WDFW Sportfishing Rules Updates
Official Season Changes, Emergency Rules, and Regulatory Notices
December 3, 2025
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Queets, Quinault, central coast, and Grays Harbor rivers and tributaries: fishing rules update
Actions: Updates single point barbless hook requirements for month of Dec. Maintains previously announced release requirements for wild trout. Maintains previously announced game fish (including…
November 27, 2025
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Willapa Bay tributaries fishing rules update
Actions: Updates wild trout release requirements. Updates game fish (including trout and steelhead) season closing dates. Updates game fish (including trout and steelhead) gear restrictions.…
November 26, 2025
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North Coast/Olympic Peninsula rivers and tributaries: steelhead and trout rules update
Actions: Updates wild trout release requirements. Updates game fish (including trout and steelhead) season closing dates. Updates game fish (including trout and steelhead) bait restrictions.…
July 26, 2024
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Wenatchee River salmon season will not open in 2024
Action: Closes planned Wenatchee River salmon season. Effective dates: Aug. 1 through Sept. 30, 2024. Species affected: Chinook salmon. Location: Wenatchee River (Chelan County) from mouth to the Icicle…
July 25, 2024
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Correction: Marine Area 7 (San Juan Islands) to open for one additional day of salmon fishing
Action: Opens the salmon season for one additional day. Effective date: July 26, 2024. Species affected: Salmon. Location: Marine Area 7, except: Bellingham Bay and areas listed as closed…
July 25, 2024
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Marine Area 7 (San Juan Islands) to open for one additional day of salmon fishing
Action: Opens the salmon season for one additional day. Effective date: July 26, 2024. Species affected: Salmon. Location: Marine Area 7 (San Juan Islands) except Bellingham Bay and areas listed…
July 25, 2024
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Coastal Marine Areas 1, 2, 3, and 4 (west of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line) bottomfish update
Action: Closes retention and possession of copper, quillback, and vermillion rockfish. Effective dates: Aug. 1 through Oct. 19, 2024. Species affected: Copper, quillback, and vermillion rockfish. Location: Marine Areas…
July 24, 2024
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Marine Area 11 (Tacoma-Vashon Island) salmon fishery updates
Action: Opens three additional days of salmon fishing in most of Area 11 (Tacoma-Vashon Island). Reduces Chinook portion of the daily limit to one fish, through…
July 24, 2024
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Marine Area 10 opens three additional days of salmon fishing
Action: Opens salmon fishing. Effective date: July 25 through July 27, 2024. Species affected: Salmon. Location: Marine Area 10, except: Shilshole Bay and Waters of Elliot Bay east of…
July 23, 2024
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Skagit sockeye fishery extension
Action: Extends Skagit River sockeye fishery. Effective date: Immediately through July 31, 2024. Species affected: Sockeye salmon. Location: Skagit River, from the Highway 536 bridge (Memorial Highway Bridge)…