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- Columbia River spring chinook sport fishery extension update - Jun 6, 2018 to
- WDFW announces final 2018 recreational halibut season dates - Jun 5, 2018 to
- Salmon fishing opens June 1 in Marine Area 10 - May 30, 2018 to
- Hood Canal to reopen for two more days of shrimp fishing - May 29, 2018 to
- Release all steelhead in the Green (Duwamish) River - May 23, 2018 to
- Columbia River spring chinook sport fishery re-opened - May 23, 2018 to
- Lake Sylvia to close for kids-only fishing event - May 22, 2018 to
- Fishing to close on a section of the Stillaguamish River - May 18, 2018 to
- Rainbow Lake to close to fishing for the season - May 16, 2018 to
- Heart Lake to close for kids' fishing event - May 11, 2018 to
- Lewis River will reopen to retention of hatchery chinook and steelhead - May 10, 2018 to
- Skagit River to open June 16 for sockeye fishing - May 10, 2018 to
- Yakima River to open for hatchery spring chinook fishing - May 9, 2018 to
- Pacific halibut fishing to close after May 11 in Marine Area 1 - May 9, 2018 to
- Anglers can keep hatchery steelhead on the lower Kalama River - May 4, 2018 to
- Lake Roosevelt to open for white sturgeon fishing - May 2, 2018 to