July 12, 2023
Action: Closes all fishing.
Effective date: July 15, 2023, until further notice.
Species affected: All species.
Locations:
- Bogachiel River (Clallam Co.), including all tributaries, from the mouth upstream to the Olympic National Park boundary
- Calawah River, (Clallam Co.), including all tributaries, from the mouth upstream to the Olympic National Park boundary
- Calawah River, North Fork (Clallam Co.), including all tributaries, from the mouth upstream
- Calawah River, South Fork (Clallam Co.), from the mouth upstream to the Olympic National Park boundary
- Dickey River (Clallam Co.) including all tributaries, from the Olympic National Park boundary upstream
- Dickey River, East and West forks (Clallam Co.), including all tributaries, from the mouth upstream
- Quillayute River (Clallam Co.), from Olympic National Park boundary upstream to confluence of Sol Duc and Bogachiel rivers
- Sitkum River (Clallam Co.), including all tributaries, from the mouth upstream
- Sol Duc River (Clallam Co.), including all tributaries, from the mouth upstream to the Olympic National Park boundary
- Thunder Creek (Clallam Co.), including all tributaries, from the mouth upstream
Reason for action: Low hatchery rack returns to the Sol Duc Hatchery indicate that Chinook salmon in the Quillayute watershed are returning below the pre-season forecast. Only 47 Chinook have returned to the Sol Duc Hatchery to date. The broodstock goal is 900 and on average half of the total return is at the hatchery by mid-July.
Additional Information: This action is taken in coordination with Quillayute River tribal comanagers.
Fishing Rules for waters within Olympic National Park boundaries can be found at; https://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/fishing.htm
Information contact: Region 6 office, 360-249-4628