These updates reflect changes to the Sportfishing Pamphlet in effect for the date range listed. To see only rules currently in effect, visit the Emergency fishing and shellfishing rules page.
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- Yale Reservoir salmon length restriction - Sep 15, 2022 to
- Whatcom Creek to open for Chinook Saturdays through Mondays only - Sep 15, 2022 to
- Lower Columbia River salmon and steelhead fishery update - Sep 14, 2022 to
- Cascade River coho season opener postponed - Sep 14, 2022 to
- Skagit River rules change to protect returning Chinook - Sep 9, 2022 to
- Portion of Wallace River closes to all fishing - Sep 8, 2022 to
- Closure date set for Lake Roosevelt white sturgeon fishery - Sep 7, 2022 to
- Errata or pamphlet corrections (Freshwater) - Sep 1, 2022 to
- Lower Columbia River salmon and steelhead fishery update - Sep 1, 2022 to
- South Puget Sound (Marine Area 13) salmon seasons reopen - Aug 31, 2022 to
- Lower Columbia River salmon and steelhead fishery update - Aug 30, 2022 to
- Salmon Fishing Suspended in South Puget Sound (Marine Area 13) - Aug 26, 2022 to
- Marine Area 2 recreational salmon season update - Aug 25, 2022 to
- Ilwaco (Marine Area 1) recreational salmon season update - Aug 22, 2022 to
- Marine Area 2 recreational salmon season update - Aug 17, 2022 to
- Chinook salmon retention suspended in Marine Area 11 - Aug 16, 2022 to
- Elliott Bay to open additional days of Chinook fishing - Aug 11, 2022 to
- Fall Chinook harvest to open in the Snake River - Aug 10, 2022 to
- Chinook salmon retention suspended in Marine Area 9 - Aug 3, 2022 to
- Marine Area 6 west of Ediz Hook closes to salmon fishing until August 16 - Jul 29, 2022 to