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- Release all steelhead in the Green (Duwamish) River - 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
- Skagit River to open June 16 for sockeye fishing - May 10, 2018 to
- Lewis River will reopen to retention of hatchery chinook and steelhead - 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
- Hoh River to open June 1 to fishing for hatchery chinook and trout - May 1, 2018 to
- Fishing at Curl Lake delayed until May 26 - Apr 27, 2018 to
- Icicle River will not open for spring chinook fishing - Apr 27, 2018 to
- Coastal recreational bottomfish limit change, clarification - Apr 23, 2018 to
- Columbia River spring chinook sport fishery season update - Apr 20, 2018 to
- Snake River spring chinook fisheries to open - Apr 18, 2018 to
- Chehalis River will open to spring chinook fishing - Apr 18, 2018 to
- South Lewis County Park Pond to close for kids' fishing event - Apr 17, 2018 to
- Sport sturgeon retention season set in Bonneville and Dalles Pools - Apr 16, 2018 to
- Coastal recreational bottomfish limit changes - Apr 16, 2018 to
- Razor clam digs approved April 19 - April 22 - Apr 13, 2018 to
- Langlois Lake in King County to open for 1-day fishing event - Apr 12, 2018 to