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Wanapum Lake

Q: 📍 Where is Wanapum Lake located?

Wanapum Lake is a lake located in Grant County, Washington , United States . It is also intersecting with Chelan County, Washington . Its coordinates are: 47.107425427, -120.019508859.

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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.

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Regulation boundaryWA Washington State Waters

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.

The maximum number of trophy individuals legally harvested per harvester per day. A trophy is any individual of a length greater than the max size limit. Trophy individuals are included in the daily bag limit unless stated otherwise.

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.

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. 

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.

Season open: year-round

Northern pikeminnow

Regulation boundaryWA Washington State Waters

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

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

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

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

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

No min. size. No daily limit.

For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations

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Columbia River dace, Ptychocheilus oregonensis

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.

Season open: year-round

Chinook salmon

Regulation boundaryWA Washington State Waters

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chinook, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

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.

Local laws and licenses

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FAQ about Wanapum Lake fishing

Wanapum Lake is a lake located in Grant County, Washington, United States. It is also intersecting with Chelan County, Washington. Its coordinates are:

47°06′26.7″N 120°01′10.2″W

Find the best fishing spots on Wanapum Lake by looking at where other anglers have caught fish. This can easily be done in the where it is also possible to see big fish potential and how good fishing is right now along with Garmin® depth maps.

The most common species in Wanapum Lake are:

Smallmouth bass - 72 members reported to have caught this fish
Northern pikeminnow - 29 members reported to have caught this fish
Chinook salmon - 11 members reported to have caught this fish

The latest Wanapum Lake fishing reports are:

@chase-mcdowell reported a nice Smallmouth bass.
@chase-mcdowell reported a nice Smallmouth bass.
@chase-mcdowell reported a nice Smallmouth bass.
@chase-mcdowell reported a nice Smallmouth bass.
@chase-mcdowell reported a nice Smallmouth bass.

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Wanapum Lake

Top fish species at Wanapum Lake

Wanapum Lake fishing reports

General info

Location

Official website

Amenities

Fishing regulations at Wanapum Lake, WA

Regulations for top species

Smallmouth bass

DELANEY SPRING CREEK

FRENCHMAN HILLS WASTEWAYS AND DRAINS

GRANT AND ADAMS COUNTIES

NUNNALLY LAKE OUTLET

Outlet stream of Nunnally Lake

RED ROCK CREEK

ROCKY FORD CREEK AND PONDS

SAND HOLLOW CREEK

from SR 243 upstream and all tributaries

BEDA LAKE

BLUE LAKE

BURKE LAKE

CALICHE LAKE, UPPER

CASCADE LAKE

CATTAIL LAKE

CLIFF LAKE

COOT LAKE

CRYSTAL LAKE

CUP LAKE

DEEP LAKE

DRY FALLS LAKE

DUNE LAKE

DUSTY LAKE

EPHRATA LAKE

GADWALL LAKE

GOOSE LAKE, LOWER

HAMPTON LAKES

(Lower and Upper)

HARRIS LAKE

HEN LAKE

HOMESTEAD LAKE

HOURGLASS LAKE

LEMNA LAKE

LENICE LAKE

LENORE LAKE

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

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

MARTHA LAKE

MERRY LAKE

MOSES LAKE

NORTH POTHOLES RESERVE PONDS

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

NUNNALLY LAKE

PARK LAKE

PERCH LAKE

PILLAR LAKE

PING POND

POACHER LAKE

POTHOLES RESERVOIR

QUINCY LAKE

SADDLE MOUNTAIN LAKE

SAGO LAKE

SEDGE LAKE

SHOVELER LAKE

SNIPE LAKE

SPRING LAKES

(Upper and Lower)

STRATFORD/BROOK LAKE

Stratford area

TERN LAKE

VIC MEYERS (RAINBOW) LAKE

WARDEN LAKE

WARDEN LAKE, SOUTH

WIDGEON LAKE

WINCHESTER WASTEWAY

that portion within Winchester Game Reserve

CRAB CREEK

from mouth to Morgan Lake Rd. in Sec. 36

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

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