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Fishing regulations at Hayes Creek, WA
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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
Largemouth bass
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 greater than the maximum size except as permitted.
The maximum number of trophy individuals legally harvested per harvester per day. A trophy is any individual of a length greater than the max size limit. Trophy individuals are included in the daily bag limit unless stated otherwise.
Total length means the straight line distance from the most forward point of the head with the mouth closed, to the farthest tip of the tail with the tail compressed or squeezed, while the fish is lying on its side.
WA Non-game and Food Fish
You may not harvest in freshwater any fish not classified as a Food Fish or Game Fish except for Northern pike.
WA Snagging
You may not snag or attempt to snag fish. It is unlawful to possess a fish taken from freshwater that was not hooked inside the mouth or on the head. The head is defined as any portion forward of the rear margin of the gill plate.
WA Use of Drugs, Explosives or Poisons
You may not use drugs, explosives, or poison that may kill or injure fish and wildlife.
WA Crossbow
You may not use a crossbow to harvest fish or shellfish.
WA Sale or Barter
You may not offer any recreationally-caught fish or shellfish for sale or barter.
WA Possession and Fishing Rules
You may not fish for or harvest fish or shellfish in an area with catch in your possession that does not meet the rules of that area. However, you may pass through such an area without stopping to fish. Also, you may catch fish in one area and land them at a port in a different area even if that different area is closed or has different rules, with the exception of landing halibut in a closed area, or landing bottom fish caught in Oregon.
WA Harvesting another Person's Limit
You may not harvest any part of another person's daily limit, except for persons who possess a Designated Harvester Companion Card unless otherwise specified.
WA Bait
You may not chum (broadcast feed) to attract Game Fish unless authorized by Special Rules. You many not use salmon, herring, or halibut for anything other than human consumption or fishing bait. It is unlawful to possess or use live aquatic animals as bait, except: (1) Live aquatic animals (other than fish) collected from the water being fished; (2) Live sand shrimp; (3) Live forage fish in the Columbia River (downstream of Rocky Point/Tongue Point).
WA Transport of Live Fish
You may not transport live fish or relocate shellfish or shells into state waters without a permit.
WA Use of a Net
You may not use a net, except when using a dip net to land legally-hooked fish, a forage fish dip net to harvest forage fish.
WA Use of Chemicals
You may not use any type of chemical irritant to harvest fish, or shellfish unless a special exception has been made by the Director.
WA Bow and Arrow, Spear and Spearfishing
You may not fish for Game Fish, salmon, sturgeon, shad, octopus, crab, or other shellfish with bow and arrow, spear, or spearfishing gear unless authorized by Special Rules.
WA Gaff Hooks
You may not use a gaff hook, except to land lingcod (in Marine Areas 1-3 and 4 West of Bonilla-Tatoosh line), halibut, tuna, or dogfish shark that will be retained.
WA Season for Fishing Rivers Streams and Beaver Ponds
Rivers, streams and beaver ponds are open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31. Beaver ponds located within or connected to streams listed as open to trout and other game fish follow the same rules as the stream. Lakes, ponds, and reservoirs are open to fishing for game fish (except Dolly Varden/bull trout and grass carp) year-round.
WA Hook and Line Angling
Hook and line angling only. Barbed or barbless hooks may be used, and a hook may be single- point, double, or treble, but not more than one line with up to three hooks per angler may be used.
WA Cooperation with Data Collection
You must cooperate with data collection or other sampling of fish, shellfish or seaweed upon request of Department of Fish and Wildlife personnel. This includes relinquishing any part of a salmon, steelhead, or other species of fish containing coded-wire tags.
No min. size in lakes, ponds, and reservoirs. Only 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
BOBCAT CREEK
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
COYOTE CREEK
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BOBCAT CREEK PONDS
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
COYOTE CREEK PONDS
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
DEADMAN LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HALFMOON LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HAYS CREEK PONDS
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HUTCHINSON LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
MCMANAMAN LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
MORGAN LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
QUAIL LAKE
- All species
- Motors prohibited. Fly fishing only.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Catch and Release.
SHINER LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SPRAGUE LAKE
those waters SW of the SW tip of Harper Island
- All species
- Oct. 1-Apr. 30
- CLOSED WATERS.
- Bluegill
- May 1-Sept. 30
- No min. size. Daily limit up to 25 bluegill and crappie combined.
- Crappie
- May 1-Sept. 30
- Min. size 9". Daily limit up to 25 bluegill and crappie combined.
- Other game fish
- May 1-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
the marsh at the SW end of the lake from the lakeside edge of the reeds, including Cow Creek, to Danekas Rd.
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
- Bluegill
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit up to 25 bluegill and crappie combined.
- Crappie
- Year-round
- Min. size 9". Daily limit up to 25 bluegill and crappie combined.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CRAB CREEK
from mouth to Morgan Lake Rd. in Sec. 36
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Morgan Lake Rd. in Sec. 36 to O'Sullivan Dam (including Marsh Units I and II impoundments)
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from the confluence of the Moses Lake outlets to Sand Dunes Rd. including tributaries
- Bluegill
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Combined limit of bluegill and crappie is 25 fish.
- Crappie
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Min. length 9". Combined limit of crappie and bluegill is 25 fish.
- Yellow perch
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Daily limit is 25 fish.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit for lakes, ponds, and reservoirs apply.
from the fountain buoy and shoreline markers of 150' downstream of the Alder Street fill to Grant County Rd. 7 NE
- Bluegill
- Year-round
- Min. size 8". Daily limit 5.
- Crappie
- Year-round
- Min. size 9". Daily limit 10.
- Yellow perch
- Year-round
- Daily limit 25.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit for lakes, ponds, and reservoirs apply.
above Grant County Rd. 7 and all tributaries except Goose Creek in the city of Wilbur
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HAYS CREEK
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PARA-JUVENILE LAKE
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ROYAL LAKE AND ROYAL SLOUGH
including Marsh Unit 4 impoundments
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
TEAL LAKE, NORTH & SOUTH
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PALOUSE RIVER
upstream of Palouse Falls, including tributaries (Washington waters only) except Rock Creek and Hog Canyon Creek CRC (652)
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
FOURTH OF JULY LAKE
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- All game fish
- 1st Fri. after Thanksgiving- Mar. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
Bluegill
WA Non-game and Food Fish
You may not harvest in freshwater any fish not classified as a Food Fish or Game Fish except for Northern pike.
WA Snagging
You may not snag or attempt to snag fish. It is unlawful to possess a fish taken from freshwater that was not hooked inside the mouth or on the head. The head is defined as any portion forward of the rear margin of the gill plate.
WA Use of Drugs, Explosives or Poisons
You may not use drugs, explosives, or poison that may kill or injure fish and wildlife.
WA Crossbow
You may not use a crossbow to harvest fish or shellfish.
WA Sale or Barter
You may not offer any recreationally-caught fish or shellfish for sale or barter.
WA Possession and Fishing Rules
You may not fish for or harvest fish or shellfish in an area with catch in your possession that does not meet the rules of that area. However, you may pass through such an area without stopping to fish. Also, you may catch fish in one area and land them at a port in a different area even if that different area is closed or has different rules, with the exception of landing halibut in a closed area, or landing bottom fish caught in Oregon.
WA Harvesting another Person's Limit
You may not harvest any part of another person's daily limit, except for persons who possess a Designated Harvester Companion Card unless otherwise specified.
WA Bait
You may not chum (broadcast feed) to attract Game Fish unless authorized by Special Rules. You many not use salmon, herring, or halibut for anything other than human consumption or fishing bait. It is unlawful to possess or use live aquatic animals as bait, except: (1) Live aquatic animals (other than fish) collected from the water being fished; (2) Live sand shrimp; (3) Live forage fish in the Columbia River (downstream of Rocky Point/Tongue Point).
WA Transport of Live Fish
You may not transport live fish or relocate shellfish or shells into state waters without a permit.
WA Use of a Net
You may not use a net, except when using a dip net to land legally-hooked fish, a forage fish dip net to harvest forage fish.
WA Use of Chemicals
You may not use any type of chemical irritant to harvest fish, or shellfish unless a special exception has been made by the Director.
WA Gaff Hooks
You may not use a gaff hook, except to land lingcod (in Marine Areas 1-3 and 4 West of Bonilla-Tatoosh line), halibut, tuna, or dogfish shark that will be retained.
WA Season for Fishing Rivers Streams and Beaver Ponds
Rivers, streams and beaver ponds are open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31. Beaver ponds located within or connected to streams listed as open to trout and other game fish follow the same rules as the stream. Lakes, ponds, and reservoirs are open to fishing for game fish (except Dolly Varden/bull trout and grass carp) year-round.
WA Hook and Line Angling
Hook and line angling only. Barbed or barbless hooks may be used, and a hook may be single- point, double, or treble, but not more than one line with up to three hooks per angler may be used.
WA Cooperation with Data Collection
You must cooperate with data collection or other sampling of fish, shellfish or seaweed upon request of Department of Fish and Wildlife personnel. This includes relinquishing any part of a salmon, steelhead, or other species of fish containing coded-wire tags.
No min. size. No daily limit.
For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations
BOBCAT CREEK
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
COYOTE CREEK
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BOBCAT CREEK PONDS
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
COYOTE CREEK PONDS
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
DEADMAN LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HALFMOON LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HAYS CREEK PONDS
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HUTCHINSON LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
MCMANAMAN LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
MORGAN LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
QUAIL LAKE
- All species
- Motors prohibited. Fly fishing only.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Catch and Release.
SHINER LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SPRAGUE LAKE
those waters SW of the SW tip of Harper Island
- All species
- Oct. 1-Apr. 30
- CLOSED WATERS.
- Bluegill
- May 1-Sept. 30
- No min. size. Daily limit up to 25 bluegill and crappie combined.
- Crappie
- May 1-Sept. 30
- Min. size 9". Daily limit up to 25 bluegill and crappie combined.
- Other game fish
- May 1-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
the marsh at the SW end of the lake from the lakeside edge of the reeds, including Cow Creek, to Danekas Rd.
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
- Bluegill
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit up to 25 bluegill and crappie combined.
- Crappie
- Year-round
- Min. size 9". Daily limit up to 25 bluegill and crappie combined.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CRAB CREEK
from mouth to Morgan Lake Rd. in Sec. 36
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Morgan Lake Rd. in Sec. 36 to O'Sullivan Dam (including Marsh Units I and II impoundments)
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from the confluence of the Moses Lake outlets to Sand Dunes Rd. including tributaries
- Bluegill
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Combined limit of bluegill and crappie is 25 fish.
- Crappie
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Min. length 9". Combined limit of crappie and bluegill is 25 fish.
- Yellow perch
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Daily limit is 25 fish.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit for lakes, ponds, and reservoirs apply.
from the fountain buoy and shoreline markers of 150' downstream of the Alder Street fill to Grant County Rd. 7 NE
- Bluegill
- Year-round
- Min. size 8". Daily limit 5.
- Crappie
- Year-round
- Min. size 9". Daily limit 10.
- Yellow perch
- Year-round
- Daily limit 25.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit for lakes, ponds, and reservoirs apply.
above Grant County Rd. 7 and all tributaries except Goose Creek in the city of Wilbur
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HAYS CREEK
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PARA-JUVENILE LAKE
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ROYAL LAKE AND ROYAL SLOUGH
including Marsh Unit 4 impoundments
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
TEAL LAKE, NORTH & SOUTH
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PALOUSE RIVER
upstream of Palouse Falls, including tributaries (Washington waters only) except Rock Creek and Hog Canyon Creek CRC (652)
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
FOURTH OF JULY LAKE
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- All game fish
- 1st Fri. after Thanksgiving- Mar. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
FAQ about Hayes Creek fishing
- Largemouth bass - 3 members reported to have caught this fish
- Bluegill - 2 members reported to have caught this fish
- @Singleneedlesaint reported a nice Bluegill.
- @Singleneedlesaint reported a nice Bluegill.
- @Singleneedlesaint reported a nice Bluegill.
- @erikcontreras5018 reported a nice Bluegill.
- @egamboa22 reported a nice Largemouth bass.
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