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Fishing regulations in Washington can change throughout the year. Make sure to check this page before fishing for the most up to date rules and regulations for the current season. Local regulations govern when you can fish, the max size of the fish you can keep, how many fish you can keep, and more.
Regulations for top species
Rainbow trout
The maximum number of individual fish legally harvested per harvester per day. Bag limits are only for properly licensed anglers actively harvesting the species. People who are not actively harvesting or are not properly licensed (if a license is required) may NOT be counted for the purpose of bag limits.
No person shall harvest any individual fish less than the minimum size limit.
Total length means the straight line distance from the most forward point of the head with the mouth closed, to the farthest tip of the tail with the tail compressed or squeezed, while the fish is lying on its side.
The maximum number of individual fish across an aggregate group of species legally harvested per harvester per day.
WA Non-game and Food Fish
You may not harvest in freshwater any fish not classified as a Food Fish or Game Fish except for Northern pike.
WA Snagging
You may not snag or attempt to snag fish. It is unlawful to possess a fish taken from freshwater that was not hooked inside the mouth or on the head. The head is defined as any portion forward of the rear margin of the gill plate.
WA Use of Drugs, Explosives or Poisons
You may not use drugs, explosives, or poison that may kill or injure fish and wildlife.
WA Crossbow
You may not use a crossbow to harvest fish or shellfish.
WA Sale or Barter
You may not offer any recreationally-caught fish or shellfish for sale or barter.
WA Possession and Fishing Rules
You may not fish for or harvest fish or shellfish in an area with catch in your possession that does not meet the rules of that area. However, you may pass through such an area without stopping to fish. Also, you may catch fish in one area and land them at a port in a different area even if that different area is closed or has different rules, with the exception of landing halibut in a closed area, or landing bottom fish caught in Oregon.
WA Harvesting another Person's Limit
You may not harvest any part of another person's daily limit, except for persons who possess a Designated Harvester Companion Card unless otherwise specified.
WA Bait
You may not chum (broadcast feed) to attract Game Fish unless authorized by Special Rules. You many not use salmon, herring, or halibut for anything other than human consumption or fishing bait. It is unlawful to possess or use live aquatic animals as bait, except: (1) Live aquatic animals (other than fish) collected from the water being fished; (2) Live sand shrimp; (3) Live forage fish in the Columbia River (downstream of Rocky Point/Tongue Point).
WA Transport of Live Fish
You may not transport live fish or relocate shellfish or shells into state waters without a permit.
WA Use of a Net
You may not use a net, except when using a dip net to land legally-hooked fish, a forage fish dip net to harvest forage fish.
WA Use of Chemicals
You may not use any type of chemical irritant to harvest fish, or shellfish unless a special exception has been made by the Director.
WA Bow and Arrow, Spear and Spearfishing
You may not fish for Game Fish, salmon, sturgeon, shad, octopus, crab, or other shellfish with bow and arrow, spear, or spearfishing gear unless authorized by Special Rules.
WA Gaff Hooks
You may not use a gaff hook, except to land lingcod (in Marine Areas 1-3 and 4 West of Bonilla-Tatoosh line), halibut, tuna, or dogfish shark that will be retained.
WA Season for Fishing Rivers Streams and Beaver Ponds
Rivers, streams and beaver ponds are open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31. Beaver ponds located within or connected to streams listed as open to trout and other game fish follow the same rules as the stream. Lakes, ponds, and reservoirs are open to fishing for game fish (except Dolly Varden/bull trout and grass carp) year-round.
WA Hook and Line Angling
Hook and line angling only. Barbed or barbless hooks may be used, and a hook may be single- point, double, or treble, but not more than one line with up to three hooks per angler may be used.
WA Cooperation with Data Collection
You must cooperate with data collection or other sampling of fish, shellfish or seaweed upon request of Department of Fish and Wildlife personnel. This includes relinquishing any part of a salmon, steelhead, or other species of fish containing coded-wire tags.
The combined daily limit for an angler that fishes in both rivers and lakes on the same day is 5 trout, no more than 2 may be from rivers.
Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Golden Trout, Tiger Trout, and Grayling:
- In rivers, streams, and beaver ponds: Min. size 8". Daily limit 2.
- In lakes, ponds, and reservoirs: No min. size.Daily limit 5.
When fishing with bait, all trout that are lawful to possess and are equal to or greater than the minimum size are counted as part of the daily limit whether kept or released.
For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations
BEAR CREEK
(Bogachiel Tributary)
- All species
- Bait prohibited. Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
(Sol Duc Tributary)
- All species
- Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed. Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BEAVER CREEK
from mouth upstream to Beaver Falls
- All species
- Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed. Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BIG RIVER
outside Olympic National Park CRC (386)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Jan. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Jan. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BIG RIVER TRIBUTARIES
outside Olympic National Park
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BOGACHIEL RIVER
from mouth to Hwy. 101 Bridge CRC (398)
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Only 1 singlepoint barbless hook allowed.
- Feb. 16-Apr. 30
- Bait prohibited.
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout. Cutthroat trout min. size 14".
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Mar. 1-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Nov. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- July 1-Aug. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 4 including no more than 2 adults. Release wild adult Chinook and wild adult coho.
- Sept. 1-Sept. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 3. Up to 2 adults including no more than 1 wild Chinook may be retained. Release wild adult coho and sockeye.
- Sept. 16-Dec. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 3. Up to 2 adults including no more than 1 wild Chinook may be retained. Release sockeye.
from Hwy. 101 Bridge to Olympic National Park boundary CRC (398)
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Only 1 singlepoint barbless hook allowed. Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout. Cutthroat trout min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CALAWAH RIVER
from mouth to Hwy. 101 Bridge CRC (400)
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Only 1 singlepoint barbless hook allowed.
- Feb. 16-Apr. 30
- Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout. Cutthroat trout min. size 14".
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Mar. 1-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Nov. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- July 1-Aug. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 4. Up to 2 adults including no more than 1 wild Chinook may be retained. Release wild adult Chinook and wild adult coho.
- Sept. 1-Sept. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 3. Up to 2 adults including no more than 1 wild Chinook may be retained. Release wild adult coho and sockeye.
- Sept. 16-Dec. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 3. Up to 2 adults including no more than 1 wild Chinook may be retained. Release sockeye.
from Hwy. 101 Bridge to forks CRC (400)
- All species
- Bait prohibited. Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout. Cutthroat trout min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CALAWAH RIVER, NORTH FORK
CRC (400)
- All species
- Bait prohibited. Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout. Cutthroat trout min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CALAWAH RIVER, SOUTH FORK
from mouth to Olympic National Park boundary CRC (400)
- All species
- Bait prohibited. Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout. Cutthroat trout min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CLALLAM RIVER
CRC (718)
- All species
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
- Nov. 1-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
- Nov. 1-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
DEEP CREEK
CRC (726)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Dec. 1-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Dec. 1-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
DICKEY RIVER
from Olympic National Park boundary upstream to the confluence of the east and west forks CRC (402)
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Only 1 singlepoint barbless hook allowed.
- Feb. 16-Apr. 30
- Bait prohibited.
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout. Cutthroat trout min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- July 1-Aug. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 4 including no more than 2 adults. Release wild adult Chinook and wild adult coho.
- Sept. 1-Sept. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 3 including no more than 1 adult. Release wild adult coho and sockeye.
- Sept. 16-Dec. 15
- Daily limit 3 including no more than 1 adult. Release sockeye.
DICKEY RIVER, EAST FORK AND WEST FORK
CRC (402)
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Only 1 singlepoint barbless hook allowed. Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout. Cutthroat trout min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
DUNGENESS RIVER
from mouth to Gray Wolf River at Dungeness Forks Campground CRC (738)
- Trout
- Oct. 16-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Oct. 16-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Oct. 16-Nov. 30
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 4. Release all salmon other than hatchery coho.
EAST TWIN RIVER
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release. Selective gear rules.
GRAY WOLF RIVER
from mouth to bridge at river mile 1
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from bridge at river mile 1 upstream
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HOKO RIVER
from mouth to 100' downstream of the hatchery ladder CRC (752)
- All species
- Sept. 1-Oct. 31
- Fly fishing only.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from 100' below hatchery fish ladder to hatchery fish ladder
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from hatchery fish ladder to cement bridge on Lake Ozette Hwy. (upper Hoko Bridge) CRC (752)
- All species
- Sept. 1-Oct. 31
- Fly fishing only.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from upper Hoko Bridge to Ellis Creek Bridge (river mile 18.5) CRC (752)
- All species
- Fly fishing only.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
JIMMYCOMELATELY CREEK
from mouth to confluence with East Fork
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LITTLE HOKO RIVER
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LYRE RIVER
from mouth to falls near river mile 3 CRC (768)
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from falls near river mile 3 to Olympic National Park boundary
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
MCDONALD CREEK
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
MORSE CREEK
from mouth to Port Angeles Dam CRC (782)
- Trout
- Dec. 1-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Dec. 1-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
OZETTE LAKE TRIBUTARIES
Ozette Lake tributaries and their tributaries except Big River (Clallam County): Outside of Olympic National Park
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PEABODY CREEK
outside of Olympic National Park
- All species
- Open for juvenile anglers, senior anglers and anglers with a disability who possess a designated harvester companion card only.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PYSHT RIVER
CRC (810)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Nov. 1-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
QUILLAYUTE RIVER
from Olympic National Park boundary upstream to confluence of Sol Duc and Bogachiel rivers CRC (404)
- All species
- Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Sept. 4-Oct. 17
- Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Also closed September 27, October 4, and October 11.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout. Cutthroat trout min. size 14".
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Mar. 1-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Nov. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Feb. 1-Aug. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 4 including no more than 2 adults. Release wild adult Chinook, wild adult coho and sockeye.
- Sept. 1-Sept. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 4 adults including no more than 1 wild Chinook may be retained. Release wild adult coho and sockeye.
- Sept. 16-Dec. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 4 adults including no more than 1 wild Chinook and no more than 1 wild coho may be retained. Release sockeye.
SALT CREEK
from mouth to bridge on Hwy. 112 CRC (814)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SEKIU RIVER
from mouth to forks CRC (818)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SIEBERT CREEK
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SITKUM RIVER
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Bait prohibited. Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout. Cutthroat trout min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SOL DUC RIVER
from mouth to concrete pump station at Sol Duc Hatchery CRC (406)
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Only 1 singlepoint barbless hook allowed.
- Feb. 16-Apr. 30
- Bait prohibited.
- July 16-Aug. 31
- Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Feb. 1-Aug. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 4 including no more than 2 adults. Release wild adult Chinook, wild adult coho and sockeye.
- Sept. 1-Sept. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 4 adults including no more than 1 wild Chinook. Release wild adult coho and sockeye.
- Sept. 16-Dec. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 4 adults including no more than 1 wild Chinook and no more than 1 wild coho may be retained. Release sockeye.
from concrete pump station at Sol Duc hatchery to Hwy. 101 Bridge upstream of Klahowya campground CRC (406)
- All species
- Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed. Internal combustion motors prohibited. Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Hwy. 101 Bridge upstream of Klahowya campground to Olympic National Park boundary CRC (406)
- All species
- Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed. Internal combustion motors prohibited. Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SOL DUC RIVER TRIBUTARIES
all tributaries unless otherwise listed CRC (406)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SOOES RIVER
"(Tsoo-Yess River) outside of Makah Indian Reservation CRC (418)"
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
THUNDER CREEK
from mouth to D2400 Rd.
- All species
- Bait prohibited. Internal combustion motors prohibited. Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from D2400 Rd. upstream
- All species
- Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed. Internal combustion motors prohibited. Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
VALLEY CREEK
- All species
- Open for juvenile anglers, senior anglers and anglers with a disability who possess a designated harvester companion card only.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WEST TWIN RIVER
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
BEAVER LAKE
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed. Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BOGACHIEL HATCHERY SOUTH POND
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
DICKEY LAKE
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ELK LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Kokanee
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 15
- Release all kokanee.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 15
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LINCOLN POND
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed. Open for juvenile anglers, senior anglers and anglers with a disability who possess a designated harvester companion card only.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PLEASANT, LAKE
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed.
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- Min. size 8". Max. size 18". Daily limit 5.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14' may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SUTHERLAND LAKE
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed.
- Kokanee
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 8". Max. size 18". Daily limit 5.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
THUNDER LAKE
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ELWHA RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES
Elwha River and all tributaries CRC (742)
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
SALMON CREEK AND ALL FORKS
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
Chinook salmon
The maximum number of individual fish legally harvested per harvester per day. Bag limits are only for properly licensed anglers actively harvesting the species. People who are not actively harvesting or are not properly licensed (if a license is required) may NOT be counted for the purpose of bag limits.
WA Non-game and Food Fish
You may not harvest in freshwater any fish not classified as a Food Fish or Game Fish except for Northern pike.
WA Snagging
You may not snag or attempt to snag fish. It is unlawful to possess a fish taken from freshwater that was not hooked inside the mouth or on the head. The head is defined as any portion forward of the rear margin of the gill plate.
WA Use of Drugs, Explosives or Poisons
You may not use drugs, explosives, or poison that may kill or injure fish and wildlife.
WA Crossbow
You may not use a crossbow to harvest fish or shellfish.
WA Sale or Barter
You may not offer any recreationally-caught fish or shellfish for sale or barter.
WA Possession and Fishing Rules
You may not fish for or harvest fish or shellfish in an area with catch in your possession that does not meet the rules of that area. However, you may pass through such an area without stopping to fish. Also, you may catch fish in one area and land them at a port in a different area even if that different area is closed or has different rules, with the exception of landing halibut in a closed area, or landing bottom fish caught in Oregon.
WA Harvesting another Person's Limit
You may not harvest any part of another person's daily limit, except for persons who possess a Designated Harvester Companion Card unless otherwise specified.
WA Bait
You may not chum (broadcast feed) to attract Game Fish unless authorized by Special Rules. You many not use salmon, herring, or halibut for anything other than human consumption or fishing bait. It is unlawful to possess or use live aquatic animals as bait, except: (1) Live aquatic animals (other than fish) collected from the water being fished; (2) Live sand shrimp; (3) Live forage fish in the Columbia River (downstream of Rocky Point/Tongue Point).
WA Transport of Live Fish
You may not transport live fish or relocate shellfish or shells into state waters without a permit.
WA Use of a Net
You may not use a net, except when using a dip net to land legally-hooked fish, a forage fish dip net to harvest forage fish.
WA Use of Chemicals
You may not use any type of chemical irritant to harvest fish, or shellfish unless a special exception has been made by the Director.
WA Bow and Arrow, Spear and Spearfishing
You may not fish for Game Fish, salmon, sturgeon, shad, octopus, crab, or other shellfish with bow and arrow, spear, or spearfishing gear unless authorized by Special Rules.
WA Gaff Hooks
You may not use a gaff hook, except to land lingcod (in Marine Areas 1-3 and 4 West of Bonilla-Tatoosh line), halibut, tuna, or dogfish shark that will be retained.
WA Season for Fishing Rivers Streams and Beaver Ponds
Rivers, streams and beaver ponds are open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31. Beaver ponds located within or connected to streams listed as open to trout and other game fish follow the same rules as the stream. Lakes, ponds, and reservoirs are open to fishing for game fish (except Dolly Varden/bull trout and grass carp) year-round.
WA Hook and Line Angling
Hook and line angling only. Barbed or barbless hooks may be used, and a hook may be single- point, double, or treble, but not more than one line with up to three hooks per angler may be used.
WA Cooperation with Data Collection
You must cooperate with data collection or other sampling of fish, shellfish or seaweed upon request of Department of Fish and Wildlife personnel. This includes relinquishing any part of a salmon, steelhead, or other species of fish containing coded-wire tags.
See special areas for limits.
For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations
Anglers may not continue to fish for salmon after the adult portion of the daily limit has been retained.
Possession limit — 2 daily limits in fresh form. An additional 40 pounds of salmon may be possessed in frozen or processed form. Atlantic salmon may be retained during any open trout or salmon fishery. There is no size limit or daily limit for Atlantic salmon.
For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations
It is unlawful to totally remove a salmon, steelhead, Dolly Varden/bull trout from the water if it is unlawful to retain or if the angler subsequently releases the fish, except within the Columbia River downstream from a line between Rocky Point and Tongue Point.
For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations
You must fill out your Catch Record Card immediately upon retaining salmon, steelhead, halibut, or sturgeon and return your Catch Record Card when you are done fishing or by the date printed on your card, even if nothing was caught.
For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations
You may not land both a Canadian and a Washington limit of salmon on the same day (one or the other, but not both).
For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations
You may not remove eggs from a salmon to use or preserve them for bait without retaining the carcass from which the eggs were removed or possess sturgeon eggs in the field without having retained the intact carcass of the fish from which the eggs were removed.
For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations
BEAR CREEK
(Bogachiel Tributary)
- All species
- Bait prohibited. Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
(Sol Duc Tributary)
- All species
- Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed. Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BEAVER CREEK
from mouth upstream to Beaver Falls
- All species
- Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed. Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BIG RIVER
outside Olympic National Park CRC (386)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Jan. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Jan. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BIG RIVER TRIBUTARIES
outside Olympic National Park
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BOGACHIEL RIVER
from mouth to Hwy. 101 Bridge CRC (398)
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Only 1 singlepoint barbless hook allowed.
- Feb. 16-Apr. 30
- Bait prohibited.
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout. Cutthroat trout min. size 14".
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Mar. 1-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Nov. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- July 1-Aug. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 4 including no more than 2 adults. Release wild adult Chinook and wild adult coho.
- Sept. 1-Sept. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 3. Up to 2 adults including no more than 1 wild Chinook may be retained. Release wild adult coho and sockeye.
- Sept. 16-Dec. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 3. Up to 2 adults including no more than 1 wild Chinook may be retained. Release sockeye.
from Hwy. 101 Bridge to Olympic National Park boundary CRC (398)
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Only 1 singlepoint barbless hook allowed. Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout. Cutthroat trout min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CALAWAH RIVER
from mouth to Hwy. 101 Bridge CRC (400)
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Only 1 singlepoint barbless hook allowed.
- Feb. 16-Apr. 30
- Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout. Cutthroat trout min. size 14".
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Mar. 1-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Nov. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- July 1-Aug. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 4. Up to 2 adults including no more than 1 wild Chinook may be retained. Release wild adult Chinook and wild adult coho.
- Sept. 1-Sept. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 3. Up to 2 adults including no more than 1 wild Chinook may be retained. Release wild adult coho and sockeye.
- Sept. 16-Dec. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 3. Up to 2 adults including no more than 1 wild Chinook may be retained. Release sockeye.
from Hwy. 101 Bridge to forks CRC (400)
- All species
- Bait prohibited. Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout. Cutthroat trout min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CALAWAH RIVER, NORTH FORK
CRC (400)
- All species
- Bait prohibited. Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout. Cutthroat trout min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CALAWAH RIVER, SOUTH FORK
from mouth to Olympic National Park boundary CRC (400)
- All species
- Bait prohibited. Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout. Cutthroat trout min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CLALLAM RIVER
CRC (718)
- All species
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
- Nov. 1-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
- Nov. 1-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
DEEP CREEK
CRC (726)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Dec. 1-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Dec. 1-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
DICKEY RIVER
from Olympic National Park boundary upstream to the confluence of the east and west forks CRC (402)
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Only 1 singlepoint barbless hook allowed.
- Feb. 16-Apr. 30
- Bait prohibited.
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout. Cutthroat trout min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- July 1-Aug. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 4 including no more than 2 adults. Release wild adult Chinook and wild adult coho.
- Sept. 1-Sept. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 3 including no more than 1 adult. Release wild adult coho and sockeye.
- Sept. 16-Dec. 15
- Daily limit 3 including no more than 1 adult. Release sockeye.
DICKEY RIVER, EAST FORK AND WEST FORK
CRC (402)
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Only 1 singlepoint barbless hook allowed. Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout. Cutthroat trout min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
DUNGENESS RIVER
from mouth to Gray Wolf River at Dungeness Forks Campground CRC (738)
- Trout
- Oct. 16-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Oct. 16-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Oct. 16-Nov. 30
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 4. Release all salmon other than hatchery coho.
EAST TWIN RIVER
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release. Selective gear rules.
GRAY WOLF RIVER
from mouth to bridge at river mile 1
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from bridge at river mile 1 upstream
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HOKO RIVER
from mouth to 100' downstream of the hatchery ladder CRC (752)
- All species
- Sept. 1-Oct. 31
- Fly fishing only.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from 100' below hatchery fish ladder to hatchery fish ladder
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from hatchery fish ladder to cement bridge on Lake Ozette Hwy. (upper Hoko Bridge) CRC (752)
- All species
- Sept. 1-Oct. 31
- Fly fishing only.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from upper Hoko Bridge to Ellis Creek Bridge (river mile 18.5) CRC (752)
- All species
- Fly fishing only.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
JIMMYCOMELATELY CREEK
from mouth to confluence with East Fork
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LITTLE HOKO RIVER
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LYRE RIVER
from mouth to falls near river mile 3 CRC (768)
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from falls near river mile 3 to Olympic National Park boundary
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
MCDONALD CREEK
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
MORSE CREEK
from mouth to Port Angeles Dam CRC (782)
- Trout
- Dec. 1-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Dec. 1-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
OZETTE LAKE TRIBUTARIES
Ozette Lake tributaries and their tributaries except Big River (Clallam County): Outside of Olympic National Park
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PEABODY CREEK
outside of Olympic National Park
- All species
- Open for juvenile anglers, senior anglers and anglers with a disability who possess a designated harvester companion card only.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PYSHT RIVER
CRC (810)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Nov. 1-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
QUILLAYUTE RIVER
from Olympic National Park boundary upstream to confluence of Sol Duc and Bogachiel rivers CRC (404)
- All species
- Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Sept. 4-Oct. 17
- Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Also closed September 27, October 4, and October 11.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout. Cutthroat trout min. size 14".
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Mar. 1-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Nov. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Feb. 1-Aug. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 4 including no more than 2 adults. Release wild adult Chinook, wild adult coho and sockeye.
- Sept. 1-Sept. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 4 adults including no more than 1 wild Chinook may be retained. Release wild adult coho and sockeye.
- Sept. 16-Dec. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 4 adults including no more than 1 wild Chinook and no more than 1 wild coho may be retained. Release sockeye.
SALT CREEK
from mouth to bridge on Hwy. 112 CRC (814)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SEKIU RIVER
from mouth to forks CRC (818)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SIEBERT CREEK
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SITKUM RIVER
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Bait prohibited. Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release wild rainbow trout. Cutthroat trout min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SOL DUC RIVER
from mouth to concrete pump station at Sol Duc Hatchery CRC (406)
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Only 1 singlepoint barbless hook allowed.
- Feb. 16-Apr. 30
- Bait prohibited.
- July 16-Aug. 31
- Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Feb. 1-Aug. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 4 including no more than 2 adults. Release wild adult Chinook, wild adult coho and sockeye.
- Sept. 1-Sept. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 4 adults including no more than 1 wild Chinook. Release wild adult coho and sockeye.
- Sept. 16-Dec. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 4 adults including no more than 1 wild Chinook and no more than 1 wild coho may be retained. Release sockeye.
from concrete pump station at Sol Duc hatchery to Hwy. 101 Bridge upstream of Klahowya campground CRC (406)
- All species
- Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed. Internal combustion motors prohibited. Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Hwy. 101 Bridge upstream of Klahowya campground to Olympic National Park boundary CRC (406)
- All species
- Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed. Internal combustion motors prohibited. Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SOL DUC RIVER TRIBUTARIES
all tributaries unless otherwise listed CRC (406)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SOOES RIVER
"(Tsoo-Yess River) outside of Makah Indian Reservation CRC (418)"
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
THUNDER CREEK
from mouth to D2400 Rd.
- All species
- Bait prohibited. Internal combustion motors prohibited. Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from D2400 Rd. upstream
- All species
- Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed. Internal combustion motors prohibited. Bait prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
VALLEY CREEK
- All species
- Open for juvenile anglers, senior anglers and anglers with a disability who possess a designated harvester companion card only.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WEST TWIN RIVER
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
BEAVER LAKE
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed. Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BOGACHIEL HATCHERY SOUTH POND
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
DICKEY LAKE
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ELK LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Kokanee
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 15
- Release all kokanee.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 15
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LINCOLN POND
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed. Open for juvenile anglers, senior anglers and anglers with a disability who possess a designated harvester companion card only.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PLEASANT, LAKE
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed.
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- Min. size 8". Max. size 18". Daily limit 5.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14' may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SUTHERLAND LAKE
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed.
- Kokanee
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 8". Max. size 18". Daily limit 5.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
THUNDER LAKE
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ELWHA RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES
Elwha River and all tributaries CRC (742)
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
SALMON CREEK AND ALL FORKS
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
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