June 18, 2025
Action: Opens salmon fishing season seven days per week and allows two hatchery Chinook to be retained in the daily limit.
Effective date: June 20 to 30, 2025.
Species affected: Salmon.
Location: Marine Area 11, except year-round piers (Des Moines Pier, Les Davis Pier, Point Defiance Park Boathouse Dock, and Redondo Pier).
Salmon rules: Salmon open daily through June 30. Daily limit two. Chinook minimum size is 22 inches. All other salmon species have no minimum size. Release chum and wild Chinook.
Commencement Bay east of a line from Cliff House Restaurant to Sperry Ocean Dock is closed to fishing for or retention of salmon.
Reason for action: Catch estimates for the Marine Area 11 June Chinook fishery indicate the fishery has reached 49% of the harvest quota (695 of 1,423), 29% of the unmarked encounter limit (235 of 818) and 18% of sublegal encounter limit (282 of 1,601), through June 14. Based on estimates to date, sufficient catch and encounters remain under fishery guidelines for additional days of fishing to be added to the June Chinook season, and to allow retention of more than one Chinook per day.
Additional information: Year-round piers (Des Moines Pier, Les Davis Pier, Point Defiance Dock, and Redondo Pier) remain open seven days per week.
Fishery managers encourage anglers to sign up for Fishing Rule Change email notifications and to check for emergency rules on the WDFW website prior to fishing. Refer to the 2024-25 Washington Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet for additional fishing rules.
Information contact: Fish Program, 360-902-2700.