waters: From the posted markers at the lower end of Big Eddy
to one hundred feet above Lucia Falls; from four hundred feet
below to four hundred feet above Molton Falls; from four
hundred feet below Horseshoe Falls upstream including all
tributaries above Horseshoe Falls.
Mouth to 400 feet below Horseshoe Falls: June 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Release all trout except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Mouth to top boat ramp at Lewisville Park: Additional April 16 through May 31 season. Selective gear rules. Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Lewis River, North Fork (Clark/Skamania counties):
From mouth to Colvin Creek: Year-round season except those waters shoreward of the cable buoy and corkline at the mouth of the Lewis River Salmon Hatchery fish ladder are closed waters. Fishing from a floating device prohibited from May 1 through July 31 from Johnson Creek to Colvin Creek. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure April 1 through November 30 from Johnson Creek to Colvin Creek. Trout: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open year-round. January 1 through July 31 daily limit six fish of which not more than 2 may be adult salmon. August 1 through December 31 daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 3 may be adult salmon and of the adult salmon not more than 2 may be adult chinook salmon. Release chum and wild coho August 1 through April 30. Release wild chinook January 1 through July 31.
From mouth of Colvin Creek to overhead powerlines at Merwin Dam: June 16 through September 30 and December 16 through April 30 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure April 1 through September 30. Trout: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open only August 1 through September 30 and January 1 through April 30. August 1 through September 30: Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 3 may be adult salmon and of the adult salmon not more than 2 may be adult chinook salmon. January 1 through April 30: Daily limit 6 salmon not more than 2 of which may be adult salmon. Release chum and wild coho. Release wild chinook January 1 through April 30.
From overhead powerlines at Merwin Dam to Merwin Dam: Closed waters.
From the cable crossing 1,300 feet below Yale Dam to Yale Dam: Closed waters.
Within Lewis River Power Canal: Closed waters.
From Eagle Cliff Bridge to lower falls including all tributaries: Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Liberty Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Lilliwaup River (Mason County): Mouth to 200 feet below
falls: June 1 through August 31 season. Selective gear
rules. All species: Release all fish.
Lilly Lake (Chelan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. July 5 through October 31, selective gear
rules, and all species: Release all fish.
Limerick Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Lincoln Pond (Clallam County): Juveniles only. Salmon:
Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Lions Park Pond (Walla Walla County): Juveniles only.
Little Ash Lake (Skamania County): Trout: No more than 2
trout 20 inches in length or greater may be retained.
Little Bear Creek (tributary of Sammamish River)
(Snohomish/King counties): Closed waters.
Little Hoko River (Clallam County): Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Little Klickitat River (Klickitat County), within Goldendale
city limits: Last Saturday in April through October 31
season. Juveniles only. Trout: Daily limit five, no minimum
length.
Little Lost Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season.
Little Naches River (Yakima County): Selective gear rules.
Little Nisqually River (Lewis County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length ten inches.
Little Pend Oreille River (Stevens County) from the Little
Pend Oreille wildlife refuge boundary about 1 mile downstream
from the refuge headquarters office to Crystal Falls:
Selective gear rules, and all species: Release all fish
except up to five Eastern brook trout may be retained.
Little Quilcene River (Jefferson County), from mouth to the
Little Quilcene River Bridge on Penny Creek Road, June 1
through last day in February season. Closed waters: Mouth to
Highway 101 Bridge September 1 through October 31. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.
Little Spokane River (Spokane County):
From mouth to SR 291 Bridge: Year-round season.
From SR 291 Bridge upstream to the West Branch: Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Upstream from bridge at Frideger Road: Closed waters: From the inlet to Chain Lake upstream one-quarter mile to the railroad crossing culvert. Trout: Release kokanee taken upstream from bridge.
Little Twin Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through November
30: Selective gear rules and all species: Release all fish.
Little Twin Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31.
Little Wenatchee River (Chelan County): From Lake Wenatchee
to the falls below U.S. Forest Service Road 6700 Bridge at
Riverside Campground: Closed waters.
Little White Salmon River (Skamania County): Closed waters:
From the orange fishing boundary markers at Drano Lake
upstream to the intake near the Little White Salmon National
Fish Hatchery north boundary. Trout: Daily limit five. Drano Lake (waters downstream of markers on point of land
downstream and across from Little White Salmon National Fish
Hatchery): May 1 through March 15 season, except closed
Wednesdays May 1 through May 31. Night closure and nonbuoyant
lure restriction May 1 through June 30. Nonbuoyant lure
restriction August 1 through December 31. May 1 through June
30 daily limit of two fish, of which two fish one or both may
be hatchery steelhead or one or both may be chinook salmon. Trout and salmon: May 1 through June 30 release all fish
except hatchery steelhead and chinook salmon. Trout: July 1
through March 15 release all fish except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open only August
1 through December 31. Daily limit six fish of which no more
than two may be adult salmon.
Lone Lake (Island County): Selective gear rules, except
electric motors allowed. Trout: Daily limit one, minimum
length 18 inches.
Long Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Fly fishing only. Unlawful to fish from
floating devices equipped with motors.
Long Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Long Lake (Spokane River Reservoir) (Spokane County): Bass:
Release all bass May 1 through June 30.
Long Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Long's Pond (Thurston County): Juveniles only.
Loomis Lake (Pacific County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Loomis Pond (Grays Harbor County): Closed waters.
Loon Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout except kokanee: Daily limit five,
except no more than two over twenty inches in length may be
retained. Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee
daily limit ten.
Lost Lake (Kittitas County): Trout: Not more than 1 fish
over 14 inches in length.
Lost Lake (Okanogan County): Unlawful to fish from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion engine.
Lost River (Okanogan County):
From mouth to mouth of Monument Creek: Closed waters.
From mouth of Monument Creek to outlet of Cougar Lake: Selective gear rules. Trout: Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit. Dolly Varden/Bull Trout daily limit two, minimum length fourteen inches.
Love Lake (Clark County): Closed waters.
Lucas Slough (Skagit County): Closed waters.
Lucky Duck Pond (Stevens County): Juveniles only.
Ludlow Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Lyle Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Lyre River (Clallam County):
From mouth to falls near river mile 3: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From falls to source: Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Mad River (Chelan County), from mouth upstream to Jimmy Creek:
Closed waters.
Maggie Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
November 30 season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Margaret Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Marshal Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Martha Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Martha Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Mattoon Lake (Kittitas County): Fishing from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.
May Creek (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County):
Closed waters.
Mayfield Lake (Reservoir) (Lewis County): Mayfield Dam to 400
feet below Mossyrock Dam: Closed waters: Tacoma Power safety
signs at Onion Rock Bridge to Mossyrock Dam. Trout and
salmon: Minimum length eight inches. Trout: Release
cutthroat. Salmon: Open only September 1 through December
31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release wild coho.
McAllister Creek (Thurston County): Nonbuoyant lure
restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only
July 1 through November 30 from mouth to Olympia - Steilacoom
Road Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 4 may
be adult salmon.
McCabe Pond (Kittitas County): Fishing from any floating
device prohibited. All species: Five fish daily limit for
all species combined.
McDonald Creek (Clallam County): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
McDowell Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a
floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. All
species: Release all fish.
McIntosh Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
McLane Creek (Thurston County), from a line 50 feet north of
and parallel to the Mud Bay Road Bridge to a line 100 feet
upstream and parallel to the south bridge on Highway 101:
June 1 through November 30 season. Nonbuoyant lure
restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Game fish: Release game fish November 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches upstream from the south
bridge. Salmon: Open only July 1 through November 30. Closed to salmon fishing: Waters within 400 feet of Allison
Springs Pond outfall. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more
than 2 may be adult salmon. Release coho.
From a line 100 feet upstream and parallel to the south bridge on Highway 101 upstream: Nonbuoyant lure restrictions and night closure August 1 through October 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
McLane Creek Ponds (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
McManaman Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
McMurray Lake (Skagit County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Medical Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily
limit two, minimum length fourteen inches.
Medical Lake, West (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April
through September 30 season.
Melaney Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.
Melbourne Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Mercer Creek (Kittitas County), that portion within Ellensburg
city limits: Juveniles only. Trout: Daily limit five, no
minimum length.
Mercer Slough (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County):
Closed waters.
Merrill Lake (Cowlitz County): Fly fishing only. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion engine. Trout: Daily limit two, maximum length
twelve inches.
Merritt Lake (Chelan County): Trout: Daily limit sixteen.
Merry Lake (Grant County): March 1 through November 30
season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.
Merwin Lake (Reservoir) (Clark/Cowlitz County): Salmon:
Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Methow River (Okanogan County):
Mouth to Gold Creek: Closed waters June 1 through October 31. Gold Creek to Weeman Bridge: June 1 through September 30 season: Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish. Upstream from Weeman Bridge to the falls above Brush Creek: Closed waters June 1 through October 31: From mouth upstream to the falls above Brush Creek. Additional season: December 1 through March 31. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Methow River tributaries not otherwise provided for:
Selective gear rules. Trout: Maximum length twenty inches.
Middle Nemah Pond (Pacific County): June 1 through October 31
season.
Mill Creek (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Mill Creek (Cowlitz County): June 1 through August 31 and
November 1 through March 15 seasons. Trout: Release all fish
except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Mill Creek (Lewis County): Additional season December 1
through December 31, mouth to hatchery road crossing culvert. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure. All species:
Release all fish except that up to two hatchery steelhead with
intact ventral fins may be retained per day.
Mill Creek (Mason County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
Mill Creek (Walla Walla County):
From mouth to Gose St. Bridge: June 1 through April 15 season. All species: Barbless hooks required and release all fish except hatchery steelhead September 1 through April 15. Trout: Daily limit three hatchery steelhead.
From Gose St. Bridge to Roosevelt St. Bridge, within city limits of Walla Walla: Closed waters.
From Roosevelt St. Bridge upstream, including all tributaries: All tributaries: Closed waters. Selective gear rules. Trout: Maximum length twenty inches.
Mill Creek Pond (Grays Harbor County): Juveniles only.
Mill Pond (Auburn) (King County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Mill Pond (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Mineral Creek (tributary to upper Kachess River) (Kittitas
County), from mouth to Wilderness Boundary: Closed waters.
Mineral Creek (tributary to Nisqually River), and Mineral
Creek, North Fork (Lewis County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Mineral Lake (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Minter Creek (Pierce/Kitsap counties): Closed waters: Area
from department intake dam downstream to mouth June 1 through
October 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon:
Open only November 1 through December 31 from mouth to 50 feet
downstream of the hatchery rack. Daily limit 4 chum.
Mirror Lake (Grant County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Mission Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Moclips River (Grays Harbor County), from mouth to the
Quinault Indian Reservation: June 1 through last day in
February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Molson Lake (Okanogan County): Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.
Monte Christo Lake (Snohomish County): June 1 through October
31 season. Selective gear rules.
Mooses Pond (Pacific County): June 1 through October 31
season.
Moran Slough (including inlet and outlet streams) (Grant
County): Closed waters.
Morgan Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Morse Creek (Clallam County), from mouth to Port Angeles Dam:
June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
Moses Lake (Grant County): Crappie: Daily limit five, only
crappie more than ten inches in length may be retained. Bluegill: Daily limit five, only bluegill more than eight
inches in length may be retained. Bass: Fish twelve to
seventeen inches in length may be retained as part of the
daily limit. No more than 3 bass over fifteen inches in
length may be retained. Walleye: Minimum length eighteen
inches. Up to five fish eighteen to twenty-four inches in
length may be retained in the daily limit. No more than one
walleye over 24 inches in length may be retained.
Mosquito Creek (Jefferson County), outside Olympic National
Park: June 1 through last day in February season. Selective
gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Muck Creek and tributaries (within Ft. Lewis Military
Reservation) (Pierce County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Release all trout.
Mud Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Mud Lake (Yakima County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit one.
Mudget Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Munn Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Muskegon Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit two.
Myron Lake (Yakima County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit one.
Mystic Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Naches River (Yakima/Kittitas counties):
From the mouth to Little Naches River: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches, maximum length twenty inches. Release trout June 1 through October 31 from confluence with Tieton River to mouth of Rattle Snake Creek. Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Naneum Creek (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.
Naneum Pond (Kittitas County): Juveniles only.
Napeequa River (Chelan County): Mouth to Twin Lakes Creek:
Closed waters.
Naselle River (Pacific/Wahkiakum counties), from Highway 101
Bridge upstream including all forks: Closed waters: Area
from four hundred feet below falls in Sec. 6, T10N, R8W
(Wahkiakum County) to falls, and waters within four hundred
feet both upstream and downstream of the entrance to the
Naselle Salmon Hatchery attraction channel.
Mainstem: June 1 through April 15 season, except sturgeon. Single point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30 upstream from Highway 4 Bridge to Crown Main Line (Salme) Bridge. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 16 through November 30 downstream from North Fork. Stationary gear restrictions downstream from the Crown Main Line Bridge August 16 through November 30. Selective gear rules March 1 through April 15 from mouth to North Fork. All game fish: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only August 1 through January 31 from Highway 101 Bridge to Highway 4 Bridge and October 16 through January 31 from the Highway 4 Bridge to the Crown Main Line Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 3 may be adult salmon and of these 3 adult fish no more than 1 may be a wild adult coho and not more than 2 may be adult chinook no more than 2 chum may be retained.
Sturgeon: Open year-round from mouth to Highway 4 Bridge.
From mouth of North Fork to source: Selective gear
rules. All species: Release all fish.
South Fork, from mouth to Bean Creek: June 1 through last day in February season, except sturgeon. Game fish: Selective gear rules except nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 16 through November 30. Release game fish. Sturgeon: Open year-round.
Nason Creek (Chelan County): From the mouth upstream to Smith
Brook: Closed waters.
From Smith Brook to Stevens Creek: Selective gear rules.
Negro Creek (Lincoln County): Year-round season from mouth at
Sprague Lake to the fish barrier dam at Fishtrap Lake.
Negro Creek (Whitman County): Last Saturday in April through
July 15 season.
Nemah River, North, Middle, and South: June 1 through March
31 season. Single point barbless hooks required on North
Nemah upstream to the lower bridge on dead end lower Nemah
Road October 1 through November 30, on Middle Nemah upstream
to the Department of Natural Resources Bridge on Middle Nemah
A-line Road August 16 through November 30, and on South Nemah
upstream to confluence with Middle Nemah August 16 through
November 30. Selective gear rules on Middle Nemah above DNR
Bridge. Night closure August 16 through November 30 on South
and Middle Nemah and October 1 through November 30 on North
Nemah. Nonbuoyant lure restriction on North Nemah upstream
from bridge on dead end lower Nemah Road August 16 through
November 30. On the North Nemah from the mouth to the lower
bridge on dead end lower Nemah Road, fishers may not allow
their line, lures or bait to remain stationary in the water
during the period August 16 through November 30. All game
fish: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead
per day may be retained in the North Nemah. Salmon: Open
only August 1 through January 31 on Middle Nemah from mouth to
DNR Bridge and South Nemah from mouth to confluence with
Middle Nemah and October 1 through January 31 on North Nemah
from mouth to the lower bridge on dead end Lower Nemah Road. Middle and South Nemah: Daily limit 6 fish of which no more
than 2 may be adult salmon and of the two adult fish no more
than one may be a wild adult coho. North Nemah: Daily limit
6 salmon of which not more than 3 may be adult salmon and of
the adult fish no more than one may be a wild adult coho and
no more than two may be adult chinook. No more than two chum
may be retained.
Newhalem Ponds (Whatcom County): Closed waters.
Newaukum River, main river and South Fork upstream to Highway
508 Bridge near Kearny Creek (Lewis County): June 1 through
March 31 season. Night closure and single point barbless
hooks required August 16 through November 30 from mouth to
Gheer Creek. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches mouth to
Highway 508 Bridge near Kearny Creek. Salmon: Open only
October 16 through last day in February from mouth to Gheer
Creek. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be
adult salmon. Release adult chinook. Release wild adult coho
December 1 through last day in February.
Newaukum River, Middle Fork, mouth to Taucher Road Bridge
(Lewis County): June 1 to March 31 season. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
Newaukum River, North Fork (Lewis County):
From mouth to four hundred feet below Chehalis city water intake: June 1 through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From 400 feet below Chehalis city water intake upstream: Closed waters.
Niawiakum River (Pacific County): From Highway 101 Bridge to
the South Bend/Palix Road Bridge: Night closure and single
point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30. All game fish: Release all fish. Salmon: Open only
September 1 through November 30 from Highway 101 Bridge to
South Bend/Palix Road Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no
more than 2 may be adult salmon and of the adult fish not more
than one may be a wild adult coho. Release adult chinook.
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 January 31
season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August
1 through November 30. Game fish: Closed December 1 through
January 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon:
Open only July 1 through January 31 from mouth to Military
Tank Crossing Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more
than 2 may be adult salmon.
Nooksack River (Whatcom County), from mouth to forks, Middle
Fork to Dam and North Fork to Nooksack Falls: June 1 through
last day in February season except closed June 1 through
September 30 in mainstem from Mount Baker High School bus barn
at Deming to confluence of the North and South Forks. Fishing
from floating devices equipped with motors prohibited on the
North and Middle Forks November 1 through last day in
February. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure
August 1 through November 30 on mainstem and North Fork to
Maple Creek. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon:
Open only September 1 through December 31 in mainstem from
Lummi Indian Reservation boundary to Mount Baker High School
bus barn. Open only October 16 through December 31 in
mainstem from the bus barn to the confluence of the North and
South Forks, and October 1 through October 31 on the North
Fork from confluence to Maple Creek. Daily limit 2 salmon,
except release chinook and wild coho.
Nooksack River, South Fork (Skagit/Whatcom counties): From
mouth to Skookum Creek: June 1 through last day in February
season. Selective gear rules. Night closure August 1 through
October 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon:
Open only October 16 through December 31. Daily limit 2
salmon, except release chinook and wild coho.
From Skookum Creek upstream: Closed waters.
No Name Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
North Creek (Okanogan County): From mouth to falls at river
mile 0.8: Selective gear rules.
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 the day before opening of waterfowl season. Fishing
from any floating device prohibited, except float tubes
permitted.
North River (Grays Harbor/Pacific counties), from Highway 105
Bridge upstream to Falls River: June 1 through last day in
February season, except sturgeon. Night closure August 16
through November 30. Single point barbless hooks required
August 16 through November 30 upstream to Salmon Creek.
Nonbuoyant lure restriction from Salmon Creek to Falls River
August 16 through November 30. All game fish: Release all
fish except that up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be
retained. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30
from Highway 105 Bridge to Salmon Creek. Daily limit 6 fish
of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon and of the adult
fish not more than one may be a wild adult coho. Release
adult chinook. Sturgeon: Open year-round from Highway 105
Bridge to Salmon Creek.
Upstream from Falls River: Selective gear rules. All
species: Release all fish.
Northern State Hospital Pond (Skagit County): Last Saturday
in April through October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Northwestern Reservoir (Klickitat/Skamania counties): Last
Saturday in April through last day in February season.
Nunnally Lake (Grant County): March 1 through November 30
season. Closed waters: Outlet stream of Nunnally Lake. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.
Oakland Bay freshwater tributaries (Mason County), except
Goldsborough Creek (including Shelton Creek, Canyon Creek,
Uncle John Creek, Campbell Creek, Melaney Creek, Deer Creek,
John's Creek, and Cranberry Creek to Lake Limerick): Closed
waters.
Oasis Park Pond (Grant County): Third Saturday in April
through Labor Day season. Juveniles and holders of reduced
fee disability licenses only.
Ohanapecosh Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis/Pierce
counties): Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length
twelve inches.
Ohop Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Okanogan River (Okanogan County):
From the mouth to the highway bridge at Malott: Year-round season. Trout: Release all trout. Upstream from the highway bridge at Malott: June 1 through August 31 season. Trout: Release all trout.
Closed waters: From Zosel Dam downstream to one-quarter mile below the railroad trestle.
Old Fishing Hole Pond (Kent) (King County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Olequa Creek (Lewis County): June 1 through last day in
February season. Trout: Release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Osborne Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Outlet Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Owens Pond (Pacific County): June 1 through October 31
season.
Packwood Lake (Lewis County): Closed waters: All inlet
streams and outlet from log boom to dam. Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit five, minimum length ten inches.
Padden Lake (Whatcom County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Palix River, including all forks (Pacific County): June 1
through March 31 season, except sturgeon. Single point
barbless hooks and night closure August 16 through November 30
upstream to the confluence of the South and Middle Forks. Above the confluence of the South and Middle Forks: Selective
gear rules. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure
August 16 through November 30. All game fish: Release all
fish. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30 from
the Highway 101 Bridge to the confluence of the South and
Middle Forks. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may
be adult salmon and of the adult salmon not more than one may
be a wild adult coho. Release adult chinook. Sturgeon: Open
year-round from the Highway 101 Bridge to the confluence of
the South and Middle Forks.
Palouse River and tributaries, except Rock Creek (Whitman
County): Year around season.
Palmer Lake (Okanogan County): Burbot: Set line gear
allowed.
Pampa Pond (Whitman County): March 1 through September 30
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
Panhandle Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Panther Creek (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Panther Creek (tributary to Wind River) (Skamania County):
Closed waters.
Panther Lake (Kitsap/Mason counties): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Para-Juvenile Lake (Adams/Grant counties): April 1 through
September 30 season. Juveniles only.
Park Lake (Grant County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Parker Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Pass Lake (Skagit County): Fly fishing only. Fishing from a
floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. All
species: Release all fish.
Pataha Creek (Garfield County):
Within the city limits of Pomeroy: Juveniles only.
From city limits of Pomeroy upstream: Selective gear rules.
Patterson Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Pattison Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Peabody Creek (Clallam County): Juveniles only.
Pearrygin Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through September 30 season.
Pend Oreille River (Pend Oreille County): Year-round season. All sloughs within the boundaries of the Kalispell Reservation
except Calispell Slough: Closed waters.
Perch Lake (Grant County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Percival Creek (Thurston County): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
Peshastin Creek (Chelan County): Mouth to Ruby Creek: Closed
waters.
Petit Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Phalon Lake (Stevens County): Closed waters.
Pheasant Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April to
October 31 season.
Phelps Creek (Chelan County): From mouth to falls at river
mile 1: Selective gear rules.
Philippa Creek (tributary to N.F. Snoqualmie River) (King
County): Closed waters.
Phillips Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Phillips Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Pilchuck Creek (Snohomish County), mouth to Highway 9 Bridge:
June 1 through November 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Additional December 1
through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
Pilchuck River (Snohomish County)
From its mouth to five hundred feet downstream from the Snohomish City diversion dam: December 1 through last day in February season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From 500 feet below diversion dam upstream: Closed waters.
Pillar Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Pine Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Pine Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Pioneer Ponds (tributary to Stillaguamish River) (Snohomish
County): Closed waters.
Pipers (Carkeek) Creek (King County), from its mouth to its
source, including tributaries: Closed waters.
Pit Lake (Douglas County): Juveniles only.
Pleasant Lake (Clallam County): Trout: Kokanee minimum
length eight inches, maximum length twenty inches.
Plummer Lake (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April through
last day in February season.
Poacher Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Portage Creek (tributary to Stillaguamish River) (Snohomish
County): Closed waters.
Potholes Reservoir (Grant County): Crappie: Minimum length
nine inches. Crappie and bluegill: Combined daily limit
twenty-five fish. Perch: Daily limit twenty-five fish.
Potter's Pond (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Pratt River (tributary to Middle Fork Snoqualmie) (King
County): Selective gear rules. All species: Release all
fish.
Prices Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species:
Release all fish.
Promised Land Pond (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through
October 31 season.
Purdy Creek (Mason County): June 1 through August 15 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Puyallup River (Pierce County):
From mouth to the Electron power plant outlet: June 1 through January 31 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30 from the mouth to the Carbon River. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only August 1 through December 31 from mouth to Carbon River. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon.
From mouth to the Soldier's Home Bridge in Orting: Additional February 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Pysht River (Clallam County): June 1 through last day in
February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
December 1 through last day in February, one wild steelhead
per day may be retained.
Pysht River South Fork (Clallam County): Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
Quail Lake (Adams County): Fly fishing only. Fishing from
any floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. All
species: Release all fish.
Quarry Pond (Walla Walla County): Fishing from any floating
device prohibited.
Quigg Lake (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through April 15
season. Trout: Daily limit 2. Minimum length fourteen
inches. Salmon: Open only October 1 through January 31.
Daily limit 6 hatchery coho salmon of which no more than 4 may
be adult hatchery coho.
Quillayute River (Clallam County): Open year-round. May 1
through May 31 release all fish except up to two hatchery
steelhead per day may be retained. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. December 1 through April 30, one wild
steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only March 1
through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than
2 may be adult salmon March 1 through August 31 and 3 may be
adult salmon September 1 through November 30. September 1
through November 30 the 3 adult salmon may contain no more
than 2 adult chinook or 2 adult wild coho or 1 adult chinook
and 1 adult wild coho. March 1 through August 31 release wild
adult coho and wild adult chinook.
Quinault River, Upper (Jefferson County), from mouth at upper
end of Quinault Lake to the National Park boundary: June 1
through April 15 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches. December 1 through April 15, one wild steelhead per
day may be retained. Salmon: Open only July 1 through
October 31. Daily limit 6 fish except release adult salmon.
Quincy Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Radar Ponds (Pacific County): Salmon: Landlocked salmon
rules apply.
Raging River (King County), from its mouth to the Highway 18
Bridge: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.
Railroad Pond (Franklin County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit two.
Rainbow Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
Rapjohn Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Rat Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through November 30:
Selective gear rules except electric motors allowed, and all
species: Release all fish.
Rattlesnake Creek (Yakima County): Selective gear rules. All
species: Release all fish.
Rattlesnake Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules, except
fishing from a floating device equipped with an electric motor
allowed.
Ravensdale Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit
two, minimum length twelve inches.
Reflection Pond (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Renner Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Riffe Lake (Reservoir) (Lewis County): Mossyrock Dam to 400
feet below Cowlitz Falls Dam. Closed waters: Lewis County
PUD safety signs approximately 800 feet below Cowlitz Falls
Dam to Dam. Lawful to fish up to the base of Swofford Pond
Dam. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Rigley Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit
two, minimum length twelve inches.
Riley Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Rimrock Lake (Reservoir) (Yakima County): Chumming permitted.
Trout except kokanee: Daily limit five. Kokanee not counted
in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit sixteen.
Ringold Springs Creek (Hatchery Creek) (Franklin County):
Closed waters.
Robbins Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Rock Creek (Adams/Whitman counties): Mouth to Endicott Road
year-round season.
Endicott Road to bridge on George Knott Road at Revere: Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Upstream from bridge on George Knott Road: Year-round season.
Rock Creek (Chelan County): Selective gear rules.
Rock Creek (Cedar River tributary below Landsburg Dam) (King
County): Closed waters.
Rock Creek (Skamania County): Mouth to falls: June 1 through
March 15 season. Trout: Release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Above falls,
additional November 1 through March 15 season.
Rocky Ford Creek and Ponds (Grant County): Fly fishing only. Fishing from bank only (no wading). All species: Release all
fish.
Rocky Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. June 1 through October 31 selective gear
rules and all species: Release all fish.
Roesiger Lake (Snohomish County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Roosevelt Lake (Ferry/Lincoln/Stevens counties): Chumming
allowed. All species: Closed February 1 through May 31 in
San Poil arm upstream from outlet of French Johns Lake, and
April 1 through May 31 in Kettle arm upstream to Barstow
Bridge. Trout except kokanee: Daily limit five. No more
than two over twenty inches in length. Kokanee daily limit
two. Walleye: No minimum size. Daily limit 5 fish not more
than one of which may be longer than 18 inches. Salmon:
Landlocked salmon rules apply. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish
for or retain sturgeon from Roosevelt Lake and tributaries.
Rose Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Ross Lake (Reservoir) (Whatcom County): July 1 through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules, except fishing from
a floating device equipped with a motor allowed. Trout:
Daily limit three, possession limit six, minimum length
thirteen inches.
Ross Lake tributary streams (Whatcom County), except Big
Beaver Creek and Ruby Creek: Closed waters: From closed
water markers near mouth upstream for one mile. Above closed
water marker in tributaries not listed as closed: July 1
through October 31 season.
Round Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Rowland Lakes (Klickitat County): Last Saturday in April
through last day in February season.
Royal Lake (Adams County): Closed waters.
Royal Slough (including Marsh Unit IV impoundments) (Adams
County): Closed waters.
Ruby Creek (tributary to Ross Lake) (Whatcom County): Closed
waters.
Rufus Woods Lake (Douglas County): Chumming allowed. Trout:
Daily limit two. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain
sturgeon from Rufus Woods Lake and tributaries.
Sacheen Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Saddle Mountain Lake (Grant County): Closed waters.
Sago Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Salmon Creek (Clark County), from mouth to 72nd Avenue N.E.:
June 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Release all fish
except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Salmon Creek, including all forks (Jefferson County): Closed
waters.
Salmon Creek, mainstem (Okanogan County): Closed waters.
Salmon Creek, North Fork and West Fork from mouth to South
Fork (Okanogan County): Selective gear rules.
Salmon Creek (tributary of Naselle River) (Pacific County):
June 1 through last day in February season. Selective gear
rules. All species: Release all fish.
Salmon River (Jefferson County): June 1 through last day in
February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Hatchery steelhead in this river are steelhead with a dorsal
fin height of less than 2-1/8 inches or with an adipose or
ventral fin clip. Salmon: Open only September 1 through
November 30 from mouth to Q 1000 Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish
of which no more than 3 may be adult salmon and of the adult
salmon not more than 2 may be adult chinook salmon.
Salt Creek (Clallam County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
From mouth to bridge on Highway 112: Additional November 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Samish Lake (Whatcom County): Trout: Cutthroat trout daily
limit two, minimum length fourteen inches.
Samish River (Whatcom County):
From its mouth to the Hickson Bridge: June 1 through March 15 season. From Highway 99 Bridge to department salmon rack: Closed waters. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through December 31.
Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only July 1 through December 31 from mouth to Thomas Road Bridge and October 1 through December 31 from Thomas Road Bridge to I-5 Bridge. Daily limit two salmon.
Sammamish Lake (King County): Trout: Release all kokanee. Kokanee/sockeye under fifteen inches are kokanee while those
fifteen inches and over are sockeye salmon. December 1
through June 30: Release all steelhead and rainbow trout over
twenty inches in length. Salmon: Closed to salmon fishing
within 100 yards of the mouth of Issaquah Creek. Open only
August 16 through November 30. Daily limit two salmon. Release sockeye.
Sammamish River (Slough) (King County), from the 68th Avenue
N.E. Bridge to Lake Sammamish: Closed waters: All
tributaries. January 1 through August 31 season. Selective
gear rules. Trout: Release all trout.
Sandyshore Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April to
October 31 season.
San Poil River (Ferry County): Unlawful to fish for or retain
sturgeon.
Sarge Hubbard Park Pond (Yakima County): Juveniles and
holders of disability licenses only.
Satsop Lakes (Grays Harbor County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Satsop River, (Grays Harbor County): Trout: Minimum length
14 inches in mainstem and all forks. Mainstem and East Fork,
single point barbless hooks and night closure August 16
through November 30 except only August 16 through October 31
on East Fork upstream from bridge at Schafer State Park. Middle and West forks downstream from Cougar Smith Road
nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 16
through November 30. Middle and West Forks upstream from
Cougar Smith Road night closure and nonbuoyant lure
restriction August 16 through October 31.
From mouth to bridge at Schafer Park: Additional November 1 through March 31 season. Salmon: Open only October 1 through January 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon, except release adult chinook.
Middle Fork (Turnow Branch), from mouth to Cougar Smith Road: Additional November 1 through last day in February season.
West Fork, from mouth to Cougar Smith Road: Additional November 1 through last day in February season.
Sauk River (Skagit/Snohomish counties):
From mouth to the mouth of the White Chuck River: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches.
From the mouth of the White Chuck River to headwaters, including North Fork and South Fork upstream to Elliot Creek: Selective gear rules. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches.
South Fork upstream from Elliot Creek: June 1 through August 31 season. Selective gear rules.
From mouth to the Darrington Bridge: Additional March 1 through April 30 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Sawyer, Lake (King County): Chumming permitted. Crappie:
Daily limit ten, minimum length nine inches.
Schaefer Lake (Chelan County): Trout: Daily limit sixteen.
Sekiu River (Clallam County): All open periods: Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.
From mouth to forks: Additional November 1 through last day in February season.
Serene Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Shady Lake (King County): June 1 through October 31 season. Trout: No more than one over fourteen inches in length.
Shannon, Lake (Skagit County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Chumming permitted. Trout: Minimum
length six inches and maximum length eighteen inches.
Shellneck Creek (Yakima County): Closed waters.
Shelton Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.
Sherman Creek (Ferry County):
From the mouth at Lake Roosevelt upstream to four hundred feet above the water diversion dam for the hatchery: Closed waters, except December 1 through August 31 season from the mouth upstream to the hatchery boat dock.
Sherry Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Sherwood Creek (Mason County): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
Sherwood Creek Mill Pond (Mason County): June 1 through
October 31 season. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, daily
limit 2 fish.
Shiner Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion motor prohibited.
Shoe Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Shoveler Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Shye Lake (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through October 31
season.
Sidley Lake (Okanogan County): Trout: Daily limit two.
Siebert Creek (Clallam County): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
Silent Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.
Silvas Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all trout.
Silver Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis County),
mouth to USFS Road 4778: Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum length twelve inches.
Silver Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Silver Lake (Spokane County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Silver Lake, North (Spokane County): March 1 through
September 30 and November 1 through December 31 season. Selective gear rules. March 1 through September 30: Trout:
Daily limit 2 fish, minimum length 14 inches, except release
fish with clipped adipose fin. November 1 through December
31: All species: Release all fish.
Silver Lake (Whatcom County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Silvernail Lake (Okanogan County): Juveniles only.
Similkameen River (Okanogan County):
From mouth to Enloe Dam: December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
From Enloe Dam to Canadian border: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Sinlahekin Creek (Okanogan County), from Palmer Lake to Cecile
Creek bridge: June 1 through August 31 season. Selective
gear rules. Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Sixteen Lake (Skagit County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Skagit River (Skagit/Whatcom counties):
From mouth to the Memorial Highway Bridge (Highway 536 at Mt. Vernon): Year-round season. Selective gear rules March 1 through May 31 except lawful to fish from a floating device equipped with a motor. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open only August 16 through December 31. August 16 through October 31: Daily limit four salmon of which not more than three may be coho salmon or two may be chum salmon and release chinook. November 1 through December 31: Daily limit 2 salmon and release chinook.
From Memorial Highway Bridge (Highway 536 at Mt. Vernon) upstream to Gilligan Creek: June 1 through March 31 season. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open only August 16 through December 31. August 16 through October 31: Daily limit four salmon of which not more than three may be coho salmon or two may be chum salmon and release chinook. November 1 through December 31: Daily limit 2 salmon and release chinook.
From Gilligan Creek to Bacon Creek: June 1 through March 15 season except closed June 16 through June 30 and August 1 through August 31 between a line 200 feet above the east bank of the Baker River to a line 200 feet below the west bank of the Baker River. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure July 1 through November 30. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of the trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open only September 16 through December 31 Gilligan Creek to the Dalles Bridge at Concrete. September 16 through October 31: Daily limit four salmon of which not more than three may be coho salmon or two may be chum salmon and release chinook. November 1 through December 31: Daily limit two salmon and release chinook.
From the Dalles Bridge at Concrete to the Cascade River - Salmon open July 1 through July 31, except closed from 200 feet above the mouth of the Baker River to the Cascade River. Daily limit two sockeye salmon. Release all salmon except sockeye salmon. Salmon open September 16 through December 31. September 16 through October 31: Daily limit four salmon of which not more than three may be coho salmon or two may be chum salmon and release chinook. November 1 through December 31: Daily limit two salmon and release chinook.
From Bacon Creek to Gorge Powerhouse: June 1 through last day in February season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure July 1 through November 30. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of the trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches.
From the Gorge Powerhouse to Gorge Dam: Closed waters.
From the Dalles Bridge at Concrete to the mouth of Bacon Creek: Additional March 16 through April 30 season. Selective gear rules, except lawful to fish from a floating device equipped with a motor but not while under power. All species: Release all fish.
Skamokawa Creek (Wahkiakum County), mouth to forks just below
Oatfield and Middle Valley Road: November 1 through March 15
season. All species: Release all fish other than steelhead. Trout: Minimum length twenty inches.
Skate Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis County):
Trout: Daily limit five, no more than one over twelve inches
in length.
Skokomish River (Mason County), mouth to forks: Night
closure, nonbuoyant lure restriction and single point barbless
hooks required August 1 through November 30 mouth to Highway
101. June 1 through last day in February season. All game
fish: Release all fish except that up to two hatchery
steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only August
1 through December 15 mouth to Highway 101 Bridge. Daily
limit 1 salmon August 1 through September 30. Release chum
salmon. Daily limit 6 salmon October 1 through December 15,
except daily limit may contain no more than 4 adult fish and
of these adults not more than one may be an adult chinook. October 1 through October 15 release chum salmon.
Skokomish River, North Fork (Mason County):
From mouth to lower dam: June 1 through last day in February season. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
Above Lake Cushman, mouth to Olympic National Park boundary: June 1 through August 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all fish.
Skokomish River, South Fork (Mason County):
From mouth to mouth of Church Creek: June 1 through last day in February season. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
From mouth of Church Creek to mouth of Rule Creek: Closed waters.
From mouth of Rule Creek to headwaters: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Skookum Creek (Mason County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
Skookum Lakes, North and South (Pend Oreille County): Last
Saturday in April through October 31 season.
Skookumchuck Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all
trout.
Skookumchuck Reservoir (Thurston County): June 1 through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length
twelve inches.
Skookumchuck River (Thurston County):
From mouth to four hundred feet below the outlet of the PP&L/WDFW steelhead rearing pond located at the base of the Skookumchuck Dam: June 1 through April 30 season. Single point barbless hooks and night closure August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 16 through last day in February. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon, except December 1 through the last day in February release adult wild coho. Release adult chinook.
From Skookumchuck Reservoir upstream and all tributaries: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Skykomish River (Snohomish County):
From mouth to mouth of Wallace River: June 1 through last day in February season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30 mouth to Lewis Street Bridge in Monroe and June 1 through November 30 from Lewis Street Bridge in Monroe to Wallace River. Fishing from any floating device prohibited November 1 through last day in February from the boat ramp below Lewis Street Bridge at Monroe downstream two thousand five hundred feet. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches. Additional season March 1 through April 30 mouth to Sultan River: Selective gear rules and all species - Release all fish. Salmon: Open June 1 through July 31 Lewis Street Bridge in Monroe to Wallace River. Daily limit 1 hatchery chinook. Open September 1 through December 31. Daily limit four salmon of which a total of not more than two may be coho and chum salmon. Release chinook.
From the mouth of the Wallace River to the forks: June 1 through last day in February season, except closed June 1 to 8:00 a.m. August 1 in those waters one thousand five hundred feet upstream and one thousand feet downstream of the outlet at Skykomish Rearing Ponds. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Fishing from any floating device prohibited in the area one thousand five hundred feet upstream and one thousand feet downstream of the outlet at Skykomish Rearing Ponds August 1 through last day in February. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through December 31. Daily limit four salmon of which a total of not more than two may be coho and chum salmon. Release chinook.
Skykomish River, North Fork (Snohomish County):
From mouth to one thousand feet downstream from Bear Creek Falls: June 1 through last day in February season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From one thousand feet below Bear Creek Falls to Deer Falls: Closed waters.
Skykomish River, South Fork (King/Snohomish counties):
From mouth to six hundred feet downstream from the Sunset Falls Fishway: June 1 through last day in February season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From a point six hundred feet downstream of the Sunset Falls Fishway to the Sunset Falls Fishway: Closed waters.
From Sunset Falls to source: June 1 through November 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Whitefish: Additional December 1 through last day in February season. Release all fish other than whitefish.
Smith Creek (near North River) (Pacific County): June 1
through last day in February season, except sturgeon. Single
point barbless hooks, and night closure August 16 through
November 30 upstream to the Highway 101 Bridge. All game
fish: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead
per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only September 1
through November 30 from mouth to Highway 101 Bridge. Daily
limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon and
of the adult salmon not more than one may be an adult wild
coho. Release adult chinook. Sturgeon: Open year-round from
mouth to Highway 101 Bridge.
Snake River: Year-round season. Closed to the taking of all
trout April 1 through June 15. Trout: Daily limit six,
minimum length ten inches, no more than three over twenty
inches. Release all steelhead June 16 through August 31. Barbless hooks required when fishing for steelhead. Sturgeon:
Unlawful to retain sturgeon in mainstem and tributaries
upstream from Lower Granite Dam. Bass: Fish twelve to
seventeen inches in length may be retained as part of the
daily limit. No more than 3 bass over fifteen inches in
length may be retained. Walleye: Daily limit 10 fish. No
minimum size. No more than 5 fish over 18 inches in length. No more than 1 fish over 24 inches in length. Channel
catfish: No daily limit.
Closed waters: Within four hundred feet of the base of any dam and within a four hundred foot radius around the fish ladder entrance at Lyons Ferry Hatchery, within a two hundred foot radius upstream of the fish ladder exit above Lower Granite Dam, and within an area one thousand two hundred feet downstream from the base of the west lock gate at Little Goose Dam on the south bank of the Snake River and one hundred feet out into the river from said river bank.
Snipe Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Snohomish River (Snohomish County), including all channels,
sloughs, and interconnected waterways, but excluding all
tributaries: June 1 through last day in February season,
except sturgeon. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night
closure August 1 through November 30. Trout except Dolly
Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to
retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit,
minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open only August 16
through December 31. Daily limit four salmon of which no more
than a total of two salmon may be coho and chum salmon. Release chinook. Sturgeon: Open year-round from mouth to
Highway 2 Bridge.
Snoqualmie River (King County):
From mouth to the falls: June 1 through last day in February season, except waters within the Puget Power tunnel at the falls and within fifty feet of any point on Puget Power's lower Plant # 2 building (north bank) are closed waters. June 1 through November 30 selective gear rules, except fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor allowed. Fishing from any floating device prohibited November 1 through last day in February from the mouth of Tokul Creek downstream to the boat ramp at Plumb access, about one-quarter mile. Night closure September 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through December 31. Daily limit 2 fish. Release chinook and pink.
From Snoqualmie Falls upstream, including the North and South Forks: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length ten inches. Additional November 1 through May 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Snoqualmie Middle Fork from mouth to source including all tributaries except Pratt and Taylor rivers: Year-round season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Snow Creek (Jefferson County), including all tributaries:
Closed waters.
Snyder Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all trout.
((Sol Duc)) Soleduck River (Clallam County): Open year-round.
May 1 through May 31 release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Selective gear
rules from the concrete pump station at the ((Soleduck)) Sol
Duc Hatchery to the Highway 101 Bridge downstream of Snider
Creek November 1 through April 30, and from the Highway 101
Bridge to Olympic National Park June 1 through October 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. December 1 through
April 30, from mouth to the concrete pump station at the Sol
Duc Hatchery, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only March 1 through November 30 from mouth to
concrete pump station. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more
than 2 may be adult salmon July 1 through August 31 and of
which no more than 3 may be adult salmon September 1 through
November 30. July 1 through August 31 release wild adult coho
and wild adult chinook. September 1 through November 30 the
daily limit may contain no more than 2 adult chinook or 2
adult wild coho or a combination of adult chinook and adult
wild coho.
Sooes River (Suez River) (Clallam County): June 1 through
last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
Soos Creek (King County), from mouth to bridge near hatchery
residence: June 1 through August 31 season except salmon. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only
October 11 through November 2 to fishing by juveniles only. Night closure October 11 through October 31. Terminal gear
restricted to one single hook. Daily limit two coho salmon.
Bridge near hatchery residence to Salmon hatchery rack: June 1 through August 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
South Bend Mill Pond (Pacific County): Juveniles only.
South Prairie Creek (Pierce County), mouth to Page Creek:
Closed waters.
Spada Lake (Reservoir) (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Selective gear rules except
fishing from a floating device equipped with an electric motor
permitted. Trout: Maximum length twelve inches.
Spada Lake (Reservoir) tributaries (Snohomish County): Closed
waters.
Spanaway Lake and Spanaway Lake outlet downstream to the dam
(approximately 800 feet) (Pierce County): Year-round season. Bass: Release fish 12 to 17 inches in length. Only one fish
over 17 inches in length may be retained.
Spearfish Lake (Klickitat County): Last Saturday in April
through last day in February season.
Spectacle Lake (Okanogan County): March 1 through July 31
season.
Spirit Lake (Skamania County): Closed waters.
Spokane River (Spokane County):
From SR 25 Bridge upstream to the Seven Mile Bridge, except Long Lake, formed by Long Lake Dam (see also Long Lake): Year-round season except walleye. Trout: Daily limit five, no more than two over twenty inches in length. Walleye: Daily limit five, no minimum length, no more than one over eighteen inches in length. April 1 through May 31 release all walleye. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon.
From Seven Mile Bridge upstream to the Monroe Street Dam: Year-round season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one. Release wild trout. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon.
From Monroe Street Dam upstream to Upriver Dam: Year-round season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
From Upriver Dam upstream to the Idaho/Washington state line: Selective gear rules, except fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor permitted. All species: Release all fish.
Sprague Lake (Adams/Lincoln counties):
Waters south of the lakeside edge of the reeds and waters of Cow Creek south to Danekas Road: July 1 through September 15 season. Crappie: Daily limit ten, minimum length nine inches.
Spring Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Spring Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
Spring Lakes (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Squalicum Lake (Whatcom County): Fly fishing only. Fishing
from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout: Daily limit two.
Stan Coffin Lake (Grant County): Bass: Release all bass.
Starvation Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through May 31 season. Additional June 1 through October 31
season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all
fish.
Steel Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Stehekin River (Chelan County), from the mouth to Agnes Creek:
July 1 through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fifteen inches. Release cutthroat. Additional March 1 through June 30 season. Selective gear
rules. All species: Release all fish.
Stetattle Creek (Whatcom County), from its mouth to mouth of
Bucket Creek (one and one-half miles upstream): Closed
waters.
Stevens Creek (Grays Harbor County), mouth to Highway 101
Bridge: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.
Stevens, Lake (Snohomish County): Chumming permitted. Kokanee: Kokanee not included in trout daily limit. Kokanee
daily limit ten fish.
Steves Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Stickney Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Stillaguamish River (Snohomish County):
From mouth to Marine Drive, including all sloughs: Year-round season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through December 31. Daily limit four salmon of which a total of not more than two may be coho and chum salmon. Release chinook.
From Marine Drive to the forks, except from the barrier dam (downstream of I-5) downstream two hundred feet which is closed waters: June 1 through last day in February season. Night closure August 1 through November 30. Selective gear rules June 1 through November 30 except fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor allowed. Game fish: June 1 through November 30 release all fish except hatchery steelhead. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches December 1 through last day in February. Salmon: Open only September 1 through December 31. Daily limit four salmon of which a total of not more than two may be coho and chum salmon. Release chinook.
Stillaguamish River, North Fork (Snohomish County), from mouth
to Swede Heaven Bridge: Year-round season. Nonbuoyant lure
restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Fishing from any floating device prohibited upstream of the
Highway 530 Bridge at mile post 28.8 (Cicero Bridge). Fishing
from any floating device equipped with a motor prohibited
downstream from the Highway 530 Bridge. March 1 through
November 30: All species: Release all fish except hatchery
steelhead. April 16 through November 30 fly fishing only. December 1 through last day in February: Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
Stillaguamish River, South Fork (Snohomish County):
From mouth to four hundred feet downstream of the outlet to fishway at Granite Falls: June 1 through last day in February season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From four hundred feet below the outlet of the end of the fishway to Mt. Loop Highway bridge above Granite Falls: Closed waters.
From Mt. Loop Highway Bridge above Granite Falls to source: June 1 through November 30 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30.
Storm Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Stratford/Brook Lake (Grant County): February 1 through
September 30 season.
Stump Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion engine prohibited.
Suiattle River (Skagit County): Trout: Legal to retain Dolly
Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length
twenty inches.
Sullivan Creek (Pend Oreille County), from Mill Pond upstream:
Selective gear rules.
Sultan River (Snohomish County), from its mouth to a point
four hundred feet downstream from the diversion dam at river
mile 9.7: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout
except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of
trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches.
Sultan River, North and South Forks (Snohomish County):
Closed waters.
Summit Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Summit Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Sunday Creek (tributary to N.F. Snoqualmie River) (King
County): Closed waters.
Sutherland Lake (Clallam County): Chumming permitted.
Swale Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all trout.
Swamp Creek (tributary to Sammamish River) (Snohomish/King
counties): Closed waters.
Swan Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Swan's Mill Pond (Stossel Creek) (King County): June 1
through October 31 season.
Swauk Creek (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.
Swift Reservoir (Skamania County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. From posted markers below Eagle
Cliff Bridge to Bridge: Selective gear rules except fishing
from a floating device equipped with a motor is allowed. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Swofford Pond (Lewis County): Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Tahuya River (Mason County): Mouth to Bear Creek-Dewatto Road
crossing: Selective gear rules and release all fish except
salmon. Salmon: Open only September 16 through October 31
mouth to marker one mile above North Shore Road Bridge. Daily
limit 2 coho salmon.
Bear Creek-Dewatto Road crossing upstream: Selective gear rules and release all fish.
Taneum Creek (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.
Tanwax Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Crappie: Daily limit ten, minimum length
nine inches.
Tapps Lake (Reservoir) and Tapps Lake (Reservoir) intake canal
(Pierce County), to within four hundred feet of the screen at
Dingle Basin: Year-round season.
Tarboo Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April
through November 30 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Tate Creek (tributary to N.F. Snoqualmie River) (King County):
Closed waters.
Taylor River (tributary to the Middle Fork Snoqualmie) (King
County): Selective gear rules. All species: Release all
fish.
Teal Lakes (North and South) (Grant County): April 1 through
September 30 season.
Teal Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April to
August 31 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion engine prohibited. Additional
September 1 through March 30 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Teanaway River, including North Fork (Kittitas County):
Selective gear rules.
Tenas Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Tennant Lake (Whatcom County): Fishing from any floating
device prohibited from first Friday in October through January
15.
Terrell, Lake (Whatcom County): Fishing from any floating
device prohibited the first Saturday after Labor Day through
the following Friday and from October 1 through January 31
except fishing from floating dock permitted.
Thomas Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Thornton Creek (tributary to Lake Washington) (King County):
Closed waters.
Thread Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Tibbetts Creek (tributary to Lake Sammamish) (King County):
Closed waters.
Tieton River (Yakima County): Lawful to fish to base of
Tieton (Rimrock) Dam. Additional December 1 through March 31
season: Whitefish gear rules apply.
Tieton River, North Fork (Yakima County), upstream from
Rimrock Lake: Closed waters: Spillway channel. June 1
through August 15 season.
Tieton River, South Fork (Yakima County): From mouth to
bridge on USFS Rd. 1070 (approximately 12.5 miles): Closed
waters.
Tiger Lake (Kitsap/Mason counties): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Tilton River (Lewis County), from mouth to West Fork: June 1
through March 31 season. Trout: Daily limit five, no more
than one over twelve inches in length. Release cutthroat. Salmon: Open only June 1 through December 31. Daily limit 6
fish of which no more than 2 may be adult fish. Release wild
coho.
Tilton River, East, North, South and West Forks (Lewis
County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve
inches.
Toad Lake (Whatcom County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Tokul Creek (King County):
From mouth to the posted cable boundary marker located approximately seven hundred feet upstream of the mouth: December 1 through last day in February season, closed 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. daily. Nonbuoyant lure restriction. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From the posted cable boundary marker located approximately seven hundred feet upstream of the mouth to the railroad trestle: Closed waters.
Tolt River (King County):
From mouth to the USGS trolley cable near the confluence of the North and South Forks: June 1 through last day in February season. June 1 through November 30, selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From the USGS trolley cable to the falls in Sec. 21, Twp 26N., R 8 E. on the North Fork, and to the dam on the South Fork: Closed waters.
From falls upstream on North Fork: Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
From dam upstream on South Fork: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length ten inches.
Touchet River (Columbia/Walla Walla counties):
From confluence of north and south forks upstream, including Robinson and Wolf Forks: Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all steelhead. Bass: No minimum or maximum size. No more than three bass over fifteen inches in length may be retained. Tributaries other than North Fork, South Fork, Robinson Fork, and Wolf Fork: Closed waters.
North Fork: Upstream of Spangler Creek June 1 through August 31 season.
South Fork: Upstream from Griffin Creek June 1 through August 31 season.
Wolf Fork: Upstream from Coates Creek June 1 through August 31 season.
From mouth to confluence of north and south forks:
Additional season: November 1 through April 15. Barbless
hooks required. All species: Release all fish except
hatchery steelhead and brown trout. Trout: Daily limit three
fish.
Toutle River (Cowlitz County):
From mouth to forks, and North Fork from the mouth to the posted deadline below the fish collection facility: June 1 through November 30 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure September 1 through October 15 on North Fork from confluence with South Fork to mouth of Green River. All game fish: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead. Salmon: Open only August 1 through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 3 may be adult salmon and of the adult salmon not more than 2 may be adult chinook salmon. Release chum and wild coho. Release all chinook October 1 through November 30 in North Fork upstream from Kidd Valley Bridge.
From the posted deadline below the fish collection facility upstream to the headwaters, including all tributaries, but excepting Castle and Coldwater Lakes: Closed waters.
Toutle River, South Fork (Cowlitz County), mouth to source:
Closed waters: All tributaries. June 1 through November 30
season. All species: Release all fish except hatchery
steelhead. Trout: Minimum length twenty inches. Mouth to
4100 Road Bridge: Additional December 1 through March 31
season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish
except hatchery steelhead.
Trapper Lake (Chelan County): Trout: Daily limit two.
Trout Creek (tributary to Wind River) (Skamania County):
Closed waters.
Trout Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Trout Lake (tributary to Big White Salmon River) (Klickitat
County): June 1 through October 31 season.
Tucannon River (Columbia/Walla Walla counties): Closed
waters: All tributaries.
From the mouth upstream to Turner Road Bridge: Additional November 1 through April 15 season. Barbless hooks required. All species: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead and whitefish. Trout: Daily limit three hatchery steelhead.
From the Turner Road Bridge upstream to the Tucannon Hatchery Bridge: Selective gear rules June 1 through October 31. Additional season November 1 through April 15. Barbless hooks required. All species: Release all fish except hatchery steelhead and whitefish. Trout: Daily limit three hatchery steelhead.
From the Tucannon Hatchery Bridge upstream to 500 feet above the Rainbow Lake intake: Closed waters.
From 500 feet above the Rainbow Lake intake to the Cow Camp Bridge: Selective gear rules. Release steelhead.
From Cow Camp Bridge upstream: Closed waters.
Tucquala Lake (Kittitas County): June 1 through October 31
season.
Tunnel Lake (Skamania County): Trout: No more than 2 trout
20 inches in length or greater may be retained.
Twin Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Twin Lakes (Chelan County) and tributaries and outlet stream
to junction with the Napeequa River: Closed waters.
Twisp River (Okanogan County), from mouth to War Creek: June
1 through September 30 season. Selective gear rules. All
species: Release all fish. War Creek to South Fork Twisp
River: Closed waters.
Tye River (King County): Foss River to Alpine Falls June 1
through October 31 season: Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. Whitefish: Additional
November 1 through last day in February season. Release all
fish other than whitefish. From Alpine falls upstream:
Trout: Minimum size ten inches.
U Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through October
31 season.
Umtanum Creek (Kittitas County): Selective gear rules.
Uncle John Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.
Union Creek (Yakima County): From mouth upstream to falls
(approximately 1/4 mile): Closed waters.
Union River (Mason County): Mouth to North Shore Road Bridge.
All species: Release all fish except sturgeon.
From North Shore Road Bridge to lower bridge on Old Belfair Highway: June 1 through August 15 season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish except sturgeon.
From lower bridge on Old Belfair Highway upstream to watershed boundary: Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish except sturgeon.
From watershed boundary to source, including all tributaries: Closed waters.
Upper Wheeler Reservoir (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Valley Creek (Clallam County): Juveniles only.
Vance Creek (Mason County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
Vance Creek/Elma Ponds (Grays Harbor County): Pond One: Last
Saturday in April through November 30 season. Juveniles,
holders of a senior license and holders of a department
disability license only. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules
apply. Pond Two: Last Saturday in April through November 30
season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Vancouver Lake and all other waters west of
Burlington-Northern Railroad from Columbia River drawbridge
near Vancouver downstream to Lewis River (Clark County):
Closed waters: April 1 through May 30 the Vancouver Lake
flushing channel is closed and it is closed to fishing from
the lake shoreline within 400 feet east and west of the
channel exit. Chumming permitted. Trout: Daily limit two,
minimum length twelve inches.
Vanes Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Van Winkle Creek (Grays Harbor County): Mouth to 400 feet
below outlet of Lake Aberdeen Hatchery: Game fish: Minimum
length 14 inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through
January 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which not more than 2 may
be adult fish. Release chum, adult chinook and wild adult
coho.
Vic Meyers (Rainbow) Lake (Grant County): Last Saturday in
April through September 30 season.
Vogler Lake (Skagit County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Fly fishing only. All species: Release
all fish.
Voight Creek (Pierce County): From mouth to Highway 162
Bridge: Closed waters.
Wagners Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Wahkiacus Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all
trout.
Waitts Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
last day in February season.
Walker Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Wallace River (Snohomish County):
From its mouth to 200 feet upstream of the water intake of the salmon hatchery: June 1 through last day in February season. Closed waters: From the first Burlington-Northern Railroad bridge (below Highway 2) to a point two hundred feet upstream of the water intake of the salmon hatchery during the period June 1 through August 31. Fishing from any floating device prohibited November 1 through last day in February. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30. Daily limit 2 coho.
From 200 feet upstream of the water intake of the salmon hatchery to mouth of Olney Creek: November 1 through last day in February season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum length twenty inches.
Walla Walla River (Walla Walla County):
From mouth to the Touchet River: Year-round season. Trout: Barbless hooks required when fishing for steelhead. Trout: Release trout April 1 through May 31. Daily limit three hatchery steelhead. Bass: No minimum or maximum size. No more than three fish over fifteen inches in length may be retained.
From the Touchet River upstream to state line: Trout: All tributaries except Mill Creek, maximum length twenty inches. Bass: No minimum or maximum size. No more than three fish over fifteen inches in length may be retained. Additional season November 1 through April 15. All species: Barbless hooks required and release all fish except hatchery steelhead. Trout: Daily limit three hatchery steelhead.
Walupt Lake (Lewis County): Closed waters: All inlet
streams. Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Selective gear rules except fishing from devices equipped with
motors permitted. Trout: Minimum length ten inches.
Wannacut Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Wapato Lake (Chelan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout: Release all trout. From August 1
through October 31: Selective gear rules except fishing from
a device equipped with an internal combustion engine
permitted.
Wapato Lake (Pierce County): Juveniles only.
Ward Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Ward Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Warden Lake and Warden Lake, South (Grant County): Last
Saturday in April through September 30 season.
Washburn Island Pond (Okanogan County): April 1 through
September 30 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Washburn Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit two.
Washington, Lake, including that portion of the Sammamish
River from the 68th Avenue N.E. Bridge downstream (King
County): Fishing from floating device prohibited one hundred
yards either side of the floating bridges. Chumming
permitted. Trout: December 1 through last day in February,
daily limit 5, no minimum length. Release steelhead and
rainbow trout over twenty inches in length. March 1 through
June 30, daily limit 5, minimum length twelve inches. Release
steelhead and rainbow trout over twenty inches in length. Kokanee/sockeye under fifteen inches are kokanee while those
fifteen inches and over are sockeye salmon. Salmon: Open
only September 16 through October 31 north of Highway 520
Bridge and east of Montlake Bridge. Daily limit two coho
salmon.
Washington, Lake, Ship Canal (King County) (waters east of a
north-south line 400 feet west of the fish ladder at the
Chittenden Locks and west of a north-south line at the eastern
ends of the concrete abutments east of the Montlake Bridge):
West of Fremont Bridge: Fishing from floating device
prohibited. East of Fremont Bridge: Chumming permitted.
From west boundary to a north-south line 400 feet east of the eastern end of the northern wing wall of Chittenden Locks: Closed waters.
From 400 feet east of the eastern end of the northern wing wall of Chittenden Locks to the east boundary: Open year-round. Trout: December 1 through last day in February daily limit five, no minimum length. Release steelhead and rainbow trout over twenty inches in length. March 1 through June 30, daily limit five, minimum length twelve inches. Release steelhead and rainbow trout over twenty inches in length. July 1 through November 30, daily limit five, no minimum length. Kokanee/sockeye less than fifteen inches in length are kokanee and fifteen inches and over in length are sockeye salmon.
Washougal River (Clark County):
From mouth to bridge at Salmon Falls: June 1 through March 15 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction, night closure and stationary gear restriction September 1 through October 31. Trout: Release all trout except up to 2 hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only August 1 through March 15. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 3 may be adult salmon and of the adult salmon not more than 2 may be adult chinook salmon. Release chum and wild coho. Upstream of Little Washougal River, release chinook October 1 through December 31.
From mouth to Mt. Norway Bridge: Additional April 16 through May 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all trout except up to 2 hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
From bridge at Salmon Falls to its source, including tributaries: Closed waters.
Washougal River, West (North) Fork (Clark/Skamania counties):
From mouth to the water intake at the department hatchery: Closed waters.
From intake at department hatchery to source: June 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Release all trout except up to 2 hatchery steelhead per day may be retained.
Watson Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
Waughop Lake (Pierce County): Salmon: Landlocked salmon
rules apply.
Wenas Lake (Yakima County): Trout: Daily limit five, of
which not more than two may be brown trout.
Wenaha River tributaries within Washington: June 1 through
August 31 season.
Wenatchee Lake (Chelan County): Selective gear rules except
fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor allowed.
Trout except kokanee: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve
inches. Release kokanee. Kokanee/sockeye under sixteen inches
will be considered kokanee while those sixteen inches and over
will be considered sockeye salmon.
Wenatchee River (Chelan County):
December 1 through March 31 season, from mouth to Highway 2 Bridge at Leavenworth only. Whitefish gear rules apply.
West Twin River (Clallam County): June 1 through last day in
February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Whatcom Creek (Whatcom County):
From mouth to stone bridge at Whatcom Falls Park: June 1 through last day in February season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through December 31. Closed waters: Woburn Street Bridge upstream to the stone bridge. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only August 1 through December 31 from mouth to markers below Dupont Street. Daily limit 6 fish of which not more than 2 may be adult salmon.
From stone bridge at Whatcom Falls Park upstream to Lake Whatcom: Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Juveniles only. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through October 31. Trout: No minimum length.
Whatcom, Lake (Whatcom County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season, except those waters between the
Electric Avenue Bridge and the outlet dam are closed waters:
Trout: Release cutthroat trout.
Whatcom, Lake, tributaries (Whatcom County): Closed waters.
Wheeler Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all trout.
White River (Chelan County), from mouth upstream to White
River Falls: Closed waters.
White (Stuck) River (Pierce County):
From mouth to R Street Bridge in Auburn: October 1 through last day in February season: Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure October 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From R Street Bridge to Highway 410 Bridge at Buckley: October 1 through October 31 season. Closed waters: Puget Power canal, including the screen bypass channel, above the screen at Dingle Basin. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure. Trout: 14 inch minimum size.
From the Weyerhaeuser 6000 Road Bridge (Bridge Camp) to its source: Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure October 1 through November 30. Whitefish: Additional November 1 through January 31 season. Release all fish except whitefish.
Whitechuck River (Snohomish County): Trout: Legal to retain
Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit, minimum
length twenty inches.
White Salmon River (Klickitat/Skamania counties):
From mouth to powerhouse: Open year-round. Bank fishing only downstream from the Highway 14 Bridge. August 1 through December 31: Nonbuoyant lure restriction. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon and steelhead: Open April 1 through June 30, daily limit two fish, one or both of which may be salmon or hatchery steelhead. Release all fish except salmon or hatchery steelhead. Salmon: Open July 1 through March 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. October 1 through December 31 release chinook upstream from posted markers upstream of Highway 14 Bridge.
From powerhouse to within four hundred feet of Northwestern Dam: November 16 to April 30 season except salmon and steelhead. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open November 16 through March 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. November 16 through December 31 release chinook. Salmon and steelhead: Open April 1 through June 15, daily limit two fish, one or both of which may be salmon or hatchery steelhead. Release all fish except salmon or hatchery steelhead.
From gas pipeline crossing above Northwestern Lake to Gilmer Creek: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Wide Hollow Creek (Yakima County): Trout: Daily limit five,
no minimum length.
Widgeon Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Wildberry Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Wildcat Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Wilderness Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Willame Lake (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit
two, minimum length fifteen inches.
Willapa River (Pacific County): Mouth to Fork Creek: June 1
through March 31 season, except sturgeon. Night closure,
single point barbless hooks, and stationary gear restriction
August 16 through November 30 mouth to Fork Creek. November 1
through March 31 fishing from any floating device prohibited
from the bridge on Willapa Road to Fork Creek.
All game fish: Release all fish except that up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained. Salmon: Open only August 1 through January 31 from mouth to Highway 6 Bridge approximately 2 miles below mouth of Trap Creek and open October 16 through January 31 from Highway 6 Bridge to Fork Creek. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 3 may be adult salmon and of the adult salmon not more than one may be a wild adult coho and not more than two may be adult chinook and not more than two may be chum.
Sturgeon: Open year-round from mouth to Highway 6 Bridge.
Upstream from Fork Creek: Selective gear rules. August 16 through October 31, nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure. All species: Release all fish.
South Fork: June 1 through last day in February season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 16 through November 30. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Williams Creek (Pacific County): June 1 through last day in
February season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release
all fish.
Williams Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April
through September 30 season.
Williams Lake (Stevens County): December 1 through March 31
season.
Wilson Creek (two branches within Ellensburg city limits)
(Kittitas County): Open year-round. Juveniles only. Trout:
Daily limit five, no minimum length.
Winchester Wasteway (Grant County): Within Winchester Game
Reserve: February 1 through September 30 season.
Wind River (Skamania County):
Mouth to four hundred feet below Shipherd Falls: July 1 through March 15 season, except salmon and steelhead. May 1 through June 30: Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure. August 1 through October 31: Nonbuoyant lure restriction. Salmon and steelhead: Open May 1 through June 30 daily limit 2 fish, one or both of which may be a salmon or hatchery steelhead. Release all fish except salmon and hatchery steelhead. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open August 1 through October 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chinook from Burlington-Northern Railroad Bridge upstream.
From four hundred feet below to one hundred feet above Shipherd Falls fish ladder: Closed waters.
From one hundred feet above Shipherd Falls to source, including all tributaries: May 1 through June 30 season. Closed waters: From 400 feet below to 100 feet above the Coffer Dam and from a boundary marker approximately 800 yards downstream from Carson National Fish Hatchery upstream, including all tributaries. Night closure and nonbuoyant lure restriction. Salmon and steelhead: Daily limit 2 fish, one or both of which may be a salmon or hatchery steelhead. Release all fish except salmon and hatchery steelhead.
Winston Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis County):
Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length ten inches.
Wishkah River (Grays Harbor County), including all forks:
Closed waters: Mainstem from four hundred feet below outlet
of dam at Wishkah Rearing Ponds (formerly Mayr Bros.) to dam.
Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Release wild
cutthroat. Mouth to West Fork: June 1 through March 31
season. Single point barbless hooks required August 16
through November 30. Selective gear and all species: Release
all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained
per day, March 1 through March 31. Salmon: Open only October
1 through November 30 from mouth to West Fork. Daily limit 6
fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon((,)). Release adult chinook.
From the West Fork to four hundred feet below outlet: June 1 through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Wolf Creek, mouth to mouth of south fork (Okanogan County):
Closed waters.
Wood Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Woodland Creek (Thurston County): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
Wooten Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Wye Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Wynoochee River (Grays Harbor County): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Mouth to 7400 line bridge above mouth of
Schafer Creek: June 1 through March 31 season. Single point
barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30. Salmon: Open only October 1 through January 31. Daily limit
6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon, except
daily limit may contain no more than 1 wild adult coho
December 1 through January 31. Release adult chinook.
7400 line bridge upstream: Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Selective gear rules. Fishing from a floating device prohibited. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Wynoochee Reservoir (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through
October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length
twelve inches. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Yakima River (Yakima County): Release all steelhead in
mainstem and tributaries. Channel catfish: No daily limit.
From mouth to Prosser Dam: Chumming permitted. Salmon: Open only September 1 through October 22. Daily limit 6 fish of which not more than 2 may be adult salmon. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure.
From mouth to Highway 223 Bridge: Bass: No daily limit of bass under 12 inches in length. Release bass 12 to 17 inches in length. Unlawful to retain more than one bass per day greater than 17 inches in length.
From Highway 223 Bridge to 400 feet below Sunnyside Dam: Salmon: Open only September 1 through October 22. Daily limit 6 fish of which not more than 2 may be adult salmon. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure.
From mouth to thirty-five hundred feet below Roza Dam: Year-round season. Closed waters: From Yakima Avenue-Terrace Heights Bridge upstream 400 feet. March 1 through November 30, closed from thirty-five hundred feet below Roza Dam to Roza Dam. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches and maximum length twenty inches. Release all trout April 1 through May 31. Thirty-five hundred feet below Roza Dam to four hundred feet below Roza Dam: December 1 through last day in February season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
From Roza Dam to four hundred feet below Easton Dam and from Lake Easton to the base of Keechelus Dam: Year-round season. Fishing from floating devices equipped with motors allowed only from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation restricted area signs at Roza Dam upstream to the boat launch ramp on the Roza Access Area (approximately one-half mile). Selective gear rules except bait and one single point barbed hook three-sixteenths or smaller point to shank may be used December 1 through last day in February. Trout: From Roza Dam to 400 feet below Easton Dam: Release all trout. Lake Easton to the base of Keechelus Dam. Release all trout except eastern brook trout. Eastern brook trout: No daily limit and no minimum size.
Yakima Sportsmen's Park Ponds (Yakima County): Juveniles
only.
Yale Reservoir (Cowlitz County): Trout: Kokanee not counted
in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit sixteen.
Yellowjacket Creek (tributary to Cispus River) (Lewis County):
Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Yellowjacket Ponds (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April
through last day in February season. Trout: No more than one
over twelve inches in length.
Yokum Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 04-07-009 (Order 04-39), § 232-28-619, filed 3/4/04, effective 5/1/04; 03-16-110 (Order 03-181), § 232-28-619, filed 8/6/03, effective 9/6/03; 03-05-057 (Order 03-24), § 232-28-619, filed 2/14/03, effective 5/1/03; 02-20-082 (Order 02-249), § 232-28-619, filed 9/30/02, effective 10/31/02; 02-15-097 (Order 02-158), § 232-28-619, filed 7/16/02, effective 8/16/02; 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), § 232-28-619, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02; 01-14-001 (Order 01-107), § 232-28-619, filed 6/21/01, effective 7/22/01; 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 232-28-619, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-16-091 (Order 00-134), § 232-28-619, filed 7/31/00, effective 8/31/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 232-28-619, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00; 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 232-28-619, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99; 99-08-029 (Order 99-13), § 232-28-619, filed 3/30/99, effective 5/1/99; 98-15-081 (Order 98-122), § 232-28-619, filed 7/15/98, effective 8/15/98; 98-06-031, § 232-28-619, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 75.12.040. 97-18-035, § 232-28-619, filed 8/27/97, effective 9/27/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 97-07-076 (Order 97-50), § 232-28-619, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 96-11-079 (Order 96-45), § 232-28-619, filed 5/13/96, effective 6/13/96; 95-19-011 (Order 95-114), § 232-28-619, filed 9/7/95, effective 10/8/95; 95-10-027, § 232-28-619, filed 4/26/95, effective 5/27/95; 95-05-008 (Order 95-11), § 232-28-619, filed 2/1/95, effective 5/1/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.055 and 77.12.040. 93-21-070 (Order 617), § 232-28-619, filed 10/20/93, effective 4/16/94; 92-01-084 (Order 524), § 232-28-619, filed 12/16/91, effective 4/16/92.]
Reviser's note: The bracketed material preceding the section above was supplied by the code reviser's office.
Reviser's note: RCW 34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules. The rule published above varies from its predecessor in certain respects not indicated by the use of these markings.