WSR 17-16-109 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 17-147—Filed July 28, 2017, 11:23 a.m., effective August 28, 2017] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Recreational salmon fishing rules based on North of Falcon recommendations change from year to year to reflect current resource availability and to achieve conservation goals. Amendments to recreational salmon fishing rules are needed to implement the agreed-upon changes.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-220-160, 220-300-160, 220-300-220, 220-310-030, 220-310-210, 220-312-040, 220-313-060, and 220-313-020.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 17-11-122 on May 23, 2017.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 8, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: June 27 [July 28], 2017.
J. W. Unsworth
Director
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 17-05-112, filed 2/15/17, effective 3/18/17)
WAC 220-220-160 Two-pole endorsement.
Anglers who possess a valid two-pole endorsement may fish with two lines in all lakes and ponds open to fishing, with the following exceptions:
Anglers who possess a valid two-pole endorsement may fish with two lines in the following river sections:
Anglers who possess a valid two-pole endorsement may fish for salmon with two lines in the following marine areas:
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 17-05-112, filed 2/15/17, effective 3/18/17)
WAC 220-300-160 Definitions—Personal-use fishing.
The following definitions apply to personal-use fishing rules in Title 220 WAC:
(1) "Anadromous game fish" means steelhead, sea-run cutthroat trout, and sea-run Dolly Varden and bull trout.
(2) "Anti-snagging rule" means:
(a) Except when fishing with a buoyant lure (with no weights added to the lure or line) or trolling from a vessel or floating device, terminal fishing gear is limited to a lure or bait with one single point hook.
(b) Only single point hooks measuring not more then 3/4 inch from point to shank may be used and all hooks must be attached to or below the lure or bait.
(c) Weights may not be attached below or less than 12 inches above the lure or bait.
(3) "Bait" means any substance which attracts fish by scent or flavors. Bait includes any lure which uses scent or flavoring to attract fish.
(4) "Barbless hook" means a hook on which all barbs have been deleted when manufactured or filed off or pinched down.
(5) "Bass" means largemouth and smallmouth bass.
(6) "Bow and arrow fishing" means any method of taking, or attempting to take, fish by the use of an arrow equipped with a barbed head and a line attached, and propelled by a bow, as in the sport of archery, while the fisher is above the surface of the water.
(7) "Buoy 10 line" means a true north-south line projected through Buoy 10 at the mouth of the Columbia River. "Buoy 10 fishery" means a fishery between a line in the Columbia River from Tongue Point in Oregon to Rocky Point in Washington and the Buoy 10 line.
(8) "Buoyant lure" means a lure that floats on the surface of freshwater when no additional weight is applied to the line or lure, and when not being retrieved by a line.
(9) "Channel Marker 13 line" means a true north-south line through Grays Harbor Channel Marker 13.
(10) "Daily limit" means the maximum number or pounds of fish, shellfish, or seaweed of the required size of a given species or aggregate of species which a person may retain in a single day.
(11) "Fresh" means fish or shellfish that are refrigerated, iced, salted, or surface glazed.
(12) "Freshwater area" means:
(a) Within any freshwater river, lake, stream or pond.
(b) On the bank or within 10 yards of any freshwater river, lake, stream or pond.
(c) On or within any boat launch, ramp, or parking facility associated with any freshwater river, lake, stream or pond.
(13) "Frozen" means fish or shellfish that are hard frozen throughout.
(14) "Gaffing" means an effort to take fish by impaling the fish with a hook attached directly to a pole or other device.
(15) "Hatchery" when used to describe the difference between a hatchery fish and a nonhatchery fish, except salmon, means a fish having a clipped adipose fin or a clipped ventral fin with a healed scar at the location of the clipped fin. A hatchery salmon is a salmon having a clipped adipose fin and a healed scar at the location of the clipped fin, regardless of whether the fish is missing a ventral fin.
(16) "Hook" means one single point, double or treble hook. A "single point hook" means a hook having only one point. A "double hook" means a hook having two points on a common shank. A "treble hook" means a hook having three points on a common shank.
(17) "Hook and line" or "angling" are identical in meaning and, except as provided in WAC 220-310-110, are defined as the use of not more than one line with three hooks attached to a pole held in hand while landing fish, or the use of a hand operated line without rod or reel, to which may be attached not more than three hooks. When fishing for bottom fish, "angling" and "jigging" are identical in meaning.
(18) "In the field or in transit" means at any place other than at the ordinary residence of the harvester. An ordinary residence is a residential dwelling where a person normally lives, with associated features such as address, telephone number, utility account, etc. A motor home or camper parked at a campsite or a vessel are not considered to be an ordinary residence.
(19) "Juvenile" means a person under fifteen year of age.
(20) "Lure" means a manufactured article constructed of feathers, hair, fiber, wood, metal, glass, cork, leather, rubber or plastic which does not use scent or flavoring to attract fish. "Nonbuoyant lure" means a lure complete with hooks, swivels or other attachments, which does not float in freshwater.
(21) "Night closure" means closed to fishing from one hour after official sunset to one hour before official sunrise.
(22) "Opening day of lowland lake season" means the fourth Saturday in April.
(23) "Possession limit" means the number of daily limits allowed to be retained in the field or in transit.
(24) "Processed" means fish or shellfish which have been processed by heat for human consumption as kippered, smoked, boiled, or canned.
(25) "Steelhead license year limit" means the maximum number of steelhead trout any one angler may retain from April 1st through the following March 31st.
(26) "Selective gear rules" means terminal fishing gear is limited to artificial flies with barbless single hooks or lures with barbless single hooks and bait is prohibited. Up to three hooks may be used. Only knotless nets may be used to land fish. In waters under selective gear rules, fish may be released until the daily limit is retained.
(27) "Slough" means any swamp, marsh, bog, pond, side-channel, or backwater connected to a river by water. Waters called sloughs that are not connected to a river are considered lakes.
(28) "Snagging" means an effort to take fish with a hook and line in a manner that the fish does not take the hook or hooks voluntarily in its mouth.
(29) "Spearing" or "spear fishing" means an effort to take fish or shellfish by impaling the fish or shellfish on a shaft, arrow or other device.
(30) "Stationary gear restriction" means the line and weight and lure or bait must be moving while in the water. The line and weight and lure or bait may not be stationary.
(31) "Steelhead" means sea-run rainbow trout over twenty inches in length.
(32) "Trolling" means a method of fishing from a vessel or floating device that is underway and under power.
(33) "Unmarked salmon" means a salmon with intact adipose and ventral fins.
(34) "Trout" means brown trout, bull trout, cutthroat trout, Dolly Varden, Eastern brook trout, golden trout, grayling, Kokanee (silver trout), lake trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout, and, in WAC 220-312-010 through 220-312-060, salmon from waters designated as "landlocked salmon rules apply."
(35) "Whitefish gear rules" means terminal fishing gear is restricted to one single hook, maximum hook size three-sixteenths inch point to shank (hook size 14), and bait is allowed. All species: Release all fish except whitefish.
(36) "Wild" when used to describe the difference between a hatchery fish and a nonhatchery fish, except salmon, means a fish with all fins intact.
(37) "Wild" when used to describe a salmon (Chinook, coho, chum, pink or sockeye), means a salmon with an unclipped adipose fin, regardless of whether the fish is ventral fin-clipped. A salmon with a clipped adipose fin and a healed scar at the site of the clipped fin is not a wild salmon.
(38) "Wild cutthroat release" means it is unlawful to retain any cutthroat trout that does not have a clipped adipose fin and a healed scar at the location of the clipped fin.
(39) "Wild steelhead release" means it is unlawful to retain any steelhead that does not have a clipped adipose or ventral fin and a healed scar at the location of the clipped fin.
(40) "Shoreline fishing" or "shore fishing" means fishing from shore or a structure affixed to the shore or by wading in the water.
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 17-05-112, filed 2/15/17, effective 3/18/17)
WAC 220-300-220 Geographical definitions—River mouth definitions.
When pertaining to angling, unless otherwise defined, any reference to the mouths of rivers or streams includes those waters of any river or stream, including sloughs and tributaries, upstream and inside of a line projected between the outermost uplands at the mouth. The term "outermost upland" means those lands not covered by water during an ordinary high tide. The following river mouths are hereby otherwise defined:
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 17-05-112, filed 2/15/17, effective 3/18/17)
WAC 220-310-030 Food fish fishing—Closed areas.
It is unlawful to fish for or possess food fish taken from the following areas during the times indicated.
(1) It is unlawful at all times to fish for or possess food fish taken for personal use in waters lying within 400 feet below any fish rack, fishway, dam or other artificial or natural obstruction, either temporary or permanent, unless otherwise provided.
(2) Waters of Budd Inlet at Olympia south of the Fourth Avenue Bridge are closed at all times, and all contiguous waters lying between the Fourth Avenue Bridge and a line from the northwesterly corner of the Thriftway Market Building to a point 100 yards north of the railroad bridge located on the western side of the inlet opposite the Thriftway Market Building are closed during the period July 16 through October 31.
(3) The waters of Percival Cove are closed at all times.
(4) Those waters of Hood Canal inshore from yellow marker buoys to the mouth of Finch Creek and waters within the channel created when tidelands are exposed are closed the entire year.
(5) Waters within a radius of 100 yards from the Enetai Hatchery Outfall Creek where it enters saltwater are closed at all times.
(6) Those waters of Sinclair Inlet inside a line fifty yards from the pierhead line of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton are closed at all times.
(7) Those waters of Hood Canal within 100 feet of the Seabeck Highway Bridge over Big Beef Creek are closed August 1 through November 30.
(8) In Shilshole Bay waters east of a line 175 feet west of the Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge are closed to fishing.
(9) Those waters of the Chinook River upstream from tide gate at the Highway 101 Bridge are closed at all times.
(10) Those waters of the Columbia River between the Vernita Bridge and the Hanford power line crossing (wooden towers at S24, T13N, R27E) are closed October 23 through ((June 15)) January 31.
(11) Those waters of the Columbia River between the upstream line of Bonneville Dam to a point 600 feet below the fish ladder at the new Bonneville Dam Powerhouse are closed at all times.
(12) Waters of the Lake Washington Ship Canal west of a north-south line 400 feet east of the eastern end of the north wing wall of Chittenden Locks to the mouth of the Lake Washington Ship Canal are closed to food fish angling at all times.
(13) Waters of Catch Record Card Area 10 west of a line from Point Monroe to Indianola and east of a line from Point Bolin to Battle Point are closed to food fish angling from January 1 through March 31 except it is lawful to fish with gear meeting the fly fishing only requirements of WAC 220-310-150 except it is unlawful to use lead core fly line. Use of gear other than fly fishing gear or use of a lead core line in violation of this subsection is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160. It is unlawful to retain any fish taken during the period January 1 through March 31.
(14) Chief Joseph Dam - Closed to fishing from the Okanogan County shore between the dam and the Highway 17 Bridge. Closed to fishing from a floating device downstream of Chief Joseph Dam to the Corps of Engineers Safety Zone Marker.
(15) Wells Dam - Waters between the upstream line of Wells Dam to boundary markers 400 feet below the spawning channel discharge on the Chelan County side and the fish ladder on the Douglas County side.
(16) Rocky Reach, Rock Island and Wanapum Dams - Waters between the upstream lines of these dams and boundary markers 400 feet downstream of the fish ladders at Rocky Reach and Rock Island Dams and boundary markers at Wanapum Dam 750 feet below the east fish ladder and 500 feet below the west fish ladder.
(17) Priest Rapids Dam - Waters between the upstream line of Priest Rapids Dam and boundary markers 650 feet below the fish ladders.
(18) Jackson (Moran) Creek - All waters of the Priest Rapids hatchery system including Columbia River waters out to midstream between markers located 100 feet upstream and 400 feet downstream of the mouth of the hatchery outlet.
(19) McNary Dam - Waters between the upstream line of McNary Dam and a line across the river from the red and white marker on the Oregon shore to the downstream end of the wingwall of the boat lock near the Washington shore.
(20) John Day Dam - Waters between the upstream line of John Day Dam and markers approximately 3,000 feet downstream, except that fishing is permitted from the Washington shore to within 400 feet of the fishway entrance.
(21) The Dalles Dam - Waters between the upstream line of the Dalles Dam and the upstream side of the Interstate 197 Bridge, except that fishing is permitted from the Washington shore to within 400 feet of the fishway entrance.
(22) Spring Creek - Waters within 1/4 mile of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Hatchery grounds between posted boundary markers located 1/4 mile on either side of the fish ladder entrance.
(23) The waters of Catch Area 12 are closed at all times to the taking of food fish other than salmon. However, persons with disabilities who permanently use a wheelchair and who have a designated harvester card under WAC 220-220-240 may fish from the ADA-access site at the Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery, as long as such persons follow all department rules that apply to the adjoining waters of Marine Area 12.
(24) Freshwater Bay - Waters south of a line from Angeles Point to Observatory Point (Bachelor Rock) are closed July 1 through October 31.
(25) Tulalip Bay - Waters east of line from Mission Point to Hermosa Point are closed at all times.
(26) Waters of Catch Record Card Area 13 within 500 yards of the Toliva Shoal buoy are closed to fishing for food fish June 16 through April 30 and closed to rockfish year-round.
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 17-05-112, filed 2/15/17, effective 3/18/17)
WAC 220-310-210 Possession and delivery of Canadian-origin food fish and shellfish.
(1) Canadian license required. It is unlawful to possess in marine waters or deliver into Washington shellfish or food fish taken for personal use from Canadian waters unless the person who possesses or delivers the shellfish or food fish possesses a valid Canadian sport fishing license and catch record card, if one is required, for the shellfish and food fish taken.
(2) Canadian-origin rockfish restrictions: It is unlawful to possess yelloweye or canary rockfish taken for personal use from Canadian waters.
(3) Canadian-origin halibut restrictions:
(a) The daily limit of halibut is one daily limit, regardless of the origin of the halibut.
(b) The possession limit is two halibut if at least one halibut was taken from Washington waters. It is unlawful to possess in excess of the Canadian possession limit of halibut for the time and area fished if all halibut were taken from Canadian waters.
(c) It is unlawful to possess more than one daily limit of halibut aboard the fishing vessel.
(4) Canadian-origin salmon restrictions:
(a) It is unlawful to possess in marine waters or deliver into Washington any fresh salmon taken for personal use from Canadian waters unless such salmon meet current salmon regulations for the waters of the applicable department of fish and wildlife catch record card area. However, if the vessel operator has a valid Canadian customs clearance number obtained ((while the vessel was moored at a Canadian government dock in Ucluelet, Victoria, Sydney, White Rock, or Bedwell Harbour, British Columbia,)) once they are in Canadian waters fishers aboard the vessel may deliver Canadian-origin salmon into Washington that are lawfully taken in Canada, regardless of whether the salmon meet the current salmon regulations for the area where delivered.
(b) It is unlawful to fish for any species in state or offshore waters from a vessel having Canadian-origin salmon aboard that do not meet the current salmon regulations for the waters being fished.
(c) It is unlawful for a fisher to fish for any species in state or offshore waters if the fisher possesses in the field any salmon that do not meet the current salmon regulations for the waters being fished.
(5) "Delivery" of Canadian-origin fish into Washington defined. For the purposes of this section, "delivery" means transportation by a private or commercial recreational fishing vessel. Delivery in Washington is complete when, within the state, the vessel anchors, moors, ties to a float or pier, or is placed or attempted to be placed on a boat trailer. "Delivery" is also complete if the fish or shellfish are offloaded from the vessel within state waters.
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 17-05-112, filed 2/15/17, effective 3/18/17)
WAC 220-312-040 Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Puget Sound.
(1) Beaver ponds located within or adjacent to streams that drain into Puget Sound listed as open to trout and other game fish follow the same rules as the adjacent stream.
(2) County-wide freshwater exceptions to statewide rules:
(a) Beaver ponds in Kitsap County and Mason County on Tahuya Peninsula west of Belfair-Bremerton Highway (S.R. 3):
(i) Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(ii) Trout: No minimum length.
(b) Beaver ponds in Kitsap County and Mason County east of Belfair-Bremerton Highway (S.R. 3):
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(ii) Trout: No minimum length.
(3) Alder Lake (Thurston County): Kokanee limit 10; kokanee do not count toward the trout daily limit. See also Nisqually River.
(4) Aldrich Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(5) Alexander Lake (Kitsap County): Closed.
(6) All Creek (Skagit County) (Suiattle River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September 15)) July 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(7) Alma Creek (Skagit County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September 15)) October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to two hatchery steelhead.
(8) American Lake (Pierce County): Chumming is permissible.
(9) Anderson Creek (Kitsap County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Catch and release only.
(10) Anderson Creek (Whatcom County) (Nooksack River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(11) Armstrong Lake (Snohomish County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(12) Bacon Creek (Skagit County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September)) August 15.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead.
(13) Bacus Creek (Skagit County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(14) Bainbridge Island - All streams (Kitsap County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum size 14 inches.
(15) Baker Lake (Whatcom County):
(a) Chumming is permissible.
(b) Closed waters within a two hundred foot radius around the pump discharge at the south end of the lake.
(c) Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31:
(d) Kokanee: Minimum length 8 inches and maximum length 18 inches.
(e) Salmon: Open July ((10)) 8 through September 7.
(i) Sockeye: Limit 4; minimum length 18 inches.
(ii) Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon angling gear until the limit for all licensed and juvenile anglers aboard is reached.
(16) Baker River (Skagit/Whatcom County): From the Baker River fish barrier dam to the headwaters ((to Shannon and Baker lakes, including tributaries and their tributaries, except Channel Creek)): Open the first Saturday in June through ((October)) August 31.
(17) Baker River: All tributaries and their tributaries, except Channel Creek, from the Baker River fish barrier dam to the headwaters including Shannon and Baker lakes: Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(18) Barnaby Slough (Skagit County): Closed.
(((18))) (19) Beaver Creek (Pierce County) (South Prairie Creek tributary): Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(((19))) (20) Beaver Creek (Thurston County) from the mouth to I-5:
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Night closure in effect.
(d) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, except it is permissible to retain hatchery (adipose clipped) trout less than 14 inches in length as part of the limit.
(((20))) (21) Beaver Lake (King County): Trout: No more than 2 over 15 inches in length.
(((21))) (22) Benson Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((22))) (23) Bertrand Creek (Whatcom County) (Nooksack River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((23))) (24) Big Bear Creek (tributary of Sammamish River) (Snohomish/King counties): Open the first Saturday in June through August 31 to juvenile anglers only.
(((24))) (25) Big Beaver Creek (Whatcom County), from 1/4 mile upstream of the closed water markers on Ross Lake upstream, including tributary streams and beaver ponds:
(a) Open July 1 through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Catch and release only.
(((25))) (26) Big Beef Creek (Kitsap County):
(a) From Seabeck Highway Bridge to Lake Symington:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through August 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(iv) Catch and release only.
(v) August 1 through August 31: Closed within 100 feet of the Seabeck Highway N.W. Bridge.
(b) From Lake Symington upstream:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Trout: Catch and release only.
(((26))) (27) Big Creek (Skagit County) (Suiattle River tributary):
(a) From TeePee Falls to the source: Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((27))) (28) Big Mission Creek (Mason County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Catch and release only.
(((28))) (29) Big Quilcene River (Jefferson County):
(a) From the mouth to Rodgers Street:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through August 15.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(iv) Catch and release only.
(b) From Rodgers Street to the Highway 101 Bridge:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(ii) Catch and release only.
(iii) From the first Saturday in June through August 15:
(A) Selective gear rules apply.
(B) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(iv) August 16 through October 31:
(A) Night closure in effect.
(B) ((Single-point barbless hooks are required.)) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(v) Salmon:
(A) Open August 16 through October 31.
(B) Limit 4 coho only((; only coho hooked inside the mouth may be retained)).
(vi) Closed waters from the Highway 101 Bridge to the ((electric)) weir at Quilcene National Fish Hatchery.
(c) From the ((electric)) weir at Quilcene National Fish Hatchery to the upper boundary of Falls View campground:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Catch and release only.
(d) From the upper boundary of Falls View campground upstream: Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((29))) (30) Big Scandia Creek (Kitsap County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum size 14 inches.
(((30))) (31) Big Soos Creek (King County): From the mouth to the hatchery rack:
(a) Open for game fish the first Saturday in June through August 31.
(b) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2.
(((31))) (32) Bingham Creek (Mason County) (Satsop River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((32))) (33) Black Creek (Snohomish County) (South Fork Stillaguamish River tributary): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 from the Bear Creek confluence upstream.
(((33))) (34) Black Lake (Thurston County): Crappie: Limit 10; minimum length 9 inches.
(((34))) (35) Black Lake Ditch (Thurston County): From the confluence with Percival Creek upstream to Black Lake.
(a) Selective gear rules apply.
(b) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(c) Trout: Minimum size 14 inches.
(d) Open November 1 through the Friday before the first Saturday in June: Catch and release only.
(((35))) (36) Blackjack Creek (Kitsap County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum size 14 inches.
(((36))) (37) Blackman's Lake (Snohomish County): Trout limit 5; no more than 2 over 15 inches in length.
(((37))) (38) Blooms Ditch (Thurston County) (Black River tributary): From the mouth to I-5:
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Night closure in effect.
(d) Trout minimum length 14 inches, except it is permissible to retain hatchery (adipose clipped) trout less than 14 inches in length as part of the limit.
(((38))) (39) Boise Creek (King County) (White River tributary): Open the first Saturday in June through October 31 upstream of the Highway 410 crossing.
(((39))) (40) Bosworth Lake (Snohomish County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((40))) (41) Boulder Creek (Skagit County) (Cascade River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September)) August 15.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Catch and release only.
(((41))) (42) Boulder River (Snohomish County) (N.F. Stillaguamish River tributary):
(a) From the mouth to Boulder Falls:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through ((August 31)) June 30.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead.
(b) From Boulder Falls upstream: Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((42))) (43) Boxley Creek (North Bend, King County) (Tributary to the South Fork Snoqualmie River): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 upstream from the falls located approximately at river mile 0.9.
(((43))) (44) Boyle Lake (King County):
(a) Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(b) The inlet and outlet streams to Boyle Lake are closed.
(((44))) (45) Bradley Lake (Pierce County):
(a) Open May 15 through the last day of free fishing weekend, as defined in WAC 220-220-230, to juvenile anglers only.
(b) Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
(((45))) (46) Bridges Lake (King County):
(a) Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(b) The inlet and outlet streams to Bridges Lake are closed.
(((46))) (47) Buck Creek (Skagit County) (Suiattle River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September 15)) July 31 from the upstream boundary of Buck Creek campground.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((47))) (48) Buck Lake (Kitsap County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((48))) (49) Burley Creek (Kitsap County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(((49))) (50) Cady Lake (Mason County):
(a) Open to fly fishing only.
(b) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(c) Catch and release only.
(((50))) (51) Cain Lake (Whatcom County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((51))) (52) California Creek (Whatcom County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((52))) (53) Calligan Lake (King County):
(a) Open June 1 through October 31.
(b) All tributary streams and the upper third of the outlet are closed.
(c) It is unlawful to use lead weights or lead jigs that measure 1 1/2 inch or less along the longest axis.
(((53))) (54) Camp Creek (Snohomish County) (Whitechuck River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((October)) July 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((54))) (55) Campbell Creek (Mason County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Catch and release only.
(((55))) (56) Campbell Lake (Skagit County): Grass carp: No limit for anglers and bow and arrow fishing.
(((56))) (57) Canyon Creek (Snohomish County) (Suiattle River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((57))) (58) Canyon Creek (Snohomish County) (S.F. Stillaguamish River):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((August 31 and November 1 through January 31)) June 30 from the mouth to the forks.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead.
(((58))) (59) Canyon Creek (Whatcom County) (North Fork Nooksack River):
(a) Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 from Canyon Creek Road Bridge upstream, including tributaries.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((59))) (60) Capitol Lake (Thurston County): Closed.
(((60))) (61) Carbon River (Pierce County):
(a) From the mouth to Voight Creek:
(i) Open September 1 ((through September 30 and December 1)) through January 15.
(ii) From September 1 through November 30: Night closure in effect and anti-snagging rule applies.
(iii) Trout:
(A) September 1 through ((September)) November 30: Minimum length 14 inches.
(B) From December 1 through January 15:
(I) Selective gear rules apply.
(II) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead.
(iv) Salmon:
(A) Open September ((10)) 1 through ((September 24)) November 30.
(B) Limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult hatchery Chinook.
(C) Release ((coho,)) chum((,)) and wild adult Chinook salmon.
(b) From Voight Creek to the Highway 162 Bridge:
(i) Open from December 1 through January 15.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead.
(((61))) (62) Carney Lake (Pierce County):
(a) Open the fourth Saturday in April through June 30 and September 1 through November 30.
(b) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(c) Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
(((62))) (63) Carson Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((63))) (64) Cascade Creek (San Juan County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31 from the mouth to Cascade Lake.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Release all fish except anglers may retain eastern brook trout.
(((64))) (65) Cascade Lake (San Juan County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((65))) (66) Cascade River (Skagit County):
(a) From the mouth to the Rockport-Cascade Road Bridge:
(i) Open June 1 through July 15 and December ((1)) 15 through January 31:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies and night closure in effect June 1 through July 15.
(B) Trout: Limit 2; minimum length 14 inches. Anglers may retain Dolly Varden/Bull trout with a minimum length of 20 inches as part of the trout limit.
(ii) Salmon:
(A) Open June 1 through July 15:
(B) Up to 4 hatchery Chinook may be retained; only 2 hatchery Chinook may be adults.
(C) Release all other salmon.
(b) From the Rockport-Cascade Road Bridge upstream:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September)) July 15 and December ((1)) 15 through January 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead.
(((66))) (67) Cavanaugh Creek (Whatcom County) and all tributaries: Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 upstream from where Cavanaugh Creek first flows into Whatcom County, 0.4 lineal miles from its confluence with the South Fork Nooksack River.
(((67))) (68) Cavanaugh Lake (Skagit County): Chumming is permissible.
(((68))) (69) Cayada Creek (Pierce County) (Carbon River tributary): Open the first Saturday in June through September 30.
(((69))) (70) Cedar Creek (Mason County): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((70))) (71) Cedar River (King County):
(a) Open for game fish the first Saturday in June through August 31 from the mouth to Landsburg Road.
(i) Trout: Catch and release only.
(ii) Other game fish: Statewide minimum size/daily limit.
(b) Selective gear rules apply and night closure.
(c) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(((d) Trout: Catch and release only.
(71))) (72) Chain Lake (Snohomish County):
(a) Selective gear rules apply.
(b) Trout: Limit 2; minimum length 14 inches.
(((72))) (73) Chambers Creek (Pierce County):
(a) From the mouth (Burlington Northern Bridge) to the markers 400 feet below the Boise-Cascade Dam (Pierce County):
(i) Selective gear rules apply, except bait is permissible September 1 through October 15.
(ii) Open July 1 through November 15 for game fish and salmon.
(iii) Night closure in effect and anti-snagging rule applies.
(iv) Trout: Catch and release.
(v) Salmon:
(A) Limit 6 fish of which no more than 4 may be adult salmon.
(B) Release wild coho.
(b) From Boise-Cascade Dam to Steilacoom Lake:
(i) Open July 1 through October 31.
(ii) Night closure in effect and selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Trout: Minimum size 14 inches.
(((73))) (74) Chambers Lake (within Ft. Lewis Military Reservation) (Pierce County):
(a) Selective gear rules apply.
(b) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(c) Trout: Catch and release only.
(((74))) (75) Channel Creek (Skagit County) (Baker River tributary): Open the first Saturday in June through August 31.
(((75))) (76) Chaplain Creek (Snohomish County) (Sultan River tributary):
(a) Above the falls near the mouth to the inlet to the beaver pond (Grass Lake) below the water filtration plant gate, including tributaries and beaver ponds: Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(b) Waters adjacent to the water filtration plant, from the inlet to the beaver pond (Grass Lake) below the water filtration plant gate to the waterfall approximately .4 miles upstream: Closed.
(c) Above the waterfall located approximately .4 miles upstream of the water filtration plant gate, including tributaries and beaver ponds: Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((76))) (77) Chaplain Lake (Snohomish County): Closed.
(((77))) (78) Cherry Creek (King/Snohomish County) (tributary to the Snoqualmie River): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 above Cherry Creek Falls (located at river mile 9.3, approximately 1 mile upstream of Stossel/Kelly Rd), including all tributaries and beaver ponds.
(((78))) (79) Chilliwack River (Whatcom County): Open the first Saturday in June through October 31, including all tributaries and their tributaries.
(((79))) (80) Church Creek (Mason County): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 upstream of the bridge on U.S. Forest Service Road #2361.
(((80) Clara Lake (also known as "Don Lake") (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.))
(81) Clarks Creek (Pierce County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through August 31 from the mouth to 12th Avenue S.W.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Limit 2; minimum length 14 inches.
(82) Clear Creek (Snohomish County) (Sauk River tributary): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 above Asbestos Creek Falls.
(83) Clear Lake (Pierce County):
(a) Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(b) Chumming is permissible.
(c) Kokanee: Limit 10; no size restrictions.
(d) Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
(84) Clear Lake (Thurston County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(85) Clearwater River (Pierce County):
(a) Open July 1 through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(86) Clover Creek (Pierce County):
(a) Open July 1 through October 31 upstream of Steilacoom Lake, including all tributaries.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(87) Coal Creek (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County): Open the first Saturday in June through August 31 to juvenile anglers only.
(88) Coal Creek (near Snoqualmie) (King County):
(a) From the mouth to Highway I-90:
(i) Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31 to juvenile anglers only.
(ii) Trout: No minimum length.
(b) From Highway I-90 upstream: Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(89) Copper Creek (Snohomish County) (Clear Creek tributary, a tributary of Sauk River): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(90) Cottage Lake (King County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(91) Coulter Creek (Kitsap/Mason counties):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Catch and release only.
(92) County Line Ponds (Skagit County): Closed.
(93) Crabapple Lake (Snohomish County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(94) Cranberry Creek (Mason County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Catch and release only.
(95) Crescent Creek (Kitsap County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum size 14 inches.
(96) Crescent Lake (Pierce County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(97) Cumberland Creek (Whatcom County): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 upstream from the USFS 17 Road Bridge located 0.7 lineal miles from its confluence with the Skagit River, including all tributaries.
(98) Dakota Creek (Whatcom County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through December 31 from the mouth to Giles Road Bridge.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Salmon:
(i) Open October 1 through December 31.
(ii) Limit 2 salmon.
(iii) Release wild Chinook and wild coho.
(99) De Coursey Pond (Pierce County):
(a) Open the fourth Saturday in April through November 30 to juvenile anglers only.
(b) Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
(100) Decker Creek (Mason County) (Satsop River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(101) Deer Creek (Mason County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Catch and release only.
(102) Deer Lake (Island County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(103) Deer Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(104) Dempsey Creek (Thurston County) (Black River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(105) Deschutes River (Thurston County):
(a) From Old Highway 99 Bridge near Tumwater to Henderson Boulevard Bridge near Pioneer Park:
(i) Selective gear rules apply, except bait is allowed September 1 through October 15.
(ii) Trout: Open year-round; catch and release only.
(iii) All other game fish: Open the first Saturday in June through October 15.
(iv) Salmon:
(A) Open July 1 through October 15.
(B) Limit 6; no more than 2 adult salmon may be retained.
(C) Release coho.
(b) From Henderson Boulevard Bridge upstream:
(i) Open year-round.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Trout: Catch and release only.
(iv) Salmon:
(A) Open July 1 through October 15.
(B) Limit 6; no more than 2 adult salmon may be retained.
(C) Release coho.
(106) Devereaux Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(107) Dewatto River (Mason County):
(a) From the mouth to Dewatto-Holly Road Bridge:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through August 15 and October 1 through October 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(iv) October 1 through October 31: Night closure in effect.
(v) Game fish: Catch and release only.
(vi) No steelhead retention.
(vii) Salmon:
(A) Open October 1 through October 31.
(B) Limit 2 coho only.
(b) From Dewatto-Holly Road Bridge upstream:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Catch and release only.
(108) Diobsud Creek (Skagit County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September)) August 15.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead.
(109) Dogfish Creek (Kitsap County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum size 14 inches.
(110) Don Lake (also known as "Clara Lake") (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(111) Dosewallips River (Jefferson County):
(a) From the mouth to Highway 101 Bridge:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through August 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(iv) Release all game fish.
(v) Salmon:
(A) Open November 1 through December 15.
(B) Limit 2 chum only.
(b) From Highway 101 Bridge to Olympic National Park boundary about three-quarters of a mile downstream of the falls:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through August 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(iv) Release all game fish.
(((111))) (112) Downey Creek (Snohomish County) (Suiattle River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September 15)) July 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((112))) (113) Duckabush River (Jefferson County):
(a) From the mouth to Mason County PUD #1 overhead distribution line:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through August 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(iv) Release all game fish.
(v) No steelhead retention.
(vi) Salmon:
(A) Open November 1 through December 15.
(B) Limit 2 chum only.
(b) From Mason County PUD #1 overhead distribution line to the Olympic National Park boundary:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through August 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(iv) Catch and release only.
(((113))) (114) Dyes Inlet (Kitsap County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31 for all streams.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum size 14 inches.
(((114))) (115) Eaton Creek (Thurston County) (Lake St. Clair tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((115))) (116) Echo Lake (Snohomish County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((116))) (117) Eglon Creek (Kitsap County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum size 14 inches.
(((117))) (118) Erie Lake (Skagit County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((118))) (119) Evans Creek (Pierce County) (Carbon River tributary): Open the first Saturday in June through September 30 from Carbon River Fairfax Road upstream.
(((119))) (120) Falls Creek (Snohomish County) (Sauk River tributary): From the falls located 0.4 mile upstream from the mouth to the headwaters: Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((120))) (121) Fazon Lake (Whatcom County):
(a) It is unlawful to fish from any floating device from the first Friday in October through January 27.
(b) Channel catfish: Limit 2.
(((121))) (122) Finch Creek (Mason County): Anglers with disabilities who permanently use a wheelchair and possess a designated harvester companion card may fish from the ADA accessible site at the Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery, so long as those anglers follow all applicable rules of the adjoining waters of Marine Area 12.
(((122))) (123) Finney Creek (Skagit County) including all tributaries from upstream of the USFS 17 road bridge: Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((123))) (124) Fisher Slough (Snohomish County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September 15)) October 31 from the mouth to the I-5 Bridge.
(b) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(((124))) (125) Fishtrap Creek (Whatcom County): Open from Kok Road to Bender Road from the first Saturday in June through October 31 for juvenile anglers only.
(((125))) (126) Fiske Creek (Pierce County) (Puyallup River tributary): Open upstream from Fiske Road from the first Saturday in June through August 31 and October 16 through October 31.
(((126))) (127) Fortson Mill Pond #2 (Snohomish County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31 for juvenile anglers only.
(((127))) (128) Found Creek (Skagit County) (Cascade River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September 15)) July 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Catch and release only.
(((128))) (129) Fox Creek (Pierce County) (Puyallup River tributary): Open upstream from Fiske Road East from the first Saturday in June through August 31 and October 16 through October 31.
(((129))) (130) Friday Creek (Whatcom County) (Samish River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((130))) (131) Fulton Creek (Mason County):
(a) From the mouth to falls at river mile 0.8:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Catch and release only.
(b) From the falls at river mile 0.8 upstream: Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((131))) (132) Gale Creek (Pierce County) (South Prairie Creek tributary): Open upstream of the confluence with Wilkeson Creek from the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(((132))) (133) Gamble Creek (Kitsap County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Catch and release only.
(((133))) (134) Geneva Lake (King County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((134))) (135) Gissberg Pond, North (Snohomish County): Open for juvenile anglers only.
(((135))) (136) Gissberg Ponds (Snohomish County): Channel catfish limit 2; no minimum size.
(((136))) (137) Goldsborough Creek (Mason County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Catch and release only.
(((137))) (138) Goodell Creek (Skagit County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September)) August 15.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead.
(((138))) (139) Goodman Creek (Skagit County) above the Mountain Loop Highway: Open Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((139))) (140) Goodwin Lake (Snohomish County): Chumming is permissible.
(((140))) (141) Goss Lake (Island County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((141))) (142) Grade Creek (Snohomish County) (Suiattle River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((142))) (143) Granite Lakes (near Marblemount) (Skagit County): Grayling: Catch and release only.
(((143))) (144) Grass Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((144))) (145) Green (Duwamish) River (King County):
(a) From an east-west line extending through the southernmost tip of Harbor Island to the First Avenue South Bridge:
(i) Open for game fish the first Saturday in June through July 31: Trout minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2.
(ii) In years ending in odd numbers, open for game fish and salmon August 20 through December 31:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(C) Limit 6 salmon of which no more than 3 may be any combination of adult coho and adult chum.
(I) Release Chinook.
(II) Salmon minimum length 12 inches.
(III) Trout minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2.
(iii) In years ending in even numbers, open for game fish and salmon September 1 through December 31:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(C) Limit 6 salmon of which no more than 3 adults may be retained.
(I) Release Chinook.
(II) Salmon minimum length 12 inches.
(III) Trout minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2.
(b) From the First Avenue South Bridge to ((South 277th Bridge in Auburn)) Tukwila International Boulevard/Old Highway 99:
(i) ((November 1 through November 30:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(ii) November 1 through January 15: It is unlawful to fish from any floating device.
(iii))) Open for game fish the first Saturday in June through July 31 ((and November 1 through January 15: Trout minimum length 14 inches)): Trout minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2.
(((iv))) (ii) In years ending in odd numbers, open for game fish and salmon August 20 through ((August)) December 31:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(C) ((It is unlawful to use bait.
(D) It is unlawful to use anything other than one single-point hook measuring 1/2 inch or less from point to shank.
(E) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(v) Salmon:
(A) In years ending in odd numbers:
(I) Open August 20 through December 31.
(II))) Limit 6 salmon of which no more than 3 may be any combination of adult coho and adult chum.
(((III))) (I) Release Chinook.
(((B))) (II) Salmon minimum length 12 inches.
(III) Trout minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2.
(D) In years ending in even numbers, open for game fish and salmon September 1 through December 31:
(I) ((Open November 1 through December 31.
(II) Daily limit 3 chum only.
(b) From South 277th Bridge to Auburn-Black Diamond Road Bridge:
(i) November 1 through November 30:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.)) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(II) Night closure in effect.
(III) Limit 6 salmon of which no more than 3 adults may be retained.
(iii) Release Chinook.
(iv) Salmon minimum length 12 inches.
(v) Trout minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2.
(c) From Tukwila International Boulevard/Old Highway 99 to the Interstate 405 Bridge:
(i) Open for game fish the first Saturday in June through July 31: Trout minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2.
(ii) In years ending in odd numbers: Open for salmon and game fish August 20 through ((August)) December 31:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(((C) It is unlawful to use bait.
(D) It is unlawful to use anything other than one single-point hook measuring 1/2 inch or less from point to shank.
(E))) (iii) In years ending in odd numbers, open for game fish and salmon August 20 through December 31:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(C) Limit 6 salmon of which no more than 3 may be any combination of adult coho and adult chum.
(iv) August 20 through August 31: Release Chinook.
(v) September 1 through December 31: Only one Chinook may be retained.
(A) Salmon minimum length 12 inches.
(B) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2.
(((iii) November 1 through January 31: It is unlawful to fish from any floating device.
(iv) Open the first Saturday in June through August 15 and November 1 through January 31; trout minimum length 14 inches.
(v) In years ending in odd numbers, open for game fish and salmon August 20 through December 31.
(vi) Salmon:
(A) In years ending in odd numbers:
(I) Open August 20 through December 31.
(II) Limit 6 salmon; no more than 3 may be any combination of adult coho and adult chum.
(III) Release Chinook.
(B) In years ending in even numbers:
(I) Open November 1 through December 31.
(II) Limit 3 chum only.
(c) From the Auburn-Black Diamond Road Bridge to the water pipeline walk bridge (1/2 mile downstream of Tacoma Headworks Dam):
(i) Closed waters within 150 feet of the Palmer Pond outlet rack.
(ii) Closed waters within 150 feet of the mouth of Keta (Crisp) Creek.
(iii) August 1 through August 31 and November 1 through November 30:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(iv) Open the first Saturday in June through August 31 and November 1 through January 31: Trout minimum length 14 inches.
(v) Salmon open November 1 through December 31:
(A) In years ending in odd numbers:
(I) Limit 6; no more than 3 may be any combination of adult coho and adult chum.
(II) Release Chinook.
(B) In years ending in even numbers, limit 3 chum only.
(d))) (vi) In years ending in even numbers, open for game fish and salmon September 1 through December 31:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(C) Limit 6 salmon of which no more than 3 adults may be retained.
(I) Release Chinook.
(II) Salmon: Minimum length 12 inches.
(III) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2.
(d) From the Interstate 405 Bridge to South 277th Street Bridge in Auburn:
(i) Open for game fish the first Saturday in June through July 31. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2.
(ii) In years ending in odd numbers, open for game fish and salmon September 1 through December 31:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(C) Limit 6 salmon of which no more than 3 may be any combination of adult coho and adult chum.
(I) Release Chinook.
(II) Salmon: Minimum length 12 inches.
(D) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2.
(iii) In years ending in even numbers, open for game fish and salmon October 1 through December 31:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(C) Limit 6 salmon of which no more than 3 adults may be retained.
(I) Release Chinook.
(II) Salmon: Minimum length 12 inches.
(D) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2.
(e) From the South 277th Street Bridge to the Auburn-Black Diamond Road Bridge:
(i) Open for game fish the first Saturday in June through August 15: Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2.
(ii) In years ending in odd numbers, open for game fish and salmon September 16 through December 31:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(C) Limit 6 salmon of which no more than 3 may be any combination of adult coho and adult chum.
(I) Release Chinook.
(II) Salmon: Minimum length 12 inches.
(D) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2.
(iii) In years ending in even numbers, open for game fish and salmon October 16 through December 31:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(C) Limit 6 salmon of which no more than 3 adults may be retained.
(I) Release Chinook.
(II) Salmon: Minimum length 12 inches.
(D) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2.
(f) From the Auburn-Black Diamond Road Bridge to the mouth of Cristy Creek (at Flaming Geyser State Park):
(i) Closed waters within 150 feet of the mouth of Keta (Crisp) Creek.
(ii) Open for game fish the first Saturday in June through September 15: Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2.
(iii) Open for game fish and salmon November 1 through December 31:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(C) Limit 6 salmon of which no more than 3 may be any combination of adult coho and adult chum.
(I) Release Chinook.
(II) Salmon: Minimum length 12 inches.
(D) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2.
(g) From the mouth of Cristy Creek (at Flaming Geyser State Park) to the water pipeline walk bridge (1/2 mile downstream of Tacoma Headworks Dam):
(i) Closed waters within 150 feet of the Palmer Pond outlet rack.
(ii) Open for game fish the first Saturday in June through October 31: Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2.
(iii) Open for game fish and salmon November 1 through December 31:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(C) Limit 6 salmon of which no more than 3 may be any combination of adult coho and adult chum.
(I) Release Chinook.
(II) Salmon: Minimum length 12 inches.
(D) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2.
(h) From Friday Creek upstream, including all tributaries and their tributaries:
(i) Open for game fish the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((145))) (ii) Trout: Statewide minimum size/daily limit.
(146) Greenwater River (King County):
(a) From the mouth to Greenwater Lakes:
(i) Open November 1 through January 31.
(ii) Release all fish except whitefish.
(iii) Whitefish gear rules apply.
(b) From Greenwater Lakes upstream: Open the first Saturday in June through August 31 and October 16 through October 31.
(((146))) (147) Grovers Creek (Kitsap County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum size 14 inches.
(((147))) (148) Hamma Hamma River (Mason County):
(a) From the mouth to 400 feet below the falls:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through August 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(iv) Catch and release only.
(b) From the falls upstream: Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((148))) (149) Hancock Lake (King County):
(a) Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(b) All tributary streams and the upper third of the outlet are closed.
(c) It is unlawful to use lead weights or lead jigs that measure 1 1/2 inch or less along the longest axis.
(((149))) (150) Hansen Creek (Skagit County): Including all tributaries and their tributaries:
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September 15)) August 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((150))) (151) Harrison Slough (Skagit County): Open the first Saturday in June through ((September 15)) October 31.
(((151))) (152) Hatchery Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((152))) (153) Haven Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((153))) (154) Heart Lake (near Anacortes) (Skagit County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((154))) (155) Heins Lake (Kitsap County): Closed.
(((155))) (156) Hicks Lake (Thurston County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((156))) (157) Hilt Creek (Skagit County) (Sauk River tributary) and all connected tributaries and beaver ponds above the falls (located 0.2 miles above the Highway 530 crossing): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((157))) (158) Horseshoe Lake (Kitsap County):
(a) Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(b) Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
(((158))) (159) Howard Creek (Whatcom County): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 upstream from where Howard Creek flows into Section 13 of Township 36N, Range 6E, 0.3 lineal miles upstream from the South Fork Nooksack River, including all tributaries.
(((159))) (160) Howard Lake (Snohomish County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((160))) (161) Howell Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((161))) (162) Hozomeen Lake (Whatcom County):
(a) Open July 1 through October 31.
(b) It is unlawful to use lead weights or lead jigs that measure 1 1/2 inch or less along the longest axis.
(((162))) (163) Hylebos Creek (Pierce County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(((163))) (164) Illabot Creek (Skagit County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September)) August 15.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((164))) (165) Illahee Creek (Kitsap County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum size 14 inches.
(((165))) (166) Issaquah Creek (King County): Open the first Saturday in June through August 31 for juvenile anglers only.
(((166))) (167) Jackman Creek (Skagit County): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 from the falls located 0.7 miles above Highway 20 upstream.
(((167))) (168) Jackson Lake (Pierce County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((168))) (169) Jefferson Creek (Mason County): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((169))) (170) Jennings Park Pond (Snohomish County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31 for juvenile anglers only.
(((170))) (171) Johns Creek (Mason County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Catch and release only.
(((171))) (172) Johnson Creek (Thurston County) (Skookumchuck River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((172))) (173) Johnson Creek (Whatcom County): Open the first Saturday in June through October 31 from the Northern Pacific Railroad tracks to the Lawson Street footbridge in Sumas for juvenile anglers only.
(((173))) (174) Jones Creek (Skagit County): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 above the falls located 0.6 miles above Highway 20 upstream.
(((174))) (175) Jordan Creek (Skagit County) (Cascade River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September)) August 15.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((175))) (176) Jorsted Creek (Mason County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Catch and release only.
(((176))) (177) Kelsey Creek (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County): Open the first Saturday in June through August 31 for juvenile anglers only.
(((177))) (178) Kendall Creek (Whatcom County) (N.F. Nooksack tributary): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 above the hatchery grounds.
(((178))) (179) Kennedy Creek (Mason County):
(a) From the mouth to Highway 101 Bridge:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through the last day in February.
(ii) October 1 through December 31:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(iii) Trout minimum length 14 inches.
(iv) Salmon:
(A) Open October 1 through November 30.
(B) Limit 6; no more than 2 adults may be retained.
(C) Release wild coho.
(b) From Highway 101 Bridge to 400 feet below the falls:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Trout: Catch and release only.
(iv) October 1 through October 31:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(c) From the falls upstream, including all tributaries:
(i) Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply within the mainstem of Kennedy Creek.
(((179))) (180) Kennedy Creek Pond (Thurston County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((180))) (181) Ki Lake (Snohomish County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((181))) (182) Kimball Creek (near Snoqualmie) (King County):
(a) Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31 for juvenile anglers only.
(b) Trout: No minimum length.
(((182))) (183) Kindy Creek (Skagit County) (Cascade River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September 15)) July 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Catch and release only.
(((183))) (184) King's Creek (Pierce County) (Puyallup River tributary): Open the first Saturday in June through August 31 and October 16 through October 31.
(((184))) (185) Kings Lake Bog (King County): Closed.
(((185))) (186) Klaus Lake (King County):
(a) Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(b) The inlet and outlet to first Weyerhaeuser spur are closed.
(((186))) (187) Koeneman Lake (Fern Lake) (Kitsap County):
(a) Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(d) Catch and release only.
(((187))) (188) Ladder Creek (Skagit County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September)) August 15.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead.
(((188))) (189) Langlois Lake (King County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((189))) (190) LeBar Creek (Mason County): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 from the falls at river mile one upstream.
(((190))) (191) Lena Creek (Mason County): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((191))) (192) Lilliwaup River (Mason County):
(a) From the mouth to 200 feet below the falls:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through August 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(iv) Catch and release only.
(b) From the falls upstream: Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((192))) (193) Lime Creek (Snohomish County) (Suiattle River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September 15)) July 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((193))) (194) Limerick Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((194))) (195) Little Bear Creek (tributary of Sammamish River) (Snohomish/King counties): Open the first Saturday in June through August 31 for juvenile anglers only.
(((195))) (196) Little Mission Creek (Mason County) from falls upstream:
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Catch and release only.
(((196))) (197) Little Scandia Creek (Kitsap County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum size 14 inches.
(((197))) (198) Lone Lake (Island County):
(a) Selective gear rules apply.
(b) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(c) Trout: Limit 1; minimum length 18 inches.
(d) Grass carp: No limit for anglers and bow and arrow fishing.
(((198))) (199) Long's Pond (Thurston County): Open for juvenile anglers only.
(((199))) (200) Lyle Creek (King County) (White River tributary): Open the first Saturday in June through August 31 and October 16 through October 31.
(((200))) (201) Maggie Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through November 30.
(((201))) (202) Malaney Creek (Mason County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Catch and release only.
(((202))) (203) Maple Creek (Whatcom County) (N.F. Nooksack tributary) above Maple Falls: Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((203))) (204) Marble Creek (Skagit County) (Cascade River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September 15)) July 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Catch and release only.
(((204))) (205) Margaret Lake (King County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((205))) (206) Marsh Creek (Snohomish County) (Sultan River tributary): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 above the falls, including tributaries and beaver ponds.
(((206))) (207) Martha Lake (Snohomish County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((207))) (208) Martha Lake (Warm Beach) (Snohomish County):
(a) Selective gear rules apply.
(b) Trout: Limit 2; minimum length 14 inches.
(((208))) (209) May Creek (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County): Open the first Saturday in June through August 31 for juvenile anglers only.
(((209))) (210) McAllister Creek (Thurston County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through September 30 and November 16 through November 30.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(d) Salmon:
(i) Open July 1 through September 30 and November 16 through November 30.
(ii) Limit 6; of which no more than 2 may be adults.
(iii) Release coho.
(((210))) (211) McLane Creek (Thurston County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Catch and release.
(d) Night closure in effect.
(((211))) (212) McLane Creek Ponds (Thurston County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((212))) (213) McMurray Lake (Skagit County):
(a) Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(b) Landlocked salmon rules apply.
(((213))) (214) Melbourne Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((214))) (215) Mercer Slough (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County): Open the first Saturday in June through August 31 for juvenile anglers only.
(((215))) (216) Milk Creek (Snohomish County) (Suiattle River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September 15)) July 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((216))) (217) Mill Creek (Mason County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(((217))) (218) Mill Pond (Auburn) (King County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31 for juvenile anglers only, except open for all anglers during free fishing weekend, as defined by department rule.
(((218))) (219) Mima Creek (Thurston County) (Black River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((219))) (220) Minter Creek (Pierce/Kitsap counties): From the mouth to the fishing boundary markers approximately 50 feet downstream of the hatchery rack:
(a) Open for salmon November 1 through December 31.
(b) Night closure in effect.
(c) Limit 4 chum; release all other salmon.
(((220))) (221) Mission Lake (Kitsap County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((221))) (222) Monte Cristo Lake (Snohomish County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through August 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead.
(((222))) (223) Mountain Lake (San Juan County): It is unlawful to retain more than one trout over 18 inches in length.
(((223))) (224) Mud Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((224))) (225) Munn Lake (Thurston County):
(a) Selective gear rules apply.
(b) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(c) Catch and release only.
(((225))) (226) New Pond Creek (Pierce County) (South Prairie Creek tributary): Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(((226))) (227) Newhalem Creek (Whatcom County): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 above the power facility.
(((227))) (228) Newhalem Ponds (Whatcom County): Closed.
(((228))) (229) Nisqually River (Pierce County):
(a) From the mouth to Military Tank Crossing Bridge:
(i) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(ii) Night closure in effect.
(iii) Barbless hooks are required.
(iv) Open July 1 through ((September 30 and November 16 through November 30)) November 15: Trout minimum length 14 inches.
(v) ((Open December 1 through January 31: Catch and release.
(vi))) Salmon:
(A) ((In years ending in even numbers, from July 1 through August 31:
(I))) Limit 6; no more than ((3)) 2 adults may be retained.
(((II))) (B) Release ((coho and)) wild Chinook and chum.
(((B) In years ending in odd numbers, from July 1 through October 31:
(I) Limit 6; no more than 3 adults may be retained plus one pink salmon; no more than 2 adults may be any combination of chum and coho.
(II) Release wild Chinook.
(C) From November 16 through January 31:
(I) Limit 6; only 2 adults may be retained.
(II) Release coho and wild Chinook.))
(b) From Military Tank Crossing Bridge to 400 feet below La Grande Powerhouse:
(i) Open July 1 through September 30.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead.
(c) From Alder Reservoir upstream including all tributaries to mainstem and reservoir:
(i) Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Trout minimum length 14 inches.
(((229))) (230) Nookachamps Creek (Skagit County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September 15)) August 31, including all tributaries and their tributaries.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((230))) (231) Nooksack River (Whatcom County):
(a) From the Lummi Indian Reservation boundary to the yellow marker at the FFA High School barn at Deming:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through January 31.
(ii) From the first Saturday in June through November 30:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(iii) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(iv) Salmon:
(A) Open September 1 through December 31:
(I) Limit 2, plus 2 additional hatchery coho; release wild coho.
(II) Release wild Chinook September 1 through September 30.
(B) In odd-numbered years, open July 16 through August 31 ((from Lummi Indian Reservation boundary to Highway 544 Bridge at Everson)):
(I) Limit 4 pink salmon.
(II) It is unlawful to use bait.
(III) It is unlawful to use anything other than single-point barbless hooks measuring 1/2 inch or less from point to shank.
(b) From the yellow marker at the FFA High School barn in Deming to the confluence of the forks:
(i) Open from October 1 through January 31.
(ii) October 1 through November 30:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(iii) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(iv) Salmon open October 1 through December 31:
(A) Limit 2, plus anglers may retain 2 additional hatchery coho.
(B) Release wild coho and wild Chinook.
(((231))) (232) Nooksack River, North Fork (Whatcom County):
(a) From the mouth to Maple Creek:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through February 15.
(ii) From the first Saturday in June through November 30:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(iii) November 1 through February 15: It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with a motor.
(iv) Trout minimum length 14 inches.
(v) Salmon open October 1 through November 30: Limit 2 salmon, plus anglers may retain 2 additional hatchery coho; release wild coho.
(b) From Maple Creek to Nooksack Falls:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through January 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) November 1 through January 31: It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with a motor.
(iv) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(c) The waters above Nooksack Falls, including all tributaries and their tributaries are open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((232))) (233) Nooksack River, Middle Fork (Whatcom County):
(a) Mandatory hatchery steelhead retention. No catch and release of hatchery steelhead.
(b) From the mouth to the city of Bellingham diversion dam:
(i) November 1 through January 31: It is unlawful to use motors.
(ii) Open the first Saturday in June through January 31.
(iii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iv) Trout: Minimum size 14 inches.
(c) The waters above the diversion dam, including all tributaries and their tributaries are open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((233))) (234) Nooksack River, South Fork (Skagit/Whatcom counties):
(a) Release all fish except mandatory hatchery steelhead retention. No catch and release of hatchery steelhead.
(b) From the mouth to Skookum Creek:
(i) Open ((the first Saturday in June)) October 1 through January 31.
(ii) ((Selective gear rules apply.
(iii))) From ((the first Saturday in June)) October 1 through November 30: Night closure in effect.
(((iv))) (iii) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(((v))) (iv) Salmon open October 1 through December 31:
(A) Limit 2; plus anglers may retain ((2)) 4 additional hatchery coho.
(B) Release chum and wild coho.
(C) Release wild Chinook October 1 through October 15.
(D) In years ending in odd numbers, release pink salmon.
(c) Upstream from and including Wanlick Creek, including all tributaries:
(i) Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 for fly fishing only.
(ii) Catch and release only except mandatory hatchery steelhead retention.
(((234))) (235) North Creek (Snohomish/King counties) (tributary of Sammamish River): Open the first Saturday in June through August 31 for juvenile anglers only.
(((235))) (236) North Lake (King County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((236))) (237) Northern State Hospital Pond (Skagit County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31 for juvenile anglers only.
(((237))) (238) Ohop Creek (Pierce County):
(a) Open July 1 through September 30.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Catch and release only.
(((238))) (239) Ohop Lake (Pierce County): There are no size restrictions for kokanee.
(((239))) (240) Olalla Creek (Kitsap County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum size 14 inches.
(((240))) (241) Old Fishing Hole Pond (Kent, King County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31 for juvenile anglers only.
(((241))) (242) Olney Creek (Snohomish County) (Wallace River tributary): The waters upstream of Olney Falls, including tributaries and beaver ponds are open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((242))) (243) Olson Creek (Skagit County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September 15)) October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((243))) (244) Osborne Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((244))) (245) O'Toole (Marietta) Creek (Whatcom County): The waters upstream from Marietta Falls, located 0.3 lineal miles from the Skagit River, are open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((245))) (246) Outlet Creek (Mason County) (Satsop River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((246))) (247) Owl Creek (Snohomish County) (Whitechuck River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September 15)) October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((247))) (248) Padden Lake (Whatcom County):
(a) Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(b) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(((248))) (249) Panhandle Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((249))) (250) Panther Lake (Kitsap/Mason counties): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((250))) (251) Pass Lake (Skagit County):
(a) Open to fly fishing only.
(b) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with a motor.
(c) Catch and release only.
(((251))) (252) Percival Creek (Thurston County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(((252))) (253) Perry Creek (Thurston County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31 from the mouth to the falls.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum size 14 inches.
(((253))) (254) Phillips Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((254))) (255) Pilchuck Creek (Snohomish County):
(a) From the mouth to the Highway 9 Bridge:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through ((August 31 and November 1 through January 31)) June 30.
(ii) From the first Saturday in June through ((August 31 and November 1 through November 30)) June 30: Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(b) From the Highway 9 Bridge to Pilchuck Falls:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through ((August 31)) June 30.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(c) From Pilchuck Falls upstream, including all tributaries and their tributaries, and all tributaries to Lake Cavanaugh: Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((255))) (256) Pilchuck River (Snohomish County):
(a) Open from December 1 through January 31 from the mouth to 500 feet downstream from the Snohomish City diversion dam.
(b) It is unlawful to fish from any floating device.
(c) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(((256))) (257) Pine Creek (Mason County): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((257))) (258) Pine Lake (King County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((258))) (259) Pine Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((259))) (260) Pioneer Ponds (tributary to Stillaguamish River) (Snohomish County): Closed.
(((260))) (261) Plumbago Creek (Whatcom County): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 upstream from the Sierra Pacific 140 road bridge located 0.5 lineal miles upstream from the South Fork Nooksack River, including all tributaries.
(((261))) (262) Pratt River (tributary to Middle Fork Snoqualmie River) (King County):
(a) Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Catch and release only.
(((262))) (263) Pressentin Creek (Whatcom County): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 upstream from the waterfall located 0.3 miles from the Skagit River, including all tributaries.
(((263))) (264) Prices Lake (Mason County):
(a) Selective gear rules apply.
(b) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(c) Catch and release only.
(((264))) (265) Pugh Creek (Snohomish County) (Whitechuck River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September 15)) July 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((265))) (266) Puyallup River (Pierce County):
(a) From the 11th Street Bridge to Freeman Road:
(i) Open for game fish August ((10 through August 31 and October 16)) 15 through December 31.
(ii) Closed within 400 feet of the mouth of Clarks Creek.
(iii) August ((10 through August 31 and October 16)) 15 through November 30:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(C) Barbless hooks are required.
(iv) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(v) Salmon:
(A) ((In years ending in odd numbers:
(I))) Limit 6. No more than 2 adults may be retained. ((Two pink adults may be retained in addition to the 2 adult limit.
(II))) (B) Release wild adult Chinook.
(((B) In years ending in even numbers:
(I) Open October 16 through December 31.
(II) Limit 2 chum only.))
(b) From Freeman Road to the ((East Main Avenue Bridge)) Carbon River:
(i) Open for game fish August 10 ((through August 30 and October 16)) through December 31.
(ii) August 10 through November 30:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(C) Barbless hooks are required.
(iii) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(iv) Salmon:
(A) ((In years ending in odd numbers:
(I))) Limit 6. No more than 2 adults may be retained. ((In addition to the 2 adults, 2 adult pinks may also be retained.
(II))) (B) Release wild adult Chinook.
(((B) In years ending in even numbers:
(I) Open October 16 through December 31.
(II) Limit 2 chum only.
(c) From the East Main Avenue Bridge to Carbon River:
(i) Open for game fish August 1 through August 31 and October 16 through December 31.
(ii) August 1 through August 31 and October 16 through November 30:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure is in effect.
(C) Barbless hooks are required.
(iii) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(iv) Salmon:
(A) In years ending in odd numbers:
(I) Limit 6. No more than 2 adults may be retained. In addition to the 2 adults, 2 adult pinks may be retained.
(II) Release wild adult Chinook.
(B) In years ending in even numbers:
(I) Open October 16 through December 31.
(II) Limit 2 chum only.
(d))) (c) From Carbon River upstream:
(i) Open October 16 through January 15.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead.
(((266))) (267) Pyramid Creek (King County) upstream of Forest Service Road 7000: Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(((267))) (268) Racehorse Creek (Whatcom County) (N.F. Nooksack tributary) above the falls located 0.2 miles above the North Fork Road: Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((268))) (269) Raging River (King County):
(a) From the mouth to the Highway 18 Bridge:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through August 31 and November 1 through January 31.
(ii) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(b) From Highway 18 Bridge upstream: Open the first Saturday in June through August 31.
(((269))) (270) Rapjohn Lake (Pierce County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((270))) (271) Rattlesnake Lake (King County):
(a) Selective gear rules apply.
(b) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(c) Trout: Limit 2; minimum length 14 inches.
(((271))) (272) Ravensdale Lake (King County):
(a) Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(d) Trout: Limit 2; minimum length 12 inches.
(((272))) (273) Red Creek (King County) (White River tributary): Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(((273))) (274) Rendsland Creek (Mason County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Catch and release only.
(((274))) (275) Riley Lake (Snohomish County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((275))) (276) Roaring Creek (Whatcom County): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 upstream from the confluence with Deer Creek, including all tributaries.
(((276))) (277) Robbins Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((277))) (278) Rocky Creek (Mason County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Catch and release only.
(((278))) (279) Roesiger Lake (Snohomish County): Crappie limit 10; minimum length 9 inches.
(((279))) (280) Rose Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((280))) (281) Ross Lake (Reservoir) (Whatcom County):
(a) Open July 1 through October 31:
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout, except eastern brook trout: Limit 1; minimum length 16 inches.
(d) Eastern brook trout: Limit 5; no minimum length.
(((281))) (282) Ross Lake tributary streams, and their tributaries, except Big Beaver Creek and Ruby Creek (Whatcom County):
(a) From one mile above the mouths to the headwaters: Open July 1 through October 31.
(b) Tributaries to Ruby Creek: Open July 1 through October 31.
(((282))) (283) Salmon Creek (Thurston County) (Black River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Night closure in effect.
(d) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, except it is permissible to retain hatchery (adipose clipped) trout less than 14 inches in length as part of the limit.
(((283))) (284) Salmonberry Creek (Kitsap County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum size 14 inches.
(((284))) (285) Samish Lake (Whatcom County): Cutthroat trout limit 2; minimum length 14 inches.
(((285))) (286) Samish River (Skagit County):
(a) Mandatory hatchery steelhead retention. No catch and release of hatchery steelhead.
(b) From the mouth to the I-5 Bridge:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through November 30.
(ii) From the first Saturday in June through November 30: Trout minimum length 14 inches.
(iii) From August 1 through November 30:
(A) Night closure in effect.
(B) It is unlawful to use anything other than one single-point hook.
(iv) From December 1 through December 31:
(A) Selective gear rules apply.
(B) Mandatory hatchery steelhead retention. No catch and release of hatchery steelhead.
(v) Salmon:
(A) Open August 1 through November 30.
(B) Limit 2; anglers may only retain fish hooked inside the mouth.
(C) Release wild coho.
(c) From the I-5 Bridge to the Old Highway 99 Bridge:
(i) Closed from the Old Highway 99 Bridge to the WDFW salmon rack.
(ii) Open the first Saturday in June through August 30:
(iii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iv) Release all fish except mandatory hatchery steelhead retention.
(d) From the WDFW hatchery rack to Hickson Bridge upstream:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through November 30.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Release all fish except mandatory hatchery steelhead retention.
(e) From Hickson Bridge upstream:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Mandatory hatchery steelhead retention.
(((286))) (287) Sammamish Lake (King County):
(a) Open for game fish year-round.
(b) Closed to fishing within 100 yards of the mouth of Issaquah Creek August 16 through November 30.
(((b))) (c) Kokanee: Catch and release only.
(((c))) (d) December 1 through June 30: Release all steelhead and rainbow trout over 20 inches in length.
(((287))) (e) Landlocked salmon rules apply for December 1 through May 31. Hatchery coho only may be retained as part of the trout daily limit under the landlocked salmon rules, 12 inch minimum size.
(f) Open for salmon from October 1 through November 30.
(i) Salmon: Daily limit 4 coho only.
(ii) Release Chinook and sockeye.
(288) Sammamish River (Slough) (King County): From the 68th Avenue N.E. Bridge to Lake Sammamish:
(a) Open from January 1 through August 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(d) Trout: Catch and release only.
(((288))) (289) Sauk River (Skagit/Snohomish counties):
(a) Selective gear rules apply.
(b) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead.
(c) From the mouth to Darrington Bridge:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September)) July 15 and December ((1)) 15 through January 31.
(ii) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(d) From Darrington Bridge to the mouth of the White Chuck River, open the first Saturday in June through ((September)) July 15 and December ((1)) 15 through January 31.
(e) From the Whitechuck River to the headwaters, including the North Fork from mouth to North Forks Falls and the South Fork from mouth to Elliot Creek, open the first Saturday in June through ((September)) July 15.
(f) In the South Fork upstream from Elliot Creek: Open the first Saturday in June through August 31.
(((289))) (290) Sauk, North Fork, (Snohomish County): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 above North Fork falls including all tributaries.
(((290))) (291) Sawyer Lake (King County): Chumming is permissible.
(((291))) (292) Scatter Creek (King County) (White River tributary): Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(((292))) (293) Scatter Creek (Thurston County) (Chehalis River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((293))) (294) Schneider Creek (Thurston County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum size 14 inches.
(((294))) (295) Serene Lake (Snohomish County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((295))) (296) Shady Lake (King County):
(a) Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(b) Trout: It is unlawful to retain more than one trout over 14 inches in length.
(((296))) (297) Shannon, Lake (Skagit County):
(a) Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(b) Chumming is permissible.
(c) Trout: Minimum length 6 inches and maximum length 18 inches.
(((297))) (298) Shelton Creek (Mason County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Catch and release only.
(((298))) (299) Sherman Creek (Thurston County) (Chehalis River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((299))) (300) Sherwood Creek (Mason County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Catch and release only.
(((300))) (301) Sherwood Creek Mill Pond (Mason County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Trout: Limit 2; minimum length 14 inches.
(((301))) (302) Shoe Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((302))) (303) Silesia Creek (Chilliwack River tributary) (Whatcom County): Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(((303))) (304) Silver Creek (Skagit County) (Samish River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((304))) (305) Silver Creek (Whatcom County) (Nooksack River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((305))) (306) Silver Lake (Pierce County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((306))) (307) Silver Lake (Whatcom County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((307))) (308) Sixteen Lake (Skagit County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((308))) (309) Skagit River (Skagit/Whatcom counties):
(a) Mandatory hatchery steelhead retention. No catch and release of hatchery steelhead.
(b) From the mouth to Highway 530 Bridge at Rockport: Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, except anglers may retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout with a minimum length of 20 inches as part of the trout limit.
(c) From the mouth to the Memorial Highway Bridge (Highway 536 at Mt. Vernon):
(i) Open March 1 through ((September)) July 15 and December ((1)) 15 through January 31, except closed waters June 28 and 29, July 6, 7, and 11.
(ii) March 1 through ((September)) July 15:
(A) Selective gear rules apply, except anglers fishing for sturgeon must use bait.
(B) It is unlawful to use hooks other than those measuring 1/2 inch or less from point to shank, except anglers fishing for sturgeon may use single-point barbless hooks of any size.
(d) From Memorial Highway Bridge (Highway 536 at Mt. Vernon) upstream to Gilligan Creek:
(i) Open June 1 through ((September)) July 15 and December ((1)) 15 through January 31, except closed waters ((July 17 through July 20 and July 24 through July 27)) June 28 and 29, July 6, 7, and 11.
(A) Night closure in effect June 1 through ((September)) July 15.
(B) June 1 through June ((15 and July 16 through September 15)) 10:
(I) Selective gear rules apply, except for sturgeon.
(II) It is unlawful to use hooks other than those measuring 1/2 inch or less from point to shank, except anglers fishing for sturgeon may use single-point barbless hooks of any size.
(ii) Salmon: (((A))) Open June ((16)) 11 through July 15; Limit 3 sockeye only.
(((B) Open August 1 through December 31 in years ending in odd numbers.))
(e) From Gilligan Creek to The Dalles Bridge at Concrete:
(i) Open June 1 through ((September)) July 15 and December ((1)) 15 through January 31, except closed waters ((July 17 through July 20 and July 24 through July 27)) June 28 and 29, July 6, 7, and 11.
(ii) From June 1 through ((September)) July 15:
(((I))) (A) Selective gear rules apply.
(((II))) (B) It is unlawful to use hooks other than those measuring 1/2 inch or less from point to shank.
(((III))) (C) Night closure in effect.
(((iii) Salmon:
(A) In years ending in odd numbers, open August 16 through December 31.
(B) Limit 4 salmon; only 2 wild coho may be retained.
(C) Release Chinook and chum.))
(f) From The Dalles Bridge at Concrete to the Highway 530 Bridge at Rockport:
(i) Open June 1 through ((September)) July 15 and December ((1)) 15 through January 31, except closed waters ((July 17 through July 20 and July 24 through July 27)) June 28 and 29, July 6, 7, and 11.
(ii) June 1 through ((August 31)) July 15: Closed between a line projected across the thread of the river 200 feet above the east bank of the Baker River to a line projected across the thread of the river 200 feet below the west bank of the Baker River.
(iii) June 1 through ((September)) July 15:
(A) Night closure in effect.
(B) Selective gear rules apply.
(C) It is unlawful to use hooks other than those measuring 1/2 inch or less from point to shank.
(g) From the Highway 530 Bridge at Rockport to the Cascade River Road (Marblemount Bridge):
(i) Open June 1 through ((September)) July 15 and December ((1)) 15 through January 31:
(A) Trout catch and release only, except mandatory hatchery steelhead retention.
(B) June 1 through July 15 anti-snagging rule applies.
(C) June 1 through ((September)) July 15 night closure in effect.
(((D) July 16 through September 15:
(I) Selective gear rules apply.
(II) It is unlawful to use hooks other than those measuring 1/2 inch or less from point to shank.))
(ii) Salmon: Open June 1 through July 15:
(A) Limit 4 hatchery Chinook only.
(B) Only 2 adult hatchery Chinook may be retained as part of the limit.
(h) From Cascade River Road to the Gorge Powerhouse:
(i) Open June 1 through ((September)) July 15 and December ((1)) 15 through January 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(iv) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead.
(i) Gorge and Diablo lakes' tributary streams and their tributaries, except Stetattle Creek: Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(((309))) (310) Skokomish River (Mason County):
(a) From the mouth to the city of Tacoma PUD overhead distribution lines: Closed.
(b) From the city of Tacoma PUD overhead distribution lines to the Bonneville Transmission lines west of Highway 101: Closed.
(c) From the Bonneville Transmission lines west of Highway 101 to the forks:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Catch and release only.
(((310))) (iv) No steelhead retention.
(311) Skokomish River, North Fork (Mason County):
(a) Selective gear rules apply.
(b) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(c) Catch and release only.
(d) From the mouth to the lower dam: Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(e) Above Lake Cushman, from the mouth to Olympic National Park boundary: Open the first Saturday in June through August 31.
(((311))) (312) Skokomish River, South Fork (Mason County):
(a) From the mouth to the mouth of LeBar Creek:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(iv) Catch and release only.
(v) No steelhead retention.
(b) From the mouth of Rule Creek to the headwaters:
(i) Open the ((first Saturday in June)) Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(iv) Trout: Minimum length 12 inches.
(((312))) (313) Skookum Creek (Mason County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Catch and release only.
(((313))) (314) Skookum Creek (Whatcom County): From the mouth of Arlecho Creek upstream, including Arlecho Creek and all other tributaries: Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((314))) (315) Skookumchuck Reservoir (Thurston County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Trout: Daily limit 2; minimum length 12 inches.
(((315))) (316) Skykomish River (Snohomish County):
(a) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, except anglers may retain Dolly Varden/Bull trout with a minimum length of 20 inches as part of the trout limit.
(b) From the mouth to the mouth of Wallace River:
(i) Open June 1 through ((August 31 and November 1 through)) January 31.
(ii) Anti-snagging rule applies and night closure in effect August 1 through ((August 31 and November 1 through)) November 30.
(iii) November 1 through January 31: It is unlawful to fish from any floating device from the boat ramp below Lewis Street Bridge at Monroe downstream 2,500 feet.
(iv) Salmon:
(A) Open June 1 through July 31: Limit 4 hatchery Chinook; no more than 2 of which may be adults.
(B) For years ending in odd numbers:
(I) Open August 16 through December 31 from the mouth to Lewis Street Bridge in Monroe.
(II) Open September 1 through December 31 from the Lewis Street Bridge to Wallace River.
(III) Limit 3 salmon ((plus 1 additional pink)); release Chinook and chum.
(c) From the mouth of the Wallace River to the forks:
(i) Open June 1 ((through August 31 and November 1)) through January 31.
(ii) From the Highway 2 Bridge at the Gold Bar/Big Eddy Access to the confluence of the North and South Forks: Also open February 1 through February 15.
(iii) August 1 ((through August 31 and November 1)) through November 30: Anti-snagging rule applies and night closure in effect from Wallace River to ((Gold Bar/Big Eddy Access)) the forks.
(iv) ((August 1 through November 30: Anti-snagging rule applies and night closure in effect from Gold Bar/Big Eddy Access to the forks.
(v))) June 1 through February 15: It is unlawful to fish from any floating device in the area 1,500 feet upstream and 1,000 feet downstream of the outlet at Reiter Ponds.
(((316))) (v) Salmon: For years ending in odd numbers:
(A) Open September 1 through December 31.
(B) Limit 3 salmon; release Chinook and chum.
(317) Skykomish River, North Fork (Snohomish County):
(a) From the mouth to 1,000 feet downstream of Bear Creek Falls:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through August 31 and November 1 through January 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead.
(b) From Deer Falls (about 1/4 mile upstream of Goblin Creek) upstream, including all tributaries and their tributaries: Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((317))) (318) Skykomish River, South Fork (King/Snohomish counties):
(a) From the mouth to 600 feet downstream from the Sunset Falls fishway:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through August 31 and November 1 through January 31.
(ii) August 1 through August 31 and November 1 through November 30:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(iii) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(b) From Sunset Falls to the source, including all tributaries and their tributaries:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through August 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(iv) December 1 through the last day in February:
(A) All tributaries of this river section are closed.
(B) Open for whitefish only; release all other fish.
(((318))) (319) Smith Creek (Whatcom County) (Nooksack River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((319))) (320) Snohomish River (Snohomish County):
(a) From the Burlington-Northern Railroad bridges to Highway 9 Bridge, including all channels, sloughs, and interconnected waterways, but excluding all tributaries:
(i) Sturgeon catch and release is permissible July 1 ((through August 31 and November 1)) through June 30.
(ii) August 1 ((through August 31 and November 1)) through November 30:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies; except anglers fishing for sturgeon may use single-point barbless hooks of any size.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(iii) Game fish:
(A) Open the first Saturday in June through ((August 31 and November 1 through)) January 31.
(B) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, except anglers may retain Dolly Varden/Bull trout with a minimum length of 20 inches as part of the trout limit.
(iv) Salmon, for years ending in odd numbers:
(A) Open August 1 through December 31.
(B) Limit 3 salmon ((plus 1 additional pink)); release Chinook and chum.
(b) From the Highway 9 Bridge to the confluence of the Skykomish and Snoqualmie rivers (all channels):
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through ((August 31 and November 1 through)) January 31.
(ii) August 1 through ((August 31 and November 1 through)) November 30:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(iii) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, except anglers may retain Dolly Varden/Bull trout with a minimum length of 20 inches as part of the trout limit.
(iv) Salmon, for years ending in odd numbers:
(A) Open August 16 through December 31.
(B) Limit 3 ((plus 1 additional pink)); release Chinook and chum.
(((320))) (321) Snoqualmie River (King County):
(a) From the mouth to Snoqualmie Falls:
(i) Closed within the Puget Power tunnel at the falls and within 50 feet of any point on Puget Power's lower Plant #2 building (north bank).
(ii) From the first Saturday in June through ((August 31 and November 1 through)) November 30: Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) ((November)) September 1 through November 30: Night closure in effect.
(iv) From the mouth to the boat ramp at the Plum access: Open the first Saturday in June through ((August 31 and November 1 through)) January 31.
(v) From the boat ramp at the Plum access to the falls: Open the first Saturday in June through ((August 31 and November 1 through)) February 15.
(vi) From November 1 through February 15: It is unlawful to fish from any floating device in the waters from the boat ramp at the Plum access to the mouth of Tokul Creek (about 1/4 mile).
(vii) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(viii) Salmon, for years ending in odd numbers:
(A) Open September 1 through December 31.
(B) Limit 3 salmon ((plus 1 additional pink)); release Chinook and chum.
(b) From Snoqualmie Falls upstream, including the North and South Forks:
(i) Selective gear rules apply.
(ii) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(iii) Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31: Trout minimum length 10 inches.
(iv) Open November 1 through the Friday before Memorial Day: Catch and release only.
(c) Snoqualmie River tributaries upstream of the falls, and the tributaries of the North and South Forks (except Tate, Sunday and Phillapa creeks): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31. From November 1 through the Friday before Memorial Day: Catch and release only.
(d) In the Snoqualmie River Middle Fork from the mouth to the source, including all tributaries except Pratt and Taylor rivers:
(i) Open year-round.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(iv) Catch and release only.
(((321))) (322) South Prairie Creek (Pierce County): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through August 31 and October 16 through October 31 from the city of Buckley diversion dam upstream.
(((322))) (323) Spada Lake (Reservoir) (Snohomish County):
(a) Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor.
(d) Trout: Maximum length 12 inches.
(((323))) (324) Spada Lake (Reservoir) tributaries (Snohomish County): Closed.
(((324))) (325) Spanaway Lake and Spanaway Lake outlet downstream to the dam (approximately 800 feet) (Pierce County): Open year-round.
(((325))) (326) Squalicum Creek (Whatcom County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((326))) (327) Squalicum Lake (Whatcom County):
(a) Open for fly fishing only.
(b) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with a motor.
(c) Trout: Limit 2.
(((327))) (328) Squire Creek (Snohomish County) (N.F. Stillaguamish River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((August 31)) June 30.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead.
(((328))) (329) Steel Lake (King County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((329))) (330) Stetattle Creek (Whatcom County): Open the first Saturday in June through October 31 above the mouth of Bucket Creek (approximately 1.5 miles upstream).
(((330))) (331) Stevens, Lake (Snohomish County):
(a) Chumming is permissible.
(b) Kokanee: Limit 10; kokanee do not count toward the trout limit.
(((331))) (332) Steves Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((332))) (333) Stickney Lake (Snohomish County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((333))) (334) Stillaguamish River (Snohomish County):
(a) From the mouth to Marine Drive, including all sloughs:
(i) Open ((July 1 through August 31 and November 1 through June 30)) year-round.
(ii) Night closure in effect.
(iii) August 1 through ((August 31 and November 1 through)) November 30: Anti-snagging rule applies, except anglers fishing for sturgeon may use single-point barbless hooks of any size.
(iv) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(((v) Salmon, for years ending in odd numbers: Limit 2; release Chinook and chum.))
(b) From Marine Drive to the forks:
(i) From the barrier dam (downstream of I-5) downstream 200 feet: Closed.
(ii) Open the first Saturday in June through ((August 31 and November 1 through November 30)) June 30.
(A) Selective gear rules apply.
(B) ((Night closure in effect from August 1 through August 31 and November 1 through November 30.
(C))) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead.
(((iii) Open December 1 through January 31: Trout: minimum length 14 inches.
(iv) Salmon, for years ending in odd numbers: Limit 2; release Chinook and chum.
(334))) (335) Stillaguamish River, North Fork (Snohomish County):
(a) From the North Fork mouth to the mouth of French Creek:
(i) ((August 1 through August 31 and November 1 through November 30:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(ii))) It is unlawful to fish from any floating device upstream of the Highway 530 Bridge at mile post 28.8 (Cicero Bridge).
(((iii))) (ii) It is unlawful to fish from any floating device equipped with a motor downstream from the Highway 530 Bridge.
(((iv))) (iii) Open the first Saturday in June through ((August 31 and November 1 through November 30)) July 31:
(A) Fly fishing only.
(B) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead.
(((v) Open from December 1 through January 31: Trout minimum length 14 inches.))
(b) From the mouth of French Creek to Swede Heaven Bridge:
(i) ((August 1 through August 31 and November 1 through November 30:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(ii))) Open the first Saturday in June through ((August 31 and November 1 through November 30)) July 31:
(A) Fly fishing only.
(B) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead.
(((iii))) (ii) Open December 1 through ((February 15: Trout minimum length 14 inches)) January 31:
(A) Fly fishing only.
(B) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead.
(c) From Swede Heaven Bridge to ((the)) North Forks Falls approximately one mile upstream of Cascade Creek:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through ((August 31)) June 30.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead.
(d) Upstream of ((the)) North Fork Falls, approximately one mile upstream of Cascade Creek including all tributaries and their tributaries: Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((335))) (336) Stillaguamish River, South Fork (Snohomish County):
(a) From the mouth to 400 feet downstream of the outlet to Granite Falls fishway:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through ((August 31 and November 1 through January 31)) June 30.
(ii) ((August 1 through August 31 and November 1 through November 30:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(iii))) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(b) From the Mountain Loop Highway Bridge above Granite Falls upstream to the source:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through ((August 31 and November 1 through November 30)) September 4.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) August 1 through ((August 31 and November 1 through November 30)) September 4:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(((336))) (337) Stimson Creek (Mason County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply
(c) Catch and release only.
(((337))) (338) Storm Lake (Snohomish County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((338))) (339) Straight Creek (Snohomish County) (Suiattle River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September 15)) July 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((339))) (340) Suiattle River (Skagit County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September)) July 15.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: It is permissible to retain Dolly Varden/Bull trout with a minimum length of 20 inches as part of trout limit.
(((340))) (341) Sulphur Creek (Snohomish County) (Suiattle River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September 15)) July 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((341))) (342) Sultan River (Snohomish County):
(a) From the mouth to a point 400 feet downstream from the diversion dam at river mile 9.7:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through August 31 and November 1 through January 31.
(ii) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, except anglers may retain Dolly Varden/Bull trout with a minimum length of 20 inches as part of the trout limit.
(b) Upstream of the diversion dam to Culmback Dam: Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(((342))) (343) Sumas River (Whatcom County): Open the first Saturday in June through October 31, including all tributaries except Johnson Creek.
(((343))) (344) Summit Lake (Thurston County):
(a) Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(b) Trout: It is unlawful to retain more than 2 over 14 inches in length, except there are no size restrictions for kokanee.
(((344))) (345) Susan Lake (Thurston County):
(a) Selective gear rules apply.
(b) Catch and release only.
(((345))) (346) Swamp Creek (tributary to Sammamish River) (Snohomish/King counties): Open the first Saturday in June through August 31 for juvenile anglers only.
(((346))) (347) Swan's Mill Pond (Stossel Creek) (King County): Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(((347))) (348) Symington Lake (Kitsap County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Catch and release only.
(((348))) (349) Tahuya River (Mason County):
(a) From the mouth to the steel bridge approximately 1 mile upstream of North Shore Road Bridge:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through August 15 and October 1 through October 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) October 1 through October 31: Night closure in effect.
(iv) Release all game fish.
(b) From the steel bridge approximately one mile upstream of North Shore Road Bridge upstream:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through August 15 and October 1 through October 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) October 1 through October 31: Night closure in effect.
(iv) Catch and release only.
(((349))) (350) Tanwax Creek (Thurston County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through September 30.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Catch and release only.
(((350))) (351) Tanwax Lake (Pierce County): Crappie: Limit 10; minimum length 9 inches.
(((351))) (352) Tapps Lake (Reservoir) and Tapps Lake (Reservoir) intake canal (Pierce County), to within four hundred feet of the screen at Dingle Basin: Open year-round.
(((352))) (353) Taylor River (tributary to the Middle Fork Snoqualmie) (King County):
(a) Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Catch and release only.
(((353))) (354) Tenmile Creek (Whatcom County) (Nooksack River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((354))) (355) Tenas Creek (Skagit County) (Suiattle River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September 15)) July 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((355))) (356) Tenas Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((356))) (357) Tennant Lake (Whatcom County): It is unlawful to fish from any floating device from the first Friday in October through January 27.
(((357))) (358) Terrell Creek (Whatcom County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((358))) (359) Terrell, Lake (Whatcom County): It is unlawful to fish from any floating device from the first Saturday after Labor Day through the following Friday and from October 1 through January 31, except fishing from a floating dock is permissible.
(((359))) (360) Texas Pond (Skagit County): No limit for eastern brook trout.
(((360))) (361) Thomas Creek (Skagit County) (Samish River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((361))) (362) Thompson Creek (Thurston County) (Skookumchuck River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((362))) (363) Thornton Creek (tributary to Lake Washington) (King County): Open the first Saturday in June through August 31 for juvenile anglers only.
(((363))) (364) Thornton Creek (Whatcom County):
(a) From the Highway 20 Bridge downstream to the Skagit River: Closed.
(b) From the Highway 20 Bridge upstream:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September 15)) October 31.
(((b))) (ii) Release all fish except anglers may retain up to 2 hatchery steelhead and there is no limit on cutthroat trout.
(((364))) (365) Thornton Lake, lower (Whatcom County): Cutthroat trout: No limit.
(((365))) (366) Tibbetts Creek (tributary to Lake Sammamish) (King County): Open the first Saturday in June through August 31 for juvenile anglers only.
(((366))) (367) Tiger Lake (Kitsap/Mason counties): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((367))) (368) Toad Lake (Whatcom County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((368))) (369) Tokul Creek (King County) (Snoqualmie River tributary):
(a) From the mouth to the Fish Hatchery Road Bridge:
(i) Open December 1 through February 15, except closed to fishing from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
(ii) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(iii) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(b) From Fish Hatchery Road Bridge to the posted ((cable)) boundary marker located approximately 400 feet downstream of the ((hatchery intake)) diversion dam:
(i) Open January 15 through February 15, except closed to fishing from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
(ii) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(iii) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(c) From Tokul Road S.E. upstream, including all tributaries and beaver ponds: Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((369))) (370) Tolt River (King County):
(a) From the mouth to the USGS trolley cable near the confluence of the North and South Forks:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through ((August 31 and November 1 through)) January 31: Selective gear rules apply.
(ii) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(b) From the falls on the North Fork, located approximately 3 miles above the confluence of the North and South forks, upstream, ((on the North Fork,)) including all tributaries:
(i) Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Catch and release only.
(c) On the South Fork, from the dam upstream:
(i) Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Trout: Minimum length 10 inches.
(((370))) (371) Twenty-two Lake Creek (Snohomish County): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 upstream from the falls located approximately at river mile 0.25 upstream.
(((371))) (372) Tye River (King County):
(a) From Foss River to Alpine Falls:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through August 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(iv) Open November 1 through the last day in February for whitefish only; release all other fish.
(b) From Alpine falls upstream, and all tributaries to the Tye River, including their tributaries: Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(((372))) (373) U Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((373))) (374) Uncle John Creek (Mason County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Catch and release only.
(((374))) (375) Union River (Mason County):
(a) From the mouth to the North Shore Road Bridge:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through August 15.
(ii) Catch and release only.
(b) From the North Shore Road Bridge to the lower bridge on Old Belfair Highway:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through August 15.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Catch and release only.
(c) From the lower bridge on Old Belfair Highway upstream:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Catch and release only.
(((375))) (376) Vogler Lake (Skagit County):
(a) Fly fishing only.
(b) Catch and release only.
(((376))) (377) Voight Creek (Pierce County): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through August 31 and October 16 through October 31 from the falls, approximately 4.0 river miles upstream of the mouth and under the power lines, upstream.
(((377))) (378) Waddell Creek (Thurston County) (Black River tributary):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(((378))) (379) Wagners Lake (Snohomish County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((379))) (380) Walker Lake (King County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((380))) (381) Wallace River (Snohomish County):
(a) From the mouth to 363rd Ave. S.E./Reece Rd:
(i) Open from the first Saturday in June through ((August 31 and November 1 through)) February 15.
(ii) From first Saturday in June through ((August 31 and November 1 through)) November 30:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(iii) From November 1 through February 15: It is unlawful to fish from any floating device.
(iv) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, except anglers may retain Dolly Varden/Bull trout with a minimum length of 20 inches as part of the trout limit.
(v) Salmon open September 16 through November 30 in years ending in odd numbers: Limit 3 salmon ((plus 1 additional pink)); release Chinook and chum.
(b) From 363rd Avenue S.E./Reece Road to 200 feet upstream of the water intake of the salmon hatchery:
(i) Open November 1 through February 15.
(ii) November 1 through November 30:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(iii) November 1 through February 15: It is unlawful to fish from any floating device.
(iv) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, except anglers may retain Dolly Varden/Bull trout with a minimum length of 20 inches as part of the trout limit.
(v) Salmon open September 16 through November 30 in years ending in odd numbers: Limit 3 salmon plus 1 additional pink; release Chinook and chum.
(c) From 200 feet upstream of the water intake of the salmon hatchery to Wallace Falls:
(i) Open November 1 through January 31.
(ii) It is unlawful to fish from any floating device.
(iii) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches, except anglers may retain Dolly Varden/Bull trout with a minimum length of 20 inches as part of the trout limit.
(d) From Wallace Falls upstream, including all tributaries and their tributaries: Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((381))) (382) Wapato Lake (Pierce County): Open to juvenile anglers only.
(((382))) (383) Washington Creek (Mason County): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31.
(((383))) (384) Washington Lake, including that portion of the Sammamish River from the 68th Avenue N.E. Bridge downstream (King County):
(a) Mandatory hatchery steelhead retention. No catch and release of hatchery steelhead.
(b) Open year-round.
(c) It is unlawful to fish from a floating device within 100 yards of either side of the floating bridges.
(d) Chumming is permissible.
(e) Trout:
(i) December 1 through the last day in February: Release steelhead and rainbow trout over 20 inches in length.
(ii) March 1 through June 30:
(A) Minimum length 12 inches.
(B) Release steelhead and rainbow trout over 20 inches in length.
(f) Salmon:
(i) Open September 16 through October 31 north of Highway 520 Bridge and east of Montlake Bridge.
(ii) Limit 4 coho only.
(((384))) (385) 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):
(a) Mandatory hatchery steelhead retention. No catch and release of hatchery steelhead.
(b) East of the Fremont Bridge: Chumming is permissible.
(c) From the west boundary to a north-south line 400 feet east of the eastern end of the northern wing wall of Chittenden Locks: Closed.
(d) From 400 feet east of the eastern end of the northern wing wall of Chittenden Locks to the east boundary:
(i) Open year-round for game fish.
(ii) Trout:
(A) Open December 1 through the last day in February: No minimum length.
(B) Open March 1 through June 30: Minimum length 12 inches.
(C) Open July 1 through November 30: No minimum length.
(D) Release steelhead and rainbow trout over 20 inches in length.
(((385))) (386) Waughop Lake (Pierce County): Landlocked salmon rules apply.
(((386))) (387) Whatcom Creek (Whatcom County):
(a) From the mouth to the markers below the footbridge below Dupont Street in Bellingham:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through December 31.
(ii) August 1 through December 31:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(iii) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(iv) Salmon: Open August 1 through December 31.
(A) Limit 6; anglers may retain up to 2 adult salmon.
(B) Release wild coho.
(C) Anglers fishing lawfully within 50 yards of the Bellingham Technical College Hatchery Collection Tube and on the hatchery side of the creek that hook and land chum salmon may remove those chum salmon from the water and immediately place them unharmed into the Hatchery Collection Tube.
(b) From the footbridge below Dupont Street in Bellingham to the stone bridge at Whatcom Falls Park:
(i) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(ii) August 1 through October 31:
(A) Anti-snagging rule applies.
(B) Night closure in effect.
(iii) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(c) From the stone bridge at Whatcom Falls Park upstream to Lake Whatcom: Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31 for juvenile anglers only. Trout: No minimum length.
(((387))) (388) Whatcom, Lake (Whatcom County):
(a) Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31, except the waters between the Electric Avenue Bridge and the outlet dam are closed.
(b) Cutthroat trout: Catch and release only.
(((388))) (389) Whatcom, Lake, tributaries (Whatcom County): Closed.
(((389))) (390) White (Stuck) River (Pierce County):
(a) From the mouth to R Street Bridge in Auburn, open November 1 through January 15:
(i) Night closure in effect.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Trout minimum length 14 inches.
(b) From R Street Bridge to the Highway 410 Bridge at Buckley:
(i) Open October 1 through October 31, except closed in the Puget Power canal, including the screen bypass channel above the screen at Dingle Basin.
(ii) Selective gear rules apply.
(iii) Night closure in effect.
(iv) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(c) From the Weyerhaeuser 6000 Road Bridge (Bridge Camp) upstream to the source:
(i) Open July 1 through October 31.
(A) October 1 through October 31: Night closure in effect.
(B) Selective gear rules apply.
(C) Catch and release only.
(ii) Open for whitefish only November 1 through January 31; whitefish gear rules apply.
(((390))) (391) Whitechuck River (Snohomish County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through ((September)) July 15.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) It is permissible to retain Dolly Varden/Bull trout with a minimum length of 20 inches as part of the trout limit.
(((391))) (392) Wildberry Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((392))) (393) Wildcat Lake (Kitsap County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((393))) (394) Wilderness Lake (King County):
(a) Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(b) Landlocked salmon rules apply.
(((394))) (395) Wilkeson Creek (Pierce County) (South Prairie Creek tributary) upstream of confluence with Gale Creek: Open the first Saturday in June through August 31 and October 16 through October 31.
(((395))) (396) Woodard Creek (Thurston County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(((396))) (397) Wood Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((397))) (398) Woodland Creek (Thurston County):
(a) Open the first Saturday in June through October 31.
(b) Selective gear rules apply.
(c) Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
(((398))) (399) Woods Creek, East Fork (Snohomish County) (Skykomish River tributary): Open the first Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 upstream of Old Pipeline Road above Woods Creek Falls, including tributaries and beaver ponds.
(((399))) (400) Wooten Lake (Mason County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((400))) (401) Wye Lake (Kitsap County): Open the fourth Saturday in April through October 31.
(((401))) (402) Youngs Creek (Snohomish County) (Skykomish River tributary) (Elwell Creek tributary, Skykomish River tributary near town of Sultan): Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31 above Potson Road (299th Avenue S.E. Bridge) including all tributaries and beaver ponds.
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 17-05-112, filed 2/15/17, effective 3/18/17)
WAC 220-313-020 Closed areas—Saltwater salmon angling.
The following areas are closed to salmon angling during the times indicated:
(1) Bellingham Bay: Those waters of Bellingham, Samish, and Padilla Bays ((southerly of a line projected from the most westerly point of Gooseberry Point to Sandy Point)), easterly of a line from Sandy Point to ((Point Migley, thence along the eastern shoreline of Lummi Island to Carter Point, thence to the most northerly tip of Vendovi Island, thence)) the northern most point of Lone Tree Island, thence easterly of a line from Lone Tree Island to the northeast point of Sinclair Island, thence from the southeastern most point on Sinclair Island to Clark Point on Guemes Island, thence following the shoreline to Yellow Bluff on the southwest corner of Guemes Island, thence to Yellow Bluff Reef range marker, thence to the ferry terminal dock east of Shannon Point and north of the Burlington Railroad Bridges at the north end of Swinomish Slough: Closed to salmon angling ((April)) March 1 through April 30 and July 1 through August 15.
(2) Carr Inlet: Those waters of Carr Inlet within 1,000 feet of the outer oyster stakes at the mouth of Minter Creek: Closed to salmon angling April 16 through September 30.
(3) Dungeness Bay: Those waters westerly of a line from Dungeness Spit Light to the number 2 red Buoy, and then to the Port Williams boat ramp: Closed to salmon angling ((May)) July 1 through ((September 30 and November 1 through April 30)) August 15 and March 1 through April 15.
(4) Samish Bay: Those waters southerly of a line projected true east from Fish Point: Closed to salmon angling ((April)) March 1 through April 30 and July 1 through ((October 15)) September 30.
(5) Columbia River Mouth Control Zone 1: Washington waters within Control Zone 1, which Control Zone is described as an area at the Columbia River mouth bounded on the west by a line running northeast/southwest between the red lighted Buoy #4 (46°13'35" N/124°06'50" W) and the green lighted Buoy #7 (46°15'09" N/124°06'16" W); on the east by the Buoy #10 line, which bears north/south at 357° true from the south jetty at 46°14'00" N/124°03'07" W to its intersection with the north jetty; on the north by a line running northeast/southwest between the green lighted Buoy #7 to the tip of the north jetty (46°14'48" N/124°05'20" W), and then along the north jetty to the point of intersection with the Buoy #10 line; and on the south by a line running northeast/southwest between the red lighted Buoy #4 and the tip of the south jetty (46°14'03" N/124°04'05" W), and then along the south jetty to the point of intersection with the Buoy #10 line: Closed to salmon angling at all times, except open to fishing from the north jetty when adjacent waters north of the Control Zone are open to salmon angling, or when the Buoy 10 fishery is open.
(6) Commencement Bay: Those waters east of a line projected from the Sperry Ocean Dock to landfall below the Cliff House Restaurant on the north shore of Commencement Bay: Closed to ((fishing for)) salmon angling April 1 through April 30 and June 1 through July 31.
(7) Southern Rosario Strait and the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca: Waters of Area 7 in Rosario Strait and the eastern portion of the Strait of Juan de Fuca southerly of a line running true south from the westernmost point on Fidalgo Head to Burrows Island, then westerly and southerly along the shore of Burrows Island to the Burrows Island Lighthouse, then to Bird Rocks, then westerly from Bird Rocks to the southernmost point on Decatur Island, then across Lopez Pass to Lopez Island and following the shore of Lopez Island southerly and westerly to Iceberg Point, then from Iceberg Point to Cattle Point, then south-southwest to the Salmon Bank Buoy, and then true south from the Salmon Bank Buoy to the Area 7 boundary: Closed to ((fishing for)) salmon ((August)) angling July 1 through September 30.
(8) Kydaka Point - Waters south of a line from Kydaka Point to Shipwreck Point - Closed to ((fishing for)) salmon angling May 31 through October 31.
(9) Port Angeles Harbor - Waters westerly of a line from the tip of Ediz Hook to the I.T.T. Rayonier Dock: Closed to ((fishing for)) salmon angling from July 1 through ((October 31)) August 15.
(10) Violation of this section is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160, unless the person has harvested salmon. If the person has harvested salmon, the violation is punishable under RCW 77.15.380, Unlawful recreational fishing in the second degree—Penalty, unless the salmon are taken in the amounts or manner to constitute a violation of RCW 77.15.370, Unlawful recreational fishing in the first degree—Penalty.
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 17-05-112, filed 2/15/17, effective 3/18/17)
WAC 220-313-060 Puget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits.
(1) It is unlawful to fish for or possess salmon taken by angling for personal use except from the following Puget Sound areas and during the seasons, in the quantities, and for the species designated in this section, and in the sizes as defined in WAC 220-313-010. An area is open when a daily limit is provided. Puget Sound waters west of the mouth of the Sekiu River are managed concurrent with ocean waters under WAC 220-313-070.
(2) Catch Record Card Area 5:
(a) May 1 through June 30: Closed.
(b) July 1 through August 15:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release chum, wild Chinook and wild coho.
(((iii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(iv) In years ending in even numbers, 2 additional sockeye salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.))
(c) August 16 through ((February 15: Closed)) August 31.
(((d) February)) (i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release chum, Chinook and wild coho.
(d) September 1 through March 15: Closed.
(e) March 16 through April 30:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release coho and wild Chinook ((and coho)).
(3) Catch Record Card Area 6:
(a) May 1 through June 30: Closed.
(b) July 1 through August 15:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release chum, wild Chinook and wild coho.
(iii) Release all Chinook east of a true north-south line through the Number 2 Buoy immediately east of Ediz Hook.
(iv) ((In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(v) In years ending in even numbers,)) 2 additional sockeye salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(c) Waters of Port Angeles Harbor west of a line from the tip of Ediz Hook to the ITT Rayonier Dock are closed July 1 through ((October 31)) August 15.
(d) August 16 through ((November 30)) February 28: Closed except in Dungeness Bay as described in this section.
(e) ((December)) March 1 through April 15:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release coho and wild Chinook ((and coho)).
(f) April 16 through April 30: Closed.
(g) Waters of Dungeness Bay inside a line from Dungeness Spit Lighthouse to the Number 2 Red Buoy, and then to the Port Williams Boat Ramp are closed except: (((i) For years ending in odd numbers, July 16 through August 15: Daily limit of 4 pink salmon only: Bait prohibited, and only one single-point barbless hook measuring one-half inch or less from point to shank may be used.
(ii))) October 1 through October 31: Daily limit of 2 hatchery coho only.
(4) Catch Record Card Area 7:
(a) May 1 through June 30: Closed.
(b) July 1 through July 31:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release coho and wild Chinook ((and coho)).
(iii) ((In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(iv) In years ending in even numbers,)) 2 additional sockeye salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(iv) Closed to salmon fishing in the Southern Rosario Strait and Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca closure area described in WAC 220-313-020(7).
(c) August 1 through September 30:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon; no more than one may be a Chinook salmon.
(ii) Release chum and ((wild)) coho.
(iii) ((In years ending in odd numbers, any combination of 2 additional pink or sockeye salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(iv) In years ending in even numbers, any combination of)) 2 additional sockeye salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(((v))) (iv) Closed to salmon fishing in the Southern Rosario Strait and Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca closure area described in WAC 220-313-020(7).
(d) October 1 through ((October 31:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild Chinook and coho.
(e) Waters of Samish Bay described in WAC 220-313-020(4): Closed April 1 through April 30 and July 1 through October 15.
(f) November 1 through November 30: Closed.
(g) December)) December 31: Closed.
(e) Closed to salmon fishing in Samish Bay area described in WAC 220-313-020(7).
(f) January 1 through April 30:
(i) Daily limit of ((2)) 1 salmon.
(ii) Release coho and wild Chinook ((and coho)).
(((h))) (g) Waters of Bellingham Bay described in WAC 220-313-020(1):
(i) Closed ((April)) March 1 through April 30 and July 1 through August 15.
(ii) August 16 through September 30: Daily limit of 4 salmon; no more than 2 may be Chinook salmon.
(iii) October 1 through ((October 31:
(A) Daily limit of 4 salmon; no more than 2 may be Chinook salmon.
(B) Release wild Chinook and coho.
(iv) November 1 through March 31)) February 28 and June 1 through June 30: Same rules as Area 7.
(((i))) (h) Waters east of a line from Gooseberry Point to Sandy Point: Closed September 8 through ((October 15)) September 30.
(5) Catch Record Card Area 8-1:
(a) May 1 through October 31: Closed.
(b) November 1 through April 30:
(i) Daily limit of ((2)) 1 salmon.
(ii) Release coho and wild Chinook ((and coho)).
(6) Catch Record Card Area 8-2:
(a) May 1 through October 31 are closed, except waters described in this subsection.
(i) Waters west of Tulalip Bay and within 2,000 feet of shore from the pilings at Old Bower's Resort to a fishing boundary marker approximately 1.4 miles northwest of Hermosa Point are open only from Friday through 11:59 a.m. the following Monday of each week, May 26 through September 5: (((A))) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(((B) Release wild Chinook and coho.
(C) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.))
(ii) Waters west of Tulalip Bay and within 2,000 feet of shore from the pilings at Old Bower's Resort to a fishing boundary marker approximately 1.4 miles northwest of Hermosa Point are open only from Saturday through Sunday of each week, September 6 through September 30: (((A))) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(((B) Release wild Chinook and coho.
(C) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.)) (iii) It is permissible to fish from shore in waters on Whidbey Island from Possession Point (Catch Record Card Area 8-2 and 9 border) north to the northern boundary of Possession Point Waterfront Park from August 1 through September 4: Daily limit of 2 hatchery coho.
(b) November 1 through April 30:
(i) Daily limit of ((2)) 1 salmon.
(ii) Release coho and wild Chinook ((and coho)).
(7) Catch Record Card Area 9:
(a) May 1 through ((June 30)) July 15: Closed.
(b) ((July 1 through July 15:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release coho, Chinook and chum.
(iii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(c))) July 16 through August ((16)) 15, except waters in this subsection:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon; no more than one may be a Chinook salmon.
(ii) Release chum, wild coho((, chum)) and wild Chinook.
(iii) ((In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(iv))) Closed south of a line from Foulweather Bluff to Olele Point July 16 through August 15 except it is permissible to fish from shore in waters south of a line from Foulweather Bluff to Olele Point:
(A) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(B) Release Chinook, chum and wild coho.
(C) Closed east of a line from the eastern boundary of Salsbury Point Park extending north to a line with the intersection of NE Cliffside Road and Hood Canal Drive NE.
(((d))) (c) Closed August 16 through September 4 except it is permissible to fish from shore:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release Chinook, chum and wild coho.
(iii) Closed east of a line from the eastern boundary of Salsbury Point Park extending north to a line with the intersection of NE Cliffside Road and Hood Canal Drive NE.
(d) September 5 through October 31: Closed.
(e) November 1 through November 30:
(i) Daily limit of ((2)) 1 salmon.
(ii) Release coho and wild Chinook ((and coho)).
(f) December 1 through January 15: Closed.
(g) January 16 through April 15:
(i) Daily limit of ((2)) 1 salmon.
(ii) Release coho and wild Chinook ((and coho)).
(h) April 16 through April 30: Closed.
(i) Edmonds Fishing Pier:
(i) Open ((November 1 through August 31)) year-round.
(ii) Daily limit of 2 salmon; no more than one may be a Chinook salmon.
(iii) ((Release coho.)) Release chum from August 1 through September 30.
(((iv) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit from July 1 through September 30.))
(8) Catch Record Card Area 10:
(a) May 1 through ((May 31)) June 30: Closed.
(b) ((June 1 through June 30: Open only north of a line from Point Monroe to Meadow Point. Catch and release.
(c))) July 1 through July 15:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release Chinook, chum and wild coho((, Chinook and chum)).
(((d))) (c) July 16 through August 15:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon; no more than one may be a Chinook salmon.
(ii) Release chum, wild coho((, chum)) and wild Chinook.
(((iii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(e))) (d) August 16 through October 31: ((Closed.
(f))) (i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release Chinook and wild coho. Release chum August 16 through September 15.
(e) Waters of Shilshole Bay southeast of a line from Meadow Point to West Point: Closed July 1 through August 31.
(((g))) (f) Waters of Elliott Bay east of a line from West Point to Alki Point: Closed July 1 through August 31, except:
(i) Those waters east of a line from Pier 91 to Duwamish Head, open August 11 through August 13 only.
(A) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(B) Release chum and wild coho.
(ii) In years ending in odd numbers: Those waters north of a line from Jack Block Park through the north tip of Harbor Island to shore northeast of the North Waterway (47°35.47'N, 122°20.58'W), open August ((14)) 15 through August 31 from Friday through Sunday of each week only.
(((i))) (A) Daily limit of 2 ((salmon plus 2 additional pink salmon)).
(((ii))) (B) Release Chinook ((and chum)), chum and wild coho.
(((iii) Bait prohibited, and only one single-point barbless hook measuring one-half inch or less from point to shank may be used.
(h))) (g) Waters of Sinclair Inlet and Port Orchard south of the Manette Bridge in Bremerton, south of a line true west from Battle Point, and west of a line drawn true south from Point White:
(i) Daily limit of 3 salmon, July 1 through September 30.
(ii) Release wild Chinook and wild coho.
(iii) Release chum from August 1 through September 15.
(((iv) In years ending in odd numbers, one additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(i))) (h) November 1 through February 28:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon; no more than one may be a Chinook salmon.
(ii) Release wild Chinook and wild coho.
(((j))) (i) Waters of Agate Pass west of a line from Point Monroe to Indianola and east of a line from Point Bolin to Battle Point: Fly fishing only, lead core lines prohibited, and catch and release from January 1 through January 31.
(((k))) (j) March 1 through April 30: Closed.
(((l) Elliott Bay Fishing Pier at Terminal 86 and Seacrest Pier open November 1 through August 31:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon; no more than one may be a Chinook salmon.
(ii) Release coho. Release chum from August 1 through September 15.
(iii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit from July 1 through September 30.
(m))) (k) Elliott Bay Fishing Pier at Terminal 86, Seacrest Pier, Waterman Pier, Bremerton Boardwalk, and Illahee State Park Pier, open year-round:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon; no more than one may be a Chinook salmon.
(ii) ((Release wild coho.)) Release chum from August 1 through September 15.
(((iii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit from July 1 through September 30.
(n))) (l) Duwamish Waterway downstream from ((the First Avenue South Bridge to)) an east-west line projected through ((Southwest Hanford Street on)) southernmost tip of Harbor Island to a line extending from Jack Block Park through the northernmost tip of Harbor Island extending to shore northeast of the North Waterway (47°35.47'N, 122°20.58'W), from July 1 through October 31 night closure, anti-snagging rule, and only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
(((o))) (m) Free-flowing freshwaters are closed downstream of the mouth at ((Chico Creek and)) Gorst Creek, from July 1 through September 30.
(9) Catch Record Card Area 11:
(a) May 1 through May 31: Closed.
(b) June 1 through ((June 30)) October 31:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild Chinook ((and coho)).
(iii) Waters of Commencement Bay east of a line from the Cliff House Restaurant to the Sperry Ocean Dock are closed June 1 through July 31.
(c) ((July 1 through August 31:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild Chinook and coho.
(iii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(iv) Waters of Commencement Bay east of a line from the Cliff House Restaurant to the Sperry Ocean Dock, closed July 1 through July 31.
(d) September 1 through January 31: Closed.
(e) February 1)) November 1 through April 30:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild Chinook and wild coho.
(iii) Waters of Commencement Bay east of a line from the Cliff House Restaurant to the Sperry Ocean Dock, closed from April 1 through April 30.
(((f))) (d) Dash Point Dock, Les Davis Pier, Des Moines Pier, Redondo Pier, and Point Defiance Boathouse Dock ((are)), open ((November 1 through August 31)) year-round: (((i))) Daily limit of 2 salmon((, not)); no more than one ((of which)) may be a Chinook salmon. ((Release coho.
(ii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit from July 1 through September 30.))
(10) Catch Record Card Area 12:
(a) May 1 through June 30: Closed.
(b) July 1 through September 30, in waters south of Ayock Point except waters listed in this subsection:
(i) Daily limit of 4 salmon.
(ii) Release chum and wild Chinook.
(iii) Waters within a 2,000-foot arc seaward of yellow buoys at the mouth of Finch Creek at Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery:
(A) Daily limit of 4 salmon.
(B) Release chum and wild Chinook ((and chum)).
(C) It is unlawful to fish for or possess salmon taken from these waters from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise.
(D) It is unlawful to fish from any Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery ((ADA-access site:)) structure except persons with disabilities who permanently use a wheelchair and who have a designated harvester card under WAC 220-220-240 may fish from the ADA–access site at the Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery, as long as persons follow all applicable department rules.
(c) In years ending in even numbers, August 16 through September 30, in waters north of Ayock Point:
(i) Daily limit of 4 salmon.
(ii) Release chum and Chinook.
(iii) Waters north of a line true east from Broad Spit: Closed September 16 through September 30.
(d) In years ending in odd numbers, ((July)) August 1 through ((August 15)) September 30, in waters north of Ayock Point:
(i) Daily limit of 4 salmon.
(ii) Release chum and Chinook.
(iii) ((July 1 through July 31: Bait prohibited, and only one single-point barbless)) August 1 through August 15: Only hooks measuring one-half inch or less from point to shank may be used.
(iv) Waters north of a line true east from Broad Spit: Closed September 16 through September 30.
(e) October 1 through December 31:
(i) Waters north of a line true east from Broad Spit - Closed.
(ii) All other waters except waters listed in this subsection:
(A) Daily limit of 4 salmon; no more than 2 may be Chinook salmon.
(B) Release wild Chinook. Release chum October 1 through October 15.
(iii) Waters within a 2,000-foot arc seaward of yellow buoys at the mouth of Finch Creek at Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery:
(A) Daily limit of 4 salmon.
(B) Release wild Chinook. Release chum October 1 through October 15.
(C) It is unlawful to fish for or possess salmon taken from these waters from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise.
(D) It is unlawful to fish from any Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery ((ADA-access site:)) structure except persons with disabilities who permanently use a wheelchair and who have a designated harvester card under WAC 220-220-240 may fish from the ADA–access site at the Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery, as long as persons follow all applicable department rules.
(f) January 1 through April 30:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild Chinook.
(g) July 1 through September 30: Free-flowing freshwater is closed downstream of the mouth of the Dewatto, Dosewallips, Duckabush, Hamma Hamma, and Skokomish rivers.
(11) Catch Record Card Area 13:
(a) May 1 through ((June 30)) April 30:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild Chinook and wild coho.
(b) ((July 1 through August 31:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release coho and wild Chinook.
(iii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(c) September 1 through September 30: Closed.
(d) October 1 through October 31:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild Chinook and coho.
(e))) Waters at the mouth of Minter Creek within 1,000 feet of the outer oyster stakes are closed April 16 through September 30.
(((f))) (c) Waters of Budd Inlet south of the Fourth Avenue Bridge are closed.
(i) Contiguous waters north of the Fourth Avenue Bridge and south of a line from the northwest corner of the Thriftway Market building and a point 100 yards north of the railroad bridge on the western shore are closed July 16 through October 31.
(ii) Waters north of the Thriftway Market-railroad bridge line and south of a line projected due west from the KGY radio tower: Night closure and anti-snagging rule from July 16 through October 31.
(((g) November 1 through April 30:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild Chinook and coho.
(h))) (d) Fox Island Public Fishing Pier, open ((November 1 through August 31)) year-round: (((i))) Daily limit 2 salmon; no more than one may be a Chinook salmon. ((Release coho.
(ii) In years ending in odd numbers, 2 additional pink salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit July 1 through September 30.))
(12) A violation of this section is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160, unless the person has harvested salmon. If the person has harvested salmon, the violation is punishable under RCW 77.15.380, Unlawful recreational fishing in the second degree—Penalty, unless the salmon are taken in the amounts or manner to constitute a violation of RCW 77.15.370, Unlawful recreational fishing in the first degree—Penalty.
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