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Fishing regulations at Alta Lake, 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
ANDREWS CREEK
from mouth to the falls approx. 1/2 mile upstream
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
BEAVER CREEK
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
BLACK CANYON CREEK
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
BONAPARTE CREEK
from mouth to the falls approx. river mile 1.0
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
BOULDER CREEK
from mouth to barrier falls at river mile 1.0
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
BUTTERMILK CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Catch-and-release.
CEDAR CREEK
from mouth to Cedar Falls
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Catch-and-release.
from Cedar Falls upstream and tributaries
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CHEWUCH RIVER
from mouth to Eightmile Creek
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Catch-and-release.
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
from Eightmile Creek to Pasayten wilderness boundary falls (river mile 34.6)
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
CUB CREEK
from mouth upstream to West Chewuch Rd. Bridge
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
DOG CREEK
from mouth upstream to falls approx. 1.5 miles
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
EAGLE CREEK
from mouth upstream to the falls
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
EARLY WINTERS CREEK
from mouth upstream to Forest Rd. 300
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
EARLY WINTERS CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES
from Forest Rd. 300 upstream including tributaries
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Catch-and-release.
EIGHTMILE CREEK
from mouth upstream to Forest Rd. 5130 Bridge
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
FALLS CREEK
from the mouth upstream to the falls approx. 0.15 miles
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
GOAT CREEK
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
GOLD CREEK
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
JASMINE CREEK
- All species
- Open for juvenile anglers, senior anglers and anglers with a disability who possess a designated harvester companion card only.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Year-round
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LAKE CREEK
from mouth to Black Lake
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from Black Lake to Three Prong Creek
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
LIBBY CREEK
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
LITTLE BRIDGE CREEK
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Catch-and-release.
LOST RIVER
from mouth to Monument Creek
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from Monument Creek to Deception Creek including tributaries
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Dolly varden/ bull trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- May be retained as part of trout daily limit.
- Other trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
METHOW RIVER
from mouth to County Rd. 1535 (Burma Rd.) Bridge
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
tributaries from mouth to County Rd. 1535 (Burma Rd.) Bridge except Black Canyon Creek
- Eastern brook trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- No min. size. No daily limit.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
from County Rd. 1535 (Burma Rd.) Bridge to Gold Creek CRC (621)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Catch-and-release.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Closed.
tributaries from the County Road 1535 (Burma Rd.) Bridge to Gold Creek, except Gold Creek
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Eastern brook trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- No min. size. No daily limit.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
from Gold Creek to Foghorn Dam CRC (621)
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 30
- Closed.
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 30
- Catch-and-release.
all tributaries from Gold Creek to Foghorn Dam except Beaver Creek, Chewuch River, Libby Creek, and Twisp River
- Eastern brook trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- No min. size. No daily limit.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
from Foghorn Dam to Weeman Bridge, including tributaries except Wolf Creek
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Closed.
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Selective gear rules. Catch-and-release.
from Weeman Bridge to the falls above Brush Creek CRC (621)
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
all tributaries from Weeman Bridge to the falls above Brush Creek except Lost River, Goat Creek, and Early Winters Creek
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
MONUMENT CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
NORTH CREEK
from mouth upstream to Twisp River Rd. Bridge
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
OKANOGAN RIVER
from mouth to Hwy. 97 Bridge immediately upstream of mouth CRC (627)
- All species
- For fishing on tribal reservation boundary waters also consult the Colville Confederated Tribes at (509) 6344711. Washington State license is required.
- July 1-Oct. 15
- Anti-snagging rule. Night closure. Two-Pole allowed.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Release all trout.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Year-round
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- July 1-Oct. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including up to 4 sockeye and no more than 2 adult hatchery Chinook. Release coho and wild adult Chinook.
from Hwy. 97 Bridge immediately upstream of mouth to Hwy. bridge at Malott CRC (627)
- All species
- For fishing on tribal reservation boundary waters also consult the Colville Confederated Tribes at (509) 6344711. Washington State license is required.
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Release all trout.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Year-round
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including up to 4 sockeye and no more than 2 adult hatchery Chinook. Release coho and wild adult Chinook.
from the Hwy. bridge at Malott to the Hwy. 97 Bridge at Oroville CRC (627)
- All species
- For fishing on tribal reservation boundary waters also consult the Colville Confederated Tribes at (509) 6344711. Washington State license is required.
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Release all trout.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including up to 4 sockeye and no more than 2 adult hatchery Chinook. Release coho and wild adult Chinook.
upstream from the Hwy. 97 Bridge at Oroville to Zosel Dam
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
OKANOGAN RIVER TRIBUTARIES
Okanogan River Tributaries (Okanogan Co.) except Bonaparte, Jasmine, and Salmon Creeks, and Similkameen River
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Release all trout.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SALMON CREEK
from mouth to Conconully Reservoir CRC (627)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release. Except: Eastern brook trout.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Conconully Reservoir upstream and all tributaries
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SIMILKAMEEN RIVER
from mouth to 400' below the Enloe Dam CRC (629)
- All species
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
- Trout
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Catch-and-release.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Closed.
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
- Other game fish
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including up to 4 sockeye and no more than 2 adult hatchery Chinook. Release coho and wild adult Chinook.
from Enloe Dam downstream 400'
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from Enloe Dam to Canadian border and all tributaries, except Sinlahekin Creek CRC (629)
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
SINLAHEKIN CREEK
from Palmer Lake to Cecile Creek Bridge
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Selective gear rules.
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
THIRTYMILE CREEK
from mouth upstream to falls
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
TWENTYMILE CREEK
from mouth upstream to falls
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
TWISP RIVER
from mouth to War Creek
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Catch-and-release.
tributaries from War Creek upstream except North Creek and North Fork Twisp River
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
from War Creek upstream
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
TWISP RIVER, NORTH FORK
from mouth to falls including tributaries
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
WOLF CREEK
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
AENEAS LAKE
- All species
- Fly fishing only. Motors prohibited.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ALTA LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ASPEN LAKE
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
BEAVER LAKE, BIG
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BEAVER LAKE, LITTLE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
BETH LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BIG TWIN LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BLACK LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BLUE LAKE
(near Wannacut Lake)
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
(near Sinlahekin)
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Unlawful to use lead weights or lead jigs measuring 1 1/2" or less along the longest axis. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BONAPARTE 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. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
BUZZARD LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CAMPBELL LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CHOPAKA LAKE
- All species
- Motors prohibited. Fly fishing only.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CONCONULLY LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CONCONULLY RESERVOIR
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CONNER LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
COUGAR LAKE
near Winthrop, off Cougar Creek
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
in Pasayten Wilderness, headwaters to Lost River
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CRAWFISH LAKE
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
DAVIS LAKE
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ELL LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
FISH LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
FORDE LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
GREEN LAKES, LOWER AND UPPER
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
LITTLE TWIN LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
LONG LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LOST LAKE
- All species
- Unlawful to use lead weights or lead jigs measuring 1 1/2" or less along the longest axis. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
LYMAN LAKE
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
MARY ANN LAKE
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
MOLSON LAKE
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
OSOYOOS 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.
PEARRYGIN LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
RAT 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.
REFLECTION POND
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
ROUND LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SCHALOW POND
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
SILVER NAIL LAKE
- All species
- Open for juvenile anglers, senior anglers and anglers with a disability who possess a designated harvester companion card only. Two-Pole not allowed.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SPECTACLE LAKE
- All game fish
- Apr. 1-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
STARZMAN LAKES
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
SUGARLOAF LAKE
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
SUMMIT LAKE
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
WANNACUT LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WASHBURN ISLAND POND
- All species
- Apr. 1-Sept. 30
- Internal combustion motors may be attached to floating device, but cannot be used.
- All game fish
- Apr. 1-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WASHBURN LAKE
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ROOSEVELT LAKE TRIBUTARIES
between Grand Coulee Dam and the Canadian border except tributaries listed elsewhere in Special Rules
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Sturgeon
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
ROOSEVELT LAKE
Grand Coulee Dam to Little Dalles power line crossing including Hawk Creek down- stream of the falls at Hawk Creek Campground and the Spokane Arm upstream to 400' below Little Falls Dam CRC (549)
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 6. No more than 2 with intact adipose fins may be retained.
- Trout
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 5. Only adipose fin-clipped trout may be retained.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- Daily limit 16. No size restriction.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Year-round
- Salmon count toward trout daily limit. No catch record card required.
- Sturgeon
- Year-round
- Closed.
RUFUS WOODS LAKE
from Chief Joseph Dam upstream to State Route 155 Bridge
- All species
- Douglas County shore (State license), on the water (either State or Tribal License accepted), Reservation (Tribal permit required or either license accepted at a signed "Designated Fishing Areas" (DFA) located and marked as such on the Colville Reservation shoreline).
- Trout
- Year-round
- Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Sturgeon
- Year-round
- Closed.
from State Route 155 Bridge upstream to Grand Coulee Dam
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
Rainbow trout
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.
The maximum number of individual fish across an aggregate group of species legally harvested per harvester per day.
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.
The combined daily limit for an angler that fishes in both rivers and lakes on the same day is 5 trout, no more than 2 may be from rivers.
Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Golden Trout, Tiger Trout, and Grayling:
- In rivers, streams, and beaver ponds: Min. size 8". Daily limit 2.
- In lakes, ponds, and reservoirs: No min. size.Daily limit 5.
When fishing with bait, all trout that are lawful to possess and are equal to or greater than the minimum size are counted as part of the daily limit whether kept or released.
For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations
ANDREWS CREEK
from mouth to the falls approx. 1/2 mile upstream
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
BEAVER CREEK
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
BLACK CANYON CREEK
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
BONAPARTE CREEK
from mouth to the falls approx. river mile 1.0
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
BOULDER CREEK
from mouth to barrier falls at river mile 1.0
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
BUTTERMILK CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Catch-and-release.
CEDAR CREEK
from mouth to Cedar Falls
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Catch-and-release.
from Cedar Falls upstream and tributaries
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CHEWUCH RIVER
from mouth to Eightmile Creek
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Catch-and-release.
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
from Eightmile Creek to Pasayten wilderness boundary falls (river mile 34.6)
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
CUB CREEK
from mouth upstream to West Chewuch Rd. Bridge
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
DOG CREEK
from mouth upstream to falls approx. 1.5 miles
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
EAGLE CREEK
from mouth upstream to the falls
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
EARLY WINTERS CREEK
from mouth upstream to Forest Rd. 300
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
EARLY WINTERS CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES
from Forest Rd. 300 upstream including tributaries
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Catch-and-release.
EIGHTMILE CREEK
from mouth upstream to Forest Rd. 5130 Bridge
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
FALLS CREEK
from the mouth upstream to the falls approx. 0.15 miles
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
GOAT CREEK
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
GOLD CREEK
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
JASMINE CREEK
- All species
- Open for juvenile anglers, senior anglers and anglers with a disability who possess a designated harvester companion card only.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Year-round
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LAKE CREEK
from mouth to Black Lake
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from Black Lake to Three Prong Creek
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
LIBBY CREEK
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
LITTLE BRIDGE CREEK
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Catch-and-release.
LOST RIVER
from mouth to Monument Creek
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from Monument Creek to Deception Creek including tributaries
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Dolly varden/ bull trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- May be retained as part of trout daily limit.
- Other trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
METHOW RIVER
from mouth to County Rd. 1535 (Burma Rd.) Bridge
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
tributaries from mouth to County Rd. 1535 (Burma Rd.) Bridge except Black Canyon Creek
- Eastern brook trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- No min. size. No daily limit.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
from County Rd. 1535 (Burma Rd.) Bridge to Gold Creek CRC (621)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Catch-and-release.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Closed.
tributaries from the County Road 1535 (Burma Rd.) Bridge to Gold Creek, except Gold Creek
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Eastern brook trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- No min. size. No daily limit.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
from Gold Creek to Foghorn Dam CRC (621)
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 30
- Closed.
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 30
- Catch-and-release.
all tributaries from Gold Creek to Foghorn Dam except Beaver Creek, Chewuch River, Libby Creek, and Twisp River
- Eastern brook trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- No min. size. No daily limit.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
from Foghorn Dam to Weeman Bridge, including tributaries except Wolf Creek
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Closed.
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Selective gear rules. Catch-and-release.
from Weeman Bridge to the falls above Brush Creek CRC (621)
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
all tributaries from Weeman Bridge to the falls above Brush Creek except Lost River, Goat Creek, and Early Winters Creek
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
MONUMENT CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
NORTH CREEK
from mouth upstream to Twisp River Rd. Bridge
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
OKANOGAN RIVER
from mouth to Hwy. 97 Bridge immediately upstream of mouth CRC (627)
- All species
- For fishing on tribal reservation boundary waters also consult the Colville Confederated Tribes at (509) 6344711. Washington State license is required.
- July 1-Oct. 15
- Anti-snagging rule. Night closure. Two-Pole allowed.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Release all trout.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Year-round
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- July 1-Oct. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including up to 4 sockeye and no more than 2 adult hatchery Chinook. Release coho and wild adult Chinook.
from Hwy. 97 Bridge immediately upstream of mouth to Hwy. bridge at Malott CRC (627)
- All species
- For fishing on tribal reservation boundary waters also consult the Colville Confederated Tribes at (509) 6344711. Washington State license is required.
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Release all trout.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Year-round
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including up to 4 sockeye and no more than 2 adult hatchery Chinook. Release coho and wild adult Chinook.
from the Hwy. bridge at Malott to the Hwy. 97 Bridge at Oroville CRC (627)
- All species
- For fishing on tribal reservation boundary waters also consult the Colville Confederated Tribes at (509) 6344711. Washington State license is required.
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Release all trout.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including up to 4 sockeye and no more than 2 adult hatchery Chinook. Release coho and wild adult Chinook.
upstream from the Hwy. 97 Bridge at Oroville to Zosel Dam
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
OKANOGAN RIVER TRIBUTARIES
Okanogan River Tributaries (Okanogan Co.) except Bonaparte, Jasmine, and Salmon Creeks, and Similkameen River
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Release all trout.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SALMON CREEK
from mouth to Conconully Reservoir CRC (627)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release. Except: Eastern brook trout.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Conconully Reservoir upstream and all tributaries
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SIMILKAMEEN RIVER
from mouth to 400' below the Enloe Dam CRC (629)
- All species
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
- Trout
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Catch-and-release.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Closed.
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
- Other game fish
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including up to 4 sockeye and no more than 2 adult hatchery Chinook. Release coho and wild adult Chinook.
from Enloe Dam downstream 400'
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from Enloe Dam to Canadian border and all tributaries, except Sinlahekin Creek CRC (629)
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
SINLAHEKIN CREEK
from Palmer Lake to Cecile Creek Bridge
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Selective gear rules.
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
THIRTYMILE CREEK
from mouth upstream to falls
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
TWENTYMILE CREEK
from mouth upstream to falls
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
TWISP RIVER
from mouth to War Creek
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Catch-and-release.
tributaries from War Creek upstream except North Creek and North Fork Twisp River
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
from War Creek upstream
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
TWISP RIVER, NORTH FORK
from mouth to falls including tributaries
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
WOLF CREEK
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
AENEAS LAKE
- All species
- Fly fishing only. Motors prohibited.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ALTA LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ASPEN LAKE
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
BEAVER LAKE, BIG
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BEAVER LAKE, LITTLE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
BETH LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BIG TWIN LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BLACK LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BLUE LAKE
(near Wannacut Lake)
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
(near Sinlahekin)
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Unlawful to use lead weights or lead jigs measuring 1 1/2" or less along the longest axis. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BONAPARTE 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. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
BUZZARD LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CAMPBELL LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CHOPAKA LAKE
- All species
- Motors prohibited. Fly fishing only.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CONCONULLY LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CONCONULLY RESERVOIR
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CONNER LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
COUGAR LAKE
near Winthrop, off Cougar Creek
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
in Pasayten Wilderness, headwaters to Lost River
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CRAWFISH LAKE
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
DAVIS LAKE
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ELL LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
FISH LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
FORDE LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
GREEN LAKES, LOWER AND UPPER
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
LITTLE TWIN LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
LONG LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LOST LAKE
- All species
- Unlawful to use lead weights or lead jigs measuring 1 1/2" or less along the longest axis. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
LYMAN LAKE
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
MARY ANN LAKE
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
MOLSON LAKE
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
OSOYOOS 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.
PEARRYGIN LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
RAT 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.
REFLECTION POND
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
ROUND LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SCHALOW POND
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
SILVER NAIL LAKE
- All species
- Open for juvenile anglers, senior anglers and anglers with a disability who possess a designated harvester companion card only. Two-Pole not allowed.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SPECTACLE LAKE
- All game fish
- Apr. 1-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
STARZMAN LAKES
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
SUGARLOAF LAKE
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
SUMMIT LAKE
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
WANNACUT LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WASHBURN ISLAND POND
- All species
- Apr. 1-Sept. 30
- Internal combustion motors may be attached to floating device, but cannot be used.
- All game fish
- Apr. 1-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WASHBURN LAKE
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ROOSEVELT LAKE TRIBUTARIES
between Grand Coulee Dam and the Canadian border except tributaries listed elsewhere in Special Rules
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Sturgeon
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
ROOSEVELT LAKE
Grand Coulee Dam to Little Dalles power line crossing including Hawk Creek down- stream of the falls at Hawk Creek Campground and the Spokane Arm upstream to 400' below Little Falls Dam CRC (549)
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 6. No more than 2 with intact adipose fins may be retained.
- Trout
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 5. Only adipose fin-clipped trout may be retained.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- Daily limit 16. No size restriction.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Year-round
- Salmon count toward trout daily limit. No catch record card required.
- Sturgeon
- Year-round
- Closed.
RUFUS WOODS LAKE
from Chief Joseph Dam upstream to State Route 155 Bridge
- All species
- Douglas County shore (State license), on the water (either State or Tribal License accepted), Reservation (Tribal permit required or either license accepted at a signed "Designated Fishing Areas" (DFA) located and marked as such on the Colville Reservation shoreline).
- Trout
- Year-round
- Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Sturgeon
- Year-round
- Closed.
from State Route 155 Bridge upstream to Grand Coulee Dam
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
Smallmouth 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.
The maximum number of trophy individuals legally harvested per harvester per day. A trophy is any individual of a length greater than the max size limit. Trophy individuals are included in the daily bag limit unless stated otherwise.
Total length means the straight line distance from the most forward point of the head with the mouth closed, to the farthest tip of the tail with the tail compressed or squeezed, while the fish is lying on its side.
WA Non-game and Food Fish
You may not harvest in freshwater any fish not classified as a Food Fish or Game Fish except for Northern pike.
WA Snagging
You may not snag or attempt to snag fish. It is unlawful to possess a fish taken from freshwater that was not hooked inside the mouth or on the head. The head is defined as any portion forward of the rear margin of the gill plate.
WA Use of Drugs, Explosives or Poisons
You may not use drugs, explosives, or poison that may kill or injure fish and wildlife.
WA Crossbow
You may not use a crossbow to harvest fish or shellfish.
WA Sale or Barter
You may not offer any recreationally-caught fish or shellfish for sale or barter.
WA Possession and Fishing Rules
You may not fish for or harvest fish or shellfish in an area with catch in your possession that does not meet the rules of that area. However, you may pass through such an area without stopping to fish. Also, you may catch fish in one area and land them at a port in a different area even if that different area is closed or has different rules, with the exception of landing halibut in a closed area, or landing bottom fish caught in Oregon.
WA Harvesting another Person's Limit
You may not harvest any part of another person's daily limit, except for persons who possess a Designated Harvester Companion Card unless otherwise specified.
WA Bait
You may not chum (broadcast feed) to attract Game Fish unless authorized by Special Rules. You many not use salmon, herring, or halibut for anything other than human consumption or fishing bait. It is unlawful to possess or use live aquatic animals as bait, except: (1) Live aquatic animals (other than fish) collected from the water being fished; (2) Live sand shrimp; (3) Live forage fish in the Columbia River (downstream of Rocky Point/Tongue Point).
WA Transport of Live Fish
You may not transport live fish or relocate shellfish or shells into state waters without a permit.
WA Use of a Net
You may not use a net, except when using a dip net to land legally-hooked fish, a forage fish dip net to harvest forage fish.
WA Use of Chemicals
You may not use any type of chemical irritant to harvest fish, or shellfish unless a special exception has been made by the Director.
WA Bow and Arrow, Spear and Spearfishing
You may not fish for Game Fish, salmon, sturgeon, shad, octopus, crab, or other shellfish with bow and arrow, spear, or spearfishing gear unless authorized by Special Rules.
WA Gaff Hooks
You may not use a gaff hook, except to land lingcod (in Marine Areas 1-3 and 4 West of Bonilla-Tatoosh line), halibut, tuna, or dogfish shark that will be retained.
WA Season for Fishing Rivers Streams and Beaver Ponds
Rivers, streams and beaver ponds are open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31. Beaver ponds located within or connected to streams listed as open to trout and other game fish follow the same rules as the stream. Lakes, ponds, and reservoirs are open to fishing for game fish (except Dolly Varden/bull trout and grass carp) year-round.
WA Hook and Line Angling
Hook and line angling only. Barbed or barbless hooks may be used, and a hook may be single- point, double, or treble, but not more than one line with up to three hooks per angler may be used.
WA Cooperation with Data Collection
You must cooperate with data collection or other sampling of fish, shellfish or seaweed upon request of Department of Fish and Wildlife personnel. This includes relinquishing any part of a salmon, steelhead, or other species of fish containing coded-wire tags.
No min. size in lakes, ponds, and reservoirs. Only 1 smallmouth bass over 14" may be retained. Daily limit 10. No size restriction/daily limit in rivers, streams, and beaver ponds.
For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations
ANDREWS CREEK
from mouth to the falls approx. 1/2 mile upstream
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
BEAVER CREEK
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
BLACK CANYON CREEK
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
BONAPARTE CREEK
from mouth to the falls approx. river mile 1.0
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
BOULDER CREEK
from mouth to barrier falls at river mile 1.0
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
BUTTERMILK CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Catch-and-release.
CEDAR CREEK
from mouth to Cedar Falls
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Catch-and-release.
from Cedar Falls upstream and tributaries
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CHEWUCH RIVER
from mouth to Eightmile Creek
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Catch-and-release.
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
from Eightmile Creek to Pasayten wilderness boundary falls (river mile 34.6)
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
CUB CREEK
from mouth upstream to West Chewuch Rd. Bridge
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
DOG CREEK
from mouth upstream to falls approx. 1.5 miles
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
EAGLE CREEK
from mouth upstream to the falls
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
EARLY WINTERS CREEK
from mouth upstream to Forest Rd. 300
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
EARLY WINTERS CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES
from Forest Rd. 300 upstream including tributaries
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Catch-and-release.
EIGHTMILE CREEK
from mouth upstream to Forest Rd. 5130 Bridge
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
FALLS CREEK
from the mouth upstream to the falls approx. 0.15 miles
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
GOAT CREEK
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
GOLD CREEK
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
JASMINE CREEK
- All species
- Open for juvenile anglers, senior anglers and anglers with a disability who possess a designated harvester companion card only.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Year-round
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LAKE CREEK
from mouth to Black Lake
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from Black Lake to Three Prong Creek
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
LIBBY CREEK
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
LITTLE BRIDGE CREEK
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Catch-and-release.
LOST RIVER
from mouth to Monument Creek
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from Monument Creek to Deception Creek including tributaries
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Dolly varden/ bull trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- May be retained as part of trout daily limit.
- Other trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
METHOW RIVER
from mouth to County Rd. 1535 (Burma Rd.) Bridge
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
tributaries from mouth to County Rd. 1535 (Burma Rd.) Bridge except Black Canyon Creek
- Eastern brook trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- No min. size. No daily limit.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
from County Rd. 1535 (Burma Rd.) Bridge to Gold Creek CRC (621)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Catch-and-release.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Closed.
tributaries from the County Road 1535 (Burma Rd.) Bridge to Gold Creek, except Gold Creek
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Eastern brook trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- No min. size. No daily limit.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
from Gold Creek to Foghorn Dam CRC (621)
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 30
- Closed.
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 30
- Catch-and-release.
all tributaries from Gold Creek to Foghorn Dam except Beaver Creek, Chewuch River, Libby Creek, and Twisp River
- Eastern brook trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- No min. size. No daily limit.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
from Foghorn Dam to Weeman Bridge, including tributaries except Wolf Creek
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Closed.
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Selective gear rules. Catch-and-release.
from Weeman Bridge to the falls above Brush Creek CRC (621)
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
all tributaries from Weeman Bridge to the falls above Brush Creek except Lost River, Goat Creek, and Early Winters Creek
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
MONUMENT CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
NORTH CREEK
from mouth upstream to Twisp River Rd. Bridge
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
OKANOGAN RIVER
from mouth to Hwy. 97 Bridge immediately upstream of mouth CRC (627)
- All species
- For fishing on tribal reservation boundary waters also consult the Colville Confederated Tribes at (509) 6344711. Washington State license is required.
- July 1-Oct. 15
- Anti-snagging rule. Night closure. Two-Pole allowed.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Release all trout.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Year-round
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- July 1-Oct. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including up to 4 sockeye and no more than 2 adult hatchery Chinook. Release coho and wild adult Chinook.
from Hwy. 97 Bridge immediately upstream of mouth to Hwy. bridge at Malott CRC (627)
- All species
- For fishing on tribal reservation boundary waters also consult the Colville Confederated Tribes at (509) 6344711. Washington State license is required.
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Release all trout.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Year-round
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including up to 4 sockeye and no more than 2 adult hatchery Chinook. Release coho and wild adult Chinook.
from the Hwy. bridge at Malott to the Hwy. 97 Bridge at Oroville CRC (627)
- All species
- For fishing on tribal reservation boundary waters also consult the Colville Confederated Tribes at (509) 6344711. Washington State license is required.
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Release all trout.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including up to 4 sockeye and no more than 2 adult hatchery Chinook. Release coho and wild adult Chinook.
upstream from the Hwy. 97 Bridge at Oroville to Zosel Dam
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
OKANOGAN RIVER TRIBUTARIES
Okanogan River Tributaries (Okanogan Co.) except Bonaparte, Jasmine, and Salmon Creeks, and Similkameen River
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Release all trout.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SALMON CREEK
from mouth to Conconully Reservoir CRC (627)
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release. Except: Eastern brook trout.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Conconully Reservoir upstream and all tributaries
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SIMILKAMEEN RIVER
from mouth to 400' below the Enloe Dam CRC (629)
- All species
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
- Trout
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Catch-and-release.
- Steelhead (hatchery)
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Closed.
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
- Other game fish
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- July 1-Sept. 15
- Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including up to 4 sockeye and no more than 2 adult hatchery Chinook. Release coho and wild adult Chinook.
from Enloe Dam downstream 400'
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from Enloe Dam to Canadian border and all tributaries, except Sinlahekin Creek CRC (629)
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
SINLAHEKIN CREEK
from Palmer Lake to Cecile Creek Bridge
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Selective gear rules.
- Whitefish
- Dec. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
THIRTYMILE CREEK
from mouth upstream to falls
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
TWENTYMILE CREEK
from mouth upstream to falls
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
TWISP RIVER
from mouth to War Creek
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 15
- Catch-and-release.
tributaries from War Creek upstream except North Creek and North Fork Twisp River
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Catch-and-release.
from War Creek upstream
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
TWISP RIVER, NORTH FORK
from mouth to falls including tributaries
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
WOLF CREEK
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
AENEAS LAKE
- All species
- Fly fishing only. Motors prohibited.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ALTA LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ASPEN LAKE
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
BEAVER LAKE, BIG
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BEAVER LAKE, LITTLE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
BETH LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BIG TWIN LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BLACK LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BLUE LAKE
(near Wannacut Lake)
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
(near Sinlahekin)
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Unlawful to use lead weights or lead jigs measuring 1 1/2" or less along the longest axis. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BONAPARTE 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. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
BUZZARD LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CAMPBELL LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CHOPAKA LAKE
- All species
- Motors prohibited. Fly fishing only.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CONCONULLY LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CONCONULLY RESERVOIR
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CONNER LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
COUGAR LAKE
near Winthrop, off Cougar Creek
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
in Pasayten Wilderness, headwaters to Lost River
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CRAWFISH LAKE
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
DAVIS LAKE
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ELL LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
FISH LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
FORDE LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
GREEN LAKES, LOWER AND UPPER
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
LITTLE TWIN LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
LONG LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LOST LAKE
- All species
- Unlawful to use lead weights or lead jigs measuring 1 1/2" or less along the longest axis. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
LYMAN LAKE
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
MARY ANN LAKE
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
MOLSON LAKE
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
OSOYOOS 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.
PEARRYGIN LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
RAT 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.
REFLECTION POND
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
ROUND LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SCHALOW POND
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
SILVER NAIL LAKE
- All species
- Open for juvenile anglers, senior anglers and anglers with a disability who possess a designated harvester companion card only. Two-Pole not allowed.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SPECTACLE LAKE
- All game fish
- Apr. 1-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
STARZMAN LAKES
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
SUGARLOAF LAKE
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
SUMMIT LAKE
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
WANNACUT LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WASHBURN ISLAND POND
- All species
- Apr. 1-Sept. 30
- Internal combustion motors may be attached to floating device, but cannot be used.
- All game fish
- Apr. 1-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WASHBURN LAKE
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ROOSEVELT LAKE TRIBUTARIES
between Grand Coulee Dam and the Canadian border except tributaries listed elsewhere in Special Rules
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Sturgeon
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
ROOSEVELT LAKE
Grand Coulee Dam to Little Dalles power line crossing including Hawk Creek down- stream of the falls at Hawk Creek Campground and the Spokane Arm upstream to 400' below Little Falls Dam CRC (549)
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 6. No more than 2 with intact adipose fins may be retained.
- Trout
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 5. Only adipose fin-clipped trout may be retained.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- Daily limit 16. No size restriction.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Year-round
- Salmon count toward trout daily limit. No catch record card required.
- Sturgeon
- Year-round
- Closed.
RUFUS WOODS LAKE
from Chief Joseph Dam upstream to State Route 155 Bridge
- All species
- Douglas County shore (State license), on the water (either State or Tribal License accepted), Reservation (Tribal permit required or either license accepted at a signed "Designated Fishing Areas" (DFA) located and marked as such on the Colville Reservation shoreline).
- Trout
- Year-round
- Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Sturgeon
- Year-round
- Closed.
from State Route 155 Bridge upstream to Grand Coulee Dam
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
FAQ about Alta Lake fishing
- Largemouth bass - 49 members reported to have caught this fish
- Rainbow trout - 18 members reported to have caught this fish
- Smallmouth bass - 2 members reported to have caught this fish
- @Bråndön reported a nice Largemouth bass.
- @CoolCohen reported a nice Rainbow trout.
- @nathanpin reported a nice Largemouth bass.
- @Druslastcatch reported a nice Largemouth bass.
- @Druslastcatch reported a nice Kokanee salmon.
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