WAC 232-28-619
Washington food fish and game
fish -- Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules. (1) All
freshwater streams and lakes not listed as open for salmon
fishing are closed.
(2) Freshwater terminal gear restrictions: In all waters
with freshwater terminal gear restrictions, including, but not
limited to, selective gear rules, whitefish gear rules, single
point barbless hooks required, fly-fishing only, and
nonbuoyant lure restrictions, violation of the gear rules is
an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160. It is unlawful
to possess fish taken with gear in violation of the freshwater
terminal gear restrictions. Possession of fish while using
gear in violation of the freshwater terminal gear restrictions
is a rebuttable presumption that the fish were taken with such
gear. Possession of such fish is punishable under RCW 77.15.380 Unlawful recreational fishing in the second degree,
unless the fish are taken in the amounts or manner to
constitute a violation of RCW 77.15.370 Unlawful recreational
fishing in the first degree.
(3) County freshwater exceptions to statewide rules:
(a) Adams and Grant counties: All seasons in specific
freshwater exceptions to statewide rules apply to inlet and
outlet streams of named lakes in Grant and Adams counties.
(b) Adams, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, and Okanogan
counties, except Zosel Dam (Okanogan River): Lawful to fish
to base of all dams.
(c) Benton County: Rivers, streams and beaver ponds open
year around.
(d) Ferry and Lincoln counties: Except those tributaries
listed under specific water exceptions to statewide rules, all
tributaries to Lake Roosevelt between Grand Coulee Dam and the
State Highway 25 Bridge at Northport except Barnaby and Nancy
creeks: Trout: Daily limit 5, no minimum size.
(e) Kitsap County and Mason County on Tahuya Peninsula
west of Belfair-Bremerton Highway (S.R. 3): Beaver ponds:
Last Saturday in April through October 31 season. Trout: No
minimum length.
(4) Specific freshwater exceptions to statewide rules:
Aberdeen Lake (Grays Harbor County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: No more than two over 15
inches in length may be retained per day.
Abernathy Creek (Cowlitz County):
From mouth to a point five hundred feet downstream from
salmon hatchery: June 1 through August 31 and November 1
through March 15 season. Trout: Release all fish except up
to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
From Abernathy Falls to posted markers five hundred feet
downstream from salmon hatchery: Closed waters.
Aeneas Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a floating
device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout: Daily limit
one.
Ahtanum Creek, including North and Middle Forks (Yakima
County): Selective gear rules. North Fork from Grey Rock
Trailhead Bridge crossing to Shellneck Creek: Closed waters.
Alder Creek (Cowlitz County): Closed waters.
Aldrich Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Aldwell Lake (Clallam County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules except fishing from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor
permitted. Trout: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve
inches.
Alexander Lake (Kitsap County): Closed waters.
Alkali Lake (Grant County): Crappie: Not more than five
greater than eight inches in length. Bluegill: Not more than
five greater than six inches in length.
Alta Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Amber Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily
limit two, minimum length fourteen inches; release rainbow
trout with a clipped adipose fin and a healed scar at the site
of the clipped fin. Additional season October 1 through
November 30 and March 1 through Friday before last Saturday in
April. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
American Lake (Pierce County): Chumming permitted.
American River (Yakima County): Closed waters: From Highway
410 Bridge at river mile 5.4 to the Mesatchee Creek Trail
crossing at river mile 15.8 July 16 through September 15.
Selective gear rules.
Anderson Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. From
September 1 through October 31, selective gear rules and
trout: Release trout.
Armstrong Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Asotin Creek, mainstem and forks (Asotin County): Closed to
fishing for steelhead.
From SR 129 Bridge upstream to the forks: Lawful to fish
up to base of Headgate Dam.
North Fork from mouth upstream to USFS boundary:
Selective gear rules.
North Fork from USFS boundary upstream and all other
tributaries: Closed waters.
South Fork and tributaries: Closed waters.
B.C. Mill Pond (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Bachelor Creek (Yakima County): Year around season. Trout:
Daily limit five, no minimum length.
Badger Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Baker Lake (Whatcom County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season, except closed waters in an area two hundred
feet in radius around the pump discharge at the south end of
the lake. Chumming permitted. Trout: Minimum length six
inches and maximum length eighteen inches.
Baker River (Skagit County): Mouth to Highway 20 Bridge:
September 1 through October 31 season. Nonbuoyant lure
restriction and night closure. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches, except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout. Legal to
retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of the trout daily
limit, minimum length twenty inches. Salmon: Open only June
14 through July 31 except closed 12:01 a.m. June 30 through
2:00 p.m. July 2 and 12:01 a.m. July 9 through 2:00 p.m. July
11. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure. Daily
limit 2 sockeye salmon.
Highway 20 Bridge to Baker River fish barrier dam:
Closed waters except for salmon. Salmon: Open only June 14
through July 31 from Highway 20 Bridge upstream 250 feet.
Daily limit 2 sockeye salmon. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and
night closure.
Banks Lake (Grant County): Chumming allowed. Perch: Daily
limit twenty-five. Crappie: Daily limit 10, minimum size 9
inches in length.
Barnaby Slough (Skagit County): Closed waters.
Battle Ground Lake (Clark County): Fishing from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Trout: No more than 2 trout 20 inches or greater in length
may be retained.
Bay Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Bayley Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
July 4 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a floating
device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout: Daily limit
one, minimum length fourteen inches. Additional season, July
5 through October 31. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a
floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. All
species: Release all fish. Inlet stream: Closed waters.
Bear Creek (Yakima County), tributary to South Fork Tieton
River: From the mouth to the falls (approximately 3/4 mile):
Closed waters.
Bear Lake (Spokane County): Juveniles, holders of disability
licenses, and licensed adults accompanied by a juvenile only.
Bear River (Pacific County): June 1 through March 31 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 16
through November 30. Single point barbless hooks required
August 16 through November 30 downstream from the Lime Quarry
Road. All species: Release all fish except salmon and except
up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained each day. From
the Lime Quarry Road to the Longview Fiber Bridge: Selective
gear rules June 1 through March 31. All species: Release all
fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained each
day. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30 from
mouth to Lime Quarry Road. Daily limit 6 fish of which no
more than 2 may be adult fish and of these two fish no more
than one may be a wild adult coho. Release adult Chinook. Upstream of Longview Fiber Bridge: Closed waters.
Beaver Creek (tributary to Elochoman River) (Wahkiakum
County): Closed waters.
Beaver Lake (Clallam County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Maximum size 12 inches in length.
Beaver Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
Beda Lake (Grant County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit one fish.
Beehive (Lake) Reservoir (Chelan County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season. July 5 through October 31,
selective gear rules, and all species: Release all fish.
Bennington Lake (Mill Creek Reservoir) (Walla Walla County):
Fishing from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor prohibited. Trout: No more than 2 trout
over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Benson Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Berry Creek (tributary to Nisqually River) (Lewis County):
Selective gear rules.
Big Bear Creek (tributary of Sammamish River) (Snohomish/King
counties): June 1 through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Big Beaver Creek (Whatcom County):
From closed water markers on Ross Lake upstream
one-quarter mile: Closed waters.
From one-quarter mile markers upstream, including
tributary streams, and beaver ponds that are tributary to Big
Beaver Creek: July 1 through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Big Beef Creek (Kitsap County): June 1 through August 31
season. Closed waters August 1 through August 31: Waters
within 100 feet of the Seabeck Highway NW Bridge. Selective
gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Big Four Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from any floating device
prohibited. Trout: Daily limit two.
Big Lake (Skagit County): Crappie: Daily limit ten, minimum
length nine inches. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Big Meadow Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Big Quilcene River (Jefferson County):
From mouth to upper boundary of Falls View Campground:
June 1 through October 31 season and all game fish: Release
all fish. From mouth to Rodgers Street selective gear rules
June 1 through August 15 and closed waters August 16 through
October 31. Rodgers Street to the Highway 101 Bridge: Selective gear rules June 1 through August 15, one single
point barbless hook August 16 through October 31, and night
closure August 16 through October 31. From electric weir to
upper boundary of Falls View Campground: Selective gear
rules. Salmon: Open only August 16 through October 31 from
Rodgers Street to the Highway 101 Bridge. Daily limit 4 coho
salmon. Only coho salmon hooked inside the mouth may be
retained.
From Highway 101 Bridge upstream to the electric weir at
the Quilcene National Fish Hatchery: Closed waters.
Big River (Clallam County): June 1 through last day in
February season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
Big Tiffany Lake (Okanogan County): Trout: Eastern brook
trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern brook trout
daily limit ten. Release all cutthroat.
Big Twin Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit one.
Bird Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Black Lake (Okanogan County): Selective gear rules.
Black Lake (Pacific County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Black Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Black Lake (Thurston County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Black River (Thurston County), from mouth to Black Lake and
including all tributaries west of Interstate Highway 5,
including Waddell Creek, Mima Creek, Dempsey Creek, Beaver
Creek, Salmon Creek and Blooms Ditch: Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Blockhouse Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit
five.
Bloodgood Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Blue Creek (Lewis County), from mouth to Spencer Road: Closed
waters except December 1 through December 31 season from mouth
to posted sign at rearing pond outlet. Closed waters:
Upstream from cable crossing to posted signs at fence. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure. Only anglers
who permanently use a wheelchair may fish from posted signs
above rearing pond to posted signs approximately 40 feet
downstream at fence including the rearing pond outlet. Trout:
Daily limit five. Minimum size 12 inches no more than two
fish over 20 inches. Release wild cutthroat, wild steelhead
and hatchery steelhead with clipped right ventral fin.
Blue Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout:
No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Blue Lake (Cowlitz County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species:
Release all fish.
Blue Lake (Grant County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Blue Lake (near Sinlahekin) (Okanogan County): Last Saturday
in April through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.
Blue Lake (near Wannacut Lake) (Okanogan County): Last
Saturday in April through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules. Trout: Daily limit one.
Bobcat Creek and Ponds (Adams County): April 1 through
September 30 season.
Bogachiel River (Clallam County), from mouth to Olympic
National Park boundary: June 1 through April 30 season. December 1 through April 30, selective gear rules from Highway
101 to Olympic National Park boundary. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. November 1 through last day in February,
daily limit three steelhead downstream from Highway 101
Bridge. December 1 through April 30, mouth to Highway 101,
one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open
only July 1 through November 30 from mouth to Highway 101
Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be
adult salmon July 1 through August 31 and of which no more
than 3 may be adult salmon September 1 through November 30. July 1 through August 31 release wild adult coho and wild
adult Chinook. September 1 through October 31 the daily limit
may contain no more than 2 adult Chinook, release wild adult
coho, and selective gear rules. November 1 through November
30 the daily limit may contain no more than 2 adult Chinook or
2 adult wild coho or a combination of adult Chinook and adult
wild coho.
Bonaparte Lake (Okanogan County): Trout: No more than one
over twenty inches in length may be retained.
Bosworth Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Boulder Creek and tributaries (Okanogan County): Trout:
Eastern brook trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern
brook trout daily limit ten, no minimum size. Release all
cutthroat.
Boundary Creek (Clallam County): Closed waters.
Bowman Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Box Canyon Creek (Kittitas County), from mouth to waterfall
approximately 2 miles upstream (including the portion flowing
through the dry lakebed): Closed waters. From waterfall
approximately 2 miles upstream of mouth to USFS Road #4930
Bridge: Selective gear rules.
Boxley Creek (North Bend) (King County), from its mouth to the
falls located at approximately river mile 0.9: Closed waters.
Boyle Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. The inlet and outlet streams to Boyle Lake
are closed waters.
Bradley Lake (Pierce County): Salmon: Landlocked salmon
rules apply. May 15 through the last day of Free Fishing
Weekend (as defined in WAC 220-55-160): Juveniles only.
Bridges Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. The inlet and outlet streams to Bridges
Lake are closed waters.
Brookies Lake (Grant County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit one fish.
Browns Creek (Pend Oreille County): Fly fishing only.
Browns Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a
floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout: No
more than one fish greater than 11 inches in length may be
retained.
Buck Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Buckskin Creek and tributaries (Yakima County), from mouth to
the west boundary of Suntides Golf Course: Closed waters.
Bumping Lake (Reservoir) (Yakima County): Chumming permitted.
Trout: Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee
daily limit sixteen.
Bumping River (Yakima County):
From mouth to Bumping Reservoir: Lawful to fish to base
of Bumping Dam. Selective gear rules June 1 through October
31. Whitefish: Additional December 1 through March 31
season. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Burbank Slough (Walla Walla County): Fishing from any
floating device prohibited.
Burke Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Burley Creek (Kitsap County): June 1 through October 31
season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Butter Creek (Lewis County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum length ten inches.
Buttermilk Creek, mouth to confluence of East and West Forks
(Okanogan County): Closed waters.
Cady Lake (Mason County): Fly fishing only. Fishing from a
floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor
prohibited. All species: Release all fish.
Cain Lake (Whatcom County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Calawah River (Clallam County), from mouth to forks: June 1
through April 30 season. December 1 through April 30,
selective gear rules from Highway 101 to forks. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. November 1 through last day
in February, daily limit three steelhead from mouth to Highway
101 Bridge. December 1 through April 30, mouth to Highway
101, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon:
Open only July 1 through November 30 from mouth to Highway 101
Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be
adult salmon July 1 through August 31 and of which no more
than 3 may be adult salmon September 1 through November 30. July 1 through August 31 release wild adult coho and wild
adult Chinook. September 1 through October 31 the daily limit
may contain no more than 2 adult Chinook, release wild adult
coho, and selective gear rules. November 1 through November
30 the daily limit may contain no more than 2 adult Chinook or
2 adult wild coho or a combination of adult Chinook and adult
wild coho.
Calawah River, South Fork (Clallam County) from mouth to
Olympic National Park boundary: June 1 through last day in
February season. December 1 through last day in February,
selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Caldwell Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Trout:
Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches.
Caliche Lakes, Lower, Upper and West (Grant County): March 1
through July 31 season.
Calispell Creek (Calispell River) (Pend Oreille County):
From mouth to Calispell Lake: Year around season.
From Calispell Lake upstream to source: Selective gear
rules.
Calispell Creek and tributaries: Trout: Eastern brook trout
not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern brook trout daily
limit ten. Once the daily limit of trout other than eastern
brook trout has been achieved, the entire daily limit for
trout other than eastern brook trout and eastern brook trout
has been taken.
Calligan Lake (King County): June 1 through October 31
season. All tributary streams, and the upper third of the
outlet are closed waters.
Camas Slough: Waters of the Columbia River downstream from
the mouth of the Washougal River, north of Lady Island, and
downstream of the Highway 14 Bridge at the upstream end of
Lady Island. Season: Open when the adjacent mainstem
Columbia or Washougal rivers are open to fishing for salmon. Daily limit same as most liberal regulation of either area.
Campbell Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.
Campbell Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through August 31:
Selective gear rules and all species: Release all fish.
Campbell Lake (Skagit County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Canyon Creek (Clark County): Trout: Daily limit five.
Canyon River (Mason County and Grays Harbor County): Closed
waters.
Canyon Creek (S.F. Stillaguamish River) (Snohomish County),
mouth to forks: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Canyon Creek (Whatcom County): Closed waters: Mouth to
Canyon Creek Road Bridge.
Capitol Lake (Thurston County), from its outlet to a point
four hundred feet below the lowest Tumwater Falls (Deschutes
River) fish ladder: Closed waters: Percival Cove, west of a
set of markers on the western shoreline of the south basin of
Capitol Lake. June 1 through March 31 season. Nonbuoyant
lure restriction and night closure August 1 through November
30. Trout: June 1 through July 31 daily limit five, minimum
length eight inches. August 1 through March 31 daily limit
two, minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only July
1 through October 15. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more
than 2 may be adult salmon. Release coho.
Carbon River (Pierce County), from its mouth to Voight Creek:
September 1 through last day in February season. Nonbuoyant
lure restriction, night closure and single point barbless
hooks September 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Voight Creek to Highway 162 Bridge: July 1
through August 15 and December 1 through last day in February
season: Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. Salmon: Open only
September 1 through November 30 mouth to Voight Creek. Daily
limit 6 fish of which no more than 4 may be adult salmon and
of these 4 fish no more than 2 may be adult hatchery Chinook. Release chum and wild adult Chinook salmon.
Carlisle Lake (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April through
last day in February season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Carl's Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Carney Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
June 30 and September 1 through November 30 seasons. Fishing
from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion
motor prohibited. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Carson Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Cascade Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Cascade Lake (San Juan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Cascade River (Skagit County):
From the mouth to the Rockport-Cascade Road Bridge:
October 1 through last day in February season. Nonbuoyant
lure restriction and night closure September 16 through
November 30. Trout: Trout except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout,
minimum length fourteen inches. Legal to retain Dolly
Varden/Bull Trout as part of the trout daily limit, minimum
length twenty inches. Salmon: Open June 1 through July 15. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure. Daily limit 4
hatchery Chinook, of which no more than 2 may be adult
hatchery Chinook. Open September 16 through November 30. Daily limit 4 coho salmon.
From the Rockport-Cascade Road Bridge upstream: June 1
through last day in February season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained per day.
Cases Pond (Pacific County): Last Saturday in April through
November 30 season. Juveniles only. Salmon: Landlocked
salmon rules apply.
Cassidy Lake (Snohomish County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Castle Lake (Cowlitz County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit one, minimum length sixteen inches.
Cattail Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Cavanaugh Lake (Skagit County): Chumming permitted.
Cedar Creek (tributary of N.F. Lewis) (Clark County), from
mouth to 100 feet upstream of the falls: From the Grist Mill
Bridge to 100 feet upstream of the falls: Closed waters. June 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Release all fish
except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Cedar Creek (Jefferson County): June 1 through last day in
February season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
Cedar Creek (Okanogan County), from mouth to Cedar Falls:
Closed waters.
Cedar Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Trout:
Eastern brook trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern
brook trout daily limit ten. Once the daily limit of trout
other than eastern brook trout has been achieved, the entire
daily limit for trout other than eastern brook trout and
eastern brook trout has been taken.
Cedar Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Cedar River (King County), from mouth to Landsburg Road: June
1 through August 31 season. Selective gear rules and night
closure. Trout: Release all trout. Landsburg Road to Cedar
Falls: Closed waters.
Cedar River (Pacific County): Selective gear rules. All
species: Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead
per day may be retained.
Chain Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Release kokanee.
Chambers Creek (Pierce County): July 1 through November 15
season. Night closure and nonbuoyant lure restriction.
Chambers Creek Estuary (downstream from markers 400 feet below
the Boise-Cascade Dam to the Burlington Northern Railroad
Bridge) (Pierce County): July 1 through November 15 season.
Night closure and nonbuoyant lure restriction. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only July 1
through November 15. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than
2 may be adult salmon. Release wild coho.
Chambers Lake (within Ft. Lewis Military Reservation) (Pierce
County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Release all trout.
Chaplain Lake (Snohomish County): Closed waters.
Chapman Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Chumming permitted. Trout: Kokanee not
counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit ten.
Chehalis River (Grays Harbor County), from Highway 101 Bridge
in Aberdeen to high bridge on Weyerhaeuser 1000 line
(approximately 400 yards downstream from Roger Creek): June 1
through April 15 season. Single point barbless hooks required
August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Salmon: Open September 16 through September
30 from mouth to Lakeside Industries Tower in Aberdeen,
approximately 1.25 miles upstream of mouth. Daily limit 6
fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon, and of
which only 1 may be a wild adult coho. Release chum and adult
Chinook. Bait prohibited and fishing from any floating device
prohibited. Open October 1 through October 15 from mouth to
high bridge. Daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may
be adult salmon, and of which only 1 may be a wild adult coho.
Release chum and adult Chinook. Open October 16 through
January 31 from mouth to high bridge. Daily limit 6 fish, of
which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release chum, wild
coho, and adult Chinook. Sturgeon: Open year-round, and no
night closure from mouth to high bridge on Weyerhaeuser 1000
line.
From the High Bridge on Weyerhaeuser 1000 line, upstream,
including all forks and tributaries: June 1 through April 15
season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all
fish, except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per
day.
Chehalis River, South Fork (Lewis County), from mouth to
Highway Bridge at Boistfort School: June 1 through April 15
season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Chehalis River Potholes (adjacent to the Chehalis River south
of Highway 12 in Grays Harbor County, this does not include
sloughs or beaver ponds): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Chelan Hatchery Creek (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Chelan Lake (Chelan County): Closed waters: Within 400 feet
of all tributaries south of a line from Purple Point at
Stehekin and Painted Rocks. Trout except kokanee and lake
trout: Daily limit 5. Release wild cutthroat. Lake trout
not counted in daily trout limit. Lake trout no minimum size,
no daily limit. Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit 10, no minimum length. North of a line
between Purple Point at Stehekin and Painted Rocks: April 1
through July 31: All species: Release all fish. Salmon:
Open only May 1 through May 31 south of a line from Purple
Point to Painted Rocks: Daily limit 1, minimum length 15
inches.
Chelan Lake Tributaries (Chelan County), from mouths upstream
one mile except Stehekin River: August 1 through September 30
season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Release wild
cutthroat.
Chelan River (Chelan County): From the railroad bridge to the
Chelan P.U.D. safety barrier below the power house: May 15
through August 31 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction.
Trout: Release all trout.
Chewuch River (Chewack River) (Okanogan County), from mouth to
Eight Mile Creek: June 1 through August 15 season. Selective
gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Upstream from Eight Mile Creek to Pasayten Wilderness
boundary: Closed waters June 1 through October 31.
From mouth to Pasayten Wilderness boundary: Additional
December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules
apply.
Chikamin Creek (Chelan County): Selective gear rules.
Chimacum Creek (Jefferson County):
From mouth to Ness's Corner Road: June 1 through August
31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
From Ness's Corner Road to headwaters: Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
Chiwaukum Creek (Chelan County): Mouth to Fool Hen Creek:
Closed waters.
Chiwawa River (Chelan County): Mouth to Buck Creek: Closed
waters.
Chopaka Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a
floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout:
Daily limit one.
Cispus River (Lewis County), from mouth to North Fork: Trout:
Release all cutthroat. Additional season November 1 through
May 31. Trout: Release all trout except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open year around.
Salmon minimum size 8 inches. January 1 through July 31,
daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release wild coho and wild Chinook. August 1 through
December 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may
be adult Chinook. Release wild coho.
Cispus River, North Fork (Lewis County): Selective gear
rules. Trout: No more than one over twelve inches in length.
Release cutthroat.
Clallam River (Clallam County): June 1 through last day in
February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Clara Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Clear Creek (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Clear Lake (Chelan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. From July 5 through October 31, selective
gear rules and all species: Release all fish.
Clear Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Chumming permitted. Salmon: Landlocked
salmon rules apply.
Clear Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Clear Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Clearwater River (Jefferson County):
From mouth to Snahapish River: June 1 through April 15
season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. December 1
through April 15, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only September 1 through November 30. Daily
limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon.
From Snahapish River upstream: Trout, minimum length
fourteen inches.
Clearwater River (Pierce County): July 1 through October 31
season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
Cle Elum Lake (Reservoir) (Kittitas County): Trout except
kokanee: Daily limit two, minimum length twelve inches. Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee daily limit
sixteen, no minimum size.
Cle Elum River (Kittitas County), from mouth to Cle Elum Dam:
Lawful to fish to base of Cle Elum Dam. Year-round season. Selective gear rules, except December 1 through March 31 bait
and one single point barbed hook three-sixteenths or smaller
point to shank may be used. Trout: Release all trout. Above
Cle Elum Lake to outlet of Hyas Lake except Tucquala Lake:
Selective gear rules.
Cliff Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Cloquallum Creek (Grays Harbor County):
From mouth to second bridge on Cloquallum Road: June 1
through last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
From mouth to Highway 8 Bridge: Additional March 1
through March 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
Clough Creek (North Bend) (King County): Closed waters.
Coal Creek (Cowlitz County), from mouth to four hundred feet
below falls: June 1 through August 31 and November 1 through
last day in February season. Trout: Release all fish except
up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Coal Creek (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County): June
1 through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Coal Creek (near Snoqualmie) (King County), from mouth to
Highway I-90: Last Saturday in April through October 31
season. Juveniles only. Trout: No minimum length.
Coffee Pot Lake (Lincoln County): March 1 through September
30 season. Selective gear rules except internal combustion
motors allowed. Trout: Daily limit one, minimum length
eighteen inches. Crappie: Daily limit ten, minimum length
nine inches.
Coldwater Lake (Cowlitz County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one, minimum length sixteen inches.
Coldwater Lake inlet and outlet streams (Cowlitz County):
Closed waters.
Collins Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Columbia Basin Hatchery Creek (Grant County): Hatchery
outflow to confluence with mainstem Hatchery Creek: April 1
through September 30 season. Juveniles and holders of reduced
fee disability licenses only. Trout: Daily limit three fish.
Mainstem Hatchery Creek: April 1 through September 30
season. Juveniles and holders of reduced fee disability
licenses only.
Columbia Park Pond (Benton County): Juveniles and holders of
reduced fee disability licenses only. All species: Daily
limit of five fish combined.
Columbia River, including impoundments and all connecting
sloughs, except Wells Ponds: Year-round season unless
otherwise provided. General species provisions (unless
otherwise provided for in this section): Bass: Below McNary
Dam: Daily limit five fish, bass 12 to 17 inches in length
may be retained. Up to but not more than three of the daily
limit may be over 15 inches. Trout: Daily limit two fish,
minimum length 12 inches, except release all Dolly Varden/Bull
Trout. Whitefish: Daily limit 15 fish. All other game fish:
No daily limit, except release all grass carp.
In the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon, the
license of either state is valid. Anglers must comply with
the fishing regulations of the state in which they are
fishing. This provision does not allow an angler licensed in
Oregon to fish on the Washington shore, or in the sloughs or
tributaries in Washington except Camas Slough, where the
license of either state is valid when fishing from a floating
device.
Anglers fishing the Columbia River are restricted to one
daily limit, as defined by the laws of the state in which they
are fishing, even if they are licensed by both states.
From a true north-south line through Buoy 10, upstream to
a line projected from Rocky Point on the Washington bank
through Red Buoy 44 to the navigation light at Tongue Point on
the Oregon bank: Trout: Release wild cutthroat. Release all
trout April 1 through July 31. Walleye: No minimum size. Daily limit ten, of which no more than five may be greater
than eighteen inches in length and one greater than
twenty-four inches in length. Fishing from the north jetty is
allowed during salmon season openings. Salmon: Open only
August 1 through March 31. August 1 through September 1,
daily limit 2 salmon, of which only 1 may be a Chinook.
Release chum, sockeye, wild coho, Chinook less than 24 inches
in length, and coho less than 16 inches in length. September
2 through September 30, daily limit 2 hatchery coho only.
Release coho less than 16 inches in length. October 1 through
December 31, daily limit 6 hatchery coho, of which no more
than 2 may be adult hatchery coho. January 1 through March
31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release chum, sockeye, wild coho and wild Chinook. Fishing from the north jetty for salmon open during both Area
1 and Buoy 10 fishery openings, with barbed hooks allowed; and
the daily limit is the more liberal if both areas are open. Sturgeon: Release sturgeon May 1 through May 9 and June 25
through December 31. Minimum size when open to retain
sturgeon is 42 inches January 1 through April 30, and 45
inches May 10 through June 24. Bottomfish: Daily limits,
seasons, size restrictions and gear restrictions are the same
as those in the adjacent portion of Marine Area 1.
From a line projected from Rocky Point on the Washington
bank through Red Buoy 44 to the navigation light at Tongue
Point on the Oregon bank, upstream to the I-5 Bridge: Trout:
Release wild cutthroat. Release all trout April 1 through May
15. Walleye: No minimum size. Daily limit ten, of which no
more than five may be greater than eighteen inches in length
and one greater than twenty-four inches in length. Salmon:
Open only May 16 through March 31. May 16 through June 15
daily limit 6 hatchery jack Chinook. June 16 through July 31,
daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release sockeye, chum, wild coho, and adult Chinook,
except adult Chinook may be retained June 21 through June 28. August 1 through August 31, daily limit 6 hatchery coho, of
which no more than 2 may be adult hatchery coho. September 1
through September 16, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more
than 2 may be adult salmon; and of the adult fish, only 1 may
be an adult Chinook. Release sockeye, chum, wild coho, and
Chinook downstream of a line from the boundary marker on lower
end of Bachelor Island to the Warrior Rock Lighthouse, and
upstream of a line from Light Number 62 on Deer Island to
Light Number 63 on the lower end of Martin Island. September
17 through December 31, daily limit 6 hatchery coho, of which
no more than 2 may be adult hatchery coho. January 1 through
March 31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be
adult salmon. Release sockeye, chum, wild coho, and wild
Chinook. (1) Release sturgeon May 1 through May 9 and June 25
through December 31 downstream from the Wauna powerlines. Minimum size when open to retain sturgeon is 42 inches January
1 through April 30, and 45 inches May 10 through June 24; (2)
I-5 Bridge downstream to Wauna powerlines, lawful to retain
sturgeon only on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays
from January 1 through July 31, and October 1 through December
31. Release sturgeon on other days and during other time
periods.
From the I-5 Bridge to the Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco:
Closed waters: (1) From the upstream line of Bonneville Dam
to boundary markers located six hundred feet below the fish
ladder, and closed to fishing from a floating device or
fishing by any method except hand-casted gear from shore from
Bonneville Dam downstream to a line from the Hamilton Island
boat ramp to an Oregon boundary marker on Robins Island. (2)
Waters from the upstream side of the Interstate Bridge at The
Dalles to upper line of The Dalles Dam except that bank
fishing is permitted up to the downstream navigation lock wall
on the Washington shore. (3) From John Day Dam downstream
about three thousand feet except that bank fishing is
permitted up to four hundred feet below the fishway entrance
on the Washington shore. (4) From McNary Dam downstream to a
line across the river from the red and white marker on the
Oregon shore on a line that intersects the downstream end of
the wing wall of the boat lock near the Washington shore. August 1 through October 15: Nonbuoyant lure restriction and
night closure from Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam. Trout:
Release wild cutthroat from I-5 Bridge to Bonneville Dam. Release all trout April 1 through June 15. Walleye: No
minimum size. Daily limit ten, of which no more than five may
be greater than eighteen inches in length and one greater than
twenty-four inches in length. Snake River Confluence
Protection Area: From the first powerline crossing the
Columbia upstream of Sacajawea State Park to the railroad
bridge between Burbank and Kennewick: All species: Daily
limits, seasons, size restrictions and gear restrictions are
the same as those in the adjacent portion of the Snake River. Sturgeon: (1) Sturgeon fishing is closed from Bonneville Dam
to a line from a boundary marker on the Washington shore
approximately 4,000 feet below the fish ladder to the
downstream end of Cascade Island to an Oregon angling boundary
on Bradford Island (the Cascade Island - Bradford Island
line). (2) It is unlawful to fish for sturgeon from May 1
through July 31 from Cascade Island - Bradford Island line
downstream to a line from navigation marker 85 on the
Washington shore at a right angle to the thread of the river
to the Oregon shore, from 400 feet below McNary Dam to the
Highway 82 Bridge and from John Day Dam downstream to a line
crossing the Columbia at a right angle to the thread of the
river from the west end of the grain silo at Rufus, Oregon. (3) Cascade Island - Bradford Island line downstream to I-5
Bridge, lawful to retain sturgeon only on Thursdays, Fridays,
Saturdays, and Sundays from January 1 through July 31 and
October 1 through December 31, except for May 1 - July 31
closure to the navigation marker 85 line and the closure to
the Highway 82 Bridge. Release sturgeon on other days and
during other time periods. (4) Release sturgeon August 1
through December 31 from the upstream line of Bonneville Dam
and 400 feet below McNary Dam. (5) From the Hamilton Island
boat launch (USACE boat restricted zone boundary) to
Bonneville Dam, anglers must stop fishing for sturgeon once a
daily limit has been retained. Salmon: From I-5 Bridge to
Bonneville Dam: Open only June 16 through December 31 except
closed November 1 through December 31 from Beacon Rock to
Bonneville Dam. June 16 through July 31, daily limit 6 fish,
of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release sockeye,
chum, wild coho, and adult Chinook, except adult Chinook may
be retained June 21 through June 28. August 1 through August
31, daily limit 6 hatchery coho, of which no more than 2 may
be adult hatchery coho. September 1 through September 16,
daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon; and of the adult fish, only 1 may be an adult Chinook.
Release sockeye, chum, and wild coho. September 17 through
December 31, daily limit 6 hatchery coho, of which no more
than 2 may be adult hatchery coho. From Bonneville Dam to
McNary Dam: Open only June 16 through December 31. Daily
limit 6 fish, of which only 2 may be adult salmon. Release
sockeye. August 1 through December 31, release chum. August
1 through December 31, release wild coho from Bonneville Dam
to Hood River Bridge. From McNary Dam to the Highway 395
Bridge at Pasco: Open only June 16 through December 31; daily
limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release sockeye.
From the Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco to the old Hanford
townsite (wooden towers) powerline crossing, in Sec. 30, T13N,
R28E except Ringold Area Bank Fishery waters: Closed waters:
Ringold Springs Creek (Hatchery Creek). Trout: Release all
trout, except up to two hatchery steelhead having both adipose
and ventral fin clips may be retained per day, October 1
through October 31. Release all trout, except up to two
hatchery steelhead may be retained per day, November 1 through
March 31. Salmon: Open only June 16 through October 22. Daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release sockeye. Walleye: Daily limit 10 fish. No
minimum size, no more than 5 fish over 18 inches in length. No more than 1 fish over 24 inches in length. Ringold Area
Bank Fishery waters (from WDFW markers 1/4 mile downstream
from the Ringold wasteway outlet, to WDFW markers 1/2 mile
upstream from Spring Creek): Open only April 1 through April
15, except closed for salmon fishing. Fishing allowed only
from the bank and only on the hatchery side of the river. Trout: Release all fish, except hatchery steelhead. Salmon:
Open only May 1 through May 31. Fishing allowed only from the
bank and only on the hatchery side of the river. Daily limit
two hatchery Chinook. Night closure and nonbuoyant lure
restriction.
From the old Hanford townsite (wooden towers) powerline
crossing in Sec. 30, T13N, R28E, to Vernita Bridge, (Highway
24): February 1 through October 22 season. Trout: Release
all trout. Walleye: Daily limit 10 fish. No minimum size,
no more than 5 fish over 18 inches in length. No more than 1
fish over 24 inches in length. Salmon: Open only June 16
through October 22. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than
2 fish may be adult salmon. Release sockeye.
From Vernita Bridge (Highway 24) to Priest Rapids Dam:
Closed waters: (1) Priest Rapids Dam - waters between the
upstream line of Priest Rapids Dam downstream to the boundary
markers six hundred fifty feet below the fish ladders. (2)
Jackson (Moran Creek or Priest Rapids Hatchery outlet) Creek - all waters of the Priest Rapids Hatchery system to the outlet
on the Columbia River, extending to midstream Columbia between
boundary markers located one hundred feet upstream and four
hundred feet downstream of the mouth. Trout: Release all
trout. Walleye: Daily limit 10 fish. No minimum size, no
more than 5 fish over 18 inches in length. No more than 1
fish over 24 inches in length. Salmon: Open only June 16
through October 22. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than
2 may be adult salmon. Release sockeye.
From Priest Rapids Dam to Chief Joseph Dam, including up
to base of Washburn Pond outlet structure: Closed waters:
(1) Wanapum Dam - waters between the upstream line of Wanapum
Dam to the boundary markers seven hundred fifty feet
downstream of the east fish ladder and five hundred feet
downstream of the west fish ladder. (2) Rock Island Dam to
boundary markers four hundred feet downstream of the fish
ladders. (3) Rocky Reach Dam - waters between the upstream
line of Rocky Reach Dam to boundary markers four hundred feet
downstream of the fish ladders. (4) Wells Dam - waters
between the upstream line of Wells Dam to boundary markers
four hundred feet downstream of the spawning channel discharge
(Chelan County) and fish ladder (Douglas County). (5) Chief
Joseph Dam - closed to fishing from the Okanogan County shore
between the dam and the Highway 17 Bridge. Closed to fishing
from a floating device from the boundary marker to the Corps
of Engineers safety zone marker. Trout: Release all trout.
All species: Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure
from Rocky Reach Dam to the most upriver edge of Turtle Rock. Salmon: Daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be
adult salmon. Release coho and sockeye. From Priest Rapids
Dam to Wells Dam, open only July 1 through October 15. From
Wells Dam to Chief Joseph Dam, open only July 1 through July
15 and September 1 through October 15 from Highway 173 Bridge
at Brewster to Highway 17 Bridge at Bridgeport, and July 16
through August 31 from Wells Dam to Highway 17 Bridge at
Bridgeport. Sturgeon: Release all sturgeon.
Above Chief Joseph Dam: See Lake Roosevelt and Rufus
Woods Lake.
Colville River (Stevens County):
From mouth to bridge at Town of Valley: Year-round
season. Trout: Daily limit five fish, not more than two of
which may be brown trout October 1 through November 30. Walleye: Daily limit 8 fish. No minimum size. Not more than
one walleye greater than 22 inches may be retained. Sturgeon:
Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon.
From bridge at Valley upstream and tributaries:
Selective gear rules.
Conconully Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Conconully Reservoir (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season.
Conger Pond (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Connelly Creek and tributaries (Lewis County), from four
hundred feet below the city of Morton Dam to its source:
Closed waters.
Conner Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Cooper River (Kittitas County): Mouth to Cooper Lake:
Selective gear rules.
Coot Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Copalis River (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through last day
in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Salmon: Open only September 1 through January 31 from mouth
to Carlisle Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than
2 may be adult salmon. Release chum and adult Chinook.
Cottage Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Cottonwood Creek (Lincoln County): Year-round season.
Cottonwood Creek (Walla Walla County): Closed waters.
Cougar Creek (tributary to Yale Reservoir) (Cowlitz County):
June 1 through August 31 season.
Cougar Lake (near Winthrop) (Okanogan County): September 1
through March 31 season.
Coulter Creek (Kitsap/Mason counties): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
County Line Ponds (Skagit County): Closed waters.
Coweeman River (Cowlitz County), from mouth to Mulholland
Creek: June 1 through August 31 and November 1 through March
15 season. Trout: Release all fish except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained per day. From Mulholland Creek
upstream: June 1 through August 31 season. Trout: Release
all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained
per day.
Cowiche Creek (Yakima County): Selective gear rules.
Cowlitz Falls Reservoir (Lake Scanewa) (Lewis County): June 1
through last day in February season. The upstream boundary of
the reservoir in the Cowlitz arm is the posted PUD sign on
Peters Road. The upstream boundary of the reservoir in the
Cispus arm is the posted markers at the Lewis County PUD kayak
launch, approximately 1.5 miles upstream from the confluence
of the Cowlitz and Cispus arms. Trout and salmon: Minimum
length eight inches. Trout: Release cutthroat. Release
rainbow trout except rainbow trout with a clipped adipose fin
and a healed scar at the site of the clipped fin. Salmon:
Open only June 1 through last day in February. January 1
through last day in February and June 1 through July 31, daily
limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild coho and wild Chinook. August 1 through December
31, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult
Chinook. Release wild coho.
Cowlitz River (Lewis County):
From mouth to Mayfield Dam: Closed waters: (1) From 400
feet or posted markers below Cowlitz salmon hatchery barrier
dam to boundary markers near the Cowlitz salmon hatchery water
intake approximately 1,700 feet upstream of the Cowlitz salmon
hatchery barrier dam. (2) From 400 feet below the Mayfield
powerhouse upstream to Mayfield Dam. (3) Within a 100 foot
radius of the new Cowlitz Trout Hatchery outfall structure
except anglers who permanently use a wheelchair may fish
within posted markers when adjacent waters are open. Year-round season except closed to fishing from south bank May
1 through June 15 from Mill Creek to the Cowlitz salmon
hatchery barrier dam. Lawful to fish up to four hundred feet
or the posted deadline at the Cowlitz salmon hatchery barrier
dam. Lawful to fish up to Tacoma Power safety signs at Onion
Rock below Mossyrock Dam. Lawful to fish up to Lewis County
P.U.D. safety signs below Cowlitz Falls Dam. From the Cowlitz
salmon hatchery barrier dam downstream to a line from the
mouth of Mill Creek to a boundary marker on the opposite
shore, it is unlawful to fish from any floating device. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure April 1 through
October 31 from mouth of Mill Creek to the Cowlitz salmon
hatchery barrier dam. All game fish: Release all fish except
steelhead April 1 through May 31. Trout: Daily limit five,
minimum length twelve inches, no more than two over twenty
inches. Release wild cutthroat. Release all steelhead
missing right ventral fin. Salmon: Open year-round. January
1 through July 31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2
may be adult salmon. Release all salmon except hatchery
Chinook and hatchery coho. August 1 through December 31,
daily limit 6 fish. Release all salmon except hatchery coho
and hatchery jack Chinook. Sturgeon: Seasons, days of the
week, daily limits, and size limits same as in adjacent waters
of mainstem Columbia River.
From posted PUD sign on Peters Road to mouth of
Ohanepecosh River and mouth of Muddy Fork: Trout: Release
cutthroat. Additional November 1 through May 31 season. Trout: Release all trout except up to two hatchery steelhead
may be retained per day. Salmon: Open year-round from
upstream boundary of Lake Scanewa. Salmon minimum size 12
inches. January 1 through July 31, daily limit 6 fish, of
which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild coho
and wild Chinook. August 1 through December 31, daily limit 6
fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release
wild coho.
Cowlitz River, Clear and Muddy Forks (Lewis County):
Selective gear rules. Trout: Release cutthroat.
Coyote Creek and Ponds (Adams County): April 1 through
September 30 season.
Crab Creek (Adams/Grant counties):
From Highway 26 to Morgan Lake Road in Section 36: April
1 through September 30 season.
From Morgan Lake Road in Section 36 to O'Sullivan Dam
(including Marsh Unit I and II impoundments): Closed waters.
Crab Creek (Lincoln/Grant counties) and tributaries:
Year-round season. In those waters from Grant County Road 7
to the fountain buoy and shoreline markers or 150 feet
downstream of the Alder Street fill March 1 through May 31
terminal gear restricted to one single hook measuring 3/4 inch
or less point to shank. Year-round: Daily limits and size
limits same as Moses Lake. From Moses Lake downstream to the
confluence of the outlet streams March 1 through May 31
terminal gear restricted to one single-point hook measuring
3/4 inch or less point to shank. Year-round: Daily limits
and size limits same as Potholes Reservoir.
Crabapple Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Cranberry Creek (Mason County), mouth to Lake Limerick:
Closed waters.
Crawfish Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.
Crescent Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Crescent Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Crocker Lake (Jefferson County): Closed waters.
Crystal Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Cup Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Curl Lake (Columbia County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Fishing from any floating device
prohibited. Trout: No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in
length may be retained.
Curley Creek (Kitsap County): June 1 through October 31
season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Dakota Creek (Whatcom County): Salmon: Open only October 1
through December 31 from mouth to Giles Road Bridge. Daily
limit 2 salmon.
Dalton Lake (Franklin County): Trout: No more than two over
13 inches in length may be retained.
Damon Lake (Grays Harbor County): June 1 through October 31
season.
Davis Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Davis Lake (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April to last day
in February season.
Davis Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through August 31:
Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Davis Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Dayton Pond (Columbia County): Juveniles only. Trout: No
more than 2 trout over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Deadman Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
De Coursey Pond (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April
through November 30 season. Juveniles only. Salmon:
Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Deep Creek (Clallam County): December 1 through last day in
February season. All species: Release all fish except up to
two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Deep Creek (tributary to Bumping Lake) (Yakima County): Mouth
to second bridge crossing on USFS Rd. 1808 (approximately 3.7
miles from junction of USFS Rds. 1800 and 1808): Closed
waters.
Deep Lake (Grant County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Deep Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Deep Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Deep River (Wahkiakum County): Year-round season. Trout:
Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day. Salmon: Open year-round only from mouth to
town bridge. January 1 through July 31, daily limit 6 fish of
which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild
Chinook and wild coho. August 1 through December 31, daily
limit 6 fish of which no more than 4 may be adult salmon, and
of the adult salmon, no more than 2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum and wild coho. Sturgeon: Seasons, days of the
week, daily limits, and size limits same as in adjacent waters
of mainstem Columbia River.
Deer Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.
Deer Creek and Little Deer Creek (tributaries to North Fork
Stillaguamish) (Skagit County): Closed waters.
Deer Lake (Columbia County): March 1 through October 31
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout:
No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Deer Lake (Island County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Deer (Deer Springs) Lake (Lincoln County): Last Saturday in
April through September 30 season.
Deer Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Deer Lake (Stevens County): March 1 through October 31
season. Trout: No more than two over thirty inches in length
may be retained.
De Roux Creek (Kittitas County): Mouth to the USFS Trail
#1392 (De Roux Cr. Trail) stream crossing (approximately one
river mile): Closed waters. Upstream of USFS Trail #1392
stream crossing: Selective gear rules.
Deschutes River (Thurston County): Closed waters: From 400
feet below lowest Tumwater Falls fish ladder to Old Highway 99
Bridge. From old U.S. Highway 99 Bridge near Tumwater to
Henderson Boulevard Bridge near Pioneer Park: June 1 through
March 31 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night
closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only July 1 through October
15. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release coho.
From Henderson Boulevard Bridge upstream: Year-round
season. Selective gear rules. All game fish: Release all
fish except hatchery steelhead. Salmon: Open only July 1
through October 15. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than
2 may be adult salmon. Release coho.
Devereaux Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Devil's Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Dewatto River (Mason County): Selective gear rules. Game
fish: Release all fish. Salmon: Open only September 16
through October 31 mouth to Dewatto-Holly Road Bridge. Daily
limit two coho. Release all salmon other than coho.
Diamond Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Dickey River (Clallam County): June 1 through April 30 season
in mainstem Dickey outside Olympic National Park and East Fork
Dickey upstream to D5200 road and June 1 through March 15 in
East Fork Dickey upstream from D5200 road and West Fork
Dickey. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. December 1
through April 30, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only July 1 through November 30 from mouth to
East Fork Dickey. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2
may be adult salmon July 1 through August 31 and of which no
more than 3 may be adult salmon September 1 through November
30. July 1 through August 31 release wild adult coho and wild
adult Chinook. September 1 through October 31 the daily limit
may contain no more than 2 adult Chinook, release wild adult
coho, and selective gear rules. November 1 through November
30 the daily limit may contain no more than 2 adult Chinook or
2 adult wild coho or a combination of adult Chinook and adult
wild coho.
Dillacort Creek (Klickitat County): Trout: Release all
trout.
Dog Lake (Yakima County): Trout: Daily limit may contain not
more than 1 fish over 14 inches in length.
Dosewallips River (Jefferson County), from mouth to Olympic
National Park boundary about three-quarters mile downstream of
falls: June 1 through August 31 season mouth to park boundary
and November 1 through December 15 season mouth to Highway 101
Bridge. Selective gear rules June 1 through August 31. All
species: Release all fish except salmon may be retained
November 1 through December 15. Salmon: Open only November 1
through December 15 from mouth to Highway 101 Bridge. Daily
limit 2 chum salmon.
Dot Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Downs Lake (Lincoln/Spokane counties): March 1 through
September 30 season. Crappie: Daily limit ten, minimum
length nine inches.
Dry Creek (Walla Walla County): Upstream from the middle
Waitsburg Road: Closed waters.
Dry Falls Lake (Grant County): April 1 through November 30
season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.
Duck Lake (Grays Harbor County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Duckabush River (Jefferson County), from mouth to the Olympic
National Park Boundary: June 1 through August 31 season mouth
to park boundary and November 1 through December 15 season
mouth to Mason County P.U.D. No. 1 overhead electrical
distribution line. Selective gear rules June 1 through August
31. All species: Release all fish except salmon may be
retained November 1 through December 15. Salmon: Open only
November 1 through December 15 from mouth to Mason County
P.U.D. No. 1 overhead electrical distribution line. Daily
limit 2 chum salmon.
Dungeness River (Clallam County):
From mouth to junction of Gray Wolf and Dungeness rivers:
October 16 through last day in February season. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 16
through December 31 from mouth to the hatchery intake pipe at
river mile 11.3. Daily limit 4 coho salmon.
From junction of Gray Wolf River upstream to Gold Creek - Closed waters.
From junction of Gold Creek upstream to headwaters:
Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Dusty Lake (Grant County): March 1 through November 30
season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one fish.
Early Winters Creek (Okanogan County): Closed waters.
East Little Walla Walla River (Walla Walla County): Closed
waters.
East Twin River (Clallam County): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
Easton Lake (Kittitas County): Saturday before Memorial Day
through October 31 season. Trout: Daily limit five fish of
which no more than 2 may be trout other than Eastern brook
trout. Minimum length 8 inches.
Ebey Lake (Little Lake) (Snohomish County): Fly fishing only.
Fishing from a floating device equipped with a motor
prohibited. Trout: Daily limit one, minimum length eighteen
inches.
Echo Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Eightmile Lake (Chelan County): Trout: Daily limit five, not
more than two mackinaw may be retained.
Elbow Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Elk River (Grays Harbor County), from the Highway 105 Bridge
upstream: June 1 through last day in February season. Single
point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30
downstream of the confluence of the east and middle branches. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only
October 1 through November 30 from Highway 105 Bridge to the
confluence of the East and Middle Branches. October 1 through
October 15, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be
adult salmon; and of the adult fish, only 1 may be an adult
wild coho. Release adult Chinook, and chum. October 16
through November 30, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than
2 may be adult salmon. Release chum, wild coho, and adult
Chinook.
Ell Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit
one.
Ellen Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. All species: Catch and release except up
to five rainbow trout may be retained.
Elochoman River (Wahkiakum County): Closed waters: Waters
from 100 feet above the upper hatchery rack downstream to the
Elochoman Hatchery Bridge located 400 feet below the upper
hatchery rack; waters from a point 50 feet above to 100 feet
below the outlet pipes from the most downstream Elochoman
Hatchery rearing pond and extending 30 feet out from the south
bank of the river; waters between the department of fish and
wildlife temporary rack downstream to Foster (Risk) Road
Bridge while rack is installed in the river; mainstem waters
from the confluence of the west fork to source.
From mouth to West Fork: June 1 through March 15 season.
Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure September 1
through October 31. Stationary gear restriction September 1
through October 31. Trout: Release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open
only September 1 through December 31. September 1 through
October 15, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 4 may be
adult coho. Release chum, wild coho, wild Chinook, and
hatchery adult Chinook. October 16 through December 31, daily
limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult coho. Release chum, wild coho, wild Chinook, and hatchery adult
Chinook.
Eloika Lake (Spokane County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches.
Elwha River (Clallam County): Closed waters: From south
spillway on Aldwell Dam downstream two hundred feet.
From mouth to two hundred feet below the south spillway
on the Aldwell Dam: October 1 through last day in February
season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 1
through November 15. Daily limit 6 coho salmon of which no
more than 4 may be adult coho salmon.
From Lake Aldwell upstream to Olympic National Park
boundary, including all tributaries except Indian Creek:
Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Empire Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Enchantment Park Ponds (Chelan County): Juveniles only.
Entiat River (Chelan County), from mouth to Entiat Falls:
December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules
apply. Above Entiat Falls: Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit 5 trout, not more than one of which may be greater
than 12 inches in length. Eastern brook trout not included in
trout daily limit. Eastern brook trout daily limit ten. Once
the daily limit of trout other than eastern brook trout has
been achieved, the entire daily limit for trout other than
eastern brook trout and eastern brook trout has been taken.
Ephrata Lake (Grant County): Closed waters.
Erie Lake (Skagit County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Failor Lake (Grays Harbor County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout: No more than two over 15
inches in length may be retained per day.
Fan Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through September 30 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Fazon Lake (Whatcom County): Fishing from any floating device
prohibited from first Friday in October through January 15. Channel catfish: Daily and possession limit two.
Fio Rito Lakes (Kittitas County): Fishing from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Fish Lake (Chelan County): Trout: No more than two over
fifteen inches in length may be retained.
Fish Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Fish Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Fish Lake (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season. Fishing from a floating device equipped
with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Fisher Slough (Snohomish County):
From mouth to Highway 530 Bridge: Year-round season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Upstream from Highway 530 Bridge: Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
Fishhook Pond (Walla Walla County): March 1 through October
31 season. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
Trout: No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in length may be
retained.
Fishtrap Creek (Whatcom County): From Koh Road to Bender
Road: June 1 through October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Fishtrap Lake (Lincoln/Spokane counties): Last Saturday in
April through September 30 season.
Forde Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Fort Borst Park Pond (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April
through last day in February season. Juveniles only.
Fortson Mill Pond # 2 (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Fourth of July Lake (Adams/Lincoln counties): December 1
through March 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Trout:
No more than two over fourteen inches in length may be
retained.
Franz Lake (Skamania County): Closed waters.
Frater Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Frenchman Hills Lake (Grant County): February 1 through
September 30 season.
Gadwall Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Garfield Juvenile Pond (Whitman County): Juveniles only.
George Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Geneva Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Germany Creek (Cowlitz County), from mouth to end of Germany
Creek Road (approximately five miles): June 1 through August
31 and November 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Release
all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained
per day.
Gibbs Lake (Jefferson County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Release all trout.
Gillette Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Gissberg Pond, North (Snohomish County): Juveniles only.
Gissberg Ponds (Snohomish County): Channel catfish: Daily
limit 2, no minimum size.
Goat Creek (Okanogan County): Closed waters.
Gobar Creek (tributary to Kalama River) (Cowlitz County):
June 1 through March 31 season. Selective gear rules. All
species: Release all fish.
Gold Creek, Gold Creek Pond and Outlet Channel (tributary to
Keechelus Lake) (Kittitas County): Closed waters.
Gold Creek (Okanogan County): From mouth to confluence north
fork Gold Creek: Closed waters.
Goldsborough Creek (Mason County): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
Golf Course Pond (Asotin County): Trout: No more than 2
trout over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Goodman Creek (Jefferson County) outside Olympic National
Park: June 1 through last day in February season. Trout,
minimum length fourteen inches.
Goodwin Lake (Snohomish County): Chumming permitted.
Goose Creek (Lincoln County), within the city limits of
Wilbur: Year around season. Juveniles and holders of
disability licenses only.
Goose Lake, Lower (Adams County): Crappie: Daily limit ten,
minimum length nine inches. Bluegill: Not more than five
over six inches in length.
Gorst Creek (Kitsap County): Closed waters: From lower
bridge on the old Belfair Highway upstream to source
(including tributaries). From mouth upstream to lower bridge:
Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Gosnell Creek and tributaries (tributary to Lake Isabella)
(Mason County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Goss Lake (Island County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Grande Ronde River (Asotin County):
From mouth to County Road Bridge about two and one-half
miles upstream: Year-round season. Selective gear rules
September 1 through May 31. Trout: Minimum length ten
inches, maximum length twenty inches. Channel catfish: No
daily limit mouth to Oregon state line.
From County Road Bridge upstream to Oregon state line and
all tributaries: June 1 through October 31 season. Selective
gear rules, June 1 through August 31 and barbless hooks
required September 1 through October 31. Additional season
November 1 through April 15: Barbless hooks required. All
tributaries: Closed waters. All species: Release all fish
except whitefish and hatchery steelhead. Trout: Daily limit
three hatchery steelhead.
Granite Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Closed
waters.
Granite Lakes (near Marblemount) (Skagit County): Grayling:
Release all grayling.
Grass Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Gray Wolf River (Clallam County): From junction with
Dungeness River to bridge at river mile 1.0 - Closed waters.
From bridge at river mile 1.0 upstream - selective gear
rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Grays River (Wahkiakum County), from mouth to Highway 4
Bridge: September 1 through October 15 and November 15
through March 15 season; and from Highway 4 Bridge to mouth of
South Fork: September 1 through October 15 and December 15
through March 15 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction, night
closure and stationary gear restriction September 1 through
October 15. All game fish: Release all fish except hatchery
steelhead. Salmon: Open only September 1 through October 15
from mouth to South Fork. Daily limit 6 fish, of which no
more than four may be adult salmon, and of the 4 adults, only
2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum, wild coho and unmarked
Chinook. Unmarked Chinook are Chinook without either a
clipped ventral fin or a clipped adipose fin.
Grays River, East Fork (Wahkiakum County): Selective gear
rules. Trout: Release all fish except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained per day.
Grays River, West Fork (Wahkiakum County), downstream from
hatchery intake footbridge: June 1 - August 31 season. Trout: Additional December 15 through March 15 season
downstream from hatchery intake footbridge. Release all fish
other than hatchery steelhead. Salmon: Additional September
1 through October 15 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction,
night closure and stationary gear restriction. Daily limit 6
fish of which not more than 4 may be adult salmon, and of the
4 adults, only 2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum, wild
coho and unmarked Chinook. Unmarked Chinook are Chinook
without either a clipped ventral fin or a clipped adipose fin.
Green Lake (Okanogan County): April 1 through November 30:
Selective gear rules, and all species: Release all fish.
Green Lake (Lower) (Okanogan County): April 1 through
November 30: Selective gear rules, and all species: Release
all fish.
Green River (Cowlitz County): Closed waters: All
tributaries.
From mouth to 2800 Bridge: June 1 through November 30
season except closed from 400 feet above to 400 feet below the
water intake at the upper end of the hatchery grounds during
the period September 1 through November 30 and from 400 feet
or posted signs above and below the salmon hatchery rack when
the rack is installed in the river. Nonbuoyant lure
restriction and night closure September 1 through October 31
from mouth to 400 feet below salmon hatchery rack. All
species: When nonbuoyant lure restriction in effect, only
fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained. Trout: Release
all trout except hatchery steelhead. Salmon: Open August 1
through November 30. Daily limit 6 fish, of which not more
than four may be adult coho. Release chum, wild coho, wild
Chinook, and hatchery adult Chinook.
From 2800 Bridge to source: Closed waters.
Green (Duwamish) River (King County):
From the First Avenue South Bridge to Tukwila
International Boulevard/Old Highway 99: June 1 through July
31 and September 16 through February 15 season. Nonbuoyant
lure restriction and night closure September 16 through
November 30. Fishing from any floating device prohibited
November 1 through February 15. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. July 1 through July 31 and September 16
through November 30, one wild steelhead per day may be
retained. Salmon: Open only September 16 through December
31. Daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 3 may be adult
salmon. Release Chinook.
From Tukwila International Boulevard/Old Highway 99 to
the Interstate 405 Bridge: June 1 through July 31 and
September 1 through February 15 season. Nonbuoyant lure
restriction and night closure September 1 through November 30.
Fishing from any floating device prohibited November 1
through February 15. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. July 1 through July 31 and September 1 through November 30,
one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open
only September 1 through December 31. Daily limit 6 fish, of
which no more than 3 may be adult salmon, and only 1 may be a
Chinook.
From the Interstate 405 Bridge to South 277th Street
Bridge in Auburn: Open only June 1 through July 31 and
October 1 through February 15. Nonbuoyant lure restriction
and night closure October 1 through November 30. Fishing from
any floating device prohibited November 1 through February 15.
Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. July 1 through July
31 and October 1 through November 30, one wild steelhead per
day may be retained. Salmon: Open only October 1 through
December 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which not more than 3 may
be adult salmon. Release Chinook.
From the 277th Street Bridge to Auburn-Black Diamond Road
Bridge: Open only June 1 through August 15 and October 16
through last day in February. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and
night closure October 16 through November 30. Fishing from a
floating device prohibited November 1 through last day in
February. Trout, minimum length fourteen inches. July 1
through August 15 and October 16 through November 30, one wild
steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only October
16 through December 31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more
than 3 may be adult salmon. Release Chinook.
From the Auburn-Black Diamond Road Bridge to the Tacoma
Headworks Dam: June 1 through last day in February season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 1 through
November 30. Closed waters: Within 150 feet of the Palmer
Pond outlet rack and within 150 feet of the mouth of Keta
Creek. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches. July 1 through
November 30, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only November 1 through December 31. Daily
limit 2 chum.
Greenwater River (King County), from mouth to Greenwater
Lakes: July 1 through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
Grimes Lake (Douglas County): June 1 through August 31
season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.
Grizzly Lake (Skamania County): Closed waters.
Halfmoon Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Halfmoon Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Hamilton Creek (Skamania County): Trout: Release all fish
except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. All tributaries downstream from the Highway 14 Bridge: Closed
waters.
Hamma Hamma River (Mason County):
From mouth to four hundred feet below falls: June 1
through August 31 season. Selective gear rules. All species:
Release all fish.
Hammersley Inlet Freshwater Tributaries (Mason County), except
Mill Creek: Closed waters.
Hampton Lakes, Lower and Upper (Grant County): April 1
through September 30 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited.
Hancock Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. All tributary streams and the upper third
of the outlet are closed waters.
Harvey Creek (tributary to Sullivan Lake) (Pend Oreille
County):
From mouth to Bridge 4830 on county road (about one and
one-half miles): Closed waters.
From Bridge 4830 upstream: Selective gear rules.
Harvey Creek (tributary to Stillaguamish River) (Snohomish
County): Closed waters.
Hatch Lake (Stevens County): December 1 through March 31
season. All species: Catch and release except up to five
rainbow trout may be retained.
Hatchery Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Haven Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Hawk Creek and tributaries (Lincoln County): Year-round
season.
Hays Creek and Ponds (Adams County): April 1 through
September 30 season.
Headgate Pond (Asotin County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Juveniles, seniors and holders of
disability licenses only.
Heart Lake (near Anacortes) (Skagit County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season.
Heins Lake (Kitsap County): Closed waters.
Hemlock Lake (Trout Creek Reservoir) (Skamania County):
Closed waters.
Hen Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30 season.
Heritage Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Herman Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Hicks Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Hog Canyon Creek (Spokane County): Hog Canyon Dam to Scroggie
Road: Year-round season.
Hog Canyon Lake (Spokane County): December 1 through March 31
season. Trout: No more than two over fourteen inches in
length may be retained.
Hoh River (Jefferson County), outside of Olympic National
Park: May 16 through April 15 season. May 16 through May 31,
open Wednesday through Sunday downstream from Willoughby Creek
only. Willoughby Creek upstream to park boundary closed
through May 31. Selective gear rules, except a person can
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion motor July 1 through August 31 from Olympic
National Park upstream to DNR Oxbow Campground Boat Launch. Selective gear rules July 1 through October 15 from DNR Oxbow
Campground Boat Launch to Willoughby Creek, June 1 through
October 15 from Willoughby Creek to Morgan's Crossing Boat
Launch, June 1 through November 30 from Morgan's Crossing Boat
Launch to the mouth of South Fork, and December 1 through
April 15 from DNR Oxbow Campground Boat Launch to mouth of
South Fork. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Catch
and release during May, except up to two hatchery steelhead
may be retained on open days. November 1 through February 15,
daily limit three steelhead downstream from the Oxbow
Campground Boat Launch. December 1 through April 15,
downstream of DNR Oxbow Campground Boat Launch, one wild
steelhead per day may be retained. Salmon: Open only May 16
through November 30 downstream of Willoughby Creek and October
16 through November 30 Willoughby Creek to Morgan's Crossing
Boat Launch. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may
be adult salmon except May 16 through August 31 downstream of
Willoughby Creek open Wednesday through Sunday only of each
week, daily limit may contain no more than one adult salmon,
and release wild Chinook. September 1 through October 15 from
Willoughby Creek to DNR Oxbow Campground Boat Launch, release
wild Chinook.
Hoh River South Fork (Jefferson County), outside Olympic
National Park: June 1 through April 15 season. Selective
gear rules. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Hoko River (Clallam County): From mouth to upper Hoko Bridge:
Fly fishing only September 1 through October 31. Additional
November 1 through March 15 season. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. December 1 through March 15, one wild
steelhead per day may be retained.
From upper Hoko Bridge to Ellis Creek Bridge (river mile
18.5): June 1 through March 31 season. Fly fishing only. All species: Release all fish except that up to two hatchery
steelhead per day may be retained.
Homestead Lake (Grant County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit one fish.
Hoquiam River, including all forks (Grays Harbor County):
June 1 through last day of February season. Single point
barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 1
through November 30 from mouth to bridge on Dekay Road on
mainstem and East Fork mouth to mouth of Berryman Creek. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon, except release chum, wild coho, and adult Chinook.
Horseshoe Lake (Clark/Cowlitz counties): Trout: No more than
2 trout 20 inches or greater in length may be retained. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Horseshoe Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit 1.
Horseshoe Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules
apply.
Horseshoe Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Trout except kokanee: Daily limit
five. Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee
daily limit ten.
Horsethief Lake (Klickitat County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Hourglass Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Howard Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Howell Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Hozomeen Lake (Whatcom County): July 1 through October 31
season.
Huff Lake (Pend Oreille County): Closed waters.
Humptulips River (Grays Harbor County), from mouth to Highway
101 Bridge: June 1 through March 31 season, except closed
September 1 through September 30. Night closure and
single-point barbless hooks required August 16 through
November 30. Bait prohibited October 1 through October 15. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open October
1 through January 31. October 1 through October 15, daily
limit of 6 salmon, no more than two of which may be adult
salmon. Release chum, wild coho, and adult Chinook. October
16 through January 31, daily limit of 6 salmon, not more than
two of which may be adult salmon. Release chum, wild coho,
and adult Chinook. From Highway 101 Bridge to forks: June 1
through last day in February season. Night closure and single
point barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Additional season
March 1 through March 31. Selective gear rules. All species:
Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained.
Humptulips River, East Fork (Grays Harbor County), from mouth
to concrete bridge on Forest Service Road between Humptulips
Guard Station and Grisdale: Nonbuoyant lure restriction and
night closure August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum
length fourteen inches.
Humptulips River, West Fork (Grays Harbor County), from mouth
to Donkey Creek: June 1 through last day in February season.
Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure August 16
through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Additional season March 1 through March 31. Selective gear
rules. All species: Release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Hutchinson Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season. Fishing from a floating device equipped with an
internal combustion engine prohibited.
I-82 Ponds, 1 through 7 (Yakima County): Fishing from vessels
equipped with internal combustion motors prohibited.
Icehouse Lake (Skamania County): Trout: No more than 2 trout
20 inches or greater in length may be retained.
Icicle River (Creek) (Chelan County):
From mouth to four hundred feet below Leavenworth
National Fish Hatchery rack: Closed waters. From Leavenworth
National Fish Hatchery rack upstream to Leland Creek:
Selective gear rules.
Indian Creek (tributary to Elwha River) (Clallam County), from
mouth upstream to first Highway 101 crossing: Selective gear
rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Indian Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Trout:
Eastern brook trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern
brook trout daily limit ten. Once the daily limit of trout
other than eastern brook trout has been achieved, the entire
daily limit for trout other than eastern brook trout and
eastern brook trout has been taken.
Indian Creek (Yakima County): From mouth to waterfall
approximately six miles upstream (including the portion of the
creek that flows through the dry lakebed): Closed waters. Upstream of waterfall: Eastern brook trout do not count as
part of trout daily limit. Eastern brook trout: No minimum
size and no daily limit.
Indian Heaven Wilderness Lakes (Skamania County): Trout:
Daily limit three.
Ingall's Creek (Chelan County): Mouth to Wilderness boundary:
Closed waters.
Issaquah Creek (King County): June 1 through August 31
season. Juveniles only.
Jackson Lake (Pierce County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Jameson Lake (Douglas County): Last Saturday in April through
July 4 and October 1 through October 31 seasons.
Jasmine Creek (Okanogan County): Year-round season. Juveniles only.
Jefferson Park Pond (Walla Walla County): Juveniles only.
Trout: No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in length may be
retained.
Jennings Park Pond (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Juveniles only.
Jewitt Creek (Klickitat County): Juveniles only. Trout:
Daily limit five, no minimum length.
Jimmy-Come-Lately Creek (Clallam County): June 1 through
August 31 season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Joe Creek (Grays Harbor County): Upstream from State Highway
109 Bridge to Ocean Beach Road Bridge: June 1 through
November 30 season. Single point barbless hooks required
August 16 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only September 1 through
November 30. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may
be adult salmon. Release adult Chinook, and chum.
Johns Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.
Johns River (Grays Harbor County): Mouth to Ballon Creek:
June 1 through last day in February season. Single point
barbless hooks required August 16 through November 30. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 1
through November 30. October 1 through October 15, daily
limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon, and
of the adult salmon, only 1 may be an adult wild coho.
Release chum and adult Chinook. October 16 through November
30, daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release chum, wild coho, and adult Chinook.
Ballon Creek upstream, including North and South Forks:
June 1 through September 30 and December 1 through last day in
February season. Trout: Minimum length 14 inches.
Johnson Creek (tributary to Cowlitz River) (Lewis County):
Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length ten inches.
Johnson Creek (Whatcom County), from Northern Pacific Railroad
tracks to the Lawson Street footbridge in Sumas: Juveniles
only.
Jump-Off Joe Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Kachess Lake (Reservoir) (Kittitas County): Chumming
permitted. Trout except kokanee: Daily limit two, minimum
length twelve inches. Kokanee not counted in daily trout
limit. Kokanee daily limit sixteen.
Kachess River (Kittitas County): Lawful to fish to base of
Kachess Dam. Selective gear rules. From Kachess Lake
(Reservoir) upstream to waterfall approximately one-half mile
above Mineral Creek: Closed waters.
Kalaloch Creek (Jefferson County), outside Olympic National
Park: Closed waters: Those waters within the section posted
as the Olympic National Park water supply June 1 through last
day in February season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.
Kalama River (Cowlitz County): Release wild cutthroat.
From mouth upstream to one thousand feet below fishway at
upper salmon hatchery: Year-round season except during the
period the temporary fish rack is installed. Waters from
Modrow Bridge downstream to one thousand five hundred feet
below the rack are closed waters when the rack is installed. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure April 1 through
October 31 from the mouth to the intake at the lower salmon
hatchery. Stationary gear restriction September 1 through
October 31 from mouth to the natural gas pipeline at
Mahaffey's Campground. All species: When nonbuoyant lure
restriction in effect only fish hooked inside the mouth may be
retained. Fishing from a floating device equipped with a
motor prohibited upstream of Modrow Bridge. September 1
through October 31: Fly fishing only from the pipeline
crossing to the posted deadline at the intake to the lower
salmon hatchery. All game fish: Release all fish year-round
except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open year-round. January 1 through July 31, daily
limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release wild Chinook and wild coho. August 1 through December
31, daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 4 may be adult
salmon, and of the adult salmon only 2 may be adult Chinook. Release chum, wild jack Chinook, and wild coho. October 1
through December 31, release adult Chinook upstream of natural
gas pipeline crossing.
From one thousand feet below to one thousand feet above
the fishway at upper salmon hatchery: Closed waters.
From one thousand feet above the fishway at the upper
salmon hatchery to Summers Creek: Year-round season. Fishing
from a floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
From Summers Creek upstream to the 6420 Road at about one
mile above the gate at the end of the county road: June 1
through March 31 season. Fishing from a floating device
equipped with a motor prohibited. Fly fishing only. All
species: Release all fish.
From 6420 Road to Kalama Falls: Closed waters.
Kalispell Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Last
Saturday in April through October 31 season. Selective gear
rules.
Keechelus Lake (Reservoir) (Kittitas County): Chumming
permitted. Trout except kokanee: Daily limit two, minimum
length twelve inches, additionally up to sixteen kokanee may
be retained.
Kelsey Creek (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County):
June 1 through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Kennedy Creek (Thurston County), from mouth to four hundred
feet below falls: June 1 through last day in February season.
Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure October 1
through December 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only October 1 through November 30 from mouth to
northbound Highway 101 Bridge. Barbless hooks required. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release wild coho.
Kennedy Creek Pond (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Kettle River (Stevens County):
June 1 through October 31 season. All species:
Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length 12 inches. Sturgeon: Unlawful to fish for or retain sturgeon.
Additional season: November 1 through May 31. Whitefish
gear rules apply.
Ki Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Kidney Lake (Skamania County): Last Saturday in April through
last day in February season.
Kimball Creek (near Snoqualmie) (King County): Last Saturday
in April through October 31 season. Juveniles only. Trout:
No minimum length.
Kings Lake and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Closed
waters.
Kings Lake Bog (King County): Closed waters.
Kiwanis Pond (Kittitas County): Juveniles and holders of
disability licenses only.
Klaus Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Closed waters: The inlet and outlet to
first Weyerhaeuser spur.
Klickitat River (Klickitat County):
From mouth to Fisher Hill Bridge: April 1 through
January 31 season. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night
closure May 1 through May 31. Nonbuoyant lure restriction
August 1 through January 31. Game fish: Closed December 1
through January 31. Release game fish other than steelhead
April 1 through May 31. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Steelhead and salmon: Open April 1 through May 31 on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays only; daily limit 1 hatchery
steelhead or 1 salmon. Release wild Chinook. Salmon: June 1
through January 31 daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2
may be adult salmon. Release wild Chinook June 1 through July
31.
From Fisher Hill Bridge to four hundred feet above # 5
fishway: Closed waters.
From four hundred feet above # 5 fishway to the Yakama
Indian Reservation boundary: June 1 through November 30
season, except waters from boundary markers above Klickitat
salmon hatchery to boundary markers below hatchery are closed
waters. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches. Salmon: Open
only June 1 through November 30 from 400 feet above No. 5
Fishway to boundary markers below Klickitat Salmon Hatchery. June 1 through July 31: Daily limit 6 salmon. Release adult
salmon and release wild Chinook. August 1 through November
30: Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release Chinook November 1 through November 30. Additional December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear
rules apply.
From the Yakama Indian Reservation boundary upstream to
source, including all tributaries: Closed waters.
Klineline Ponds (Clark County): Trout: No more than 2 trout
20 inches in length or greater may be retained.
Koeneman Lake (Fern Lake) (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. All
species: Release all fish.
Kress Lake (Cowlitz County): Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion motor prohibited. Trout:
No more than 2 trout 20 inches in length or greater may be
retained. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Lacamas Creek (Clark County): Lawful to fish upstream to the
base of Lacamas Lake Dam.
Lacamas Creek, tributary of Cowlitz River (Lewis County):
June 1 through last day in February season. Trout: Release
all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained
per day.
Lake Creek (Okanogan County): Mouth to Black Lake: Closed
waters. Black Lake to Three Prong Creek: Closed waters.
Langlois Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Latah (Hangman) Creek (Spokane County): Year-round season.
Leader Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Le Clerc Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Trout:
Eastern brook trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern
brook trout daily limit ten. Once the daily limit of trout
other than eastern brook trout has been achieved, the entire
daily limit for trout other than eastern brook trout and
eastern brook trout has been taken.
Ledbetter Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Ledking Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Leech Lake (White Pass area) (Yakima County): Fly fishing
only. Fishing prohibited from floating devices equipped with
motors. Trout: No more than one over 14 inches in length.
Lemna Lake (Grant County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Lenice Lake (Grant County): March 1 through November 30
season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.
Lena Lake, Lower (Jefferson County): Closed waters: Inlet
stream from mouth upstream to footbridge (about one hundred
feet).
Lenore Lake (Grant County): Closed waters: Area within two
hundred yard radius of trash rack leading to the irrigation
pumping station (south end of lake) and area approximately one
hundred yards beyond the mouth of inlet stream to State
Highway 17. March 1 through May 31 season: Selective gear
rules. All species: Release all fish. Additional season
June 1 through November 30: Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit one.
Leo Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Lewis River (Clark County), from mouth to forks: Year-round
season. Trout: Release all fish except up to two hatchery
steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open year-round. January 1 through July 31, daily limit six fish of which not
more than 2 may be adult salmon. Release sockeye, wild
Chinook, and wild coho. August 1 through December 31, daily
limit 6 hatchery coho, of which no more than 4 may be adult
hatchery coho. Sturgeon: Seasons, days of the week, daily
limits, and size limits same as in adjacent waters of mainstem
Columbia River.
Lewis River, East Fork (Clark/Skamania counties): Closed
waters: From the posted markers at the lower end of Big Eddy
to one hundred feet above Lucia Falls; from four hundred feet
below to four hundred feet above Molton Falls; from four
hundred feet below Horseshoe Falls upstream including all
tributaries above Horseshoe Falls.
Mouth to 400 feet below Horseshoe Falls: June 1 through
March 15 season. Trout: Release all trout except up to two
hatchery steelhead per day may be retained. Mouth to top boat
ramp at Lewisville Park: Additional April 16 through May 31
season. Selective gear rules. Release all fish except up to
two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Lewis River, North Fork (Clark/Skamania counties):
From mouth to Colvin Creek: Year-round season except
those waters shoreward of the cable buoy and corkline at the
mouth of the Lewis River Salmon Hatchery fish ladder are
closed waters. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure
April 1 through November 30 from Johnson Creek to Colvin
Creek. When nonbuoyant lure restriction is in effect, only
fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained. August 1
through December 15, fishing from any floating device
prohibited from Johnson Creek to Colvin Creek. Trout:
Release all fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day. Salmon: Open year-round. January 1
through July 31, daily limit six fish of which not more than 2
may be adult salmon. Release sockeye, wild Chinook and wild
coho. August 1 through December 31, daily limit 6 hatchery
coho, of which no more than 4 may be adult hatchery coho. Sturgeon: Seasons, days of the week, daily limits, and size
limits same as in waters of mainstem Columbia River adjacent
to mouth of Lewis River.
From mouth of Colvin Creek to overhead powerlines at
Merwin Dam: May 1 through September 30 and December 16
through April 30 season. August 1 through September 30,
fishing from any floating device prohibited. Nonbuoyant lure
restriction and night closure April 1 through September 30. When nonbuoyant lure restriction is in effect, only fish
hooked inside the mouth may be retained. Trout: Release all
fish except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per
day. Salmon: Open only January 1 through September 30 and
December 16 through December 31. January 1 through July 31,
daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release sockeye, wild Chinook and wild coho. August
1 through September 30 and December 16 through December 31,
daily limit 6 hatchery coho, of which no more than 4 may be
adult hatchery coho. Sturgeon: Seasons, days of the week,
daily limits, and size limits same as in waters of mainstem
Columbia River adjacent to mouth of Lewis River.
From overhead powerlines at Merwin Dam to Merwin Dam:
Closed waters.
From the cable crossing 1,300 feet below Yale Dam to Yale
Dam: Closed waters.
Within Lewis River Power Canal: From the fishing pier to
the access road at Swift Dam: Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Fishing from a floating device prohibited.
Trout: No minimum size, daily limit 5.
From Eagle Cliff Bridge to lower falls including all
tributaries: Selective gear rules. All species: Release all
fish.
Liberty Lake (Spokane County): March 1 through October 31
season.
Lilliwaup River (Mason County): Mouth to 200 feet below
falls: June 1 through August 31 season. Selective gear
rules. All species: Release all fish.
Lilly Lake (Chelan County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. July 5 through October 31, selective gear
rules, and all species: Release all fish.
Limerick Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Lincoln Pond (Clallam County): Juveniles only.
Lions Park Pond (Walla Walla County): Juveniles only. Trout:
No more than 2 trout over 13 inches in length may be retained.
Little Ash Lake (Skamania County): Trout: No more than 2
trout 20 inches in length or greater may be retained.
Little Bear Creek (tributary of Sammamish River)
(Snohomish/King counties): June 1 through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Little Hoko River (Clallam County): Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish.
Little Klickitat River (Klickitat County), within Goldendale
city limits: Last Saturday in April through October 31
season. Juveniles only. Trout: Daily limit five, no minimum
length.
Little Lost Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in
April through October 31 season.
Little Naches River (Yakima County): Selective gear rules.
Little Nisqually River (Lewis County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length ten inches.
Little Pend Oreille River (Stevens County) from the Little
Pend Oreille wildlife refuge boundary about 1 mile downstream
from the refuge headquarters office to Crystal Falls:
Selective gear rules, and all species: Release all fish
except up to five Eastern brook trout may be retained.
Little Quilcene River (Jefferson County), from mouth to the
Little Quilcene River Bridge on Penny Creek Road: All
species: Selective gear rules and release all fish. Closed
waters: Mouth to Highway 101 Bridge September 1 through
October 31.
Little Spokane River (Spokane County):
From mouth to SR 291 Bridge: Year-round season.
From SR 291 Bridge upstream to the West Branch: Last
Saturday in April through October 31 season. Additional
December 1 through March 31 season. Whitefish gear rules
apply.
Upstream from bridge at Frideger Road: Closed waters:
From the inlet to Chain Lake upstream one-quarter mile to the
railroad crossing culvert. Trout: Release kokanee taken
upstream from bridge.
Little Twin Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit one.
Little Twin Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31.
Little Wenatchee River (Chelan County): From Lake Wenatchee
to the falls below U.S. Forest Service Road 6700 Bridge at
Riverside Campground: Closed waters.
Little White Salmon River (Skamania County): Closed waters:
From the orange fishing boundary markers at Drano Lake
upstream to the intake near the Little White Salmon National
Fish Hatchery north boundary. Trout: Daily limit five. Drano Lake (waters downstream of markers on point of land
downstream and across from Little White Salmon National Fish
Hatchery): May 1 through March 31 season, except for hatchery
steelhead and Chinook season in April, and except closed
Wednesdays beginning the second Wednesday in April through May
31 and from 6 p.m. Tuesday through 6 p.m. Wednesday, October 1
through October 31. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night
closure May 1 through June 30. Nonbuoyant lure restriction
August 1 through December 31. March 16 through June 30 daily
limit of two fish, of which one or both may be hatchery
steelhead or one or both may be Chinook salmon. Release wild
Chinook. Trout and salmon: May 1 through June 30 release all
fish except hatchery steelhead and Chinook salmon. Trout:
July 1 through March 15 release all fish except up to two
hatchery steelhead may be retained per day. Salmon: Open
only August 1 through December 31. Daily limit six fish of
which no more than two may be adult salmon. Release wild coho
and wild jack Chinook.
Lone Lake (Island County): Selective gear rules. Trout:
Daily limit one, minimum length 18 inches.
Long Lake (Ferry County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Fly fishing only. Unlawful to fish from
floating devices equipped with motors.
Long Lake (Okanogan County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Long Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Long's Pond (Thurston County): Juveniles only.
Loomis Lake (Pacific County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Loomis Pond (Grays Harbor County): Closed waters.
Loon Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season. Trout except kokanee: Daily limit five,
except no more than two over twenty inches in length may be
retained. Kokanee not counted in daily trout limit. Kokanee
daily limit ten.
Lost Lake (Kittitas County): Trout: Not more than 1 fish
over 14 inches in length.
Lost Lake (Okanogan County): Unlawful to fish from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion engine.
Lost River (Okanogan County):
From mouth to mouth of Monument Creek: Closed waters.
From mouth of Monument Creek to outlet of Cougar Lake:
Selective gear rules. Trout: Legal to retain Dolly
Varden/Bull Trout as part of trout daily limit. Dolly
Varden/Bull Trout daily limit two, minimum length fourteen
inches.
Love Lake (Clark County): Closed waters.
Lucky Duck Pond (Stevens County): Juveniles only.
Ludlow Lake (Jefferson County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Lyle Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
Lyre River (Clallam County):
From mouth to falls near river mile 3: June 1 through
last day in February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
From falls to source: Selective gear rules. All
species: Release all fish.
Mad River (Chelan County), from mouth upstream to Jimmy Creek:
Closed waters.
Maggie Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
November 30 season. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Margaret Lake (King County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Marshal Lake (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Martha Lake (Grant County): March 1 through July 31 season.
Martha Lake (Snohomish County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Mashel River (Pierce County): July 1 through October 31
season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all fish
except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Mattoon Lake (Kittitas County): Fishing from a floating
device equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.
May Creek (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County): June
1 through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Mayfield Lake (Reservoir) (Lewis County): Mayfield Dam to 400
feet below Mossyrock Dam: Closed waters: Tacoma Power safety
signs at Onion Rock Bridge to Mossyrock Dam. Trout and
salmon: Minimum length eight inches. Trout: Release
cutthroat. Release rainbow trout except rainbow trout with a
clipped adipose fin and a healed scar at the site of the
clipped fin. Salmon: Open only September 1 through December
31. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult
salmon. Release wild coho.
McAllister Creek (Thurston County): Nonbuoyant lure
restriction and night closure August 1 through November 30. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon: Open only
July 1 through November 30 from mouth to Olympia - Steilacoom
Road Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish of which no more than 2 may
be adult salmon.
McCabe Pond (Kittitas County): Fishing from any floating
device prohibited. All species: Five fish daily limit for
all species combined.
McDonald Creek (Clallam County): Trout: Minimum length
fourteen inches.
McDowell Lake (Stevens County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Fly fishing only. Fishing from a
floating device equipped with a motor prohibited. All
species: Release all fish.
McIntosh Lake (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
McLane Creek (Thurston County): Nonbuoyant lure restriction
and night closure August 1 through October 31. Trout:
Minimum length fourteen inches.
McLane Creek Ponds (Thurston County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
McManaman Lake (Adams County): April 1 through September 30
season.
McMurray Lake (Skagit County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31. Salmon: Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Medical Lake (Spokane County): March 1 through October 31
season. Selective gear rules except fishing from a floating
device equipped with a motor prohibited. Trout: Daily limit
two, minimum length fourteen inches.
Medical Lake, West (Spokane County): Last Saturday in April
through September 30 season.
Melaney Creek (Mason County): Closed waters.
Melbourne Lake (Mason County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Mercer Creek (Kittitas County), that portion within Ellensburg
city limits: Juveniles only. Trout: Daily limit five, no
minimum length.
Mercer Slough (tributary of Lake Washington) (King County):
June 1 through August 31 season. Juveniles only.
Merrill Lake (Cowlitz County): Fly fishing only. Unlawful to
fish from a floating device equipped with an internal
combustion engine. Trout: Daily limit two, maximum length
twelve inches.
Merritt Lake (Chelan County): Trout: Daily limit sixteen.
Merry Lake (Grant County): March 1 through November 30
season. Selective gear rules. Trout: Daily limit one.
Merwin Lake (Reservoir) (Clark/Cowlitz County): Salmon:
Landlocked salmon rules apply.
Methow River (Okanogan County):
Mouth to County Road 1535 (Burma Road) Bridge: Closed
waters June 1 through October 31. County Road 1535 (Burma
Road) Bridge to Foghorn Dam: June 1 through September 30
season: Selective gear rules. All species: Release all
fish. Foghorn Dam to Weeman Bridge: June 1 through August 15
season. Selective gear rules. All species: Release all
fish. Upstream from Weeman Bridge to the falls above Brush
Creek: Closed waters June 1 through October 31. Additional
season Gold Creek to falls above Brush Creek: December 1
through March 31. Whitefish gear rules apply.
Methow River tributaries not otherwise provided for:
Selective gear rules. Trout: Maximum length twenty inches.
Middle Nemah Pond (Pacific County): June 1 through October 31
season.
Mill Creek (Chelan County): Closed waters.
Mill Creek (Cowlitz County): June 1 through August 31 and
November 1 through March 15 seasons. Trout: Release all fish
except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
Mill Creek (Lewis County): Additional season December 1
through December 31, mouth to hatchery road crossing culvert. Nonbuoyant lure restriction and night closure. All species:
Release all fish except that up to two hatchery steelhead with
intact ventral fins may be retained per day.
Mill Creek (Mason County): Trout: Minimum length fourteen
inches.
Mill Creek and tributaries (Pend Oreille County): Trout:
Eastern brook trout not counted in daily trout limit. Eastern
brook trout daily limit ten. Once the daily limit of trout
other than eastern brook trout has been achieved, the entire
daily limit for trout other than eastern brook trout and
eastern brook trout has been taken.
Mill Creek (Walla Walla County):
From mouth to Gose St. Bridge: June 1 through March 31
season. All species: Barbless hooks required and release all
fish except hatchery steelhead September 1 through March 31. Trout: Daily limit three hatchery steelhead.
From Gose St. Bridge to Roosevelt St. Bridge, within city
limits of Walla Walla: Closed waters.
From Roosevelt St. Bridge upstream, including all
tributaries: All tributaries: Closed waters. Selective gear
rules. Trout: Maximum length twenty inches.
Mill Creek Pond (Grays Harbor County): Juveniles only.
Mill Pond (Auburn) (King County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season. Juveniles only except open to all
ages during Free Fishing Weekend (as defined in WAC 220-56-160).
Mill Pond (Pend Oreille County): Last Saturday in April
through October 31 season.
Mineral Creek (tributary to upper Kachess River) (Kittitas
County), from mouth to Wilderness Boundary: Closed waters.
Mineral Creek (tributary to Nisqually River), and Mineral
Creek, North Fork (Lewis County): Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length twelve inches.
Mineral Lake (Lewis County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Minter Creek (Pierce/Kitsap counties): Closed waters: Area
from department intake dam downstream to mouth June 1 through
October 31. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches. Salmon:
Open only November 1 through December 31 from mouth to 50 feet
downstream of the hatchery rack. Daily limit 4 chum.
Mirror Lake (Grant County): Last Saturday in April through
September 30 season.
Mission Lake (Kitsap County): Last Saturday in April through
October 31 season.
Moclips River (Grays Harbor County), from mouth to the
Quinault Indian Reservation: June 1 through last day in
February season. Trout: Minimum length fourteen inches.
Molson Lake (Okanogan County): Fishing from a floating device
equipped with an internal combustion engine prohibited.
Monte Christo Lake (Snohomish County): June 1 through October
31 season. Selective gear rules.
Mooses Pond (Pacific County): June 1 through October 31
season.
Moran Slough (including inlet and outlet streams) (Grant
County): Closed waters.