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- Vance Creek Pond #1 will open to fishing over spring break - Mar 21, 2018 to
- Temporary closure of Lincoln Park Pond in Port Angeles - Mar 16, 2018 to
- Daily limit of adult chinook salmon reduced on the Cowlitz River - Mar 9, 2018 to
- Razor clam digs approved March 16 and 17 - Mar 9, 2018 to
- Razor clam digs approved March 2 and 3 - Feb 27, 2018 to
- 2018 Columbia River spring chinook sport fishery season set - Feb 23, 2018 to
- Sport sturgeon retention prohibited in the John Day Pool - Jan 31, 2018 to
- Sport sturgeon retention prohibited in the Bonneville Pool - Jan 31, 2018 to
- WDFW adjusts sport clam and oyster seasons on several public beaches - Jan 30, 2018 to
- Sport clam season extended on Point Whitney Tidelands - Jan 30, 2018 to
- WDFW announces steelhead fishery changes on some Snake River tributaries - Jan 30, 2018 to
- Razor clam digs approved Jan. 28 - Feb. 3 - Jan 24, 2018 to
- Sport sturgeon retention prohibited in the The Dalles Pool - Jan 17, 2018 to
- Salmon fishing re-opens Feb. 16 in marine areas 8-1, 8-2, and 9 - Jan 11, 2018 to
- Razor clam digs approved Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 - Dec 26, 2017 to
- Tokul Creek to open early for hatchery steelhead and other gamefish - Dec 20, 2017 to
- Nisqually River to open to sport fishing - Dec 19, 2017 to
- Nooksack River to close for chum retention - Dec 1, 2017 to
- Whitefish fishing will close in lower section of Methow River - Nov 30, 2017 to
- Nisqually River will not open to fishing for gamefish Dec. 1 - Nov 29, 2017 to
- Razor clam digs approved Dec. 1 through Dec. 4 - Nov 28, 2017 to