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- Daily limit of trout increased on Scanewa Lake - Sep 30, 2011 to
- Allow chinook salmon retention from Wells Dam to Brewster - Sep 27, 2011 to
- Additional area open to fishing on Washougal River - Sep 16, 2011 to
- Columbia River sturgeon retention fishery above Wauna will reopen early - Sep 15, 2011 to
- Lower Hanford Reach steelhead fishery opens early - Sep 13, 2011 to
- Lower Columbia reopens to chinook retention for three additional days - Sep 13, 2011 to
- Buoy 10 reopens for chinook fishing - Sep 13, 2011 to
- Portion of Marine Area 4 to close to salmon fishing Sept.13 - Sep 12, 2011 to
- Release wild chinook salmon in the Tilton River - Sep 9, 2011 to
- McAllister Creek open to salmon retention - Sep 9, 2011 to
- Lake Chelan Project Tailrace to open for salmon fishing - Sep 8, 2011 to
- Curl Lake to close for maintenance - Sep 7, 2011 to
- Baker Lake closes to sockeye fishing Sept. 12 - Sep 7, 2011 to
- Lummi Bay Salmon Closure - Sep 2, 2011 to
- Changes to ocean salmon season - Sep 1, 2011 to