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 in our brochure.
Summer Chinook fishery guidelines
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Area |
Months |
Management Criteria |
Encounters Guideline /Harvest Quota |
Encounters /Harvest |
Estimate Valid Through: |
Percentage of Criteria |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Summer | Legal Size Encounters | 7,342 | 7,474 | August 14, 2022 | 102% |
| 6 | Summer | Legal Size Encounters | 9,400 | 10,108 | August 7, 2022 | 108% |
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Summer | Harvest Quota | 1,800 | 1,766 | July 31, 2022 | 98% |
| Total Unmarked Encounters | 3,991 | 1,351 | 34% | |||
| Total Sublegal Encounters | 2,573 | 675 | 26% | |||
| 9 | Summer | Harvest Quota | 4,700 | 4,658 | August 7, 2022 | 99% |
| 10 | Summer | Harvest Quota | 3,966 | 4,257 | August 31, 2022 | 107% |
| Total Sublegal Encounters | 8,753 | 5,865 | 67% | |||
| 11 | June 1 - June 30 |
Harvest Quota | 580 | 639 | June 03, 2022 | 110% |
| Total Unmarked Encounters | 432 | 521 | 121% | |||
| Total Sublegal Encounters | 752 | 313 | 42% | |||
| July 1 - Sept 30 |
Harvest Quota | 2,816 | 2,738 | August 14, 2022 | 97% | |
| Total Sublegal Encounters | 3,373 | 2,258 | 67% |
Winter Chinook fishery guidelines
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Marine Area |
Winter Season Dates |
Management criteria |
Encounters guideline |
Encounters |
Date |
Percentage of Criteria |
Current Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | March 1 - April 30, 2023 | Sublegal Encounters | 4,263 | 994 | 03/19/2023 | 23% |
Updated 03/22/2023 |
| 6 |
Closed for 2022 - 2023 Winter Season |
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| 7 |
Closed for 2022 - 2023 Winter Season |
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| 8.1 & 8.2 |
Closed for 2022 - 2023 Winter Season |
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| 9 |
Closed for 2022 - 2023 Winter Season |
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| 10 | February 1 - March 30, 2023 | Total Encounters | 7,152 | 3,860 | 02/10/23 | 54% | Closed |
| Unmarked Encounters | 1,089 | 1,072 | 02/10/23 | 98% | |||
| Sublegal Encounters | 6,295 | 3,431 | 02/10/23 | 55% | |||
| 11 | November 1 - December 31, 2022 | Total Encounters | 1,093 | 935 | 11/30/22 | 86% |
Closed
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| Unmarked Encounters | 256 | 247 | 11/30/22 | 96% | |||
| Sublegal Encounters | 732 | 760 | 11/30/22 | 104% | |||
| 12 | Closed for 2022- 2023 Winter Season | ||||||
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.
Puget Sound (Marine Areas 5-13) recreational salmon fishing reopened on May 19, 2021 under permanent rules as listed in the 2021-2022 Washington Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet. Anglers should consult the 2021-2022 Washington Sport Fishing Rules Pamphlet, Fish Washington mobile app, as well as the emergency rule changes webpage, before heading out.