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Wanapum Lake

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Wanapum Lake is a lake located in Grant County, Washington, United States. It is also intersecting with Chelan County, Washington. It is most popular for fishing Smallmouth bass, Northern pikeminnow, and Chinook salmon.

Location

47°06′26.7″N 120°01′10.2″W
Directions

Official website

waparks.org

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Fishing regulations at Wanapum Lake, WA

Disclaimer: Always check local fishing regulations, water access rights and land ownership before fishing, regardless of any catches logged in that area by the Fishbrain community. Fishbrain has mapped millions of acres of government-owned land across the USA to help you identify potential fishing access, but you are responsible for ensuring compliance with all legal requirements.

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.

Below you will see fishing regulations for catching Smallmouth bass as of April 1st, 2026. To view regulations for a different fish species, please click on your preferred species in the drop-down.

Smallmouth bass

Seasons

Open

Bag limit

10

Memorable

1 > 14

Measurement

Total Length

No min. size in lakes, ponds, and reservoirs. Only 1 smallmouth bass over 14" may be retained. Daily limit 10. No size restriction/daily limit in rivers, streams, and beaver ponds.

For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations

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DELANEY SPRING CREEK

  • All game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.

FRENCHMAN HILLS WASTEWAYS AND DRAINS

  • All game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.

GRANT AND ADAMS COUNTIES

all inlets and outlets of lakes, ponds, and reservoirs and all irrigation canals, wasteways, and drains in Grant and Adams counties except for Crab Creek, Rocky Ford Creek and Ponds, Columbia Basin Hatchery Creek, Bobcat Creek, Coyote Creek, Frenchman Hills Wasteway and Drains, Hays Creek, Red Rock Creek, Sand Hollow Creek, Lenore Lake inlet and outlet, and Nunnally Lake outlet.

  • All game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide rules for lakes, ponds, and reservoirs apply for all species.

NUNNALLY LAKE OUTLET

Outlet stream of Nunnally Lake

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

RED ROCK CREEK

  • All game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

ROCKY FORD CREEK AND PONDS

  • All species
  • No wading. Fly fishing only. Bank fishing only.
  • All game fish
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.

SAND HOLLOW CREEK

from SR 243 upstream and all tributaries

  • All game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

BEDA LAKE

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

BLUE LAKE

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

BURKE LAKE

  • All game fish
  • Mar. 1-Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

CALICHE LAKE, UPPER

  • All game fish
  • Mar. 1-Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

CASCADE LAKE

  • All game fish
  • Mar. 1-Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

CATTAIL LAKE

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

CLIFF LAKE

  • All game fish
  • Mar. 1-Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

COOT LAKE

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

CRYSTAL LAKE

  • All game fish
  • Mar. 1-Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

CUP LAKE

  • All game fish
  • Mar. 1-Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

DEEP LAKE

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

DRY FALLS LAKE

  • All species
  • Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
  • Trout
  • Mar. 1-Nov. 30
  • Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
  • Other game fish
  • Mar. 1-Nov. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

DUNE LAKE

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

DUSTY LAKE

  • All species
  • Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
  • Trout
  • Mar. 1-Nov. 30
  • Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
  • Other game fish
  • Mar. 1-Nov. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

EPHRATA LAKE

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

GADWALL LAKE

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

GOOSE LAKE, LOWER

  • Bluegill
  • Year-round
  • No min. size. No daily limit. Up to 5 over 6" may be retained.
  • Crappie
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 9". Daily limit 10.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

HAMPTON LAKES

(Lower and Upper)

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

HARRIS LAKE

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

HEN LAKE

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

HOMESTEAD LAKE

  • All species
  • Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

HOURGLASS LAKE

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

LEMNA LAKE

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

LENICE LAKE

  • All species
  • Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
  • Trout
  • Mar. 1-Nov. 30
  • Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
  • Other game fish
  • Mar. 1-Nov. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

LENORE LAKE

  • All species
  • Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
  • Trout
  • Mar. 1-Nov. 30
  • Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
  • Other game fish
  • Mar. 1-Nov. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

an area within a 200-yard radius of trash rack leading to the irrigation pumping station (south end of the lake)

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

an area approx. 100 yards beyond the mouth of inlet stream to State Hwy. 17

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

MARTHA LAKE

  • All game fish
  • Mar. 1-Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

MERRY LAKE

  • All species
  • Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
  • Trout
  • Mar. 1-Nov. 30
  • Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
  • Other game fish
  • Mar. 1-Nov. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

MOSES LAKE

  • Bluegill
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 8". Daily limit 5.
  • Crappie
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 9". Daily limit 10.
  • Yellow perch
  • Year-round
  • No min. size. Daily limit 25.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

NORTH POTHOLES RESERVE PONDS

those ponds or portions of ponds lying within the North Potholes Reserve

  • All game fish
  • Mar. 1-Day before opening of general waterfowl season
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Fishing from any floating device except float tubes prohibited.

NUNNALLY LAKE

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS the outlet stream to Nunnally Lake. Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
  • Trout
  • Mar. 1-Nov. 30
  • Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
  • Other game fish
  • Mar. 1-Nov. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

PARK LAKE

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

PERCH LAKE

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

PILLAR LAKE

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

PING POND

  • All species
  • Open for juvenile anglers, senior anglers and anglers with a disability who possess a designated harvester companion card only. Two-Pole not allowed.
  • All game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

POACHER LAKE

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

POTHOLES RESERVOIR

  • Bluegill
  • Year-round
  • No min. size. Daily limit up to 25 bluegill and crappie combined.
  • Crappie
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 9". Daily limit up to 25 bluegill and crappie combined.
  • Yellow perch
  • Year-round
  • No min. size. Daily limit 25.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

QUINCY LAKE

  • All game fish
  • Mar. 1-Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

SADDLE MOUNTAIN LAKE

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

SAGO LAKE

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

SEDGE LAKE

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

SHOVELER LAKE

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

SNIPE LAKE

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

SPRING LAKES

(Upper and Lower)

  • All game fish
  • Mar. 1-Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

STRATFORD/BROOK LAKE

Stratford area

  • All game fish
  • Mar. 1-Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

TERN LAKE

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

VIC MEYERS (RAINBOW) LAKE

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.

WARDEN LAKE

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

WARDEN LAKE, SOUTH

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

WIDGEON LAKE

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

WINCHESTER WASTEWAY

that portion within Winchester Game Reserve

  • All game fish
  • Mar. 1-Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

CRAB CREEK

from mouth to Morgan Lake Rd. in Sec. 36

  • All game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

from Morgan Lake Rd. in Sec. 36 to O'Sullivan Dam (including Marsh Units I and II impoundments)

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from the confluence of the Moses Lake outlets to Sand Dunes Rd. including tributaries

  • Bluegill
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Combined limit of bluegill and crappie is 25 fish.
  • Crappie
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Min. length 9". Combined limit of crappie and bluegill is 25 fish.
  • Yellow perch
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Daily limit is 25 fish.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit for lakes, ponds, and reservoirs apply.

from the fountain buoy and shoreline markers of 150' downstream of the Alder Street fill to Grant County Rd. 7 NE

  • Bluegill
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 8". Daily limit 5.
  • Crappie
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 9". Daily limit 10.
  • Yellow perch
  • Year-round
  • Daily limit 25.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit for lakes, ponds, and reservoirs apply.

above Grant County Rd. 7 and all tributaries except Goose Creek in the city of Wilbur

  • All game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

HAYS CREEK

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.-Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

PARA-JUVENILE LAKE

  • All species
  • Two-Pole not allowed.
  • All game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

ROYAL LAKE AND ROYAL SLOUGH

including Marsh Unit 4 impoundments

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

TEAL LAKE, NORTH & SOUTH

  • All game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

ROOSEVELT LAKE TRIBUTARIES

between Grand Coulee Dam and the Canadian border except tributaries listed elsewhere in Special Rules

  • All game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Sturgeon
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Closed.

ROOSEVELT LAKE

Grand Coulee Dam to Little Dalles power line crossing including Hawk Creek down- stream of the falls at Hawk Creek Campground and the Spokane Arm upstream to 400' below Little Falls Dam CRC (549)

  • Kokanee
  • Year-round
  • No min. size. Daily limit 6. No more than 2 with intact adipose fins may be retained.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • No min. size. Daily limit 5. Only adipose fin-clipped trout may be retained.
  • Walleye
  • Year-round
  • Daily limit 16. No size restriction.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Year-round
  • Salmon count toward trout daily limit. No catch record card required.
  • Sturgeon
  • Year-round
  • Closed.

BANKS LAKE

  • All species
  • Chumming permitted.
  • Crappie
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 9". Daily limit 10.
  • Yellow perch
  • Year-round
  • No min. size. Daily limit 25.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

RUFUS WOODS LAKE

from Chief Joseph Dam upstream to State Route 155 Bridge

  • All species
  • Douglas County shore (State license), on the water (either State or Tribal License accepted), Reservation (Tribal permit required or either license accepted at a signed "Designated Fishing Areas" (DFA) located and marked as such on the Colville Reservation shoreline).
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Daily limit 2.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Sturgeon
  • Year-round
  • Closed.

from State Route 155 Bridge upstream to Grand Coulee Dam

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

COLUMBIA RIVER - where the river coincides with the boundary between Washington and Oregon, the license of either state is valid. Anglers must comply with the laws of the state in which they are fishing. An angler licensed only in Oregon may not fish on the Washington shore or in Washington sloughs or tributaries, except Camas Slough, where the license of either state is valid from a floating device. An angler fishing the Columbia River is restricted to one daily limit even if licensed by both states. Salmon and steelhead anglers may not possess in the field, fish mutilated so that size, species or fin clip cannot be determined, until the angler has reached their automobile or principle means of land transportation and has completed their daily angling. Anglers may fish with either a saltwater, freshwater, or combination license in the waters of the Columbia River between a line from Rocky Point, on the Washington shore, to Tongue Point, on the Oregon shore, and the Buoy 10 line described below. For sturgeon rules in the Columbia River tributaries, see rules for adjoining mainstem waters.


from the I-82/Hwy. 395 Bridge to a red and white marker on the Oregon shore on a line that intersects the downstream end of the wingwall of the boat lock near the Washington shore CRC (531)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-June 30
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • July 1-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Aug. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Sept. 1-Oct. 15
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Oct. 16-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 43" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed.
  • Sept. 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

from 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 wingwall of the boat lock near the Washington shore to the upstream line of McNary Dam

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from McNary Dam to Hwy. 730 at Washington/Oregon border CRC (533)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-June 30
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • July 1-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Aug. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Sept. 1-Oct. 15
  • Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and coho. Antisnagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Oct. 16-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.

from Hwy. 730 at the Washington/Oregon border to the Hwy. 395 Bridge at Pasco CRC (533)

  • All species
  • Night closure (salmon, steelhead and sturgeon only). Two-pole allowed, except sturgeon.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-June 30
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • July 1-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Aug. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Sept. 1-Oct. 15
  • Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and coho. Antisnagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Oct. 16-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.

from Hwy. 395 Bridge at Pasco to Columbia Point (1/3 mile downstream of the I-182 Bridge) CRC (534)

  • All species
  • Night closure (salmon, steelhead and sturgeon only). Two-pole allowed, except sturgeon.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Steelhead
  • Year-round
  • Closed to fishing for or retaining.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sept. 1-Oct. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than Chinook and coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.

400' radius of the Columbia Irrigation District (CID) fish barrier at the mouth of the CID wasteway at Columbia Park

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from Columbia Point (1/3 mile downstream of the I-182 Bridge) at Pasco to the I-182 Bridge CRC (534)

  • All species
  • Night closure (salmon, steelhead and sturgeon only). Two-pole allowed, except sturgeon.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Steelhead
  • Year-round
  • Closed to fishing for or retaining.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • July 1-July 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release wild adult Chinook. Open only to bank fishing with hand-casted lines from the shore on the Richland/Benton County side of the river.
  • Sept. 1-Oct. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than Chinook and coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.

from I-182 Bridge to WDFW markers 1/4 mile downstream of the South Columbia Basin Irrigation PE16.4 Wasteway (Ringold Wasteway) outlet CRC (535)

  • All species
  • Two-pole allowed, except sturgeon. Night closure (salmon, steelhead and sturgeon only).
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Apr. 1-Sept. 30
  • Closed.
  • Oct. 1-Mar. 31
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 1. Steelhead must be both adipose fin clipped and ventral fin clipped to be retained.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • July 1-Aug. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release wild adult Chinook.
  • Aug. 16-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than Chinook and coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.

West Branch Esquatzel Coulee Block 1 Irrigation Wasteway Lagoon located in Sec.12, T10N, R28E CRC (535)

  • All species
  • Night closure (salmon, steelhead and sturgeon only).
  • Sept. 1-Nov. 30
  • CLOSED WATERS.
  • Dec. 1-Aug. 31
  • Two-pole allowed, except sturgeon.
  • Trout
  • Dec. 1-Aug. 31
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Steelhead
  • Dec. 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed to fishing for or retaining.
  • Other game fish
  • Dec. 1-Aug. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • July 1-Aug. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release wild adult Chinook.
  • Aug. 16-Aug. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than Chinook and coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Dec. 1-Aug. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

from 1/4 mile downstream of the South Columbia Basin Irrigation PE16.4 wateway (Ringold wasteway) outlet to 1/2 mile upstream of Ringold Springs Hatchery Creek CRC (535)

  • All species
  • Two-pole allowed, except sturgeon. See South Columbia Basin Irrigation PE16.4 spillway at the Ringold Springs access for spillway rules. Night closure (salmon, steelhead and sturgeon only).
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Apr. 1-Apr. 15
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 1. Steelhead must be both adipose fin clipped and ventral fin clipped to be retained. Open to fishing from the bank on the hatchery side of the river only.
  • Apr. 16-Sept. 30
  • Closed.
  • Oct. 1-Mar. 31
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 1. Steelhead must be both adipose fin clipped and ventral fin clipped to be retained.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • July 1-Aug. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release wild adult Chinook.
  • Aug. 16-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than Chinook and coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.

between markers located 100' upstream and 100' downstream of the Ringold Springs Hatchery Creek and extending 100' towards mid-river

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from WDFW markers 1/2 mile upstream of Ringold Springs Hatchery Creek to the Old Hanford townsite powerline crossing CRC (535)

  • All species
  • Two-pole allowed, except sturgeon. Night closure (salmon, steelhead and sturgeon only).
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Apr. 1-Sept. 30
  • Closed.
  • Oct. 1-Mar. 31
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 1. Steelhead must be both adipose fin clipped and ventral fin clipped to be retained.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • July 1-Aug. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release wild adult Chinook.
  • Aug. 16-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than Chinook and coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.

from the Old Hanford townsite powerline crossing to Vernita Bridge CRC (536)

  • All species
  • Night closure (salmon, steelhead and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 1-Oct. 15
  • Two-Pole allowed. Except sturgeon.
  • Oct. 16-Jan. 31
  • CLOSED WATERS.
  • Trout
  • Feb. 1-Oct. 15
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Steelhead
  • Year-round
  • Closed to fishing for or retaining.
  • Other game fish
  • Feb. 1-Oct. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • July 1-Aug. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release wild adult Chinook.
  • Aug. 16-Oct. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than Chinook and coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Feb. 1-Oct. 15
  • Catch-and-release.

from Vernita Bridge to 400' downstream of the Priest Rapids Hatchery outlet chan- nel (Jackson Creek) CRC (536)

  • All species
  • Night closure (salmon, steelhead and sturgeon only). Two-pole allowed, except sturgeon.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Steelhead
  • Year-round
  • Closed to fishing for or retaining.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • July 1-Aug. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release wild adult Chinook.
  • Aug. 16-Oct. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than Chinook and coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • May 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed.
  • Sept. 1-Apr. 30
  • Catch-and-release.

from the marker 400' downstream of the mouth of the Priest Rapids Hatchery outlet channel (Jackson Creek) to the boundary markers 650' below the fish ladder at Priest Rapids Dam CRC (536)

  • All species
  • Two-pole allowed, except sturgeon. Night closure (salmon, steelhead and sturgeon only).
  • All game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Steelhead
  • Year-round
  • Closed to fishing for or retaining.
  • Salmon
  • July 1-Aug. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release wild adult Chinook.
  • Aug. 16-Oct. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than Chinook and coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • May 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed.
  • Sept. 1-Apr. 30
  • Catch-and-release.

at Priest Rapids Hatchery outlet channel extending to mid-stream Columbia River between boundary markers located 400' downstream of outlet channel to marker 100' upstream of outlet channel

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from boundary markers 650' below the fish ladder at Priest Rapids Dam to the upstream line of the dam

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from Priest Rapids Dam to a line from boundary markers 750' downstream of east fish ladder and 500' downstream of west fish ladder at Wanapum Dam CRC (537)

  • All species
  • July 1-Oct. 15
  • Two-Pole allowed.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Year-round
  • Closed.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • July 1-Aug. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including up to 4 sockeye and no more than 2 adult hatchery Chinook. Release coho and wild adult Chinook.
  • Sept. 1-Oct. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than Chinook.
  • Sturgeon
  • Year-round
  • Night closure. Catch-and-release.

at Wanapum Dam between the upstream line of the dam to boundary markers 750' downstream of east fish ladder and 500' downstream of west fish ladder

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from Wanapum Dam to boundary markers 400' downstream of the fish ladders at Rock Island Dam CRC (539)

  • All species
  • July 1-Oct. 15
  • Two-Pole allowed.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Year-round
  • Closed.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • July 1-Aug. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including up to 4 sockeye and no more than 2 adult hatchery Chinook. Release coho and wild adult Chinook.
  • Sept. 1-Oct. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than Chinook.
  • Sturgeon
  • Year-round
  • Night closure. Catch-and-release.

from the boundary markers 400' downstream of the fish ladders at Rock Island Dam to the upstream line of the dam

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from the upstream line of the Rock Island Dam to boundary markers 400' down- stream of the Rocky Reach Dam fish ladders CRC (541)

  • All species
  • July 1-Oct. 15
  • Two-Pole allowed.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Year-round
  • Closed.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • July 1-Oct. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including up to 4 sockeye and no more than 2 adult hatchery Chinook. Release coho and wild adult Chinook.
  • Sturgeon
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release. Night closure.

at Rocky Reach Dam between the upstream line of the dam to boundary markers 400' downstream of the fish ladders

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from the upstream line of Rocky Reach Dam to boundary markers 400' below the spawning channel discharge (on Chelan Co. side) and fish ladder (on Douglas Co. side) at Wells Dam CRC (543)

  • All species
  • July 1-Oct. 15
  • Two-Pole allowed.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Year-round
  • Closed.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • July 1-Oct. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including up to 4 sockeye and no more than 2 adult hatchery Chinook. Release coho and wild adult Chinook.
  • Sturgeon
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release. Night closure.

between the upstream line of Wells Dam to boundary markers 400' below the spawning channel discharge (on Chelan Co. side) and fish ladder (on Douglas Co. side) at Wells Dam

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from Wells Dam to Hwy. 173 Bridge at Brewster CRC (545)

  • All species
  • July 16-Sept. 30
  • Two-Pole allowed.
  • Trout
  • July 16-Aug. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 10. Barbless hooks required. Release wild trout.
  • Aug. 16-July 15
  • Closed.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Year-round
  • Closed.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • July 16-Sept. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including up to 4 sockeye and no more than 2 adult hatchery Chinook. Release coho and wild adult Chinook.
  • Sturgeon
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release. Night closure.

from Hwy. 173 Bridge at Brewster to the Hwy. 17 Bridge CRC (545)

  • All species
  • July 1-Oct. 15
  • Two-Pole allowed.
  • Trout
  • July 1-Aug. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 10. Barbless hooks required. Release wild trout.
  • Aug. 16-June 30
  • Closed.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Year-round
  • Closed.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • July 1-Oct. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including up to 4 sockeye and no more than 2 adult hatchery Chinook. Release coho and wild adult Chinook.
  • Sturgeon
  • Year-round
  • Night closure. Catch-and-release.

from Hwy. 17 Bridge to the Corps of Engineers safety marker on the Douglas County shore to the rock jetty at the upstream shoreline of Foster Creek CRC (545)

  • All species
  • July 1-Oct. 15
  • Two-Pole allowed.
  • Year-round
  • CLOSED to fishing from the Okanogan shore.
  • Trout
  • July 1-Aug. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 10. Barbless hooks required. Release wild trout.
  • Aug. 16-June 30
  • Closed.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Year-round
  • Closed.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • July 1-Oct. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including up to 4 sockeye and no more than 2 adult hatchery Chinook. Release coho and wild adult Chinook.
  • Sturgeon
  • Year-round
  • Night closure. Catch-and-release.

downstream of Chief Joseph Dam from the boundary marker to the Corps of Engi- neers safety zone marker

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

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47°06′26.7″N 120°01′10.2″W
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