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WDFW Sportfishing Rules Updates
Lower Columbia River spring Chinook season extended Action: Extends 2026 spring Chinook seasons below Bonneville Dam. Species affected: Spring Chinook, hatchery steelhead, shad Columbia River and Deep 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 … Read more
Salmon fishing to reopen for additional day in Marine Area 10 Action: Opens salmon fishing for additional day Effective date: Saturday, April 11, 2026 Species affected: All Salmon Location: Marine Area 10 Salmon Rules: Open April 11 only. Daily limit two including no more than one hatchery Chinook. Chinook minimum size 22 inches. All other … Read more
Action: Closes salmon fishing. Effective dates: April 8–30, 2026 Species affected: All salmon Location: Marine Area 10 Reason for action: Estimates of Chinook catch indicate anglers have reached management criteria agreed to in the 2025-26 List of Agreed Fisheries (LOAF). It is necessary to close the Marine Area 10 winter salmon fishery to meet agreed … Read more
Action: Opens Razor clam seasons. Effective dates: April 1–7, 2026. Species affected: Razor Clams. Specific low tides and beaches that are open: Digging allowed from 12:00 A.M. through 11:59 A.M.: April 1, Wednesday, 6:45 a.m.; 0.5 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks April 2, Thursday, 7:22 a.m.; 0.1 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks … Read more
Action: Sets opening dates for recreational halibut in Marine Area 5 (Sekiu) and Marine Areas 6–10 (Puget Sound). Raises annual halibut limit to six. Allows halibut legally retained in Area 5 to be landed in Marine Area 4 on days Area 4 is closed to halibut fishing. Allows retention of sablefish seaward of the 120-foot … Read more
Action: Reduces the adult salmon daily limit to one hatchery fish in the upper and lower river and closes the lower river salmon season from May 21–June 30. Closes salmon fishing between the Glenwood Highway Bridge and boundary markers below the Klickitat Salmon Hatchery. Species affected: Salmon. Location, effective dates, and rules: Klickitat River from … Read more
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