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WDFW Sportfishing Rules Updates
Action: Opens retention of hatchery steelhead. Effective dates: Immediately–May 22, 2026. Species affected: Hatchery steelhead. Location: Salmon Creek (Clark County) from the mouth to the Northeast 182nd Avenue Bridge. Rules: Daily limit is three hatchery steelhead. Minimum size is 20 inches. Selective gear rules are in effect, except use of barbed hooks is allowed. Anglers … Read more
Action: Opens Razor clam seasons. Effective dates: March. 17–March 24, 2026. Species affected: Razor Clams. Specific low tides and beaches that are open: Digging allowed from 12:00 P.M. through 11:59 A.M.: March 17, Tuesday, 6:21 p.m.; 0.2 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis March 18, Wednesday, 6:54 p.m.; 0.3 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis … Read more
Adult salmon daily limit reduced in the Wind River Action: Reduces the adult salmon daily limit to one fish. Species affected: Salmon and steelhead. Location: From the boundary line markers at mouth to 400 feet downstream of Shipherd Falls fish ladder. Effective dates: March 16, 2026, until further notice. Rule: The salmon and hatchery steelhead … Read more
Action: Opens one additional day of white sturgeon retention (March 3). Species affected: White sturgeon. Location: Columbia River from The Dalles Dam to John Day Dam and all adjacent Washington tributaries. Effective dates and sturgeon rules: Feb. 25: Catch-and-release fishing only. Feb. 26: Daily limit one. Minimum fork length 43 inches. Maximum fork length 54 … Read more
Action: Opens Razor clam seasons. Effective dates: Feb. 26–March 4, 2026. Species affected: Razor Clams. Specific evening low tides and beaches that are open (digging allowed from 12:00 P.M. (noon) through 11:59 P.M.): Feb. 26, Thursday, 2:26 p.m.; 0.3 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis Feb. 27, Friday, 3:29 p.m.; 0.0 feet; Long Beach, Twin … Read more
Action: Sets 2026 spring Chinook seasons. Species affected: Spring Chinook, hatchery steelhead, shad Columbia River locations, dates, and rules: From the Buoy 10 line 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 western tip of Pierce Island … Read more
Action: Opens two days of white sturgeon retention (Feb. 22 and Feb. 26). Species affected: White sturgeon. Location: Columbia River from The Dalles Dam to John Day Dam and all adjacent Washington tributaries. Effective dates and sturgeon rules: Immediately–Feb. 21: Catch-and-release fishing only. Feb. 22: Daily limit one. Minimum fork length 43 inches. Maximum fork … Read more
Action: Opens one day of eulachon smelt retention in the lower Cowlitz River. Effective date: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. Species affected: Eulachon smelt. Location: Cowlitz River, from the Highway 432 Bridge near Kelso upstream to the Al Helenberg Memorial Boat Ramp, located about 1,300 feet upstream of the Highway 411/A … Read more
Action: Opens one day of Eulachon smelt retention in the lower Cowlitz River. Rules: Daily limit is 10 pounds only. Harvesters may use handheld dipnets only. It is unlawful to harvest smelt from a vessel. Effective date: 8:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 18, 2026, only. Species affected: Eulachon smelt. Location: Cowlitz River, from Highway 432 … Read more
Action: Opens one day of white sturgeon retention. Species affected: White sturgeon. Location: Columbia River from The Dalles Dam to John Day Dam and all adjacent Washington tributaries. Effective dates and sturgeon rules: Immediately through Feb. 15: Catch-and-release fishing only. Feb. 16 only: Daily limit one. Minimum fork length 43 inches. Maximum fork length 54 … Read more