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Washougal River Greenway

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Washington, United States

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Washougal River Greenway is a lake located in Clark County, Washington, United States. It is most popular for fishing Smallmouth bass, Largemouth bass, and Bluegill.

Location

45°35′7″N 122°23′1.6″W
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Fishing regulations at Washougal River Greenway, WA

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

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

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Smallmouth bass

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Regulation boundaryWA Washington State Waters

The maximum number of individual fish legally harvested per harvester per day. Bag limits are only for properly licensed anglers actively harvesting the species. People who are not actively harvesting or are not properly licensed (if a license is required) may NOT be counted for the purpose of bag limits.

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

WA Non-game and Food Fish

You may not harvest in freshwater any fish not classified as a Food Fish or Game Fish except for Northern pike.

WA Snagging

You may not snag or attempt to snag fish. It is unlawful to possess a fish taken from freshwater that was not hooked inside the mouth or on the head. The head is defined as any portion forward of the rear margin of the gill plate.

WA Use of Drugs, Explosives or Poisons

You may not use drugs, explosives, or poison that may kill or injure fish and wildlife.

WA Crossbow

You may not use a crossbow to harvest fish or shellfish.

WA Sale or Barter

You may not offer any recreationally-caught fish or shellfish for sale or barter.

WA Possession and Fishing Rules

You may not fish for or harvest fish or shellfish in an area with catch in your possession that does not meet the rules of that area. However, you may pass through such an area without stopping to fish. Also, you may catch fish in one area and land them at a port in a different area even if that different area is closed or has different rules, with the exception of landing halibut in a closed area, or landing bottom fish caught in Oregon.

WA Harvesting another Person's Limit

You may not harvest any part of another person's daily limit, except for persons who possess a Designated Harvester Companion Card unless otherwise specified. 

WA Bait

You may not chum (broadcast feed) to attract Game Fish unless authorized by Special Rules. You many not use salmon, herring, or halibut for anything other than human consumption or fishing bait. It is unlawful to possess or use live aquatic animals as bait, except: (1) Live aquatic animals (other than fish) collected from the water being fished; (2) Live sand shrimp; (3) Live forage fish in the Columbia River (downstream of Rocky Point/Tongue Point).

WA Transport of Live Fish

You may not transport live fish or relocate shellfish or shells into state waters without a permit.

WA Use of a Net

You may not use a net, except when using a dip net to land legally-hooked fish, a forage fish dip net to harvest forage fish.

WA Use of Chemicals

You may not use any type of chemical irritant to harvest fish, or shellfish unless a special exception has been made by the Director. 

WA Bow and Arrow, Spear and Spearfishing

You may not fish for Game Fish, salmon, sturgeon, shad, octopus, crab, or other shellfish with bow and arrow, spear, or spearfishing gear unless authorized by Special Rules.

WA Gaff Hooks

You may not use a gaff hook, except to land lingcod (in Marine Areas 1-3 and 4 West of Bonilla-Tatoosh line), halibut, tuna, or dogfish shark that will be retained. 

WA Season for Fishing Rivers Streams and Beaver Ponds

Rivers, streams and beaver ponds are open the Saturday before Memorial Day through October 31. Beaver ponds located within or connected to streams listed as open to trout and other game fish follow the same rules as the stream. Lakes, ponds, and reservoirs are open to fishing for game fish (except Dolly Varden/bull trout and grass carp) year-round.

WA Hook and Line Angling

Hook and line angling only. Barbed or barbless hooks may be used, and a hook may be single- point, double, or treble, but not more than one line with up to three hooks per angler may be used. 

WA Cooperation with Data Collection

You must cooperate with data collection or other sampling of fish, shellfish or seaweed upon request of Department of Fish and Wildlife personnel. This includes relinquishing any part of a salmon, steelhead, or other species of fish containing coded-wire tags. 

No min. size in lakes, ponds, and reservoirs. Only 1 smallmouth bass over 14" may be retained. Daily limit 10. No size restriction/daily limit in rivers, streams, and beaver ponds.

For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations

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CAMAS SLOUGH

Defined as those waters outside of the mouth of the Washougal River, north of Lady Island, and downstream of the Hwy. 14 Bridge at the upstream end of Lady Island CRC (524)

  • All species
  • It is permissible for an angler licensed in Oregon or Washington to fish from a floating device.
  • Year-round
  • Additional angling rules for Camas Slough are the same as the Special Rules or effective emergency rules in the adjacent mainstem Columbia River.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Two-Pole allowed. Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.

CEDAR CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES

from mouth to Grist Mill Bridge including tributaries CRC (609)

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

from Grist Mill Bridge to 100' upstream of the falls

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from 100' upstream of the falls above Grist Mill Bridge including tributaries CRC (609)

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

LACAMAS CREEK

from mouth to footbridge at lower falls

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

from footbridge at lower falls upstream

  • All species
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • It is permissible to fish up to the base of Lacamas Lake Dam.
  • All game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

LEWIS RIVER, EAST FORK

from mouth to the posted markers at the lower end of Big Eddy CRC (613)

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Sept. 16-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Sept. 16-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sept. 16-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.

from posted markers at the lower end of Big Eddy to 100' upstream of Lucia Falls

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from 100' upstream of Lucia Falls to 400' downstream of Moulton Falls CRC (613)

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Sept. 16-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Sept. 16-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sept. 16-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.

from 400' downstream to 400' upstream of Moulton Falls

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from 400' upstream of Moulton Falls to 400' downstream of Horseshoe Falls CRC (613)

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Sept. 16-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Sept. 16-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sept. 16-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.

Tributaries from mouth to 400' below Horseshoe Falls CRC (613)

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

from 400' below Horseshoe Falls upstream, including tributaries above Horseshoe Falls

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

LITTLE WASHOUGAL RIVER

CRC (661)

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

SALMON CREEK

from mouth to 182 Ave. Bridge CRC (635)

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

WASHOUGAL RIVER

from mouth (a line projected from the James River pumphouse across the Wash- ougal River to the east end of the Hwy. 14 Bridge) to the boat ramp at the WDFW County Line Access Site CRC (667)

  • All species
  • Night closure.
  • Apr. 16-Fri. before Memorial Day
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Year-round
  • CLOSED WATERS from 1,000' (or posted markers) below to 200' above the temporary weir when the weir is installed in the river.
  • July 1-Oct. 31
  • Anti-snagging rule.
  • All game fish
  • Mar. 16-Apr. 15
  • Closed.
  • Trout
  • Apr. 16-Fri. before Memorial Day
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Apr. 16-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Apr. 16-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 2 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.

from the boat ramp at the WDFW County Line Access Site to the bridge at Salmon Falls CRC (668)

  • All species
  • Year-round
  • CLOSED WATERS from 1,000' (or posted markers) below to 200' above the temporary weir when the weir is installed in the river.
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 31
  • Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 2 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.

from the bridge at Salmon Falls upstream

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

LOVE LAKE

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

VANCOUVER LAKE

and all other waters west of Burlington-Northern RR from Columbia River draw- bridge near Vancouver downstream to Lewis River

  • All species
  • Chumming permitted. Two-Pole not allowed.
  • Apr. 1-May 31
  • CLOSED WATERS Vancouver Lake flushing channel and the lake shoreline 400' east and west from the channel exit.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • 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.

CANYON CREEK

  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Min. size 8". Daily limit 5.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

LEWIS RIVER

from mouth (a straight line from a fishing boundary marker or from the outermost upland at the north shore of the Lewis River mouth southerly across the river to a fishing boundary marker near the south shore) to the mouth of the East Fork Lewis River CRC (611)

  • All species
  • Two-Pole allowed.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Oct. 1-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and hatchery coho.

from mouth of the East Fork Lewis River to Johnson Creek CRC (615)

  • All species
  • Two-Pole allowed.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Oct. 1-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and hatchery coho.

from Johnson Creek to Colvin Creek CRC (615)

  • All species
  • Apr. 1-Apr. 30
  • Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
  • May 1-May 31
  • CLOSED WATERS.
  • June 1-Nov. 30
  • Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
  • Trout
  • June 1-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • June 1-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • June 1-Apr. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Oct. 1-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and hatchery coho.

shoreward of cable buoy and corkline at outlet of Lewis River salmon hatchery fish ladder

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from Colvin Creek to overhead power lines below Merwin Dam CRC (615)

  • All species
  • Apr. 1-Apr. 30
  • Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
  • May 1-May 31
  • CLOSED WATERS.
  • June 1-Oct. 31
  • Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
  • Trout
  • June 1-Oct. 31
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Dec. 16-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • June 1-Oct. 31
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Dec. 16-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • June 1-Oct. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Dec. 16-Apr. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Oct. 1-Oct. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Dec. 16-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and hatchery coho.

from overhead power lines to Merwin Dam

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from the cable crossing 1,300 yards below Yale Dam to Yale Dam

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

Old Lewis River streambed between Swift No. 1 Powerhouse and Swift No. 2 Powerhouse

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

Lewis River Power Canal

  • All species
  • Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
  • Trout
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
  • No min. size. Daily limit 5.
  • Other game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

from Eagle Cliff Bridge to Muddy River and tributaries except the Muddy River

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Min. size 8". Daily limit 10. Release wild trout.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

from the Muddy River to the lower falls and all tributaries including Muddy River

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules.
  • All game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

MERWIN LAKE (RESERVOIR)

  • All game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Year-round
  • Landlocked salmon rules.

YALE RESERVOIR

  • All game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Year-round
  • Landlocked salmon rules.

COLUMBIA RIVER - where the river coincides with the boundary between Washington and Oregon, the license of either state is valid. Anglers must comply with the laws of the state in which they are fishing. An angler licensed only in Oregon may not fish on the Washington shore or in Washington sloughs or tributaries, except Camas Slough, where the license of either state is valid from a floating device. An angler fishing the Columbia River is restricted to one daily limit even if licensed by both states. Salmon and steelhead anglers may not possess in the field, fish mutilated so that size, species or fin clip cannot be determined, until the angler has reached their automobile or principle means of land transportation and has completed their daily angling. Anglers may fish with either a saltwater, freshwater, or combination license in the waters of the Columbia River between a line from Rocky Point, on the Washington shore, to Tongue Point, on the Oregon shore, and the Buoy 10 line described below. For sturgeon rules in the Columbia River tributaries, see rules for adjoining mainstem waters.


from I-5 Bridge to a line crossing the Columbia from Navigation Marker 82 on the Oregon shore westerly to the boundary marker on the Washington shore upstream of Fir Point 9 miles downstream from Bonneville Dam CRC (525)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 14
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Sept. 15-Sept. 30
  • Closed.
  • Oct. 1-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than hatchery coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery coho.
  • Shad
  • Apr. 1-May 15
  • Closed.
  • May 16-Mar. 31
  • No min. size. No daily limit.
  • Sturgeon
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.

from a line between the lower end of Sand Island (near Rooster Rock) and a marker on the Oregon Shore upstream to a line between the the upstream end of Sand Island and a Marker on the Oregon Shore CRC (525)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • CLOSED WATERS.
  • May 1-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • May 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 14
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Sept. 15-Sept. 30
  • Closed.
  • Oct. 1-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than hatchery coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each. Release all salmon other than coho.
  • Shad
  • May 1-May 15
  • Closed.
  • May 16-Dec. 31
  • No min. size. No daily limit.
  • Sturgeon
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

from a line crossing the Columbia from Navigation Marker 82 on the Oregon shore westerly to the boundary marker on the Washington shore upstream of Fir Point nine miles downstream from Bonneville Dam to Beacon Rock CRC (525)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 14
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Sept. 15-Sept. 30
  • Closed.
  • Oct. 1-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than hatchery coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery coho.
  • Shad
  • Apr. 1-May 15
  • Closed.
  • May 16-Mar. 31
  • No min. size. No daily limit.
  • Sturgeon
  • May 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed.
  • Sept. 1-Apr. 30
  • Catch-and-release.

from Beacon Rock to a line from the Hamilton Island boat ramp to an Oregon bound- ary marker on the westernmost point of Robins Island to a marker on the Oregon mainland shore CRC (525)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 14
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Sept. 15-Sept. 30
  • Closed.
  • Oct. 1-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than hatchery coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Closed.
  • Shad
  • Apr. 1-May 15
  • Closed.
  • May 16-Mar. 31
  • No min. size. No daily limit.
  • Sturgeon
  • May 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed.
  • Sept. 1-Apr. 30
  • Catch-and-release.

from a line projected from the Hamilton Island boat ramp to an Oregon boundary marker on the westernmost point of Robins Island to a line projected from a boundary marker about 4,000' downstream from the fish ladder at the new Bonneville Dam Powerhouse south to the downstream end of Cascade Island and across to the Oregon angling bound- ary on Bradford Island (about 850' downstream from fish ladder) CRC (525)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only). Must fish with a handcasted line from shore only. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 14
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Sept. 15-Sept. 30
  • Closed.
  • Oct. 1-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than hatchery coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery coho.
  • Shad
  • Apr. 1-May 15
  • Closed.
  • May 16-Mar. 31
  • No min. size. No daily limit.
  • Sturgeon
  • May 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed.
  • Sept. 1-Apr. 30
  • Catch-and-release.

inside the south navigation lock at Bonneville Dam: from a marker on the western- most point of Robins Island to a marker on the Oregon mainland shore

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from a boundary marker about 4000' downstream from the fish ladder at the new Bonneville Dam powerhouse south to the downstream end of Cascade Island and across to the Oregon angling boundary on Bradford Island (about 850' downstream from fish ladder) to a point 600' below the fish ladder at Bonneville Dam power- house CRC (525)

  • All species
  • Must fish with a hand-casted line from shore only. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 14
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Sept. 15-Sept. 30
  • Closed.
  • Oct. 1-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than hatchery coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery coho.
  • Shad
  • Apr. 1-May 15
  • Closed.
  • May 16-Mar. 31
  • No min. size. No daily limit.
  • Sturgeon
  • May 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed.
  • Sept. 1-Apr. 30
  • Catch-and-release.

from a point 600' below the fish ladder at the new Bonneville Dam Powerhouse to the upstream line of Bonneville Dam

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from Bonneville Dam to the Hood River Bridge CRC (527)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 15
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Mar. 16-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon. Bank fishing only. Must fish with a hand-casted line from shore only.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-June 30
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • July 1-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 15
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and hatchery coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Oct. 16-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than hatchery coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each. Release all salmon other than hatchery coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

waters within 1/4 mile of the USFWS Spring Creek Hatchery grounds between posted markers located 1/4 mile on either side of the fish ladder entrance

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from Hood River Bridge to the Tower Island power lines CRC (527)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 15
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Mar. 16-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon. Bank fishing only. Must fish with a hand-casted line from shore only.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-June 30
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • July 1-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 15
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Oct. 16-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each may be retained. Release all salmon other than coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

from Tower Island power lines to a line from the east (upstream) dock at the Port of The Dalles boat ramp straight across to a boundary marker on the Washington shore (approx. 1.8 miles below The Dalles Dam) CRC (527)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-June 30
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • July 1-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 15
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Oct. 16-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each may be retained. Release all salmon other than coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

from a line from the east (upstream) dock at the Port of The Dalles boat ramp straight across to a boundary marker on the Washington shore to the upstream side of the Interstate (Hwy. 197) Bridge CRC (527)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-June 30
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • July 1-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 15
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Oct. 16-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each. Release all salmon other than coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed.
  • Sept. 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

from the Washington shore from the upstream side of the Interstate (Hwy. 197) Bridge to the navigation lock wall CRC (527)

  • All species
  • Bank fishing only. Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only). Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-June 30
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • July 1-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 15
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Oct. 16-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each may be retained. Release all salmon other than coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed.
  • Sept. 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

from the Interstate (Hwy. 197) Bridge to the upstream line of The Dalles Dam except the Washington shore from the upstream side of the Interstate Bridge to the navigation lock wall

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from The Dalles Dam to a line starting from a fishing boundary sign on the Wash- ington north shore located approx. 1300' upstream of The Dalles Dam and Lock boat ramp projected easterly across the Columbia River to a boundary sign on the Washington southern shore located approx. 200' above the fish ladder exit

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Year-round
  • Closed.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 43" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

from a line starting from a fishing boundary sign on the Washington north shore located approx. 1300' upstream of The Dalles Dam and Lock boat ramp projected easterly across the Columbia River to a boundary sign on the Washington southern shore located approx. 200' above the fish ladder exit to the west end of the grain silo at Rufus, Oregon 2.4 miles downstream of John Day Dam CRC (529)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-June 30
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • July 1-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Aug. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Sept. 1-Oct. 15
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Oct. 16-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 43" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.
Season open: year-round
Largemouth bass

Largemouth bass

Regulation boundaryWA Washington State Waters

The maximum number of individual fish legally harvested per harvester per day. Bag limits are only for properly licensed anglers actively harvesting the species. People who are not actively harvesting or are not properly licensed (if a license is required) may NOT be counted for the purpose of bag limits.

No person shall harvest any individual fish greater than the maximum size except as permitted.

Total length means the straight line distance from the most forward point of the head with the mouth closed, to the farthest tip of the tail with the tail compressed or squeezed, while the fish is lying on its side.

The maximum number of 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.

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

Very good Catch, Clean, Cook Largemouth Bass by BlueGabe
Micropterus nigricans

CAMAS SLOUGH

Defined as those waters outside of the mouth of the Washougal River, north of Lady Island, and downstream of the Hwy. 14 Bridge at the upstream end of Lady Island CRC (524)

  • All species
  • It is permissible for an angler licensed in Oregon or Washington to fish from a floating device.
  • Year-round
  • Additional angling rules for Camas Slough are the same as the Special Rules or effective emergency rules in the adjacent mainstem Columbia River.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Two-Pole allowed. Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.

CEDAR CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES

from mouth to Grist Mill Bridge including tributaries CRC (609)

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

from Grist Mill Bridge to 100' upstream of the falls

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from 100' upstream of the falls above Grist Mill Bridge including tributaries CRC (609)

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

LACAMAS CREEK

from mouth to footbridge at lower falls

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

from footbridge at lower falls upstream

  • All species
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • It is permissible to fish up to the base of Lacamas Lake Dam.
  • All game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

LEWIS RIVER, EAST FORK

from mouth to the posted markers at the lower end of Big Eddy CRC (613)

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Sept. 16-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Sept. 16-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sept. 16-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.

from posted markers at the lower end of Big Eddy to 100' upstream of Lucia Falls

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from 100' upstream of Lucia Falls to 400' downstream of Moulton Falls CRC (613)

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Sept. 16-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Sept. 16-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sept. 16-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.

from 400' downstream to 400' upstream of Moulton Falls

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from 400' upstream of Moulton Falls to 400' downstream of Horseshoe Falls CRC (613)

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Sept. 16-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Sept. 16-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sept. 16-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.

Tributaries from mouth to 400' below Horseshoe Falls CRC (613)

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

from 400' below Horseshoe Falls upstream, including tributaries above Horseshoe Falls

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

LITTLE WASHOUGAL RIVER

CRC (661)

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

SALMON CREEK

from mouth to 182 Ave. Bridge CRC (635)

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

WASHOUGAL RIVER

from mouth (a line projected from the James River pumphouse across the Wash- ougal River to the east end of the Hwy. 14 Bridge) to the boat ramp at the WDFW County Line Access Site CRC (667)

  • All species
  • Night closure.
  • Apr. 16-Fri. before Memorial Day
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Year-round
  • CLOSED WATERS from 1,000' (or posted markers) below to 200' above the temporary weir when the weir is installed in the river.
  • July 1-Oct. 31
  • Anti-snagging rule.
  • All game fish
  • Mar. 16-Apr. 15
  • Closed.
  • Trout
  • Apr. 16-Fri. before Memorial Day
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Apr. 16-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Apr. 16-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 2 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.

from the boat ramp at the WDFW County Line Access Site to the bridge at Salmon Falls CRC (668)

  • All species
  • Year-round
  • CLOSED WATERS from 1,000' (or posted markers) below to 200' above the temporary weir when the weir is installed in the river.
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 31
  • Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 2 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.

from the bridge at Salmon Falls upstream

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

LOVE LAKE

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

VANCOUVER LAKE

and all other waters west of Burlington-Northern RR from Columbia River draw- bridge near Vancouver downstream to Lewis River

  • All species
  • Chumming permitted. Two-Pole not allowed.
  • Apr. 1-May 31
  • CLOSED WATERS Vancouver Lake flushing channel and the lake shoreline 400' east and west from the channel exit.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • 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.

CANYON CREEK

  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Min. size 8". Daily limit 5.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

LEWIS RIVER

from mouth (a straight line from a fishing boundary marker or from the outermost upland at the north shore of the Lewis River mouth southerly across the river to a fishing boundary marker near the south shore) to the mouth of the East Fork Lewis River CRC (611)

  • All species
  • Two-Pole allowed.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Oct. 1-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and hatchery coho.

from mouth of the East Fork Lewis River to Johnson Creek CRC (615)

  • All species
  • Two-Pole allowed.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Oct. 1-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and hatchery coho.

from Johnson Creek to Colvin Creek CRC (615)

  • All species
  • Apr. 1-Apr. 30
  • Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
  • May 1-May 31
  • CLOSED WATERS.
  • June 1-Nov. 30
  • Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
  • Trout
  • June 1-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • June 1-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • June 1-Apr. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Oct. 1-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and hatchery coho.

shoreward of cable buoy and corkline at outlet of Lewis River salmon hatchery fish ladder

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from Colvin Creek to overhead power lines below Merwin Dam CRC (615)

  • All species
  • Apr. 1-Apr. 30
  • Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
  • May 1-May 31
  • CLOSED WATERS.
  • June 1-Oct. 31
  • Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
  • Trout
  • June 1-Oct. 31
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Dec. 16-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • June 1-Oct. 31
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Dec. 16-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • June 1-Oct. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Dec. 16-Apr. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Oct. 1-Oct. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Dec. 16-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and hatchery coho.

from overhead power lines to Merwin Dam

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from the cable crossing 1,300 yards below Yale Dam to Yale Dam

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

Old Lewis River streambed between Swift No. 1 Powerhouse and Swift No. 2 Powerhouse

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

Lewis River Power Canal

  • All species
  • Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
  • Trout
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
  • No min. size. Daily limit 5.
  • Other game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

from Eagle Cliff Bridge to Muddy River and tributaries except the Muddy River

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Min. size 8". Daily limit 10. Release wild trout.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

from the Muddy River to the lower falls and all tributaries including Muddy River

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules.
  • All game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

MERWIN LAKE (RESERVOIR)

  • All game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Year-round
  • Landlocked salmon rules.

YALE RESERVOIR

  • All game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Year-round
  • Landlocked salmon rules.

COLUMBIA RIVER - where the river coincides with the boundary between Washington and Oregon, the license of either state is valid. Anglers must comply with the laws of the state in which they are fishing. An angler licensed only in Oregon may not fish on the Washington shore or in Washington sloughs or tributaries, except Camas Slough, where the license of either state is valid from a floating device. An angler fishing the Columbia River is restricted to one daily limit even if licensed by both states. Salmon and steelhead anglers may not possess in the field, fish mutilated so that size, species or fin clip cannot be determined, until the angler has reached their automobile or principle means of land transportation and has completed their daily angling. Anglers may fish with either a saltwater, freshwater, or combination license in the waters of the Columbia River between a line from Rocky Point, on the Washington shore, to Tongue Point, on the Oregon shore, and the Buoy 10 line described below. For sturgeon rules in the Columbia River tributaries, see rules for adjoining mainstem waters.


from I-5 Bridge to a line crossing the Columbia from Navigation Marker 82 on the Oregon shore westerly to the boundary marker on the Washington shore upstream of Fir Point 9 miles downstream from Bonneville Dam CRC (525)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 14
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Sept. 15-Sept. 30
  • Closed.
  • Oct. 1-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than hatchery coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery coho.
  • Shad
  • Apr. 1-May 15
  • Closed.
  • May 16-Mar. 31
  • No min. size. No daily limit.
  • Sturgeon
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.

from a line between the lower end of Sand Island (near Rooster Rock) and a marker on the Oregon Shore upstream to a line between the the upstream end of Sand Island and a Marker on the Oregon Shore CRC (525)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • CLOSED WATERS.
  • May 1-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • May 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 14
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Sept. 15-Sept. 30
  • Closed.
  • Oct. 1-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than hatchery coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each. Release all salmon other than coho.
  • Shad
  • May 1-May 15
  • Closed.
  • May 16-Dec. 31
  • No min. size. No daily limit.
  • Sturgeon
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

from a line crossing the Columbia from Navigation Marker 82 on the Oregon shore westerly to the boundary marker on the Washington shore upstream of Fir Point nine miles downstream from Bonneville Dam to Beacon Rock CRC (525)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 14
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Sept. 15-Sept. 30
  • Closed.
  • Oct. 1-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than hatchery coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery coho.
  • Shad
  • Apr. 1-May 15
  • Closed.
  • May 16-Mar. 31
  • No min. size. No daily limit.
  • Sturgeon
  • May 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed.
  • Sept. 1-Apr. 30
  • Catch-and-release.

from Beacon Rock to a line from the Hamilton Island boat ramp to an Oregon bound- ary marker on the westernmost point of Robins Island to a marker on the Oregon mainland shore CRC (525)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 14
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Sept. 15-Sept. 30
  • Closed.
  • Oct. 1-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than hatchery coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Closed.
  • Shad
  • Apr. 1-May 15
  • Closed.
  • May 16-Mar. 31
  • No min. size. No daily limit.
  • Sturgeon
  • May 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed.
  • Sept. 1-Apr. 30
  • Catch-and-release.

from a line projected from the Hamilton Island boat ramp to an Oregon boundary marker on the westernmost point of Robins Island to a line projected from a boundary marker about 4,000' downstream from the fish ladder at the new Bonneville Dam Powerhouse south to the downstream end of Cascade Island and across to the Oregon angling bound- ary on Bradford Island (about 850' downstream from fish ladder) CRC (525)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only). Must fish with a handcasted line from shore only. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 14
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Sept. 15-Sept. 30
  • Closed.
  • Oct. 1-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than hatchery coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery coho.
  • Shad
  • Apr. 1-May 15
  • Closed.
  • May 16-Mar. 31
  • No min. size. No daily limit.
  • Sturgeon
  • May 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed.
  • Sept. 1-Apr. 30
  • Catch-and-release.

inside the south navigation lock at Bonneville Dam: from a marker on the western- most point of Robins Island to a marker on the Oregon mainland shore

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from a boundary marker about 4000' downstream from the fish ladder at the new Bonneville Dam powerhouse south to the downstream end of Cascade Island and across to the Oregon angling boundary on Bradford Island (about 850' downstream from fish ladder) to a point 600' below the fish ladder at Bonneville Dam power- house CRC (525)

  • All species
  • Must fish with a hand-casted line from shore only. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 14
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Sept. 15-Sept. 30
  • Closed.
  • Oct. 1-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than hatchery coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery coho.
  • Shad
  • Apr. 1-May 15
  • Closed.
  • May 16-Mar. 31
  • No min. size. No daily limit.
  • Sturgeon
  • May 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed.
  • Sept. 1-Apr. 30
  • Catch-and-release.

from a point 600' below the fish ladder at the new Bonneville Dam Powerhouse to the upstream line of Bonneville Dam

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from Bonneville Dam to the Hood River Bridge CRC (527)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 15
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Mar. 16-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon. Bank fishing only. Must fish with a hand-casted line from shore only.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-June 30
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • July 1-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 15
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and hatchery coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Oct. 16-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than hatchery coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each. Release all salmon other than hatchery coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

waters within 1/4 mile of the USFWS Spring Creek Hatchery grounds between posted markers located 1/4 mile on either side of the fish ladder entrance

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from Hood River Bridge to the Tower Island power lines CRC (527)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 15
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Mar. 16-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon. Bank fishing only. Must fish with a hand-casted line from shore only.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-June 30
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • July 1-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 15
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Oct. 16-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each may be retained. Release all salmon other than coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

from Tower Island power lines to a line from the east (upstream) dock at the Port of The Dalles boat ramp straight across to a boundary marker on the Washington shore (approx. 1.8 miles below The Dalles Dam) CRC (527)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-June 30
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • July 1-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 15
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Oct. 16-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each may be retained. Release all salmon other than coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

from a line from the east (upstream) dock at the Port of The Dalles boat ramp straight across to a boundary marker on the Washington shore to the upstream side of the Interstate (Hwy. 197) Bridge CRC (527)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-June 30
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • July 1-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 15
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Oct. 16-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each. Release all salmon other than coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed.
  • Sept. 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

from the Washington shore from the upstream side of the Interstate (Hwy. 197) Bridge to the navigation lock wall CRC (527)

  • All species
  • Bank fishing only. Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only). Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-June 30
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • July 1-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 15
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Oct. 16-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each may be retained. Release all salmon other than coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed.
  • Sept. 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

from the Interstate (Hwy. 197) Bridge to the upstream line of The Dalles Dam except the Washington shore from the upstream side of the Interstate Bridge to the navigation lock wall

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from The Dalles Dam to a line starting from a fishing boundary sign on the Wash- ington north shore located approx. 1300' upstream of The Dalles Dam and Lock boat ramp projected easterly across the Columbia River to a boundary sign on the Washington southern shore located approx. 200' above the fish ladder exit

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Year-round
  • Closed.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 43" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

from a line starting from a fishing boundary sign on the Washington north shore located approx. 1300' upstream of The Dalles Dam and Lock boat ramp projected easterly across the Columbia River to a boundary sign on the Washington southern shore located approx. 200' above the fish ladder exit to the west end of the grain silo at Rufus, Oregon 2.4 miles downstream of John Day Dam CRC (529)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-June 30
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • July 1-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Aug. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Sept. 1-Oct. 15
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Oct. 16-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 43" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.
Season open: year-round
Bluegill

Bluegill

Regulation boundaryWA Washington State Waters

WA Non-game and Food Fish

You may not harvest in freshwater any fish not classified as a Food Fish or Game Fish except for Northern pike.

WA Snagging

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

Banded Sunfish, Bluegill, Bluespotted Sunfish, Dollar Sunfish, Flier, Green Sunfish, Longear Sunfish, Mud Sunfish, Orangespotted Sunfish, Redbreast Sunfish, Redear Sunfish, Redspotted Sunfish, Rock Bass, Shadow Bass, Warmouth

CAMAS SLOUGH

Defined as those waters outside of the mouth of the Washougal River, north of Lady Island, and downstream of the Hwy. 14 Bridge at the upstream end of Lady Island CRC (524)

  • All species
  • It is permissible for an angler licensed in Oregon or Washington to fish from a floating device.
  • Year-round
  • Additional angling rules for Camas Slough are the same as the Special Rules or effective emergency rules in the adjacent mainstem Columbia River.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Two-Pole allowed. Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.

CEDAR CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES

from mouth to Grist Mill Bridge including tributaries CRC (609)

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

from Grist Mill Bridge to 100' upstream of the falls

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from 100' upstream of the falls above Grist Mill Bridge including tributaries CRC (609)

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

LACAMAS CREEK

from mouth to footbridge at lower falls

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

from footbridge at lower falls upstream

  • All species
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • It is permissible to fish up to the base of Lacamas Lake Dam.
  • All game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

LEWIS RIVER, EAST FORK

from mouth to the posted markers at the lower end of Big Eddy CRC (613)

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Sept. 16-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Sept. 16-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sept. 16-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.

from posted markers at the lower end of Big Eddy to 100' upstream of Lucia Falls

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from 100' upstream of Lucia Falls to 400' downstream of Moulton Falls CRC (613)

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Sept. 16-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Sept. 16-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sept. 16-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.

from 400' downstream to 400' upstream of Moulton Falls

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from 400' upstream of Moulton Falls to 400' downstream of Horseshoe Falls CRC (613)

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Sept. 16-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Sept. 16-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Sept. 16-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.

Tributaries from mouth to 400' below Horseshoe Falls CRC (613)

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

from 400' below Horseshoe Falls upstream, including tributaries above Horseshoe Falls

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

LITTLE WASHOUGAL RIVER

CRC (661)

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

SALMON CREEK

from mouth to 182 Ave. Bridge CRC (635)

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

WASHOUGAL RIVER

from mouth (a line projected from the James River pumphouse across the Wash- ougal River to the east end of the Hwy. 14 Bridge) to the boat ramp at the WDFW County Line Access Site CRC (667)

  • All species
  • Night closure.
  • Apr. 16-Fri. before Memorial Day
  • Selective gear rules, except barbed hooks are allowed.
  • Year-round
  • CLOSED WATERS from 1,000' (or posted markers) below to 200' above the temporary weir when the weir is installed in the river.
  • July 1-Oct. 31
  • Anti-snagging rule.
  • All game fish
  • Mar. 16-Apr. 15
  • Closed.
  • Trout
  • Apr. 16-Fri. before Memorial Day
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Apr. 16-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Apr. 16-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 2 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.

from the boat ramp at the WDFW County Line Access Site to the bridge at Salmon Falls CRC (668)

  • All species
  • Year-round
  • CLOSED WATERS from 1,000' (or posted markers) below to 200' above the temporary weir when the weir is installed in the river.
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 31
  • Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 2 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.

from the bridge at Salmon Falls upstream

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

LOVE LAKE

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

VANCOUVER LAKE

and all other waters west of Burlington-Northern RR from Columbia River draw- bridge near Vancouver downstream to Lewis River

  • All species
  • Chumming permitted. Two-Pole not allowed.
  • Apr. 1-May 31
  • CLOSED WATERS Vancouver Lake flushing channel and the lake shoreline 400' east and west from the channel exit.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • 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.

CANYON CREEK

  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Min. size 8". Daily limit 5.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

LEWIS RIVER

from mouth (a straight line from a fishing boundary marker or from the outermost upland at the north shore of the Lewis River mouth southerly across the river to a fishing boundary marker near the south shore) to the mouth of the East Fork Lewis River CRC (611)

  • All species
  • Two-Pole allowed.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Oct. 1-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and hatchery coho.

from mouth of the East Fork Lewis River to Johnson Creek CRC (615)

  • All species
  • Two-Pole allowed.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • Year-round
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Oct. 1-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and hatchery coho.

from Johnson Creek to Colvin Creek CRC (615)

  • All species
  • Apr. 1-Apr. 30
  • Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
  • May 1-May 31
  • CLOSED WATERS.
  • June 1-Nov. 30
  • Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
  • Trout
  • June 1-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • June 1-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • June 1-Apr. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Oct. 1-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and hatchery coho.

shoreward of cable buoy and corkline at outlet of Lewis River salmon hatchery fish ladder

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from Colvin Creek to overhead power lines below Merwin Dam CRC (615)

  • All species
  • Apr. 1-Apr. 30
  • Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
  • May 1-May 31
  • CLOSED WATERS.
  • June 1-Oct. 31
  • Night closure. Anti-snagging rule.
  • Trout
  • June 1-Oct. 31
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Dec. 16-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
  • Steelhead (hatchery)
  • June 1-Oct. 31
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Dec. 16-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 20". Daily limit 3.
  • Other game fish
  • June 1-Oct. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Dec. 16-Apr. 30
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 30
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 3 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Oct. 1-Oct. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Dec. 16-Dec. 31
  • Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and hatchery coho.

from overhead power lines to Merwin Dam

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from the cable crossing 1,300 yards below Yale Dam to Yale Dam

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

Old Lewis River streambed between Swift No. 1 Powerhouse and Swift No. 2 Powerhouse

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

Lewis River Power Canal

  • All species
  • Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
  • Trout
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
  • No min. size. Daily limit 5.
  • Other game fish
  • 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

from Eagle Cliff Bridge to Muddy River and tributaries except the Muddy River

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules.
  • Trout
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Min. size 8". Daily limit 10. Release wild trout.
  • Other game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-July 15
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.

from the Muddy River to the lower falls and all tributaries including Muddy River

  • All species
  • Selective gear rules.
  • All game fish
  • Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

MERWIN LAKE (RESERVOIR)

  • All game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Year-round
  • Landlocked salmon rules.

YALE RESERVOIR

  • All game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon
  • Year-round
  • Landlocked salmon rules.

COLUMBIA RIVER - where the river coincides with the boundary between Washington and Oregon, the license of either state is valid. Anglers must comply with the laws of the state in which they are fishing. An angler licensed only in Oregon may not fish on the Washington shore or in Washington sloughs or tributaries, except Camas Slough, where the license of either state is valid from a floating device. An angler fishing the Columbia River is restricted to one daily limit even if licensed by both states. Salmon and steelhead anglers may not possess in the field, fish mutilated so that size, species or fin clip cannot be determined, until the angler has reached their automobile or principle means of land transportation and has completed their daily angling. Anglers may fish with either a saltwater, freshwater, or combination license in the waters of the Columbia River between a line from Rocky Point, on the Washington shore, to Tongue Point, on the Oregon shore, and the Buoy 10 line described below. For sturgeon rules in the Columbia River tributaries, see rules for adjoining mainstem waters.


from I-5 Bridge to a line crossing the Columbia from Navigation Marker 82 on the Oregon shore westerly to the boundary marker on the Washington shore upstream of Fir Point 9 miles downstream from Bonneville Dam CRC (525)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 14
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Sept. 15-Sept. 30
  • Closed.
  • Oct. 1-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than hatchery coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery coho.
  • Shad
  • Apr. 1-May 15
  • Closed.
  • May 16-Mar. 31
  • No min. size. No daily limit.
  • Sturgeon
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.

from a line between the lower end of Sand Island (near Rooster Rock) and a marker on the Oregon Shore upstream to a line between the the upstream end of Sand Island and a Marker on the Oregon Shore CRC (525)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • CLOSED WATERS.
  • May 1-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • May 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 14
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Sept. 15-Sept. 30
  • Closed.
  • Oct. 1-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than hatchery coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each. Release all salmon other than coho.
  • Shad
  • May 1-May 15
  • Closed.
  • May 16-Dec. 31
  • No min. size. No daily limit.
  • Sturgeon
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

from a line crossing the Columbia from Navigation Marker 82 on the Oregon shore westerly to the boundary marker on the Washington shore upstream of Fir Point nine miles downstream from Bonneville Dam to Beacon Rock CRC (525)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 14
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Sept. 15-Sept. 30
  • Closed.
  • Oct. 1-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than hatchery coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery coho.
  • Shad
  • Apr. 1-May 15
  • Closed.
  • May 16-Mar. 31
  • No min. size. No daily limit.
  • Sturgeon
  • May 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed.
  • Sept. 1-Apr. 30
  • Catch-and-release.

from Beacon Rock to a line from the Hamilton Island boat ramp to an Oregon bound- ary marker on the westernmost point of Robins Island to a marker on the Oregon mainland shore CRC (525)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 14
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Sept. 15-Sept. 30
  • Closed.
  • Oct. 1-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than hatchery coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Closed.
  • Shad
  • Apr. 1-May 15
  • Closed.
  • May 16-Mar. 31
  • No min. size. No daily limit.
  • Sturgeon
  • May 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed.
  • Sept. 1-Apr. 30
  • Catch-and-release.

from a line projected from the Hamilton Island boat ramp to an Oregon boundary marker on the westernmost point of Robins Island to a line projected from a boundary marker about 4,000' downstream from the fish ladder at the new Bonneville Dam Powerhouse south to the downstream end of Cascade Island and across to the Oregon angling bound- ary on Bradford Island (about 850' downstream from fish ladder) CRC (525)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only). Must fish with a handcasted line from shore only. Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 14
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Sept. 15-Sept. 30
  • Closed.
  • Oct. 1-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than hatchery coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery coho.
  • Shad
  • Apr. 1-May 15
  • Closed.
  • May 16-Mar. 31
  • No min. size. No daily limit.
  • Sturgeon
  • May 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed.
  • Sept. 1-Apr. 30
  • Catch-and-release.

inside the south navigation lock at Bonneville Dam: from a marker on the western- most point of Robins Island to a marker on the Oregon mainland shore

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from a boundary marker about 4000' downstream from the fish ladder at the new Bonneville Dam powerhouse south to the downstream end of Cascade Island and across to the Oregon angling boundary on Bradford Island (about 850' downstream from fish ladder) to a point 600' below the fish ladder at Bonneville Dam power- house CRC (525)

  • All species
  • Must fish with a hand-casted line from shore only. Fishing from any floating device prohibited. Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Sept. 14
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
  • Sept. 15-Sept. 30
  • Closed.
  • Oct. 1-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than hatchery coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each may be retained. Release all salmon other than hatchery coho.
  • Shad
  • Apr. 1-May 15
  • Closed.
  • May 16-Mar. 31
  • No min. size. No daily limit.
  • Sturgeon
  • May 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed.
  • Sept. 1-Apr. 30
  • Catch-and-release.

from a point 600' below the fish ladder at the new Bonneville Dam Powerhouse to the upstream line of Bonneville Dam

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from Bonneville Dam to the Hood River Bridge CRC (527)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 15
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Mar. 16-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon. Bank fishing only. Must fish with a hand-casted line from shore only.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-June 30
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • July 1-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 15
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and hatchery coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Oct. 16-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than hatchery coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each. Release all salmon other than hatchery coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

waters within 1/4 mile of the USFWS Spring Creek Hatchery grounds between posted markers located 1/4 mile on either side of the fish ladder entrance

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from Hood River Bridge to the Tower Island power lines CRC (527)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 15
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Mar. 16-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon. Bank fishing only. Must fish with a hand-casted line from shore only.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-June 30
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • July 1-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 15
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Oct. 16-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each may be retained. Release all salmon other than coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

from Tower Island power lines to a line from the east (upstream) dock at the Port of The Dalles boat ramp straight across to a boundary marker on the Washington shore (approx. 1.8 miles below The Dalles Dam) CRC (527)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-June 30
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • July 1-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 15
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Oct. 16-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each may be retained. Release all salmon other than coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

from a line from the east (upstream) dock at the Port of The Dalles boat ramp straight across to a boundary marker on the Washington shore to the upstream side of the Interstate (Hwy. 197) Bridge CRC (527)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-June 30
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • July 1-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 15
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Oct. 16-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each. Release all salmon other than coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed.
  • Sept. 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

from the Washington shore from the upstream side of the Interstate (Hwy. 197) Bridge to the navigation lock wall CRC (527)

  • All species
  • Bank fishing only. Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only). Fishing from any floating device prohibited.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-Mar. 31
  • Daily limit 2. Release all salmon.
  • Apr. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-June 30
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • July 1-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Oct. 15
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Oct. 16-Oct. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than coho.
  • Nov. 1-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon or 2 hatchery steelhead or 1 of each may be retained. Release all salmon other than coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Aug. 31
  • Closed.
  • Sept. 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

from the Interstate (Hwy. 197) Bridge to the upstream line of The Dalles Dam except the Washington shore from the upstream side of the Interstate Bridge to the navigation lock wall

  • All species
  • CLOSED WATERS.

from The Dalles Dam to a line starting from a fishing boundary sign on the Wash- ington north shore located approx. 1300' upstream of The Dalles Dam and Lock boat ramp projected easterly across the Columbia River to a boundary sign on the Washington southern shore located approx. 200' above the fish ladder exit

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Year-round
  • Closed.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 43" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.

from a line starting from a fishing boundary sign on the Washington north shore located approx. 1300' upstream of The Dalles Dam and Lock boat ramp projected easterly across the Columbia River to a boundary sign on the Washington southern shore located approx. 200' above the fish ladder exit to the west end of the grain silo at Rufus, Oregon 2.4 miles downstream of John Day Dam CRC (529)

  • All species
  • Night closure and barbless hooks required (salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon only).
  • Feb. 15-June 15
  • Salmon, trout, and steelhead handling rules apply when fishing from vessels less than 30' in length.
  • Aug. 1-Dec. 31
  • Each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/ steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/ steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
  • Trout
  • Year-round
  • Catch-and-release.
  • Other game fish
  • Year-round
  • Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • Salmon and hatchery steelhead
  • Jan. 1-June 15
  • Closed.
  • June 16-June 30
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery jack Chinook.
  • July 1-July 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
  • Aug. 1-Aug. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook or 1 adult salmon and 1 hatchery steelhead may be retained. Release all salmon other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Sept. 1-Oct. 15
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon including no more than 1 Chinook may be retained. Release all salmon and steelhead other than Chinook and coho. Anti-snagging rule in effect. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
  • Oct. 16-Dec. 31
  • Salmon min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adult salmon. Release all salmon and steelhead other than coho.
  • Sturgeon
  • Jan. 1-Apr. 30
  • Daily limit 1. Min. size 43" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Check the WDFW website wdfw.wa.gov for in-season retention changes. Catch-and-release allowed if closed to retention.
  • May 1-Dec. 31
  • Catch-and-release.
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Washougal River Greenway is a lake located in Clark County, Washington, United States. Its coordinates are:
45°35′7″N 122°23′1.6″W
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Fishing in Washington requires a valid state fishing license for anglers. Licenses include resident and non-resident, annual, short-term, and combination options, purchasable online or at authorized vendors.

In Washington, no fishing license is required for anglers under 15. Residents 70 and older qualify for a discounted license. A few other exceptions worth knowing:

  • Free fishing days — most states designate 1–2 weekends a year where anyone can fish without a license

  • Tribal waters — tribal members fishing on tribal land operate under separate tribal regulations

  • Private ponds — landowners fishing their own water typically don't need a license

Non-residents usually pay more for a license than residents. Some species also require an extra stamp or endorsement on top of your base license.

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