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Fishing regulations in Washington can change throughout the year. Make sure to check this page before fishing for the most up to date rules and regulations for the current season. Local regulations govern when you can fish, the max size of the fish you can keep, how many fish you can keep, and more.
Regulations for top species
Chinook salmon
The maximum number of individual fish legally harvested per harvester per day. Bag limits are only for properly licensed anglers actively harvesting the species. People who are not actively harvesting or are not properly licensed (if a license is required) may NOT be counted for the purpose of bag limits.
No person shall harvest any individual fish less than the minimum size limit.
Total length means the straight line distance from the most forward point of the head with the mouth closed, to the farthest tip of the tail with the tail compressed or squeezed, while the fish is lying on its side.
The maximum number of individual fish across an aggregate group of species legally harvested per harvester per day.
WA 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 All Other Fish
Any fish species not listed are CLOSED to fishing, retaining, or possessing. For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations.
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 Marine All Fishing Gear
All Fishing Gear must be kept in immediate control, and gear may not be left unattended while fishing.
WA Marine Hook & Line Angling
Hook and Line Angling: Unless noted differently, only one line with up to 2 hooks is allowed.
WA Marine Landing a Fish Rules
Landing a Fish: A club or dipnet (landing net) may be used to assist landing a legal fish taken by legal gear. A gaff may only be used to land a legally hooked lingcod (in Marine Areas 1-3 and 4 West of Bonilla-Tatoosh line), halibut, tuna, or dogfish shark that will be retained. Halibut may be shot or harpooned while landing.
WA Marine Downriggers & Rodholders
Downriggers - May be used with a line if the line releases from the downrigger while playing and landing the fish.Rodholders - May be used; the rod must be easily removed without delay; rod may be left in the holder while playing the fish.
WA Marine Electric Reels
Electric Reels: May be used if designed for sport fishing and attached to a fishing rod.
WA Marine Spearfishing
Spearfishing: The diver must be swimming or floating in the water while spearfishing. The use of explosives or bullets attached to the spear ("bang sticks") is prohibited.
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.
WA Marine Catch & Release
Catch-and-Release Methods: Minimize handling by leaving the fish in the water.Do not net your fish but if you must, use a soft, knotless net or rubber mesh net. Knotless nets are now required in fly fishing only areas and freshwater areas with selective gear rules.Use a hook remover (dehooker) when hooks are imbedded in the mouth or jaw.If a fish has swallowed the hook, cut the leader.Keep fingers away from the eyes and gills of the fish. MARINE AREAS 5 THROUGH 13: It is unlawful to bring wild salmon or a species of salmon aboard a vessel if it is unlawful to retain that salmon (aboard means inside the gunwale of a vessel). MARINE AREA 2-2: It is unlawful to totally remove salmon from the water if it is illegal to retain those fish, except anglers fishing from boats 30 feet or longer as listed on either their state or Coast Guard registration, are exempt.
WA Marine Barbless Hooks
Barbless Hooks are required for all species in Marine Areas 5-13, except forage fish jig gear. When fishing for salmon in Areas 1-13, single-point barbless hooks must be used.
Entire Area
(see exception for Commencement Bay and piers below)
July 1-Sept. 30: Open Thursdays-Sundays only. Closed Monday-Wednesday. Chinook - min. size 22". Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release wild Chinook and chum.
Oct. 1-Oct. 31: No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook.
Nov. 1-Last day in Feb.: CLOSED.
Mar. 1-Apr. 15: Chinook - min. size 22". Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum and wild Chinook.
Commencement Bay
June 1-July 31: CLOSED.
Aug. 1-Sept. 30: Open Thursdays-Sundays only. Closed Monday-Wednesday. Chinook - min. size 22". Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release wild Chinook and chum.
Oct. 1-Oct. 31: No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook.
Nov. 1-Last day in Feb.: CLOSED.
Mar. 1-Apr. 15: Chinook - min. size 22". Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum and wild Chinook.
Dash Point Dock, Des Moines Pier, Les Davis Pier, Point Defiance Boathouse Dock, and Redondo Pier
Year-round: Chinook - min. size 22". Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum.
For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations
BIG SOOS CREEK
from mouth to hatchery rack CRC (748)
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BOISE CREEK
from mouth to Hwy. 410 crossing
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
CEDAR RIVER
from mouth to Landsburg Rd. Bridge (RM 21.5)
- All species
- Night closure. Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Landsburg Rd. Bridge upstream to the falls
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
CHERRY CREEK
from mouth to Cherry Creek Falls
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
GREEN (DUWAMISH) RIVER
from an East-West line extending though the southernmost tip of Harbor Island to Tukwila International Blvd./Old Hwy. 99 CRC (746)
- All species
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-July 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-July 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 of any combination of adult coho and chum. Release Chinook.
from Tukwila International Blvd./Old Hwy. 99 to South 212th St. Bridge CRC (746)
- All species
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-July 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-July 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 Chinook total may be retained; up to 3 chum may be retained; up to 3 adult coho may be retained. A combination of no more than 3 total of adult coho, chum and Chinook may be retained. Anglers must retain the first 2 Chinook caught.
from 212th St. Bridge to the Hwy. 18 Eastbound Bridge CRC (746)
- All species
- Sept. 16-Dec. 31
- Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Sept. 16-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Sept. 16-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Sept. 16-Dec. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 of any combination of adult coho and chum. Release Chinook.
from the Hwy. 18 Eastbound Bridge to the Auburn Black Diamond Rd. Bridge CRC (746)
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from the Auburn-Black Diamond Rd. Bridge to 150' downstream of Keta (Crisp) Creek CRC (746)
- All species
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release Chinook.
from 150' downstream of the mouth of Keta (Crisp) Creek to 150' upstream
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from 150' upstream of Keta (Crisp) Creek to the Tacoma Municipal boundary marker (1.3 miles downstream of Tacoma Headworks Dam) CRC (746)
- All species
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release Chinook.
from the Tacoma Municipal Watershed Boundary Marker (1.3 miles downstream of Tacoma Headworks Dam) to Friday Creek CRC (746)
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
ISSAQUAH CREEK
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PIPERS CREEK
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
RAGING RIVER
from mouth to Hwy. 18 Bridge (3 miles upstream from Preston) CRC (842)
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SAMMAMISH RIVER
(Slough) from 68th Ave. NE Bridge to Lake Sammamish
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Jan. 1-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Jan. 1-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SNOQUALMIE RIVER, MIDDLE FORK
from mouth upstream including all tributaries CRC (852)
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules. Catch-and-release.
TOKUL CREEK
from mouth to Fish Hatchery Rd. Bridge CRC (856)
- All species
- Anti-snagging rule.
- Dec. 1-Feb. 15
- CLOSED daily from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Trout
- Dec. 1-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Dec. 1-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Fish Hatchery Rd. Bridge to the posted boundary marker downstream of diver- sion dam CRC (856)
- All species
- Anti-snagging rule.
- Jan. 15-Feb. 15
- CLOSED daily from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Trout
- Jan. 15-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Jan. 15-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from the posted boundary marker downstream of the diversion dam to Tokul Rd. S.E.
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
TOLT RIVER
from mouth to USGS trolley cable near confluence of North and South forks CRC (858)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from the USGS trolley cable near the confluence of the North and South Forks to the forks
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
TOLT RIVER, NORTH FORK
from mouth upstream to the falls approx. 1/3 miles above the Northeast North Fork Rd. Bridge (Pipeline Bridge)
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from falls on the North Fork, located approx. 3 miles above the confluence of the North and South forks upstream and all tributaries CRC (858)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
TOLT RIVER, SOUTH FORK
from mouth to the Tolt Reservoir Dam
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
AKL POND
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CALLIGAN LAKE
- All species
- Unlawful to use lead weights or lead jigs measuring 1 1/2" or less along the longest axis.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CASS POND
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
COTTAGE CREEK SOUTH POND
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
COTTAGE LAKE
- Smallmouth bass
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
GENEVA LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HANCOCK LAKE
- All species
- Unlawful to use lead weights or lead jigs measuring 1 1/2" or less along the longest axis.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HORSESHOE LAKE
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
KINGS LAKE BOG
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
LAKE JOY
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LANGLOIS LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LARSEN LAKE
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
MARGARET LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
MILL POND
(Auburn)
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed. Open for juvenile anglers, senior anglers and anglers with a disability who possess a designated harvester companion card only.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
MILLERS POND
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
NORTH LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
OLD FISHING HOLE POND
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed. Open for juvenile anglers, senior anglers and anglers with a disability who possess a designated harvester companion card only.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PINE LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
RATTLESNAKE LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
RAVENSDALE LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Smallmouth bass
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SAMMAMISH, LAKE
CRC (763)
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed.
- Aug. 16-Nov. 30
- CLOSED to fishing within 100 yards of the mouth of Issaquah Creek.
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- Catch-and-release.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-June 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release all steelhead and rainbow trout over 20".
- Salmon
- Oct. 1-Nov. 30
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 4. Release all salmon other than coho.
- Dec. 1-May 31
- Min. size 12". Release all salmon other than hatchery coho. Salmon count as part of trout daily limit. No Catch Record Card required.
SAWYER, LAKE
- All species
- Chumming permitted.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SHADY LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
STEEL LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SWAN'S MILL POND
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WALKER LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WALSH LAKE
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WASHINGTON SHIP CANAL, LAKE
waters west of a north-south line 400' east of the eastern end of the northern wing wall of Chittenden Locks to Chittenden Locks
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
waters east of a north-south line 400' east of the eastern end of the northern wing wall of Chittenden Locks to Fremont Bridge
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- Min. size 8". Max. size 18". Daily limit 5.
- Trout
- Mar. 1-June 30
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 5. Release rainbow trout over 20".
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Release rainbow trout over 20".
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-June 30
- Release all steelhead.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
waters east of the Fremont Ave. Bridge to the Montlake Blvd. Bridge
- All species
- Chumming permitted.
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- Min. size 8". Max. size 18". Daily limit 5.
- Trout
- Mar. 1-June 30
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 5. Release rainbow trout over 20".
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release rainbow trout over 20".
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-June 30
- Release all steelhead.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WASHINGTON, LAKE
north of Hwy. 520 Bridge and east of Montlake Bridge, including that portion of Sammamish River from 68th Ave. NE Bridge downstream CRC (762)
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed. Chumming permitted.
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- Min. size 8". Max. size 18". Daily limit 5.
- Trout
- Mar. 1-June 30
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 5. Release rainbow trout over 20".
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release rainbow trout over 20".
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-June 30
- Release steelhead.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Sept. 16-Oct. 31
- Daily limit 4. Release all salmon other than coho.
South of Hwy. 520 Bridge including Mercer Slough
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed. Chumming permitted.
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- Min. size 8". Max. size 18". Daily limit 5.
- Trout
- Mar. 1-June 30
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 5. Release rainbow trout over 20".
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release rainbow trout over 20".
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-June 30
- Release steelhead.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WILDERNESS LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Landlocked salmon rules.
CASCADE WATER ALLIANCE CANAL
from R St. Bridge to Hwy. 410 Bridge at Buckley CRC (808)
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
CLEARWATER RIVER
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
GREENWATER RIVER
from mouth to Greenwater Lakes
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules.
WHITE (STUCK) RIVER
whole stream, except the Cascade Water Alliance canal CRC (808)
- All game fish
- Oct. 1-Oct. 31
- Night closure. Catch-and-release. Selective gear rules.
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules.
Cascade Water Alliance canal, including the screen bypass channel above the screen at Dingle Basin
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
SNOQUALMIE RIVER
from mouth to boat ramp at Plum access CRC (852)
- All species
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Nov. 30
- Selective gear rules.
- Sept. 1-Nov. 30
- Night closure.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from boat ramp at Plum access to mouth of Tokul Creek (1/4 mile) CRC (852)
- All species
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Nov. 30
- Selective gear rules.
- Sept. 1-Nov. 30
- Night closure.
- Nov. 1-Feb. 15
- Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from mouth of Tokul Creek to Snoqualmie Falls CRC (852)
- All species
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Nov. 30
- Selective gear rules.
- Sept. 1-Nov. 30
- Night closure.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Snoqualmie Falls upstream, including the North Fork, South Fork, and all tributaries except Middle Fork and tributaries to the Middle Fork
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Nov. 1-Fri. before Memorial Day
- Catch-and-release.
Pink salmon
The maximum number of individual fish legally harvested per harvester per day. Bag limits are only for properly licensed anglers actively harvesting the species. People who are not actively harvesting or are not properly licensed (if a license is required) may NOT be counted for the purpose of bag limits.
The maximum number of individual fish across an aggregate group of species legally harvested per harvester per day.
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 All Other Fish
Any fish species not listed are CLOSED to fishing, retaining, or possessing. For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations.
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 Marine All Fishing Gear
All Fishing Gear must be kept in immediate control, and gear may not be left unattended while fishing.
WA Marine Hook & Line Angling
Hook and Line Angling: Unless noted differently, only one line with up to 2 hooks is allowed.
WA Marine Landing a Fish Rules
Landing a Fish: A club or dipnet (landing net) may be used to assist landing a legal fish taken by legal gear. A gaff may only be used to land a legally hooked lingcod (in Marine Areas 1-3 and 4 West of Bonilla-Tatoosh line), halibut, tuna, or dogfish shark that will be retained. Halibut may be shot or harpooned while landing.
WA Marine Downriggers & Rodholders
Downriggers - May be used with a line if the line releases from the downrigger while playing and landing the fish.Rodholders - May be used; the rod must be easily removed without delay; rod may be left in the holder while playing the fish.
WA Marine Electric Reels
Electric Reels: May be used if designed for sport fishing and attached to a fishing rod.
WA Marine Spearfishing
Spearfishing: The diver must be swimming or floating in the water while spearfishing. The use of explosives or bullets attached to the spear ("bang sticks") is prohibited.
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.
WA Marine Catch & Release
Catch-and-Release Methods: Minimize handling by leaving the fish in the water.Do not net your fish but if you must, use a soft, knotless net or rubber mesh net. Knotless nets are now required in fly fishing only areas and freshwater areas with selective gear rules.Use a hook remover (dehooker) when hooks are imbedded in the mouth or jaw.If a fish has swallowed the hook, cut the leader.Keep fingers away from the eyes and gills of the fish. MARINE AREAS 5 THROUGH 13: It is unlawful to bring wild salmon or a species of salmon aboard a vessel if it is unlawful to retain that salmon (aboard means inside the gunwale of a vessel). MARINE AREA 2-2: It is unlawful to totally remove salmon from the water if it is illegal to retain those fish, except anglers fishing from boats 30 feet or longer as listed on either their state or Coast Guard registration, are exempt.
WA Marine Barbless Hooks
Barbless Hooks are required for all species in Marine Areas 5-13, except forage fish jig gear. When fishing for salmon in Areas 1-13, single-point barbless hooks must be used.
Entire Area
(see exception for Commencement Bay and piers below)
July 1-Sept. 30: Open Thursdays-Sundays only. Closed Monday-Wednesday. Chinook - min. size 22". Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release wild Chinook and chum.
Oct. 1-Oct. 31: No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook.
Nov. 1-Last day in Feb.: CLOSED.
Mar. 1-Apr. 15: Chinook - min. size 22". Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum and wild Chinook.
Commencement Bay
June 1-July 31: CLOSED.
Aug. 1-Sept. 30: Open Thursdays-Sundays only. Closed Monday-Wednesday. Chinook - min. size 22". Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release wild Chinook and chum.
Oct. 1-Oct. 31: No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook.
Nov. 1-Last day in Feb.: CLOSED.
Mar. 1-Apr. 15: Chinook - min. size 22". Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum and wild Chinook.
Dash Point Dock, Des Moines Pier, Les Davis Pier, Point Defiance Boathouse Dock, and Redondo Pier
Year-round: Chinook - min. size 22". Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum.
For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations
BIG SOOS CREEK
from mouth to hatchery rack CRC (748)
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BOISE CREEK
from mouth to Hwy. 410 crossing
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
CEDAR RIVER
from mouth to Landsburg Rd. Bridge (RM 21.5)
- All species
- Night closure. Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Landsburg Rd. Bridge upstream to the falls
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
CHERRY CREEK
from mouth to Cherry Creek Falls
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
GREEN (DUWAMISH) RIVER
from an East-West line extending though the southernmost tip of Harbor Island to Tukwila International Blvd./Old Hwy. 99 CRC (746)
- All species
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-July 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-July 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 of any combination of adult coho and chum. Release Chinook.
from Tukwila International Blvd./Old Hwy. 99 to South 212th St. Bridge CRC (746)
- All species
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-July 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-July 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 Chinook total may be retained; up to 3 chum may be retained; up to 3 adult coho may be retained. A combination of no more than 3 total of adult coho, chum and Chinook may be retained. Anglers must retain the first 2 Chinook caught.
from 212th St. Bridge to the Hwy. 18 Eastbound Bridge CRC (746)
- All species
- Sept. 16-Dec. 31
- Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Sept. 16-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Sept. 16-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Sept. 16-Dec. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 of any combination of adult coho and chum. Release Chinook.
from the Hwy. 18 Eastbound Bridge to the Auburn Black Diamond Rd. Bridge CRC (746)
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from the Auburn-Black Diamond Rd. Bridge to 150' downstream of Keta (Crisp) Creek CRC (746)
- All species
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release Chinook.
from 150' downstream of the mouth of Keta (Crisp) Creek to 150' upstream
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from 150' upstream of Keta (Crisp) Creek to the Tacoma Municipal boundary marker (1.3 miles downstream of Tacoma Headworks Dam) CRC (746)
- All species
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release Chinook.
from the Tacoma Municipal Watershed Boundary Marker (1.3 miles downstream of Tacoma Headworks Dam) to Friday Creek CRC (746)
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
ISSAQUAH CREEK
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PIPERS CREEK
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
RAGING RIVER
from mouth to Hwy. 18 Bridge (3 miles upstream from Preston) CRC (842)
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SAMMAMISH RIVER
(Slough) from 68th Ave. NE Bridge to Lake Sammamish
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Jan. 1-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Jan. 1-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SNOQUALMIE RIVER, MIDDLE FORK
from mouth upstream including all tributaries CRC (852)
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules. Catch-and-release.
TOKUL CREEK
from mouth to Fish Hatchery Rd. Bridge CRC (856)
- All species
- Anti-snagging rule.
- Dec. 1-Feb. 15
- CLOSED daily from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Trout
- Dec. 1-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Dec. 1-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Fish Hatchery Rd. Bridge to the posted boundary marker downstream of diver- sion dam CRC (856)
- All species
- Anti-snagging rule.
- Jan. 15-Feb. 15
- CLOSED daily from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Trout
- Jan. 15-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Jan. 15-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from the posted boundary marker downstream of the diversion dam to Tokul Rd. S.E.
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
TOLT RIVER
from mouth to USGS trolley cable near confluence of North and South forks CRC (858)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from the USGS trolley cable near the confluence of the North and South Forks to the forks
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
TOLT RIVER, NORTH FORK
from mouth upstream to the falls approx. 1/3 miles above the Northeast North Fork Rd. Bridge (Pipeline Bridge)
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from falls on the North Fork, located approx. 3 miles above the confluence of the North and South forks upstream and all tributaries CRC (858)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
TOLT RIVER, SOUTH FORK
from mouth to the Tolt Reservoir Dam
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
AKL POND
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CALLIGAN LAKE
- All species
- Unlawful to use lead weights or lead jigs measuring 1 1/2" or less along the longest axis.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CASS POND
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
COTTAGE CREEK SOUTH POND
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
COTTAGE LAKE
- Smallmouth bass
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
GENEVA LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HANCOCK LAKE
- All species
- Unlawful to use lead weights or lead jigs measuring 1 1/2" or less along the longest axis.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HORSESHOE LAKE
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
KINGS LAKE BOG
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
LAKE JOY
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LANGLOIS LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LARSEN LAKE
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
MARGARET LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
MILL POND
(Auburn)
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed. Open for juvenile anglers, senior anglers and anglers with a disability who possess a designated harvester companion card only.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
MILLERS POND
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
NORTH LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
OLD FISHING HOLE POND
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed. Open for juvenile anglers, senior anglers and anglers with a disability who possess a designated harvester companion card only.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PINE LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
RATTLESNAKE LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
RAVENSDALE LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Smallmouth bass
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SAMMAMISH, LAKE
CRC (763)
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed.
- Aug. 16-Nov. 30
- CLOSED to fishing within 100 yards of the mouth of Issaquah Creek.
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- Catch-and-release.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-June 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release all steelhead and rainbow trout over 20".
- Salmon
- Oct. 1-Nov. 30
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 4. Release all salmon other than coho.
- Dec. 1-May 31
- Min. size 12". Release all salmon other than hatchery coho. Salmon count as part of trout daily limit. No Catch Record Card required.
SAWYER, LAKE
- All species
- Chumming permitted.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SHADY LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
STEEL LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SWAN'S MILL POND
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WALKER LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WALSH LAKE
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WASHINGTON SHIP CANAL, LAKE
waters west of a north-south line 400' east of the eastern end of the northern wing wall of Chittenden Locks to Chittenden Locks
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
waters east of a north-south line 400' east of the eastern end of the northern wing wall of Chittenden Locks to Fremont Bridge
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- Min. size 8". Max. size 18". Daily limit 5.
- Trout
- Mar. 1-June 30
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 5. Release rainbow trout over 20".
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Release rainbow trout over 20".
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-June 30
- Release all steelhead.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
waters east of the Fremont Ave. Bridge to the Montlake Blvd. Bridge
- All species
- Chumming permitted.
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- Min. size 8". Max. size 18". Daily limit 5.
- Trout
- Mar. 1-June 30
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 5. Release rainbow trout over 20".
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release rainbow trout over 20".
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-June 30
- Release all steelhead.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WASHINGTON, LAKE
north of Hwy. 520 Bridge and east of Montlake Bridge, including that portion of Sammamish River from 68th Ave. NE Bridge downstream CRC (762)
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed. Chumming permitted.
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- Min. size 8". Max. size 18". Daily limit 5.
- Trout
- Mar. 1-June 30
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 5. Release rainbow trout over 20".
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release rainbow trout over 20".
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-June 30
- Release steelhead.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Sept. 16-Oct. 31
- Daily limit 4. Release all salmon other than coho.
South of Hwy. 520 Bridge including Mercer Slough
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed. Chumming permitted.
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- Min. size 8". Max. size 18". Daily limit 5.
- Trout
- Mar. 1-June 30
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 5. Release rainbow trout over 20".
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release rainbow trout over 20".
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-June 30
- Release steelhead.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WILDERNESS LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Landlocked salmon rules.
CASCADE WATER ALLIANCE CANAL
from R St. Bridge to Hwy. 410 Bridge at Buckley CRC (808)
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
CLEARWATER RIVER
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
GREENWATER RIVER
from mouth to Greenwater Lakes
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules.
WHITE (STUCK) RIVER
whole stream, except the Cascade Water Alliance canal CRC (808)
- All game fish
- Oct. 1-Oct. 31
- Night closure. Catch-and-release. Selective gear rules.
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules.
Cascade Water Alliance canal, including the screen bypass channel above the screen at Dingle Basin
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
SNOQUALMIE RIVER
from mouth to boat ramp at Plum access CRC (852)
- All species
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Nov. 30
- Selective gear rules.
- Sept. 1-Nov. 30
- Night closure.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from boat ramp at Plum access to mouth of Tokul Creek (1/4 mile) CRC (852)
- All species
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Nov. 30
- Selective gear rules.
- Sept. 1-Nov. 30
- Night closure.
- Nov. 1-Feb. 15
- Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from mouth of Tokul Creek to Snoqualmie Falls CRC (852)
- All species
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Nov. 30
- Selective gear rules.
- Sept. 1-Nov. 30
- Night closure.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Snoqualmie Falls upstream, including the North Fork, South Fork, and all tributaries except Middle Fork and tributaries to the Middle Fork
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Nov. 1-Fri. before Memorial Day
- Catch-and-release.
Coho salmon
The maximum number of individual fish legally harvested per harvester per day. Bag limits are only for properly licensed anglers actively harvesting the species. People who are not actively harvesting or are not properly licensed (if a license is required) may NOT be counted for the purpose of bag limits.
The maximum number of individual fish across an aggregate group of species legally harvested per harvester per day.
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 All Other Fish
Any fish species not listed are CLOSED to fishing, retaining, or possessing. For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations.
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 Marine All Fishing Gear
All Fishing Gear must be kept in immediate control, and gear may not be left unattended while fishing.
WA Marine Hook & Line Angling
Hook and Line Angling: Unless noted differently, only one line with up to 2 hooks is allowed.
WA Marine Landing a Fish Rules
Landing a Fish: A club or dipnet (landing net) may be used to assist landing a legal fish taken by legal gear. A gaff may only be used to land a legally hooked lingcod (in Marine Areas 1-3 and 4 West of Bonilla-Tatoosh line), halibut, tuna, or dogfish shark that will be retained. Halibut may be shot or harpooned while landing.
WA Marine Downriggers & Rodholders
Downriggers - May be used with a line if the line releases from the downrigger while playing and landing the fish.Rodholders - May be used; the rod must be easily removed without delay; rod may be left in the holder while playing the fish.
WA Marine Electric Reels
Electric Reels: May be used if designed for sport fishing and attached to a fishing rod.
WA Marine Spearfishing
Spearfishing: The diver must be swimming or floating in the water while spearfishing. The use of explosives or bullets attached to the spear ("bang sticks") is prohibited.
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.
WA Marine Catch & Release
Catch-and-Release Methods: Minimize handling by leaving the fish in the water.Do not net your fish but if you must, use a soft, knotless net or rubber mesh net. Knotless nets are now required in fly fishing only areas and freshwater areas with selective gear rules.Use a hook remover (dehooker) when hooks are imbedded in the mouth or jaw.If a fish has swallowed the hook, cut the leader.Keep fingers away from the eyes and gills of the fish. MARINE AREAS 5 THROUGH 13: It is unlawful to bring wild salmon or a species of salmon aboard a vessel if it is unlawful to retain that salmon (aboard means inside the gunwale of a vessel). MARINE AREA 2-2: It is unlawful to totally remove salmon from the water if it is illegal to retain those fish, except anglers fishing from boats 30 feet or longer as listed on either their state or Coast Guard registration, are exempt.
WA Marine Barbless Hooks
Barbless Hooks are required for all species in Marine Areas 5-13, except forage fish jig gear. When fishing for salmon in Areas 1-13, single-point barbless hooks must be used.
Entire Area
(see exception for Commencement Bay and piers below)
July 1-Sept. 30: Open Thursdays-Sundays only. Closed Monday-Wednesday. Chinook - min. size 22". Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release wild Chinook and chum.
Oct. 1-Oct. 31: No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook.
Nov. 1-Last day in Feb.: CLOSED.
Mar. 1-Apr. 15: Chinook - min. size 22". Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum and wild Chinook.
Commencement Bay
June 1-July 31: CLOSED.
Aug. 1-Sept. 30: Open Thursdays-Sundays only. Closed Monday-Wednesday. Chinook - min. size 22". Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release wild Chinook and chum.
Oct. 1-Oct. 31: No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook.
Nov. 1-Last day in Feb.: CLOSED.
Mar. 1-Apr. 15: Chinook - min. size 22". Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum and wild Chinook.
Dash Point Dock, Des Moines Pier, Les Davis Pier, Point Defiance Boathouse Dock, and Redondo Pier
Year-round: Chinook - min. size 22". Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum.
For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations
BIG SOOS CREEK
from mouth to hatchery rack CRC (748)
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BOISE CREEK
from mouth to Hwy. 410 crossing
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
CEDAR RIVER
from mouth to Landsburg Rd. Bridge (RM 21.5)
- All species
- Night closure. Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Landsburg Rd. Bridge upstream to the falls
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
CHERRY CREEK
from mouth to Cherry Creek Falls
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
GREEN (DUWAMISH) RIVER
from an East-West line extending though the southernmost tip of Harbor Island to Tukwila International Blvd./Old Hwy. 99 CRC (746)
- All species
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-July 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-July 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 of any combination of adult coho and chum. Release Chinook.
from Tukwila International Blvd./Old Hwy. 99 to South 212th St. Bridge CRC (746)
- All species
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-July 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-July 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Aug. 20-Dec. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 Chinook total may be retained; up to 3 chum may be retained; up to 3 adult coho may be retained. A combination of no more than 3 total of adult coho, chum and Chinook may be retained. Anglers must retain the first 2 Chinook caught.
from 212th St. Bridge to the Hwy. 18 Eastbound Bridge CRC (746)
- All species
- Sept. 16-Dec. 31
- Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Sept. 16-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Sept. 16-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Sept. 16-Dec. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 of any combination of adult coho and chum. Release Chinook.
from the Hwy. 18 Eastbound Bridge to the Auburn Black Diamond Rd. Bridge CRC (746)
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from the Auburn-Black Diamond Rd. Bridge to 150' downstream of Keta (Crisp) Creek CRC (746)
- All species
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release Chinook.
from 150' downstream of the mouth of Keta (Crisp) Creek to 150' upstream
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from 150' upstream of Keta (Crisp) Creek to the Tacoma Municipal boundary marker (1.3 miles downstream of Tacoma Headworks Dam) CRC (746)
- All species
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Nov. 1-Dec. 31
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release Chinook.
from the Tacoma Municipal Watershed Boundary Marker (1.3 miles downstream of Tacoma Headworks Dam) to Friday Creek CRC (746)
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
ISSAQUAH CREEK
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PIPERS CREEK
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
RAGING RIVER
from mouth to Hwy. 18 Bridge (3 miles upstream from Preston) CRC (842)
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SAMMAMISH RIVER
(Slough) from 68th Ave. NE Bridge to Lake Sammamish
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Jan. 1-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Jan. 1-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SNOQUALMIE RIVER, MIDDLE FORK
from mouth upstream including all tributaries CRC (852)
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules. Catch-and-release.
TOKUL CREEK
from mouth to Fish Hatchery Rd. Bridge CRC (856)
- All species
- Anti-snagging rule.
- Dec. 1-Feb. 15
- CLOSED daily from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Trout
- Dec. 1-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Dec. 1-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Fish Hatchery Rd. Bridge to the posted boundary marker downstream of diver- sion dam CRC (856)
- All species
- Anti-snagging rule.
- Jan. 15-Feb. 15
- CLOSED daily from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Trout
- Jan. 15-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Jan. 15-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from the posted boundary marker downstream of the diversion dam to Tokul Rd. S.E.
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
TOLT RIVER
from mouth to USGS trolley cable near confluence of North and South forks CRC (858)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from the USGS trolley cable near the confluence of the North and South Forks to the forks
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
TOLT RIVER, NORTH FORK
from mouth upstream to the falls approx. 1/3 miles above the Northeast North Fork Rd. Bridge (Pipeline Bridge)
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from falls on the North Fork, located approx. 3 miles above the confluence of the North and South forks upstream and all tributaries CRC (858)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
TOLT RIVER, SOUTH FORK
from mouth to the Tolt Reservoir Dam
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
AKL POND
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CALLIGAN LAKE
- All species
- Unlawful to use lead weights or lead jigs measuring 1 1/2" or less along the longest axis.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CASS POND
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
COTTAGE CREEK SOUTH POND
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
COTTAGE LAKE
- Smallmouth bass
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
GENEVA LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HANCOCK LAKE
- All species
- Unlawful to use lead weights or lead jigs measuring 1 1/2" or less along the longest axis.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HORSESHOE LAKE
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
KINGS LAKE BOG
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
LAKE JOY
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LANGLOIS LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LARSEN LAKE
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
MARGARET LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
MILL POND
(Auburn)
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed. Open for juvenile anglers, senior anglers and anglers with a disability who possess a designated harvester companion card only.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
MILLERS POND
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
NORTH LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
OLD FISHING HOLE POND
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed. Open for juvenile anglers, senior anglers and anglers with a disability who possess a designated harvester companion card only.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PINE LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
RATTLESNAKE LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
RAVENSDALE LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Smallmouth bass
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SAMMAMISH, LAKE
CRC (763)
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed.
- Aug. 16-Nov. 30
- CLOSED to fishing within 100 yards of the mouth of Issaquah Creek.
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- Catch-and-release.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-June 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release all steelhead and rainbow trout over 20".
- Salmon
- Oct. 1-Nov. 30
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 4. Release all salmon other than coho.
- Dec. 1-May 31
- Min. size 12". Release all salmon other than hatchery coho. Salmon count as part of trout daily limit. No Catch Record Card required.
SAWYER, LAKE
- All species
- Chumming permitted.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SHADY LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
STEEL LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SWAN'S MILL POND
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WALKER LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WALSH LAKE
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WASHINGTON SHIP CANAL, LAKE
waters west of a north-south line 400' east of the eastern end of the northern wing wall of Chittenden Locks to Chittenden Locks
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
waters east of a north-south line 400' east of the eastern end of the northern wing wall of Chittenden Locks to Fremont Bridge
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- Min. size 8". Max. size 18". Daily limit 5.
- Trout
- Mar. 1-June 30
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 5. Release rainbow trout over 20".
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Release rainbow trout over 20".
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-June 30
- Release all steelhead.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
waters east of the Fremont Ave. Bridge to the Montlake Blvd. Bridge
- All species
- Chumming permitted.
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- Min. size 8". Max. size 18". Daily limit 5.
- Trout
- Mar. 1-June 30
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 5. Release rainbow trout over 20".
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release rainbow trout over 20".
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-June 30
- Release all steelhead.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WASHINGTON, LAKE
north of Hwy. 520 Bridge and east of Montlake Bridge, including that portion of Sammamish River from 68th Ave. NE Bridge downstream CRC (762)
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed. Chumming permitted.
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- Min. size 8". Max. size 18". Daily limit 5.
- Trout
- Mar. 1-June 30
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 5. Release rainbow trout over 20".
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release rainbow trout over 20".
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-June 30
- Release steelhead.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Sept. 16-Oct. 31
- Daily limit 4. Release all salmon other than coho.
South of Hwy. 520 Bridge including Mercer Slough
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed. Chumming permitted.
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- Min. size 8". Max. size 18". Daily limit 5.
- Trout
- Mar. 1-June 30
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 5. Release rainbow trout over 20".
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release rainbow trout over 20".
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- July 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Dec. 1-June 30
- Release steelhead.
- Smallmouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 15. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
- Largemouth bass
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10. Max. size 12", except 1 over 17" may be retained.
- Channel catfish
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 10.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 16. Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WILDERNESS LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Landlocked salmon rules.
CASCADE WATER ALLIANCE CANAL
from R St. Bridge to Hwy. 410 Bridge at Buckley CRC (808)
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
CLEARWATER RIVER
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
GREENWATER RIVER
from mouth to Greenwater Lakes
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules.
WHITE (STUCK) RIVER
whole stream, except the Cascade Water Alliance canal CRC (808)
- All game fish
- Oct. 1-Oct. 31
- Night closure. Catch-and-release. Selective gear rules.
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules.
Cascade Water Alliance canal, including the screen bypass channel above the screen at Dingle Basin
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
SNOQUALMIE RIVER
from mouth to boat ramp at Plum access CRC (852)
- All species
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Nov. 30
- Selective gear rules.
- Sept. 1-Nov. 30
- Night closure.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Jan. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from boat ramp at Plum access to mouth of Tokul Creek (1/4 mile) CRC (852)
- All species
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Nov. 30
- Selective gear rules.
- Sept. 1-Nov. 30
- Night closure.
- Nov. 1-Feb. 15
- Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from mouth of Tokul Creek to Snoqualmie Falls CRC (852)
- All species
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Nov. 30
- Selective gear rules.
- Sept. 1-Nov. 30
- Night closure.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Feb. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Snoqualmie Falls upstream, including the North Fork, South Fork, and all tributaries except Middle Fork and tributaries to the Middle Fork
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Nov. 1-Fri. before Memorial Day
- Catch-and-release.
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