Marine Area 7 (San Juan Islands) opens for additional days of July salmon fishing

Action: Opens two days of salmon fishing. Effective dates: July 26 – 27, 2026. Species affected: Chinook salmon. Location: Marine Area 7, except Bellingham Bay. Salmon rules: Daily limit two including no more than one hatchery Chinook. Chinook minimum size 22 inches. All other salmon species, no minimum size. Release chum, sockeye, wild Coho, and … Read more

Marine Area 5 (Sekiu and Pillar Point) salmon fishing opens daily; up to two hatchery Chinook may be retained

Action: Salmon fishing open seven days a week; up to two hatchery Chinook may be retained. Effective date: July 18 – 31, 2026. Species affected: Salmon Location: Marine Area 5, except the Kydaka Point Area (waters south of a line drawn from Kydaka Point to Shipwreck Point.) Salmon rules: Open daily. Chinook minimum size 22 … Read more

Tulalip Terminal Area salmon fishing closed

Action: Closes salmon fishing. Effective dates: Immediately, through Sept. 7, 2026. Species affected: Salmon. Location: Marine Area 8-2, 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 Hermosa Point and not including … Read more

Entiat River to open for summer Chinook fishing

Action: Opens salmon fishing. Effective dates: July 9, 2026, until further notice. Species affected: Chinook salmon. Location: Entiat River (Chelan County) from the mouth (railroad bridge) to the Mad River Road Bridge crossing the Entiat River (near Ardenvoir). Salmon Rules: Minimum size 12 inches. Daily limit six Chinook. Release all salmon other than Chinook. Night … Read more