Tacoma-Vashon Island (Marine Area 11) salmon season opens June 1

Tacoma-Vashon Island (Marine Area 11) salmon season opens June 1 Action: Opens salmon fishing season. Effective date: June 1, 2023. Species affected: Salmon. Location: Marine Area 11 (Tacoma-Vashon Island). Rules: Open Thursday through Sunday only each week. Daily limit 2. Up to 1 Chinook may be retained. Chinook min. size 22″. All other salmon species, … Read more

Columbia River spring Chinook season reopens

Columbia River spring Chinook season reopens Action: Reopens the mainstem spring Chinook season. Species affected: Spring Chinook, hatchery steelhead. Locations, dates, and rules: Columbia River, from Rocky Point/Tongue Point upstream to Beacon Rock (a deadline marker on the Oregon bank (approximately 4 miles downstream of Bonneville Dam’s Powerhouse One) in a straight line through the … Read more

Tulalip Terminal Area salmon season opens May 26

Tulalip Terminal Area salmon season opens May 26 Action:  Opens salmon fishing in Tulalip Terminal Area Fishery  Effective date:  May 26 through Sept. 4, 2023 Species affected:  Salmon  Location:   Tulalip Terminal Area – 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 … Read more

Marine Area 10 salmon fishing season opens June 1

  Marine Area 10 salmon fishing season opens June 1 Action: Open salmon fishing season. Effective date: June 1 through July 12, 2023. Species affected: Salmon. Location: Marine Area 10, except waters of Elliot Bay and Shilshole Bay. Rules: Daily limit 2. No minimum size. Release Chinook and chum salmon. Reason for action: Salmon fishing in Marine Area … Read more

Icicle River to open for hatchery spring Chinook

Action: Opens the Icicle River to retention of hatchery spring Chinook. Effective date: One hour before official sunrise on Tuesday, May 16, to one hour after official sunset on Friday, June 30, 2023. Species affected: Chinook Salmon. Locations: Icicle River (Chelan Co.) From the closure signs located 800 feet upstream of the mouth of the river to 500 … Read more

Much of Snohomish system closed until further notice

Action: Closes all fishing. Species affected: All species. Effective dates and locations: Closed to all fishing until further notice: Snohomish River, from mouth upstream. Snoqualmie River, from mouth to Snoqualmie Falls. Skykomish River, North Fork. Skykomish River, South Fork, from mouth to 600′ downstream of Sunset Falls fishway. Cherry Creek. Raging River. Sultan River. Tolt River, … Read more

Willapa River to open for hatchery spring Chinook salmon retention

Action: Opens retention of hatchery spring Chinook salmon. Effective date: May 27 through July 31, 2023. Species affected: Spring Chinook salmon. Locations and rules: Willapa River (Pacific Co.) from the mouth (City of South Bend boat launch) to WDFW access at mouth of Ward Creek/Wilson Creek: Minimum size 12″. Daily limit 1 hatchery (adipose-clipped) spring Chinook … Read more