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Skamokawa Creek

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Washington, United States

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Largemouth bass

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Cutthroat trout

8 in · 1 lb

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Northern pikeminnow

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General info

Skamokawa Creek is a stream located in Wahkiakum County, Washington, United States. It is most popular for fishing Largemouth bass, Brook trout, and Cutthroat trout.

Location

46°17′52.8″N 123°26′37.9″W
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Fishing regulations at Skamokawa Creek, WA

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

Fishing regulations in Washington can change throughout the year. Make sure to check this page before fishing for the most up to date rules and regulations for the current season. Local regulations govern when you can fish, the max size of the fish you can keep, how many fish you can keep, and more.

Below you will see fishing regulations for catching Largemouth bass as of March 29th, 2026. To view regulations for a different fish species, please click on your preferred species in the drop-down.

Largemouth bass

Seasons

Open

Bag limit

5

Memorable

1 > 17

Max size

12"

Measurement

Total Length

No min. size in lakes, ponds, and reservoirs. Only largemouth bass less than 12" may be retained, except 1 over 17" may be retained. Daily limit 5. No size restriction/daily limit in rivers, streams, and beaver ponds.

For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations

Micropterus nigricans

BEAVER CREEK

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

DEEP RIVER

CRC (580)

  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.

ELOCHOMAN RIVER

from mouth to Foster (Risk) Rd. Bridge CRC (583)

  • All species
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 31
  • Night closure. Stationary gear restriction. Antisnagging rule.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than Chinook with an adipose and/or ventral fin clip with a healed scar and hatchery coho.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Apr. 16-Fri. before Memorial Day
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 may be a combination of adult hatchery Chinook and hatchery steelhead. Release wild Chinook.

from Foster (Risk) Rd. Bridge upstream to 200' above the temporary weir CRC (584)

  • All species
  • Year-round
  • CLOSED WATERS when the temporary weir is installed in the river.
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 31
  • Stationary gear restriction. Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than Chinook with an adipose and/or ventral fin clip with a healed scar and hatchery coho.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Apr. 16-Fri. before Memorial Day
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 may be a combination of adult hatchery Chinook and hatchery steelhead. Release wild Chinook.

from 200' above the temporary weir upstream to the Beaver Creek Rd. Bridge CRC (584)

  • All species
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 31
  • Anti-snagging rule. Stationary gear restriction. Night closure.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than Chinook with an adipose and/or ventral fin clip with a healed scar and hatchery coho.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Apr. 16-Fri. before Memorial Day
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 may be a combination of adult hatchery Chinook and hatchery steelhead. Release wild Chinook.

from Beaver Creek Rd. Bridge to the Elochoman Hatchery Bridge CRC (584)

  • All species
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 31
  • Night closure. Stationary gear restriction. Antisnagging rule.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than Chinook with an adipose and/or ventral fin clip with a healed scar and hatchery coho.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Apr. 16-Fri. before Memorial Day
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 may be a combination of adult hatchery Chinook and hatchery steelhead. Release wild Chinook.

from the Elochoman Hatchery Bridge to West Fork CRC (584)

  • All species
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 31
  • Night closure. Anti-snagging rule. Stationary gear restriction.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than Chinook with an adipose and/or ventral fin clip with a healed scar and hatchery coho.

from West Fork upstream CRC (584)

  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than Chinook with an adipose and/or ventral fin clip with a healed scar and hatchery coho.

GRAYS RIVER

from mouth to Barr Rd. Bridge CRC (594)

  • All species
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 15
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Aug. 1-Nov. 15
  • Stationary gear restriction. Night closure. Antisnagging rule.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than Chinook with an adipose and/or ventral fin clip with a healed scar and hatchery coho.

from Barr Rd. Bridge to Hwy. 4 Bridge CRC (595)

  • All species
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 15
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Aug. 1-Nov. 15
  • Anti-snagging rule. Stationary gear restriction. Night closure.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than Chinook with an adipose and/or ventral fin clip with a healed scar and hatchery coho.

from Hwy. 4 Bridge to mouth of South Fork CRC (595)

  • All species
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 15
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • CLOSED WATERS from 400' below to 200' above the temporary weir while the weir is installed in the river.
  • Aug. 1-Nov. 15
  • Stationary gear restriction. Night closure. Antisnagging rule.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than Chinook with an adipose and/or ventral fin clip with a healed scar and hatchery coho.

from South Fork upstream CRC (595)

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than Chinook with an adipose and/or ventral fin clip with a healed scar and hatchery coho.

GRAYS RIVER, WEST FORK

CRC (596)

  • All species
  • Aug. 1-Nov. 15
  • Anti-snagging rule. Stationary gear restriction. Night closure.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Dec. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Dec. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than Chinook with an adipose and/or ventral fin clip with a healed scar and hatchery coho.

SKAMOKAWA CREEK

from mouth (Hwy. 4 Bridge) upstream CRC (638)

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Nov. 1-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Nov. 1-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Nov. 1-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.

NASELLE RIVER

from 400' downstream of the falls in, Sec. 6 T10N, R8W to the falls

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from the full spanning concrete diversion structure at the Naselle Hatchery to 400' downstream of the falls in Sec. 6, T10N, R8W CRC (375)

  • All species
  • Internal combustion motors prohibited.
  • Aug. 1-Nov. 15
  • Barbless hooks required. Anti-snagging rule. Night closure. Stationary gear restriction.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Oct. 16-Jan. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adults including no more than 1 wild coho may be retained. Release wild Chinook.

from the falls in Sec. 6, T10N, R8W, to the Crown Mainline (Salme) Bridge CRC (375)

  • All species
  • Internal combustion motors prohibited.
  • Aug. 1-Nov. 15
  • Stationary gear restriction. Barbless hooks required. Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Apr. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Oct. 16-Jan. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adults including no more than 1 wild coho may be retained. Release wild Chinook.

GRAYS RIVER TRIBUTARIES

(unless otherwise listed)

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

GRAYS RIVER, SOUTH FORK

CRC (595)

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than Chinook with an adipose and/or ventral fin clip with a healed scar and hatchery coho.

SALMON CREEK

CRC (377)

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

MILL CREEK

CRC (624)

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Nov. 1-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Nov. 1-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Nov. 1-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.

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46°17′52.8″N 123°26′37.9″W
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46°17′52.8″N 123°26′37.9″W
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