WDFW Sportfishing Rules Updates

Action: Opens coho retention. Species affected: Salmon. Effective dates: Oct. 1 through Oct. 15. Locations and salmon rules: Upper Columbia River: From Priest Rapids Dam to Rock Island Dam. Minimum size is 12 inches. Daily limit is six (6), including no more than two (2) adult Chinook and no more than two (2) coho. Upper Columbia River: … Read more

Action: Opens retention of coho salmon. Effective date: One hour before official sunrise on Oct. 1 through one hour after official sunset on Nov. 30, 2023. Species affected: Coho salmon. Locations: Icicle River: From the closure signs located 800 feet upstream of the mouth of the river to 500 feet downstream of the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery Barrier … Read more

Action:  Opens recreational crab fishing seven days a week. Effective date:  Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, 2023. Species affected:  Dungeness, red rock, and Tanner crab. Locations:  Marine Areas 4 East of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line, 5, 6, 7, 8-1, 8-2, 9, and 12 north of a line projected true east from Ayock Point. Reason for action:  Preliminary … Read more

Razor clam digs approved Sept. 29 through Oct. 2 Action:  Opens Razor clam seasons. Effective dates:  Sept. 29 through Oct. 2, 2023. Species affected:  Razor Clams Specific low tides for openers (digging allowed from 12:00 P.M. (noon) through 11:59 P.M.):  Sept. 29, Friday; 7:18 p.m.; -0.4 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors Sept. 30, Saturday; 8:04 … Read more

Action: Reopens fishing in the Quillayute system under permanent rules. Effective date: October 1, 2023. Species affected: All species. Rules: Fisheries reopen with rules as described in the 2023/24 Washington State Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet. Locations opening under permanent rules: Bogachiel River (Clallam County), including all tributaries, from the mouth upstream to the Olympic National Park boundary. Calawah River … Read more

Action: Closes all fishing. Effective date: Sept. 27, 2023, until further notice. Species affected: All species. Locations: Stillaguamish River: From the mouth, including all sloughs downstream of Marine Drive (south of Stanwood) upstream to forks. Stillaguamish River, North Fork: From mouth to North Fork Falls. Stillaguamish River, South Fork: From mouth upstream (including upstream of Granite Falls). … Read more

Coho retention limit returns to permanent rules in Marine Area 10 (Seattle/Bremerton Area) Action: Reverts coho retention limit back to two (2) coho daily. Effective date: September 22, 2023. Species affected: Salmon. Location: Marine Area 10 (Seattle/Bremerton Area). Rule: Daily limit two (2), plus two (2) additional pink salmon. Release Chinook. Release chum through September … Read more

Lake Sammamish to open for Chinook retention starting Friday, September 22 Action: Opens Lake Sammamish for Chinook retention. The daily limit is two Chinook, and minimum size is 12 inches. Effective dates: Sept. 22 through Nov. 30, 2023. Species affected: Chinook. Location: Lake Sammamish (King County). Reasons for action: Fish counts at Issaquah Hatchery and … Read more

Lower Columbia River salmon and steelhead fishery update Action: Opens Chinook and hatchery coho retention from west end of Puget Island to below the new Bonneville Dam Powerhouse. Maintains previous announced changes from Buoy 10 to the west end of Puget Island. Species affected: Salmon. Effective Date: Sept. 22 through Dec. 31, 2023. Location: From a true … Read more

Action: Opens Chinook retention. Effective date: Sept. 15 through Sept. 24, 2023 Species affected: Chinook salmon. Location: Whatcom Creek (Whatcom Co.), from the mouth (a line from the flashing light at the southwest end of the Port of Bellingham North Terminal to the southernmost point of the dike surrounding the Georgia Pacific treatment pond) to … Read more