Check the most recent Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet and the latest emergency rules for up-to-date regulations.
Learn more about the Puget Sound Chinook mark-selective fishery sampling methods and the Volunteer Trip Report program.
Summer Chinook fishery guidelines
|
Area |
Criteria |
Encounters guideline/Quota |
Encounters/Harvest |
Date |
Percentage of Criteria |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Legal size encounters | . | . | . | . |
| 9 | Quota | . | . | . | . |
| 10 | Quota | . | . | . | . |
| 11 | Quota | . | . | . | . |
Winter Chinook fishery guidelines
|
Marine Area |
Management criteria |
Encounters guideline |
Encounters |
Date |
Percentage of Criteria |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Total encounters | 3,860 | 506 |
Mar. 22, 2020 |
13% |
| 7 | Total encounters | 9,752 | 3621 |
Mar. 22, 2020 |
37% |
| 7 | Unmarked encounters | 3,380 | 488 |
Mar. 22, 2020 |
14% |
| 8.1 & 8.2 | Total encounters | 4,330 | 669 | Mar. 22, 2020 | 15% |
| 9 | Total encounters | 4,677 | 3,117 | Mar. 22, 2020 | 67% |
| 10 | Total encounters | 2,933 | 2,660 | Mar. 22, 2020 | 91% |
Puget Sound salmon fishing regulations hotline
The following information can also be found by calling 360-902-2500, ext. 5. See our fishing hotlines webpage for additional information and regulations.
In response to the governor’s order to ‘Stay Home, Stay Healthy’ and limit the spread of coronavirus, recreational fishing is closed in Puget Sound through at least 5:00 p.m., Apr. 8, 2020.