WDFW Sportfishing Rules Updates

Action:  Opens coastal salmon fisheries Effective date:  June 22 through Sept. 15, 2024 Species affected:  Salmon Location:  Marine Area 4  Rules west of Bonilla-Tatoosh line: June 22 through July 31:  Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Chinook min. size 24″. Coho min. size 16″. Other salmon species no min. size. Release wild coho.  … Read more

Action:  Opens recreational salmon fisheries Effective date:  June 22 through September 15, 2024 Species affected:  Salmon Location:  Marine Area 3  Rules:  June 22 through July 31: Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Chinook min. size 24″. Coho min. size 16″. Other salmon species no min. size. Release wild coho.  Aug. 1 through Sept. … Read more

Action:  Opens recreational salmon fisheries Effective date:  June 30 through Sept. 15, 2024 Species affected:  Salmon Location:  Marine Area 2  Rules:  June 30-July 13:  Open Sundays through Thursdays only. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Chinook min. size 22″. Coho min. size 16″. Other salmon species no min. size. Release wild coho.  It … Read more

Action:  Opens recreational salmon fisheries. Effective date:  June 22 through Sept. 30, 2024 Species affected:  Salmon Location:  Marine Area 1  Rules:  Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Chinook min. size 22″. Coho min. size 16″. Other salmon species no min. size. Release wild coho.  Additional information:  The catch quotas for recreational fisheries North … Read more

Action: Opens sockeye salmon retention in a portion of the Skagit River. Effective date: June 16 through July 15, 2024. Species affected: Sockeye salmon. Location: Skagit River (Skagit County) from the Highway 536 Bridge (Memorial Highway Bridge) in Mount Vernon to the Dalles Bridge at Concrete (CRC 830). Rules: Minimum size is 12 inches. Daily limit is four sockeye … Read more

Action: Opens one day of spring Chinook salmon.  Effective date: June 7, 2024 Species affected: Chinook salmon         Location: Below Little Goose Dam: Snake River from Texas Rapids boat launch (located on the south side of the river upstream of the mouth of Tucannon River) upstream to the fishing restriction boundary below Little Goose Dam. This zone includes both shores … Read more

OLYMPIA, WA – Governor Inslee has signed new legislation requiring Washington fishers to possess a recreational fishing license for freshwater smelt, crawfish, and carp. The law, which removes the fishing license exemption for each species, goes into effect June 6, 2024. The license requirement aims to improve fishing regulation compliance. This requirement will also provide information … Read more

Action: Extends spring Chinook season. Species affected: Spring Chinook and hatchery steelhead. Effective dates: June 1 through June 15, 2024. Location: Deep River (Wahkiakum County). Rules: Salmon and steelhead, daily limit is six (6), up to two (2) adults may be retained of which no more than one (1) may be an adult Chinook. Release all salmon other than hatchery … Read more

Action: Extends the mainstem spring Chinook season below Bonneville Dam. Species affected: Spring Chinook and 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 four miles downstream of Bonneville Dam’s Powerhouse One) in a straight line through the western tip of … Read more

Actions:   Opens 1 day (limited hours) of spot shrimp fishing in Discovery Bay Opens additional dates for spot shrimp harvest in Marine Area 7 East  Opens 1 day (limited hours) of spot shrimp fishing in Marine Area 9 on June 13 Opens 1 day (limited hours) of spot shrimp fishing in Marine Area 10 inside … Read more