Chinook salmon do not display the conspicuous morphological changes of pink, chum,
and sockeye salmon during the spawning stage. Typically, Pacic salmon turn
from the silvery bright ocean coloration to a darker bronze color as they approach
spawning.
In mature male coho salmon, the upper jaw forms an elongated hooked snout and
the teeth become greatly enlarged. The male is generally brighter than that of the
female and is characterized by the dorsal surface and head turning bluish-green.
The sides of the males develop a broad red streak. In females, the jaws also
elongate but the development is much less extreme than that of the males.
No prominent spots on back or tail (small speckles may be present).
White mouth with a white gum line and dark tongue. Large scales. Caudal
peduncle (tail base) is slender. Silver pigment on the tail.
Chum salmon display characteristic olive-green and purple (calico) vertical bars
on the sides of the body as they approach the spawning phase. Both males and
females develop hooked noses and large canine-like teeth
Generally large black spots on back and heavy oval shaped black blotches
on the upper and lower lobes of the tail. White mouth with a black gum
line and tongue. Very small scales. No silver pigment on the tail. Flexible
(rubbery) lower jaw.
As male pink salmon begin to enter the spawning phase, they develop a prominent
hump in front of the dorsal n, an elongated snout, and large teeth. Body color in both
males and females darkens from a bright silvery appearance to a pale slate, brownish,
or greenish-gray on the back and sides and a pale whitish color below. Small,
oblong irregular black spots are present on the back and sides, and on the dorsal
and tail ns.
No prominent spots on back or tail (small speckles may be present).
White mouth with a white gum line and dark tongue. Average size scales.
Prominent gold-colored eyes. No silver pigment on the tail. Small teeth.
Sockeye turn bright red on their body, and olive-green on the head. Males develop a
prominent hump in front of the dorsal n; the male’s snout becomes elongated; and
canine-like teeth grow out of the receding gums. Females undergo a distinct color
change, but retain their body shape.
Black spots on back with a few spots on the upper portion of the tail.
White mouth with a white gum line and dark tongue. Average size scales.
Silver pigment on the tail.
Large black spots on back, dorsal n, and both the upper and lower lobes
of the tail. Dark mouth with a black gum line. Average size scales. Silver
pigment on the tail. Prominent teeth.
Learn more by visiting: http://wdfw.wa.gov/shing/salmon/identication.html
Salmon Identification
Atlantic salmon have large black spots on the gill covers and back, and rarely any spots on the tail n. Their scales are large, there is no red stripe
along the lateral line, and they have 8-10 anal n rays. Atlantic salmon may be taken from marine waters during any open salmon season, and from
anadromous (not landlocked) freshwater during any open salmon or trout season. Anglers may not, however, continue to sh for Atlantic salmon after a
daily limit of another species of salmon has been retained. In landlocked lakes, Atlantic salmon may be taken as part of the trout daily limit. Seasons and
size limits in place for trout apply to Atlantic salmon in landlocked lakes. Opportunities to harvest Atlantic salmon beyond those listed in the pamphlet will
be announced to the news media and carried on WDFW's recreational shing hotline. Please report sightings to (360) 902-2700.
Male Atlantic salmon
Female Atlantic salmon
In order to provide salmon & steelhead shing
opportunities, WDFW and the Tribes have marked
salmon & steelhead by clipping the
adipose n (a small fatty n directly behind the
dorsal n). In areas designated "release wild
<insert sh name>", n-clipped salmon and
steelhead are the only sh that may be retained.
The picture to the right shows a wild coho salmon
and a n-clipped or hatchery coho salmon. Please
be careful in releasing wild sh– they are your
shing future! For tips on the best way to release
sh, please see page 13. In Marine Areas 5-13, it is
illegal to bring a wild salmon or a species of salmon
aboard a vessel if it is unlawful to retain those
salmon. "Aboard a vessel" is dened as inside the
gunwale. In Marine Area 2-2, it is unlawful to totally
remove salmon from the water if it is illegal to retain
those sh, except anglers shing from boats 30' or
longer are exempt.
Adipose n has been
clipped – leaving a
healed scar in
its place.
Intact adipose n.
Jaw- mouth of a
pink is white, but
the gums and
tongue are black,
as they are in a
Chinook. It does
not have “teeth” on
its tongue.
Tail- is covered
with large oval
spots. It does not
have silver on the
tail. The scales
are very small
compared to other
salmon of the
same size.
Jaw- has a dark
mouth and black
gums at the base of
its teeth. Immature
chinook are known
as a “blackmouth.”
Tail- both the upper
and lower lobes of
the tail are covered
with spots and
silver is prominent.
Jaw- mouth is
white and the
gum line is almost
white, but the
tongue may be
black. The teeth
are sharp and
strong.
Tail- has just a few
scattered spots,
usually on the
upper lobe, with
silver streaks. It
has a wide caudal
peduncle.
Learn more by visiting: http://wdfw.wa.gov/shing/salmon/identication.html
Marine Areas
Atlantic Salmon
Chinook, Coho, and Pink Salmon Identification
Wild/Hatchery Identification
Anglers
aboard a boat may only possess one daily limit of
sh or SHELLFISH in fresh form.
- Two daily limits of fresh SALMON.
An additional 40 pounds of salmon may be
possessed in a frozen or processed form (see
pages 10-11).
TROUT - Two daily limits of hatchery
STEELHEAD.
STURGEON - Two daily limits in any form.
Statewide annual limit 5.
- Two daily limits in any form.
- Two daily limits in any form, except
only one limit while aboard the shing vessel. For
HALIBUT caught in Canadian waters, contact
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
(DFO) or visit their website at http://www.pac.dfo-
mpo.gc.ca/recsh/Opportunities/nsh_e.htm. for
updated Canadian regulations.
ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, SKIPJACK,
and NORTHERN BLUEFIN and MACKEREL -
No possession limit or daily limit.
One daily limit of fresh
SHELLFISH. Additional SHELLFISH may be
possessed in a frozen or processed form. See
page 124 for Shellsh/Seaweed rules and page
127 for the shellsh health advisory.
(HERRING, ANCHOVIES,
SARDINES, SAND LANCE, and SMELT)
Two daily limits in fresh form. Additional FORAGE
FISH may be possessed in frozen or processed
form.
. See description on next
page.
Hatchery may be caught and
released until the daily limit is retained. If a sh has
swallowed the hook or is hooked in the gill, eye,
or tongue, it should be kept if legal to do so. Wild
STEELHEAD must be released.
- Barbless hooks only.
Minimum size for
CHINOOK in Areas 1-4 is 24", in Areas 5-13,
22", except no minimum size in the Hoodsport
Hatchery Zone. Minimum size for COHO in Areas
1-4 is 16"; except in Area 2-1 after July 31 and
Area 2-2 east of the buoy 13 line after Sept. 15,
the minimum size is 12" for all SALMON. Other
Marine Areas and species - no minimum size.
Handling Rule: in Areas 5-13, it is illegal to bring
a wild SALMON or a species of SALMON aboard
a vessel if it is unlawful to retain those SALMON.
"Aboard a vessel" is dened as inside the gunwale.
Also see special Handling Rule for Area 2-2 for
Sept. 16-Nov. 30.
- Only one single-point
barbless hook and bait is allowed when shing for
STURGEON. Catch-and-release open year-round.
Refer to specic Marine Area rules for retention
dates. Green STURGEON may not be retained.
Hook and line angling and spearshing
only. A hand-held line is permitted. Only one line
with up to two hooks may be used. HALIBUT may
be shot or harpooned while landing. May not be
landed in a port closed to HALIBUT shing except
HALIBUT lawfully caught in Canada; angler must
have Canadian license. See page 12Fish &
Shellsh caught in Canada.
Hook and line angling, spearshing, and bow and
arrow shing only.
- You may not land YELLOWEYE or
CANARY rocksh into any port in Washington.
Unlawful to sh for or retain rocksh in Areas 6-13.
These are species which
occur in our waters irregularly, usually in coastal
areas and include BARRACUDA, WHITE SEA
BASS, BONITO, YELLOWTAIL, and POMFRET.
Daily limit is two of each species.
It is illegal to retain or remove
SIXGILL SHARKS from the water in Areas 5-13.
Species Rules
Possession Limits
1 ....Season and Daily Hours:
During an open season, marine waters are open 24 hours per day, except as noted for night closures.
2 ....Quota Management:
SALMON, HALIBUT, and some SHELLFISH are managed by quotas in many marine areas. These sheries close
when the quotas have been taken. Closures will be announced to local news media and will be included in the
Fishing Hotline and Shellsh Rule Change Hotline messages.
- Forage sh jig or forage sh dip
net only. Only one dip net may be used at a time.
Gear must be held by the rigid handle at all times
and may not be used from a vessel while under
power. Anglers with the reduced-fee license or a
Designated Harvester Card may use a forage sh
dip net with a hand-operated gate. Jig gear may
have up to three treble hooks or nine single-point
hooks, not to exceed ⅜" between point and shank.
While shing in Areas 5-11 &13, a second line
using forage sh jig gear may be used to sh for
forage sh.
You may use forage sh jig gear in Columbia
River waters from the Buoy 10 line to the Rocky
Point/Tongue Point line.
Species Rules
- Must be kept in immediate
control, and gear may not be left unattended while
shing.
Unless noted
differently, only one line with up to 2 hooks is
allowed.
Barbless hooks are required for all species
in Marine Areas 5-13, except forage sh jig
gear.
When shing for in Marine Areas 1-13,
only single-point barbless hooks may be used.
A section of netting
(maximum mesh size is ⅝" stretched mesh) dis-
tended by a rigid frame not exceeding 36" across
and directly attached to a rigid handle. May only be
used for forage sh or squid.
- A club or dipnet (landing net)
may be used to assist landing a legal sh taken
by legal gear. A gaff may only be used to land a
legally hooked HALIBUT, TUNA, or DOGFISH
SHARK that will be retained. HALIBUT may be
shot or harpooned while landing.
DOWNRIGGERS - May be used with a line if the
line releases from the downrigger while playing
and landing the sh.
- May be used; the rod must be
easily removed without delay; rod may be left in
the holder while playing the sh.
- May be used if designed for
sport shing and attached to a shing rod.
- The diver must be swimming or
oating in the water while spearshing. The use of
explosives or bullets attached to the spear ("bang
sticks") is prohibited.
Changes can be found by
calling the WDFW Fishing Hotline (360) 902-2500 or Shellsh Rule Change Hotline (866) 880-5431, contacting statewide customer service (360) 902-
2700, or by visiting the WDFW website http://wdfw.wa.gov.
Tackle/Gear Rules
In Washington waters where a saltwater
license is valid, each angler aboard a
vessel may continue to deploy angling
gear or shellsh gear until the daily
limit of sh and shellsh for all licensed
and juvenile anglers aboard has been
achieved.
Marine Area Rules
NEAH
BAY
SEKIU
MOUTH OF
SEKIU RIVER
LAPUSH
PORT
ANGELES
OCEAN SHORES
HOQUIAM
ABERDEEN
GRAYS HARBOR
BUOY 13
CAPE SHOAL W A TER
OL YMPIA
T ACOMA
NOR TH HEAD
BUOY 10
SOUTH JETTY
PT. BROWN
WESTPOR T
LEADBETTER
POINT
BONILLA-TATOOSH
LINE
V ANCOUVER
ISLAND
BREMER T ON
SEA TTLE
POR T
T OWNSEND
BELLINGHAM
BLAINE
CANADA
ORCAS
ISLAND
SAN JUAN
ISLAND
ORCAS
ISLAND
ORCAS
ISLAND
ORCAS
ISLAND
ORCAS
ISLAND
LOPEZ
ISLAND
7
12
5
4
6
9
8-2
8-1
10
13
1 1
2-2
2
3
CAPE
ALAVA
MOUTH
OF QUEETS
RIVER
4
2-1
1
N
COMMENCEMENT
BAY
LAKE
WASHINGTON
HOOD
CANAL
BUDD
INLET
EVERETT
WHIDBEY
ISLAND
LOW
POINT
ANACOR TES
ROCKY POINT
T ONGUE POINT
1. - west of the Buoy 10 line at the
Columbia River mouth, north to Leadbetter
Point.
2. - from
Leadbetter Point north to the Queets River,
excluding Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor.
2-1. - east of a line from
Leadbetter Point to Cape Shoalwater.
2-2. - east of a line from the
outermoust tip of the north jetty to outermost
exposed end of the south jetty.
3. - from the Queets River north to
Cape Alava.
4. - from Cape Alava north and
inside Juan de Fuca Strait to the Sekiu River.
5. - from mouth of
the Sekiu River east to Low Point, mouth of
the Lyre River.
6. - from Low
Point east to the Partridge Point - Point
Wilson line, north to the line from Trial
Island (near Victoria B.C.) - Vessel Trafc
Separation Buoy "R" - Smith Island to the
Lawson Reef Buoy, to Northwest Island, to
the Initiative 77 marker on Fidalgo Island.
7. SAN JUAN ISLANDS - all marine waters
north of the Trial Island line (described
under Area 6) to the United States-Canada
boundary.
8-1.
- from West Point
to Reservation Head eastward through
Deception Pass, including all waters of
Swinomish Slough and Skagit Bay, and the
portion of Saratoga Passage north and west
of a line from East Point Light to light on
Camano Island (Saratoga Pass Light #4Fl
Red 4 Sec.).
8-2. - east of
East Point Light-Camano Island Light line
(described in 8-1 above) and north of the
Possession Point-Shipwreck line (described
in 9 below).
9. - all waters inside and
south of the Partridge Point - Point Wilson
line, south and west of a line from Possession
Point 110
° true to shipwreck, north of the
Hood Canal Bridge, and north of the Apple
Cove Point-Edwards Point line.
10. - south from
the Apple Cove Point-Edwards Point line to
a line projected true east- west through the
north tip of Vashon Island.
11. - south from
a line projected true east west through the
north tip of Vashon Island to the northernmost
Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
12. - all waters south of the Hood
Canal Bridge.
13. - all waters south of
northernmost Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
up to 8"
silver with a stripe along the side.
small adipose n and stripe on the side.
up to 13"
bluish on upper half with silvery white sides and belly.
grooves on gill cover, skinny head, speckeled tail.
Marine Areas
99
Marine Area Rules
Marine Area Definitions and Codes
: An area at the Columbia River
mouth bounded on the west by a line running
northeast/southwest between the red lighted
Buoy #4 (46°13'35"N/124°06'50"W) and the green
lighted Buoy #7 (46°15'09"N/124°06'16"W); on the
east by the Buoy #10 line which bears north/south
at 357° true from the south jetty at 46°14'00"
N/124°03'07"W to its intersection with the north
jetty; on the north by a line running northeast/
southwest between the green lighted Buoy #7 to
the tip of the north jetty (46°14'48"N/124°05'20"W),
and then along the north jetty to the point of inter-
section with the Buoy #10 line; and on the south
by a line running northeast/southwest between the
red lighted Buoy #4 and the tip of the south jetty
(46°14'03"N/124°04'05"W), and then along the
south jetty to the point of intersection with the Buoy
#10 line, is CLOSED to shing for SALMON at all
times except open to shing from the north jetty
when adjacent waters north of the Control Zone
are open to shing for SALMON or the Buoy 10
shery is open.
See Columbia River listing in East-
side Rivers-Special Rules section.
Dened as a true north and south line
projected through Buoy 10, which marks the chan-
nel leading into the Columbia River at its mouth (a
line from the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center
atop Cape Disappointment Rock through Buoy 10
to the south jetty).
(West of the Buoy 10 line at the Columbia River mouth, north to Leadbetter Point)
SEASON ADDITIONAL RULES
SALMON - ENTIRE AREA June 9-June 22 CHINOOK - min. size 24". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined).
Release COHO and wild CHINOOK.
June 23-Sept. 30 CHINOOK - min. size 24". COHO - min. size 16". Other SALMON species - no min.
size. Daily limit 2 (combined). Only 1 CHINOOK may be retained. Release wild COHO.
TROUT Year-round Catch-and-release except up to 2 hatchery STEELHEAD may be retained.
STURGEON Year-round Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Daily limit 1. Release GREEN
STURGEON.
TUNA and MACKEREL Year-round No min. size. No daily limit.
HERRING, SMELT, ANCHOVY,
SARDINE, and SAND LANCE
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10 lbs., all species combined. All SMELT caught must be kept
and count toward the daily limit except LOSED to Columbia River SMELT (eulachon).
PACIFIC HALIBUT May 3-quota or July 14,
whichever comes rst
No min. size. Daily limit 1. Retention of
BOTTOMFISH, except SABLEFISH and PACIFIC COD, is prohibited with a HALIBUT
onboard. Season may close earlier if quota is attained. Season will re-open August 3
(Friday-Sunday) until remaining quota is taken.
Year-round season. Daily limit is 12 BOTTOMFISH (see denition page 10) regardless of species, subject to
individual limits and seasons shown below.
LINGCOD Mar. 17-Oct. 13, 2012
Reopens Mar. 16, 2013
Min. size 22". Daily limit 2. seaward of a line drawn from
46°38.17' N Lat., 124°21.00' W Lon., to 46°25.00' N Lat., 124°21.00' W Lon.
SURFPERCH Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 12. Except SHINER PERCH daily limit 15: not included in
BOTTOMFISH limit.
ROCKFISH Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10. No CANARY or YELLOWEYE may be retained.
CABEZON Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2.
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species.
Year-round CLOSED
Ilwaco
McKenzie
Head
North
Jetty
Base
Buoy #10
Columbia River
North
Jetty
Tip
Green Buoy #7
Red Buoy #4
South
Jetty
Tip
Clatsop Spit
Control Zone 1Control Zone 1
: The jetty is open to shing for SALMON 7 days a week when the Buoy 10 or the Marine Area 1 SALMON shery is open.
Daily limit and minimum size restrictions follow the most liberal regulations of either area. Barbed hooks allowed.
: When angling from a boat in the concurrent waters of the Columbia River or the Pacic Ocean within 3 miles of shore between Cape
Falcon, Oregon, and Leadbetter Point, Washington, either a Washington or an Oregon shing license is valid.
Marine Area 1 - Ilwaco
Orange-red to yellow body
color, bright yellow eye,
and ns may be tinged with
black. Raspy ridges above
eye, rear of anal n vertical.
Also called rasphead
rocksh and red snapper.
A large rocksh.
Bright orange or yellow
body, mottled with grey.
Fins are orange without
black edge. Three
orange stripes across the
head. Chin smooth to the
touch. Anal n sharp and
angular.
Body black or grey in
color. Also called seabass
and black bass. Large
mouth, rounded anal n.
Body brown with yellow
mottling. High n on back
with yellow mottling. May
have freckles on head and
throat. Two light saddle
patches on top of back.
Body variable in color with light colored stripe along the rear of the
lateral line. Two dark bars radiating from eye.
Body is blue or black. Forehead has several diagonal bars. Has a
small mouth. The anal n is vertical or slanted posteriorly.
Rocksh photos courtesy of Alaska Sea Grant, Steve Axtell, and Wayne Palsson
Body orange, olive, or brown. Large mouth extending past rear of
eye, and projecting lower jaw.
Body blue or black spot-
ted with yellow and white.
Prominent yellow stripe
extending from top of
back to along lateral line
to caudal n.
Body very mottled with
dark brown, tan, and
sometimes reddish hue.
Fins tinged with pink.
Noticeable dark spot on
gill cover.
Body dark red and mottled gray. Red mouth and underside of jaw
is rough. Fins may be edged with black. Anal n rounded.
Olive green body with yellow-green ns. May have knob at tip of
lower jaw. Rear edge of anal n vertical.
Marine Areas
Rockfish Identification
Marine Area 2-1 (Willapa Bay) and Marine Area 2-2 (Grays Harbor)
Marine Area 2 Denition: from Leadbetter Point north to the Queets River, excluding Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor
Marine Area 2-1 (Willapa Bay) Denition: east of a line from Cape Shoalwater to Leadbetter Point
Marine Area 2-2 (Grays Harbor) Denition: east of a line from the tip of the north jetty to exposed end of the south jetty
: A line drawn true north-south through Buoy
13 near the entrance of Grays Harbor.
: An area at the entrance to
Grays Harbor bounded by a line from the lighthouse 1
mile south of the south jetty to buoy #2 to buoy #3 to the
tip of the north jetty to the tip of the exposed end of the
south jetty.
: A portion of Grays Harbor lying
inside the boat basin breakwater and inside lines drawn
from lighted day markers 10 to 11 and 1 to 2.
: Open to
HALIBUT shing beginning May 6, seven days per week
until the sub-quota is reached or Sept. 30 for those
waters from 47°31.70' N. latitude south to 46°58.00'N.
latitude and east of a line approximating 30 fathoms as
dened by the following coordinates:
47°31.70'N, 124°37.03'W,
47°25.67'N, 124°34.79'W,
47°12.82'N, 124°29.12'W,
46°58.00'N, 124°24.24'W
SEASON ADDITIONAL RULES
SALMON - AREA 2 June 9-June 23 CHINOOK - min. size 24". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined).
Release COHO and wild CHINOOK.
June 24-Sept. 23 CHINOOK - min. size 24". COHO - min. size
16". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined). Only 1 CHINOOK
may be retained. Release wild COHO.
(east of a line from Cape
Shoalwater to Leadbetter Pt.)
June 9-July 31 Open concurrent with the ocean (Area 2) for SALMON. Area 2 rules apply.
Aug. 1-Jan. 31
Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 3 adults may be retained. Release wild CHINOOK and
CHUM. Anglers may sh with two poles with Two-Pole Endorsement.
(west of Buoy 13 line) June 9-Sept. 23 Open concurrent with the ocean (Area 2) for SALMON. Area 2 rules apply.
(east of the Buoy 13 line)
ALL SALMON required to be released may not be totally removed from the water, except anglers shing from boats 30'
or longer as listed on either their state or Coast Guard registration are exempt.
Sept. 16-Oct. 7 Min. size 12". Daily limit 3 of which only 1 may be a CHINOOK and 2 may be wild
COHO. Release CHUM.
Oct. 8-Nov. 30 Min. size 12". Daily limit 3 of which only 2 may be wild COHO. Release CHINOOK and
CHUM.
Westport Boat Basin and Ocean
Shores Boat Basin
Aug. 16-Jan. 31 Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. No more than 4 adults may be retained. Release wild
CHINOOK. Night closure and anti-snagging rule. Only single-point barbless hooks may
be used.
TROUT Year-round Catch-and-release except up to 2 hatchery STEELHEAD may be retained.
STURGEON Year-round Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Daily limit 1. Release GREEN
STURGEON.
TUNA and MACKEREL Year-round No min. size. No daily limit.
HERRING, SMELT, ANCHOVY,
SARDINE, and SAND LANCE
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10 lbs., all species combined. All SMELT caught must be kept
and count toward the daily limit except LOSED to Columbia River SMELT (eulachon).
PACIFIC HALIBUT May 6-quota or Sept. 30,
whichever comes rst
Open Sunday May 6,
If sufcient quota remains, the shery will re-open June 3 and or June 5. No min.
size. Daily limit 1.
Year-round season. Daily limit is a total of 12 BOTTOMFISH (see denition page 10) regardless of species,
subject to individual limits and seasons shown below. See HALIBUT and BOTTOMFISH closure areas and 30
fathom restriction below.
LINGCOD Mar. 17-Oct. 13, 2012
Reopens Mar. 16, 2013
Min. size 22". Daily limit 2. seaward of a line approximating
30 fathoms March 15-June 15
(except when the primary HALIBUT season is open)
. See
30 fathom restriction below. south of 46°58' N. and seaward
of 30 fathoms on Fridays and Saturdays July 1-Aug. 31.
seaward of a line drawn from, 47°31.70' N Lat., 124°45.00' W Lon. to 46°38.17' N Lat.,
124°30.00' W Lon.
(except when the primary HALIBUT season is open).
SURFPERCH Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 12. Except SHINER PERCH daily limit 15: not included in
BOTTOMFISH limit.
ROCKFISH Year-round
No min. size. Daily limit 10. No CANARY or YELLOWEYE may be retained.
CABEZON Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2.
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species.
Year-round CLOSED
Mar. 15-June 15: shing for or possession
of BOTTOM FISH, except ROCKFISH, is
prohibited seaward of a line approximating
30 fathoms, except LINGCOD
retention
permitted on days primary HALIBUT season
is open. SABLEFISH, and PACIFIC COD
permitted May 1-June 15
from Queets River
south to Leadbetter Pt., as described by the
following coordinates:
47°31.70'N, 124°37.03'W,
47°25.67'N, 124°34.79'W,
47°12.82'N, 124°29.12'W,
46°52.94'N, 124°22.58'W,
46°44.18'N, 124°18.00'W,
46°38.17'N, 124°15.88'W.
Fishing for HALIBUT and BOTTOMFISH is
closed and anglers may not sh for SALMON
with BOTTOMFISH aboard in these areas:
described beginning at:
46°58.00'N, 124°48.00'W, and continuing to
46°55.00'N, 124°48.00'W, then to
46°55.00'N, 124°49.00'W, then to
46°58.00'N, 124°49.00'W, then to
and back to the point of origin.
beginning at:
46°54.30'N, 124°53.40'W, and continuing to
46°54.30'N, 124°51.00'W, then to
46°53.30'N, 124°51.00'W, then to
46°53.30'N, 124°53.40'W
NOTE: In Areas 2-1 and 2-2, anglers may use either a freshwater, saltwater, or combination license.
Marine Area 2 - Westport - Ocean Shores
(From the Queets River north to Cape Alava)
Fishing for HALIBUT and BOTTOMFISH is closed, and anglers may not sh for
SALMON with BOTTOMFISH aboard in the area described as an eastward facing “C”
beginning at:
48°18'N, 125°18'W and continuing to
48°18'N, 124°59'W, then to
48°11'N, 124°59'W, then to
48°11'N, 125°11'W, then to
48°04'N, 125°11'W, then to
48°04'N, 124°59'W, then to
48°00'N, 124°59'W, then to
48°00'N, 125°18'W, and
back to the point of origin.
SEASON ADDITIONAL RULES
SALMON - ENTIRE AREA June 16-June 30 CHINOOK - min. size 24". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Release COHO and wild CHINOOK.
July 1-Sept. 23
CHINOOK - min. size 24". COHO - min. size 16". Other SALMON species - no min.
size. Daily limit 2 (combined). Release wild COHO.
Note:
season may change depending on inseason catch projections. See wdfw.wa.gov.
LaPush Late Season Area
(see below for boundaries)
Sept. 29-Oct. 14 CHINOOK - min. size 24". COHO - min. size 16". Other SALMON species - no min.
size. Daily limit 2 (combined). Release wild COHO.
TROUT Year-round Catch-and-release except up to 2 hatchery STEELHEAD may be retained.
STURGEON Year-round Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Daily limit 1. Release GREEN
STURGEON.
TUNA and MACKEREL Year-round No min. size. No daily limit.
HERRING, SMELT, ANCHOVY,
SARDINE, and SAND LANCE
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10 lbs., all species combined. All SMELT caught must be kept
and count toward the daily limit except LOSED to Columbia River SMELT (eulachon).
PACIFIC HALIBUT May 10-quota
HALIBUT shery
May 24-26If sufcient quota remains, the shery will re-open May 31 and or June 2.
Additional openings may occur with sufcient quota see wdfw.wa.gov. No min. size. Daily
limit 1.
Year-round season. Daily limit is a total of 12 BOTTOMFISH (see denition page 10) regardless of species,
subject to individual limits and seasons shown below.
No retention or possession of BOTTOMFISH seaward of line
approximating 20 fathoms June 1-Sept. 30 (except when HALIBUT is open).
LINGCOD Mar. 17-Oct. 13, 2012
Reopens Mar. 16, 2013
Min. size 22". Daily limit 2.
SURFPERCH Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 12. Except SHINER PERCH daily limit 15: not included in
BOTTOMFISH limit.
ROCKFISH Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10. No CANARY or YELLOWEYE may be retained.
CABEZON Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2.
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species.
Year-round CLOSED
20 fathoms
30 fathoms
Mouth of
Queets River
Cape
Alava
Bonilla-Tatoosh Line
Mouth of
Sekiu River
Area 3
Kydaka
Point
Shipwreck
Point
Area 4
Halibut & Bottomfish
Closure Area
Area 5
Leadbetter Point
June 1-Sept. 30: shing for or
possession of BOTTOM FISH is
prohibited
(except when HALIBUT is
open)
seaward of a line approximating
20 fathoms from the Bonilla-Tatoosh
line south to the Queets River, (Marine
Area 3 and 4) as described by the
following coordinates:
48°23.90' N, 124°44.20' W,
48°23.60' N, 124°44.90' W,
48°18.60' N, 124°43.60' W,
48°18.60' N, 124°48.20' W,
48°10.00' N, 124°48.80' W,
48°02.40' N, 124°49.30' W,
47°37.60' N, 124°34.30' W,
47°31.70' N, 124°32.40' W.
- SALMON
shery restricted to the area north of
47°50'N. latitude and south of 48°00'N.
latitude. Same season and rules as
Marine Area 3 - ENTIRE AREA except
Sept. 29-Oct. 14. See above for rules.
Marine Areas
Marine Area 3 - LaPush
(From Cape Alava north and inside Juan de Fuca Strait to the Sekiu River)
A line running from the western end of Cape Flattery 48°22.863'N, 124°43.907'W. to Tatoosh Island Lighthouse 48°23.493'N,
124°44.207'W, then in a straight line to Bonilla Point on Vancouver Island 48°35.73'N, 124°43.00'W. See map on previous page.
June 16-Sept. 23: waters south of a line from Kydaka Point westerly approximately 4 miles to Shipwreck Point CLOSED to
shing for SALMON. See map on page 106.
SEASON ADDITIONAL RULES
SALMON
West of the Bonilla-Tatoosh Line
June 16-June 30 CHINOOK - min. size 24". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Release COHO and wild CHINOOK.
July 1-Sept. 23
CHINOOK - min. size 24". COHO - min. size. 16". Other SALMON species - no min.
size. Daily limit 2 (combined). Release wild COHO. Beginning Aug. 1 release CHUM.
Note: season may change depending on inseason catch projections. See wdfw.wa.gov.
East of the Bonilla-Tatoosh Line June 16-June 30 CHINOOK - min. size 24". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Release COHO and wild CHINOOK.
July 1-July 31
CHINOOK - min. size 24". COHO - min. size. 16". Other SALMON species - no min. size.
Daily limit 2 (combined). Release wild COHO.
Note:
season may change depending on inseason catch projections. See wdfw.wa.gov.
Aug. 1-Sept. 23
COHO - min. size. 16". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2. Release
CHINOOK, wild COHO and CHUM. Note: season
may change depending on inseason catch projections. See wdfw.wa.gov.
TROUT Year-round Catch-and-release except up to 2 hatchery STEELHEAD may be retained.
STURGEON
West of Bonilla-Tatoosh Line Year-round Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Daily limit 1. Release GREEN
STURGEON.
East of Bonilla-Tatoosh Line Year-round
June 1-June 30
Sept. 1-Oct. 15
Catch-and-release.
Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Daily limit 1. Release GREEN
STURGEON.
TUNA and MACKEREL Year-round No min. size. No daily limit.
HERRING, SMELT, ANCHOVY,
SARDINE, and SAND LANCE
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10 lbs., all species combined. All SMELT caught must be kept
and count toward the daily limit except LOSED to Columbia River SMELT (eulachon).
East of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line - jig gear may be used 7 days a week.
Dipnets may be used 8:00 a.m. Fridays through 8:00 a.m. Wednesdays. West of the
Bonilla-Tatoosh line - dipnets and jigs may be used 7 days a week.
PACIFIC HALIBUT May 10-quota
HALIBUT shery
May 24-26If sufcient quota remains, the shery will re-open May 31 and or June 2.
Additional openings may occur with sufcient quota see wdfw.wa.gov. No min. size. Daily
limit 1. See HALIBUT and BOTTOMFISH closure on previous page.
West of Bonilla-Tatoosh Line Year-round Daily limit is a total of 12 BOTTOMFISH (see denition page 10), regardless of
species, subject to individual limits and seasons shown below.
East of Bonilla-Tatoosh Line Year-round Daily limit is a total of 10 BOTTOMFISH (see denition page 10), regardless of species,
subject to individual limits and seasons shown below. Fishing for BOTTOMFISH
prohibited in waters deeper than 120'.
LINGCOD Apr. 16-Oct. 13, 2012
Re-opens Apr. 16, 2013
Min. size 24". Daily limit 2. West of the Bonilla-Tatoosh Line: no retention or possession
of LINGCOD seaward of line approximating 20 fathoms June 1-Sept. 30 (except when
HALIBUT is open). East of Bonilla-
Tatoosh line: See
SURFPERCH Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 12. Except SHINER PERCH daily limit 15: not included in
BOTTOMFISH limit.
ROCKFISH
West of Bonilla-Tatoosh Line
East of Bonilla-Tatoosh Line
Year-round
Year-round
No min. size. Daily limit 10. No CANARY or YELLOWEYE may be retained. No
retention or possession of rocksh seaward of a line approximating 20 fathoms
June 1-Sept. 30 (except when HALIBUT is open).
No min. size. Daily limit 6. Only BLUE and BLACK may be retained.
CABEZON Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2.
WOLF-EEL CLOSED
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species.
Year-round CLOSED
Marine Area 4 - Neah Bay
SEASON ADDITIONAL RULES
SALMON
- ENTIRE AREA July 1-Aug. 15 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Release wild CHINOOK, wild COHO, and CHUM.
Aug. 16-Sept. 14 No min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined). Release CHINOOK, wild COHO, and CHUM.
Sept. 15-Sept. 30 No min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined). Release CHINOOK and CHUM.
Oct. 1-Oct. 31 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Only 1 CHINOOK may be retained.
Feb. 16-Apr. 10 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 1.
TROUT Year-round Catch-and-release except up to 2 hatchery STEELHEAD may be retained.
STURGEON Year-round
June 1-June 30
Sept. 1-Oct. 15
Catch-and-release.
Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Daily limit 1. Release GREEN
STURGEON.
TUNA and MACKEREL Year-round No min. size. No daily limit.
HERRING, SMELT, ANCHOVY,
SARDINE, and SAND LANCE
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10 lbs., all species combined. All SMELT caught must be kept
and count toward the daily limit except LOSED to Columbia River SMELT (eulachon).
Jig gear may be used 7 days a week. Dipnets may be used 8:00 a.m.
Fridays through 8:00 a.m. Wednesdays.
PACIFIC HALIBUT May 24-June 23 May 24-May 28: . May 31-June 23:
No min. size. Daily limit 1.
Daily limit is a total of 15 BOTTOMFISH (see denition page 10) regardless of species, subject to individual
limits and seasons shown below. Fishing for BOTTOMFISH prohibited in waters deeper than 120 feet. See
LINGCOD May 1-June 15
May 21-June 15
Min. size 26". Max. size 36". Daily limit 1.
Max. size 36". Daily limit 1.
SURFPERCH Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10. Except SHINER PERCH daily limit 15: not included in
BOTTOMFISH limit.
ROCKFISH
West of Slip Point May 1-Sept. 30 No min. size. Daily limit is the rst 3 BLACK or BLUE rocksh caught. May 1-June 15
spearshing allowed.
East of Slip Point May 1-Sept. 30 No min. size. Daily limit is the rst BLACK or BLUE rocksh caught. May 1-June 15
spearshing allowed.
PACIFIC COD, POLLOCK, HAKE Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species.
CABEZON May 1-Nov. 30 No min. size. Daily limit 2.
WOLF-EEL, SIXGILL SHARK CLOSED SIXGILL SHARK may not be removed from the water.
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species.
Year-round CLOSED
(From mouth of the Sekiu River east to Low Point, mouth of the Lyre River) See map on following page.
July 1-Oct. 31: waters south of a line from Kydaka Point westerly approximately 4 miles to Shipwreck Point CLOSED to
shing for SALMON. See map on next page.
Mouth of
Queets River
Bonilla-Tatoosh Line
Area 3
Area 4
Halibut & Bottomfish
Closure Area
Area 5
Leadbetter Point
Area 6
AA
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
A 48°23.90'N, 124°44.20'W
B 48°24.10'N, 124°40.00'W
C 48°23.61'N, 124°36.46'W
D 48°17.71'N, 124°21.24'W
E 48°15.96'N, 124°14.43'W
F 48°11.91'N, 124°02.02'W
G 48°09.93'N, 123°34.51'W
H 48°11.02'N, 123°31.13'W
I 48°08.53'N, 123°24.13'W
J 48°11.45'N, 123°06.02'W
K 48°08.22'N, 123°06.02'W
Fishing for BOTTOMFISH prohibited in waters deeper than 120 feet as dened by the coordinates listed below shown by the
dashed red line.
Marine Areas
Marine Area 5 - Sekiu and Pillar Point
Protection
Island
Rocky
Point
Travis
Spit
McCurdy
Point
Port
Townsend
Bay
Discovery Bay
Sequim Bay
Gibson Spit
Beckett Point
Gardiner
Boat Ramp
Dungeness Spit
Dungeness
Bay
D
u
n
g
e
n
e
s
s
R
i
v
e
r
Dungeness
Spit Light
#2 Red
Buoy
Port Williams
Boat Ramp
Ediz Hook
Port Angeles
Harbor
Green
Point
Angeles
Point
# 2 Buoy
Waters south of a line from McCurdy Point on
the Quimper Peninsula to the northern tip of
Protection Island then from the western end of
Protection Island to Rocky Point on the Miller
Peninsula and all waters of Discovery Bay.
Waters of Port
Angeles Harbor west of a line from the tip of
Ediz Hook to the ITT Rayonier Dock.
Waters of Dungeness Bay inside of a line from
Dungeness Spit Lighthouse to the #2 Red Buoy,
then to the Port Williams boat ramp.
Oct. 1-Oct. 31: open to shing for COHO
SALMON. See rules next page. CLOSED to
shing for SALMON at all other times.
Area 4
Area 6
Kydaka Pt.
Pillar Pt.
Low Point
Sekiu Pt.
Slip Pt.
Clallam Bay
Mouth of
Sekiu River
Sekiu
Area 5
Shipwreck
Point
Crescent Bay
Port Angeles
Freshwater Bay
Sequim Bay
Discovery
Bay
Victoria
(Approx. 48º19.8′N
123º12.2’W)
(Approx. 48º16.4′N
123º 0.67’W)
Partridge
Point
Port
Townsend
Point
Wilson
Area 7
Chinook Selective Fishery Area
(Shown in white)
Ediz Hook
Reservation
Head
West
Point
(Approx. 123°49.6'W)
(Approx. 124°23.7'W)
Tag Location
The department is tagging sixgill sharks
to learn more about their behavior and
abundance. The tags are colored disks about
the size of a quarter.
If you see or catch a tagged SIXGILL shark
in Washington waters, do not remove the tag,
but please report the color and tag number
by calling (360) 902-2700.
up to 15'
dark brown or gray.
one n on back
situated towards tail.
Six gill slits on each side of head.
It is unlawful to remove a SIXGILL shark from the water
Marine Area 5 and 6 Map
(From Low Point east to the Partridge Point – Point Wilson line north to the line from Trial Island (near Victoria B.C.) – Vessel Trafc
Separation Buoy “R” – Smith Island to the Lawson Reef Buoy to Northwest Island to the Initiative 77 marker on Fidalgo Island and west of the
line from Reservation Head to West Point)
Waters of Dungeness Bay inside of a line from Dungeness Spit Lighthouse to the #2 Red Buoy, then
to the Port Williams boat ramp. Oct. 1-Oct. 31: OPEN to shing for COHO SALMON. CLOSED to shing for SALMON at all other times. See
Dungeness Bay Fishery above for rules.
July 1-Oct. 31: waters of Freshwater Bay south of a line from Angeles Point westerly approximately 4 miles to
Observatory Point (Bachelor Rock) closed to shing for ALL nsh.
July 1-Oct. 31: waters of Port Angeles Harbor west of a line from the tip of Ediz Hook to the ITT Rayonier Dock
closed to shing for SALMON.
Oct. 1-Oct. 31: waters of Sequim Bay south of a line from the southern end of Gibson Spit to the west end of Travis Spit
CLOSED to shing for SALMON.
Oct. 1-Oct. 31: waters of Discovery Bay south of a line from the Gardiner boat ramp to Beckett Point CLOSED to shing
for SALMON.
SEASON ADDITIONAL RULES
SALMON
West of a true north/south line
through the #2 Buoy immediately
east of Ediz Hook
July 1-Aug. 15 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Release wild CHINOOK, wild COHO, and CHUM.
East of a true north/south line
through the #2 Buoy immediately
east of Ediz Hook
July 1-Aug. 15 No min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined). Release CHINOOK, wild COHO, and CHUM.
ENTIRE AREA Aug. 16-Sept. 30 No min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined). Release CHINOOK, wild COHO, and CHUM.
Oct. 1-Oct. 31 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit
2 (combined). Only 1 CHINOOK may be retained.
Dec. 1-Apr. 10 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2.
Release wild CHINOOK.
Dungeness Bay Fishery
(see below for boundaries)
Oct. 1-Oct. 31 No min. size. Daily limit 2 COHO only.
TROUT Year-round Catch-and-release except up to 2 hatchery STEELHEAD may be retained.
STURGEON Year-round
June 1-June 30
Sept. 1-Oct. 15
Catch-and-release.
Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Daily limit 1. Release GREEN
STURGEON.
MACKEREL Year-round No min. size. No daily limit.
HERRING, SMELT, ANCHOVY,
SARDINE, and SAND LANCE
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10 lbs., all species combined. All SMELT caught must be kept
and count toward the daily limit except LOSED to Columbia River SMELT (eulachon).
HERRING - CLOSED Jan. 16-Apr. 15 south of a line from Ediz Hook to Partridge
Point. Jig gear may be used 7 days a week. Dipnets may be used 8:00
a.m. Fridays through 8:00 a.m. Wednesdays.
PACIFIC HALIBUT May 3--June 2 May 3-May 19: May 24-May 28:
. May 31-June 2: . No min.
size. Daily limit 1.
*Check the WDFW website at wdfw.wa.gov or call (360) 902-2700 in March 2013 for updates on the 2013 opening for
PACIFIC HALIBUT.
Year-round season. Daily limit is a total of 15 BOTTOMFISH (see denition page 10) regardless of species,
subject to individual limits and seasons shown below.Fishing for
BOTTOMFISH prohibited in waters deeper than 120 feet.
LINGCOD May 1-June 15
May 21-June 15
Min. size 26". Max. size 36". Daily limit 1.
Max. size 36". Daily limit 1.
SURFPERCH Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10. Except SHINER PERCH daily limit 15: not included in
BOTTOMFISH limit.
ROCKFISH CLOSED
PACIFIC COD, POLLOCK, HAKE Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species.
CABEZON May 1-Nov. 30 No min. size. Daily limit 2.
WOLF-EEL, SIXGILL SHARK CLOSED SIXGILL SHARK may not be removed from the water.
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species.
Year-round CLOSED
Marine Areas
Marine Area 6 - East Juan de Fuca Strait
1
2
Closed to
all SHELLFISH and BOTTOMFISH activity (except crabbing in Parks Bay on Shaw Island). Yellow and Low Islands also closed to SALMON
shing.
The tidelands and bedlands of False Bay on San Juan Island, including all University of Washington (UW)-owned tidelands beginning
at a marker 400' east of the east entrance of False Bay and extending to the entrance of False Bay, all UW-owned tidelands and bedlands within a
line beginning at the UW marker on the shore at the east entrance of False Bay, projected 500 yards offshore, then northwest to a point 500 yards
offshore along a line projected from a UW marker on the shore at the west side of a small peninsula at the west entrance of False Bay, then to
shore along the line to the marker, and all UW-owned tidelands west of the marker to a UW marker 600' west of the small peninsula.
Those tidelands and bedlands adjacent to San Juan Island within a line beginning on the shore 500 yards west of Point Caution,
then 500 yards offshore, then south and east following the shoreline to the intersection with a line projected from a UW marker located 100' north
of the north entrance of the oating breakwater of the Port of Friday Harbor and projected toward Reid Rock Buoy, then along the line to shore on
San Juan Island.
Those UW-owned tidelands and all bedlands enclosed by the inner spit of Argyle Lagoon on San Juan Island.
All tidelands and bedlands within 300 yards of Yellow Island and 300 yards of Low Island. Also closed to
SALMON shing.
Those tidelands and bedlands within a line beginning at a UW marker on the shore at Hicks Bay 122°58'15"W longitude, then due
south 500 yards, then north and west at a distance of 500 yards from shore to the intersection with a line projected 261° true from a UW marker
on the shore of Parks Bay, which passes just south of the unnamed island at the north end of Parks Bay, then along the line to the shore of Shaw
Island, including all tidelands and bedlands of Parks Bay south of the line.
4-2
4-3
4-4
4-5
3
Shaw
Island
San Juan
Island
4-1
4-4
4-3
4-5
4-2
Closed to all shellsh and bottomsh activities
(except crabbing in Parks Bay on Shaw Island).
4-1
3
2
July
July, August,
& September
1
5
Sandy
Point
Point
Roberts
Strait of Georgia
Blaine
Gooseberry
Point
Bellingham
Bay
Point Migley
Lummi Island
Carter
Point
Bellingham
Village
Point
Orcas
Island
Fish
Point
Vendovi
Island
Guemes
Island
Padilla
Bay
Blakely
Island
Decatur
Island
Yellow
Bluff
Lopez
Island
Bird Rocks
Lighthouse
Fidalgo
Island
Iceberg
Point
San Juan
Island
Cattle Point
Salmon
Bank Buoy
Smith
Island
Whidbey
Island
Victoria
(Approx. 48°16.4′N
123°06.7′W)
(Approx. 48°19.8′N
123°12.2′W)
(Approx. 48°17.7′N
122°58.6′W)
1
4
4
Patos
Island
3
Waters of Bellingham and Padilla bays south
and east of a line from Gooseberry Pt. to
Sandy Pt. to Pt. Migley, from Carter Pt. to north
tip of Vendovi Island to Clark Pt., and true west
from Yellow Bluff (southwest corner of Guemes
Island) to Yellow Bluff Reef Range Marker to
Washington State Dept. of Transportation ferry
terminal dock east of Shannon Pt. and north
of the railroad bridges at Swinomish Slough -
same rules as Marine Area 7 - ENTIRE AREA,
except Apr. 1-Apr. 30 and July 1-Aug. 15:
CLOSED to shing for SALMON. Aug. 16-Oct.
31: OPEN to shing for SALMON. (see rules
for Bellingham Bay Fishery on next page).
Waters of Samish Bay
lying south of a line running true east from Fish
Point - same rules as Marine Area 7 - ENTIRE
AREA, except Apr. 1-Apr. 30 and July 1-Oct.
15: CLOSED to shing for SALMON and Oct.
16-Oct. 31: same rules as Bellingham Bay
Fishery.
Reservation CLOSED to non-Indian
shing and/or access.
Waters east of a line from Gooseberry Point to
Sandy Point CLOSED to salmon shing Sept.
4-Oct. 15.
4
Marine Area 7 Map
(All marine waters north of the Trial Island line described under Area 6 to the United States-Canada boundary)
SEASON ADDITIONAL RULES
SALMON
ENTIRE AREA July 1-July 31 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Only 1 CHINOOK may be retained. See
Aug. 1-Sept. 30 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Only 1 CHINOOK may be retained. Release wild COHO, and CHUM.
See
Oct. 1-Oct. 31 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Only 1 CHINOOK may be retained.
Dec. 1-Apr. 30 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Release wild CHINOOK.
Bellingham Bay Fishery
(see
1
on previous page for
boundaries)
Aug. 16-Oct. 31 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 4
(combined). Up to 2 CHINOOK may be retained. See
TROUT Year-round Catch-and-release except up to 2 hatchery STEELHEAD may be retained.
STURGEON Year-round
June 1-June 30
Sept. 1-Oct. 15
Catch-and-release.
Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Daily limit 1. Release GREEN
STURGEON.
MACKEREL Year-round No min. size. No daily limit.
HERRING, SMELT, ANCHOVY,
SARDINE, and SAND LANCE
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10 lbs., all species combined. All SMELT caught must be kept
and count toward the daily limit except LOSED to Columbia River SMELT (eulachon).
HERRING - CLOSED year-round north of a line from Sandy Point to Patos Island to
the Canadian boundary. Jig gear may be used 7 days a week. Dipnets
may be used 8:00 a.m. Fridays through 8:00 a.m. Wednesdays.
PACIFIC HALIBUT May 3--June 2 May 3-May 19: May 24-May 28:
. May 31-June 2: . No min.
size. Daily limit 1.
*Check the WDFW website at wdfw.wa.gov or call (360) 902-2700 in March 2013 for updates on the 2013 opening for
PACIFIC HALIBUT.
Year-round season. Daily limit is a total of 15 BOTTOMFISH (see denition page 10) regardless of species,
subject to individual limits and seasons shown below.Fishing for BOTTOMFISH
prohibited in waters deeper than 120 feet.
LINGCOD May 1-June 15
May 21-June 15
Min. size 26". Max. size 36". Daily limit 1.
Max. size 36". Daily limit 1.
SURFPERCH Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10. Except SHINER PERCH daily limit 15: not included in
BOTTOMFISH limit.
ROCKFISH CLOSED
PACIFIC COD, POLLOCK, HAKE Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species.
CABEZON May 1-Nov. 30 No min. size. Daily limit 2.
WOLF-EEL, SIXGILL SHARK CLOSED SIXGILL SHARK may not be removed from the water.
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species.
Year-round CLOSED
Waters of Area 7 in Rosario Strait and the eastern portion of the Strait of Juan
de Fuca southerly of a line running true south from the westernmost point on Fidalgo Head to Burrows Island, then westerly and southerly along the
shore of Burrows Island to the Burrows Island Lighthouse, then westerly to Bird Rocks, then westerly from Bird Rocks to the southernmost point on
Decatur Island, then southerly across Lopez Pass to Lopez Island and following the shore of Lopez Island southerly and westerly to Iceberg Point,
then from Iceberg Point to Cattle Point, then south southwest to the Salmon Bank Buoy, and then true south from the Salmon Bank Buoy to the Area
7 boundary - July 1-Sept. 30: CLOSED to shing for SALMON. Oct. 1-June 30: same rules as Marine Area 7 - ENTIRE AREA.
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Learn more at www.nwr.noaa.gov/marine-mammals or
wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/orca
Marine Areas
Marine Area 7 - San Juan Islands
Area 7
Area 6
Fidalgo Island
Reservation Head
W est
Point
Hope
Island
Goat
Island
LaConner
Whidbey Island
Polnell
Point
Oak Harbor
Penn Cove
Admiralty Inlet
Saratoga Passage
Port Susan
Skagit Bay
Area 8-1
Area 8-1
Snatelum
Point
Rocky
Point
Forbes
Point
Flashing
Light
Area 8-2
Area 9
S t anwood
Camano
Island
East Point
Area 8-2
Blowers
Bluff
Marine Area 8-1 Map
(From West Point to Reservation Head eastward through Deception Pass, including all waters of Swinomish Slough and Skagit Bay,
and the portion of Saratoga Passage north and west of a line from East Point Light to light on Camano Island
(Saratoga Pass light #4 FI Red 4 Sec))
SEASON ADDITIONAL RULES
SALMONENTIRE AREA Aug. 1-Oct. 31 No min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined). Release CHINOOK.
Nov. 1-Apr. 30 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Release wild CHINOOK.
TROUT Year-round Catch-and-release except up to 2 hatchery STEELHEAD may be retained.
STURGEON Year-round
June 1-June 30
Sept. 1-Oct. 15
Catch-and-release.
Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Daily limit 1. Release GREEN
STURGEON.
MACKEREL Year-round No min. size. No daily limit.
HERRING, SMELT, ANCHOVY,
SARDINE, and SAND LANCE
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10 lbs., all species combined. All SMELT caught must be kept
and count toward the daily limit except LOSED to Columbia River SMELT (eulachon).
Jig gear may be used 7 days a week. Dipnets may be used 8:00 a.m.
Fridays through 8:00 a.m. Wednesdays.
PACIFIC HALIBUT May 3--June 2 May 3-May 19: May 24-May 28:
. May 31-June 2: . No min.
size. Daily limit 1.
*Check the WDFW website at wdfw.wa.gov or call (360) 902-2700 in March 2013 for updates on the 2013 opening for
PACIFIC HALIBUT.
Year-round season. Daily limit is a total of 15 BOTTOMFISH (see denition page 10) regardless of species, subject
to individual limits and seasons shown below. Fishing for BOTTOMFISH prohibited in waters deeper than 120 feet.
LINGCOD May 1-June 15
May 21-June 15
Min. size 26". Max. size 36". Daily limit 1.
Max. size 36". Daily limit 1.
SURFPERCH Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10. Except SHINER PERCH daily limit 15: not included in
BOTTOMFISH limit.
ROCKFISH CLOSED
PACIFIC COD, POLLOCK, HAKE,
WOLF-EEL, SIXGILL SHARK
CLOSED SIXGILL SHARK may not be removed from the water.
CABEZON May 1-Nov. 30 No min. size. Daily limit 2.
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species.
Year-round CLOSED
Body brown with mottling, usually with several stripes along the body.
Three ns on back. The “whisker” under lower jaw is absent or very
small. Large eye with small pupil.
Body dark or silver grey becoming silvery below. Two ns on back, the
second being deeply notched. Black inside mouth. Large mouth with
sharp teeth. Also called whiting.
Body olive green to grey with lighter mottling. Two ns on back.
Skin ap between nostrils. Small teeth.
Brown to grey body with lighter mottling. Three ns on back and a
large “whisker” under lower jaw. Also called true cod and grey cod.
Marine Areas
111
Marine Area 8-1 - Deception Pass, Hope Island, and
Skagit Bay
Whidbey Island
Area 8-2
Area 8-2
Sandy
Point
Port Susan
Port Susan
Area 8-1
Saratoga Passage
Camano Island
Flashing
Light
East
Point
Area 9
Possession
Point
Shipwreck
Mukilteo
Ferry Dock
Everett
Camano
Head
T ulalip T erminal
Area Fishery
Hermosa Point
Mission
Point
Old Bowers Resort
Gedney Island
Area 8-2
Port Gardner
T ulalip Bay
1
1
2
Clinton Ferry
Dock
Randall Point
Everett
Naval Station
Closed to all shing east of a line from Mission Point to Hermosa Point.
Waters adjacent to Tulalip Bay west of a line from Mission Point to Hermosa Point, and within 2,000' from
shore between the pilings at Old Bower's Resort (on the south) to the shing boundary marker located approximately 1.4 miles northwest of
Hermosa Point (on the north). Same SALMON rules as Marine Area 8-2 - ENTIRE AREA, except May 4-Sept. 23. See Tulalip Terminal Area
Fishery on next page for rules from May 4-Sept. 23.
1
2
Body dark brown, grey or green with mot-
tling on sides. A single long n on back
with only one notch. Large mouth with
large teeth. Can reach ve feet in length.
Dark brown upper body with white belly, white
spots sometimes on upper body. Single prominent
spines in front of each dorsal n. Lacks an anal n.
112
Marine Area 8-2 Map
(East of East Point Light-Camano Island Light line (described in Area 8-1) and north of the Possession Point-Shipwreck line)
SEASON ADDITIONAL RULES
SALMONENTIRE AREA Aug. 1-Oct. 31 No min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined). Release CHINOOK.
Nov. 1-Apr. 30 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Release wild CHINOOK.
Tulalip Terminal Area Fishery
(see
2
on previous page for
boundaries)
May 4-June 8 CHINOOK - min.
size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined).
June 10-Sept. 3
CHINOOK - min.
size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined). Anglers
may sh with two poles with Two-Pole Endorsement.
Sept. 8-Sept. 23
ONLYCHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON
species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined). Anglers may sh with two poles with
Two-Pole Endorsement.
TROUT Year-round Catch-and-release except up to 2 hatchery STEELHEAD may be retained.
STURGEON Year-round
June 1-June 30
Sept. 1-Oct. 15
Catch-and-release.
Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Daily limit 1. Release GREEN
STURGEON.
MACKEREL Year-round No min. size. No daily limit.
HERRING, SMELT, ANCHOVY,
SARDINE, and SAND LANCE
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10 lbs., all species combined. All SMELT caught must be kept
and count toward the daily limit except LOSED to Columbia River SMELT (eulachon).
Jig gear may be used 7 days a week. Dipnets may be used 8:00 a.m.
Fridays through 8:00 a.m. Wednesdays.
PACIFIC HALIBUT May 3--June 2 May 3-May 19: May 24-May 28:
. May 31-June 2: . No min.
size. Daily limit 1.
*Check the WDFW website at wdfw.wa.gov or call (360) 902-2700 in March 2013 for updates on the 2013 opening for
PACIFIC HALIBUT.
Year-round season. Daily limit is a total of 15 BOTTOMFISH (see denition page 10) regardless of species,
subject to individual limits and seasons shown below.Fishing for
BOTTOMFISH prohibited in waters deeper than 120 feet.
LINGCOD May 1-June 15
May 21-June 15
Min. size 26". Max. size 36". Daily limit 1.
Max. size 36". Daily limit 1.
SURFPERCH Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10. Except SHINER PERCH daily limit 15: not included in
BOTTOMFISH limit.
ROCKFISH CLOSED
PACIFIC COD, POLLOCK, HAKE,
WOLF-EEL, SIXGILL SHARK
CLOSED SIXGILL SHARK may not be removed from the water.
CABEZON May 1-Nov. 30 No min. size. Daily limit 2.
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species.
Year-round CLOSED
up to 17"
dusky to silvery gray, with dark bar in middle of
body.
deeply forked tail and dark spot on gill cover.
up to 15"
blue and yellow stripes on
side of body.
bright color pattern.
up to 16"
one side is off-white; other side is
brown with mottling.
left-eyed sh, squared caudal n.
Marine Areas
113
Marine Area 8-2 - Port Susan and Port Gardner
Whidbey Island
Admiralty Inlet
Possession
Point
Shipwreck
Port Susan
Area 9
Area
8-2
Area
8-2
Area
10
Area
12
Area
8-1
Hood
Canal
Bridge
Port
Ludlow
Olele Pt.
Indian
Island
Killisut Harbor
4
5
Point
Wilson
Partridge Point
Apple Cove
Point
Double
Bluff
Point
No Point
Foulweather
Bluff
3
1&2
Edmonds
Edwards
Point
6
Waters inside a line from the boundary marker on the north breakwater to the southernmost marker buoy; then
to the northernmost marker buoy; then to the north end of the city of Edmonds public beach, CLOSED to shing for food sh and to the harvest of
SHELLFISH except when shing from the pier.
Bedlands and tidelands owned by the city of Edmonds at Brackett's Landing Shoreline Sanctuary and
the water column above them, including all of the area known as Edmonds Underwater Park, CLOSED to all harvest.
Tidelands on the eastern shore of the canal between Port Townsend Bay and Oak Bay.
All waters, bedlands, and tidelands from Extreme High Water (EHW) out to 600' offshore of EHW that are located
between the jetty at Keystone Harbor and the eastern side of the old military wharf (located east of the jetty), CLOSED to all harvest.
All waters and bedlands below the Extreme Low Water starting at the extreme low tide line at 48°9.46'N,
122°40.88'W at the sign (in Fort Casey State Park), extending 400 yards offshore and northward parallel to the beach for 0.6 nautical miles.
CLOSED to all harvest except sea urchins and sea cucumbers.
Waters of Area 9 south of a line from Foulweather Bluff to Olele Point, July 16-Aug. 31: CLOSED to shing for
SALMON except lawful to sh from shore between the Hood Canal Bridge and the northern boundary of Salsbury Point Park. Daily limit 2 COHO
only.
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2
3
4
5
6
114
Marine Area 9 Map
(All waters inside and south of the Partridge Point – Point Wilson line, south and west of a line from Possession Point 110° true to
shipwreck, north of the Hood Canal Bridge, and north of the Apple Cove Point-Edwards Point line.)
SEASON ADDITIONAL RULES
SALMON
ENTIRE AREA July 1-July 15 No min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined). Release CHINOOK and CHUM.
July 16-Aug. 31 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Release wild CHINOOK and CHUM.
daily limit
2 (combined). Release CHINOOK and CHUM.
Sept. 1-Sept. 30 No min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined). Release CHINOOK and CHUM.
Oct. 1-Oct. 31 No min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined). Release CHINOOK.
Nov. 1-Nov. 30 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Release wild CHINOOK.
Jan. 16-Apr. 15 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Release wild CHINOOK.
Edmonds Public Fishing Pier Year-round CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Only 1 CHINOOK may be retained. Aug. 1-Sept. 30: release CHUM.
TROUT Year-round Catch-and-release except up to 2 hatchery STEELHEAD may be retained.
STURGEON Year-round
June 1-June 30
Sept. 1-Oct. 15
Catch-and-release.
Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Daily limit 1. Release GREEN
STURGEON.
MACKEREL Year-round No min. size. No daily limit.
HERRING, SMELT, ANCHOVY,
SARDINE, and SAND LANCE
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10 lbs., all species combined. All SMELT caught must be kept
and count toward the daily limit except LOSED to Columbia River SMELT (eulachon).
Jig gear may be used 7 days a week. Dipnets may be used 8:00 a.m.
Fridays through 8:00 a.m. Wednesdays.
PACIFIC HALIBUT May 3--June 2 May 3-May 19: May 24-May 28:
. May 31-June 2: . No min.
size. Daily limit 1.
*Check the WDFW website at wdfw.wa.gov or call (360) 902-2700 in March 2013 for updates on the 2013 opening for
PACIFIC HALIBUT.
Year-round season. Daily limit is a total of 15 BOTTOMFISH (see denition page 10) regardless of species, subject
to individual limits and seasons shown below. Fishing for BOTTOMFISH prohibited in waters deeper than 120 feet.
LINGCOD May 1-June 15
May 21-June 15
Min. size 26". Max. size 36". Daily limit 1.
Max. size 36". Daily limit 1.
SURFPERCH Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10. Except SHINER PERCH daily limit 15: not included in
BOTTOMFISH limit.
ROCKFISH CLOSED
PACIFIC COD, POLLOCK, HAKE,
WOLF-EEL, SIXGILL SHARK
CLOSED SIXGILL SHARK may not be removed from the water.
CABEZON May 1-Nov. 30 No min. size. Daily limit 2.
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species.
Year-round CLOSED
up to 6'
white on one side; brown-gray on the other.
large mouth and eyes on right side of body. Three
points on tail.
up to 23"
white on one side; top of body brown
to green, small mouth..
lateral line arches above the
pectoral n.
Marine Areas
Marine Area 9 - Admiralty Inlet
All waters within 150' of
the pier head line CLOSED to shing for food sh at all times.
Waters between Chittenden Locks and the
Burlington-Northern Railroad bridge CLOSED to shing. It is illegal to
sh for food sh east of a line which is parallel to the Burlington-Northern
Railroad bridge and approximately 175' west of the bridge, and which
runs through the wooden piling tower structure near the south shore (west
of the Chittenden Locks).
Waters within 100 yards of the Elliott
Bay Public Fishing Pier CLOSED to shing for food sh and the harvest
of SHELLFISH except when shing from the pier.
Downstream of 1st Ave. South
Bridge is part of Marine Area 10. Record SALMON caught here as Marine
Area 10 on your catch record card. July 1-Aug. 31: CLOSED to shing
for SALMON. Sept. 1-Oct. 31: same rules as Area 10 Entire Area plus
the additional restrictions listed in this section. Nov. 1-June 30: same
rules as Area 10 Entire Area. Additional restrictions Sept.-Oct. 31: from
the 1st Ave. South Bridge downstream to an east-west line through SW
Hanford St. on Harbor Island (including waters at the Spokane St. Bridge)
- night closure, unlawful to use forage sh jig gear, anti-snagging rule, and
only salmon hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
Waters and bedlands of Rich
Passage within a 400 yard radius of Orchard Rocks CLOSED to all
harvest. Closure does not affect privately owned sh in net pens and
the harvest of clams, oysters, and mussels by tideland owners and their
families.
Jan. 1-Mar. 31: catch-and-release and y shing only
in waters west of a line from Point Monroe to Indianola and east of a line
from Point Bolin to Battle Point. Lead-core line prohibited.
July 1-Aug. 31: waters of Shilshole Bay
southeast of a line from Meadow Point to West Point CLOSED to shing
for SALMON.
Waters of Elliott Bay east of a line from West Point
to Alki Point July 1-Aug. 31: CLOSED to shing for SALMON.
Waters of Sinclair Inlet and Port Orchard south
of the Manette Bridge in Bremerton, south of a line drawn true west from
Battle Point, and west of a line drawn true south from Point White - same
rules as Marine Area 10 - ENTIRE AREA, except July 1-Sept. 30.
Seattle Marine Preserves: Note signs at beach
entrances. The area from high tide to minus 4.5'
(extreme low water) between the coordinates
listed below is CLOSED to harvest except for
nsh by hook and line.
A
122°22'49.0"W, 47°42'31.7"N to
a sign at 122°22'47.41"W, 47°42'43.51"N
AND 200 yards of beach starting 300 yards north
of 122°22'47.41"W, 47°42'43.51"N
B
122°24'07.2"W, 47°41'51.8"N south to the
walkway sign
C
122°25'31.7"W, 47°39'26.8"N northeast
to the sign at sidewalk
AND 122°25'20.7"W, 47°40'3.3"N to
a sign posted at 122°25'4.2"W, 47°40'11.1"N
D
From the north edge of the park at 122°25'8.8"W,
47°34'30.0"N to 122°24'49.0"W, 47°34'20.2"N
E
The residential property fence at 122°24'26.5"W,
47°33'53.5"N south to SW Oregon St.
F
The agpole at 122°24'05.0"W, 47°31'49.8"N to
the sign posted at 122°23'40.4"W, 47°31'33.1"N
Bainbridge
Island
Area 10
Apple Cove
Point
Edwards Point
Area 9
Point
Wells
Indianola
Agate
Pass
Bridge
Point
Bolin
Battle
Point
Point
Monroe
Meadow
Point
Lake Washington Ship Canal
Port OrchardPort Orchard
Sinclair InletSinclair Inlet
Elliott
Bay
Elliott
Bay
Point
White
Manette
Bridge
Southworth
Ferry Dock
Blake
Island
Vashon
Island
Area 11
Aprox. 600
yds. south of
Brace Pt.
1st Ave. S
Bridge
Duwamish
Waterway
Lake
Union
Duwamish
Head
Alki
Point
West
Point
Pier 91
9
1
5
4
2
3
7
8
6
E
C
F
B
A
D
Waterman
Pier
Seacrest
Pier
SW
Hanford
St.
Spokane St.
Bridge
1
2
3
4
7
5
6
9
8
Marine Area 10 Map
(From the Apple Cove Point-Edwards Point to a line projected true east-west through the north tip of Vashon Island)
SEASON ADDITIONAL RULES
SALMONENTIRE AREA June 1-June 30 Catch-and-release. Open only north of a line from Point Monroe to Meadow Point.
July 1-July 15 No min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined). Release CHINOOK.
July 16-Aug. 31 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON - no min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined).
Release wild CHINOOK. Beginning Aug. 1 release CHUM.
Sept. 1-Sept. 30 No min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined). Release CHINOOK. Release CHUM through
Sept. 15.
Oct. 1-Jan. 31 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Release wild CHINOOK. . See
Sinclair Inlet Fishery (see
9
on
previous page for boundaries)
July 1-Sept. 30 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Release wild CHINOOK. Aug. 1-Sept. 15: release CHUM.
Elliott Bay Fishing Pier at Terminal
86, Seacrest Pier, Waterman Pier,
Bremerton Boardwalk, Illahee
State Park Pier
Year-round CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Only 1 CHINOOK may be retained. Aug. 1-Sept. 15: release CHUM.
TROUT Year-round Catch-and-release except up to 2 hatchery STEELHEAD may be retained.
STURGEON Year-round
June 1-June 30
Sept. 1-Oct. 15
Catch-and-release.
Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Daily limit 1. Release GREEN
STURGEON.
MACKEREL Year-round No min. size. No daily limit.
HERRING, SMELT, ANCHOVY,
SARDINE, and SAND LANCE
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10 lbs., all species combined. All SMELT caught must be kept
and count toward the daily limit except LOSED to Columbia River SMELT (eulachon).
Jig gear may be used 7 days a week. Dipnets may be used 8:00 a.m.
Fridays through 8:00 a.m. Wednesdays.
PACIFIC HALIBUT May 3--June 2 May 3-May 19: May 24-May 28:
. May 31-June 2: . No min.
size. Daily limit 1.
*Check the WDFW website at wdfw.wa.gov or call (360) 902-2700 in March 2013 for updates on the 2013 opening for
PACIFIC HALIBUT.
Year-round season. Daily limit is a total of 15 BOTTOMFISH (see denition page 10) regardless of species,
subject to individual limits and seasons as shown on previous page.
Fishing for BOTTOMFISH prohibited in waters deeper than 120 feet.
LINGCOD May 1-June 15
May 21-June 15
Min. size 26". Max. size 36". Daily limit 1.
Max. size 36". Daily limit 1.
SURFPERCH Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10. Except SHINER PERCH daily limit 15: not included in
BOTTOMFISH limit.
ROCKFISH CLOSED
PACIFIC COD, POLLOCK, HAKE,
WOLF-EEL, SIXGILL SHARK
CLOSED SIXGILL SHARK may not be removed from the water.
CABEZON May 1-Nov. 30 No min. size. Daily limit 2.
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species.
Year-round CLOSED
up to 50"
steel-blue on back; silver below.
long sabre-like pectoral n.
up to 10"
silver with dark blue-green back.
deeply forked tail and lack of adipose n.
Marine Areas
Marine Area 10 - Seattle/Bremerton Area
Waters within 100 yards of the Les Davis Fishing Pier, CLOSED to shing for food sh and to the harvest of
SHELLFISH except when shing from the pier.
Waters within 100 yards of the Des Moines Public Fishing Pier, CLOSED to shing for food sh and to the harvest of
SHELLFISH except when shing from the pier.
CLOSED to all harvest.
CLOSED to all harvest.
Area enclosed by a line starting at extreme low water 300' SW of the southern boundary of Sunrise
County Park, Pierce Co. (latitude 47°20.9'N) due east 300', then southwesterly paralleling the shoreline for 500', then west to the extreme low
water line, then northeasterly along extreme low water line to point of origin, CLOSED to all harvest, except SALMON trolling allowed.
Waters east of a line bearing 215° true (195°30' magnetic) from the Cliff House Restaurant on north shore
(approximate position 47°17'51"N, 122°25'54"W) through Sperry Ocean Dock (approximate position 47°16'26"N, 122°27'22"W) -
Apr. 1- Apr. 30, and June 1-July 31: CLOSED to shing for SALMON Aug. 1-Mar. 31 and May 1-May 31: same rules as Marine Area 11 - ENTIRE
AREA.
Those waters, bedlands, and tidelands of Saltwater State Park within a line projected from the
northernrmost marker at the DNR high tide line through 122°19'39.02"W, 47°22'25.14"N; then to 122°19'44.14"W, 47°22'26.11"N; then to
122°19'45.91"W, 47°22'21.54"N; then to 122°19'40.86"W, 47°22'20.60"N; then to the southernmost marker on the shoreline and back along the
high tide line to the northermost marker, CLOSED to all harvest.
1
2
3
4
5
Maury
Island
1
Poverty
Bay
Area 1 1
Area 13
Northernmost
Ta coma
Narrows
Bridge
V ashon Island
Colvos Passage
Area 10
Southworth Ferry Dock
Approx. 600 yds.
south of Brace Pt.
Three T ree
Point
Des Moines
Clif f House
Rest aurant
2
Gig Harbor
5
Point
Defiance
Commencement
Bay
S perry
Ocean
Dock
T acoma
Browns
Point
Redondo Pier
Dash Point
Dock
6
3
4
7
6
7
Marine Area 11 Map
(From the north tip of Vashon Island to the Northernmost Tacoma Narrows Bridge)
SEASON ADDITIONAL RULES
SALMON
ENTIRE AREA June 1-Sept. 30 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Release wild CHINOOK.
Oct. 1-Oct. 31 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined).
Nov. 1-Dec. 31 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Only 1 CHINOOK may be retained.
Feb. 1-Apr. 30 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2.
Release wild CHINOOK.
Dash Point Dock, Les Davis Pier,
Des Moines Pier, Redondo Pier,
Point Deance Boathouse Dock
Year-round CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Only 1 CHINOOK may be retained.
TROUT Year-round Catch-and-release except up to 2 hatchery STEELHEAD may be retained.
STURGEON Year-round
June 1-June 30
Sept. 1-Oct. 15
Catch-and-release.
Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Daily limit 1. Release GREEN
STURGEON.
MACKEREL Year-round No min. size. No daily limit.
HERRING, SMELT, ANCHOVY,
SARDINE, and SAND LANCE
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10 lbs., all species combined. All SMELT caught must be kept
and count toward the daily limit except LOSED to Columbia River SMELT (eulachon).
Jig gear may be used 7 days a week. Dipnets may be used 8:00 a.m.
Fridays through 8:00 a.m. Wednesdays.
PACIFIC HALIBUT CLOSED
Year-round season. Daily limit is a total of 15 BOTTOMFISH (see denition page 10) regardless of species, subject
to individual limits and seasons shown below. Fishing for BOTTOMFISH prohibited in waters deeper than 120 feet.
LINGCOD May 1-June 15
May 21-June 15
Min. size 26". Max. size 36". Daily limit 1.
Max. size 36". Daily limit 1.
SURFPERCH Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10. Except SHINER PERCH daily limit 15: not included in
BOTTOMFISH limit.
ROCKFISH CLOSED
PACIFIC COD, POLLOCK, HAKE,
WOLF-EEL, SIXGILL SHARK
CLOSED SIXGILL SHARK may not be removed from the water.
CABEZON May 1-Nov. 30 No min. size. Daily limit 2.
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species.
Year-round CLOSED
Still Fishing After All These Years
Lost and abandoned shing gear continues to sh, impacting marine animals and destroying their
habitat, entangling divers, and damaging propellers and rudders of boats.
What’s being done?
Federal, state, tribal, and local governments, NGOs, and grassroots organizations and individuals are
collaborating to protect and restore Washington marine resources by locating and removing harmful
derelict shing gear.
How can you help?
Record as much information as you can when you nd derelict gear, including:
You can report this information to:
Reporting lost or abandoned nets or pots
• Date of sighting
• Type of gear
• Approximate water depth
• General location
• Latitude (example 48.34333)
• Longitude (example -123.00333)
Photo provided by the Northwest Straits Initiative.
360-428-1084 or go to
www.derelictgear.org
(Toll Free) 855-542-3935 or go to
http://wdfw.wa.gov/shing/derelict
There are no penalties associated with reporting lost fishing gear.
The Derelict Fishing Gear Removal Project is a no-fault program. The goals are
simply to remove lost and abandoned gear, to help restore Puget Sound, to improve
public safety, and to assist species recovery.
Nets are dangerous! Never attempt to remove them. Divers, stay a safe distance away.
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Marine Area 11 - Tacoma-vashon Island
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Waters, tidelands, and bedlands enclosed by a line originating at the shore of Hood Canal, at the mouth of Sund
Creek (47°26.4'N, 123°7.1'W), then due east to 123°6.9'W, then due south to 47°26'N, then due west until it intersects the beach, then north along
the ordinary high water line to the point of origin, including all of the underwater feature known as Sund Rock, CLOSED to all harvest, except
tideland owners and their families may still harvest CLAMS, OYSTERS, and MUSSELS from their property.
Waters within 100 yards of the Enetai Hatchery outfall CLOSED year-round to shing for food sh.
Aug. 1-Nov. 30: waters within 100' of the Seabeck Hwy. NW Big Beef Creek Bridge CLOSED to shing for food sh.
On the southwest entrance to Dewatto Bay on the east shore of Hood Canal.
Waters, tidelands, and bedlands of Hood Canal from ordinary highwater to 200 yards due east in an area
starting at latitude 47°26'40"N (the rst bulkhead south of the sign for Octopus Hole) and extending north ⅓ of a mile to 47°27'01"N are CLOSED
to harvest, except tideland owners and their families may still harvest CLAMS, OYSTERS, and MUSSELS from their property.
Waters and bedlands from Waketickeh Creek (located 1,000 yards NE of Cummings Pt.) out
perpendicular to shore 500 yards, then parallel to shore northeast 1,700 yards, then back to shore along a line perpendicular to shore, excluding
the area within 100' of ordinary high water - CLOSED to all harvest.
Waters north of a true east line from Point Whitney to the Toandos Peninsula. Same rules as
Marine Area 12 - ENTIRE AREA, except Aug. 16-Oct. 15. See
8
below and Quilcene/Dabob Bay Fishery on next page for rules.
Waters north of Broad Spit (northern Dabob Bay) CLOSED to SALMON shing Aug. 16-Dec. 31.
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2
3
4
5
Enetai Creek
Enetai Hatchery
Outfall Closure
Zone
100 Yards
Dabob Bay
Area 12
Dewatto Bay
6
A yock
Point
Lilliwaup
Hoodsport
Seabeck
Bay
Big Beef
Creek
Point
Whitney
Quilcene
Bay
Hood Canal
Bridge
T oandos Peninsula
Area 9
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4
5
1
3
7
8
6
2
8
Marine Area 12 Map
(All waters south of the Hood Canal Bridge)
SEASON ADDITIONAL RULES
SALMON
South of Ayock Point
July 1-Oct. 15 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 4
(combined). Up to 2 CHINOOK may be retained. Release wild CHINOOK and CHUM.
North of Ayock Point Sept. 1-Oct. 15 No min. size. Daily limit 4 COHO only.
.
ENTIRE AREA Oct. 16-Dec. 31 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 4
(combined). Only 2 CHINOOK may be retained. Release wild CHINOOK.
Feb. 1-Apr. 30 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2.
Release wild CHINOOK.
Hoodsport Hatchery Zone
(see below for boundaries)
July 1-Dec. 31 No min. size. Daily limit 4 (combined). Up to 2 CHINOOK 24" or longer may be
retained. Release wild CHINOOK. July 1-Oct. 15: release CHUM. Night closure.
Quilcene/Dabob Bay Fishery
(see
7
and
8
on previous page for
boundaries)
Aug. 16-Oct. 15 No min. size. Daily limit 4 COHO only.
TROUT Year-round Catch-and-release except up to 2 hatchery STEELHEAD may be retained.
STURGEON Year-round
June 1-June 30
Sept. 1-Oct. 15
Catch-and-release.
Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Daily limit 1. Release GREEN
STURGEON.
MACKEREL Year-round No min. size. No daily limit.
HERRING, SMELT, ANCHOVY,
SARDINE, and SAND LANCE
CLOSED
PACIFIC HALIBUT CLOSED
LINGCOD CLOSED
SURFPERCH CLOSED
ROCKFISH CLOSED
PACIFIC COD, POLLOCK, HAKE,
WOLF-EEL, SIXGILL SHARK
CLOSED SIXGILL SHARK may not be removed from the water.
CABEZON CLOSED
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species.
Year-round CLOSED
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Hood Canal
Hoodsport Hatchery Zone
(2,000 feet)
Hoodsport Hatchery
Closure Area
Yellow Marker Buoys
Finch Creek
Private
Property
Private
Property
Hoodsport Hatchery
Private
Tidelands
Private
Tidelands
Waters within a 2,000' arc seaward
of the yellow marker buoys at the mouth of Finch Creek, Jan.
1-June 30: same rules as Area 12 - ENTIRE AREA; July 1-Dec.
31: see Hoodsport Hatchery Zone above for rules.
All waters between 2 yellow buoys
at the mouth of Finch Creek and the hatchery weir (walkway); and
all waters within the channel created by Finch Creek on exposed
tidelands, and shing from any part of the Hoodsport Hatchery
structure, CLOSED to shing year-round, except persons with
disabilities who permanently use a wheelchair and/or who have
a designated harvester card under WAC 220-55-065 may sh
from the ADA-accessible site at the Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery,
provided such persons follow all applicable rules and regulations of
the adjoining waters of Marine Area 12.
: All waters of Hood Canal south of
the Hood Canal oating bridge.
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Marine Area 12 - Hood Canal
Hood Canal
Area 13
Oakland
Bay
Anderson
Island
Olympia
Budd Inlet
Eld Inlet
T otten Inlet
Hammersley Inlet
Case
Inlet
North Bay
Carr Inlet
Fox Island
Hale Passage
Northernmost
Tacoma
Narrows
Bridge
Area 12
Chambers
Bay
Minter
Creek
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5
4
2
6
Area 11
Penrose
Point
Green
Point
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2
Apr. 16-Sept. 30: waters at Minter Creek mouth within 1,000' of outer oyster stakes CLOSED to shing for SALMON.
All waters due west from the southern end of the Tacoma Outboard Association building near the boat launch
ramp to the outer harbor line, then south following the outer harbor line to a line due west from the old ferry landing dock at the 6th Ave. Extension,
then following the line to the high water line, then to the point of origin, CLOSED to the harvesting of FISH, SHELLFISH, and WILDLIFE, except
SALMON shing, using lures only, is permitted from shore or non-motorized craft.
Tidelands owned by the town of Steilacoom at Saltar's Point Beach located between Montgomery Street
and Martin Street, and the water column above these tidelands, CLOSED to all harvest.
Waters and bedlands beginning at the extreme low water line on the northeast side of Fox Island at 47°14.56'N,
122°35.98'N, then 0.5 nautical mile northwesterly along the extreme low water line to 47°14.96'N, 122°36.37'W, then northeast to the 85' contour
line, southeast along 85' contour, then southeast along the 85' depth contour to a point on a due northeast-southwest line through the point of
origin, then southwest to the point of origin, CLOSED to all harvest, except for y shing for SALMON allowed.
June 16-Apr. 30: closed to shing for n sh in waters within 500 yards of the buoy on Toliva Shoal. May 1-June 15: same
rules as Marine 13 - ENTIRE AREA, except all rocksh caught must be released.
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4
5
6
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Marine Area 13 Map
Railroad
Bridge
KGY Radio T ower
Thriftway
Capitol
Lake
Percival
Cove
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WATERS
CLOSED
AT ALL TIMES
CLOSED
JULY 16-
OCTOBER 31
GEAR
RESTRICTIONS
JULY 16-
OCTOBER 31
(See regulations,
page 60)
Fourth Ave.
Bridge
Budd
Inlet
(All waters south of northernmost Tacoma Narrows Bridge)
waters of Budd Inlet at Olympia south of the Fourth Ave. Bridge are
CLOSED to shing year-round; July 16-Oct. 31: all contiguous waters between the Fourth Ave.
Bridge and a line from the northwest corner of the Thriftway Market building to a point 100
yards north of the railroad bridge located on the western side of the inlet CLOSED to shing for
SALMON and BOTTOMFISH.
night closure and anti-snagging rule in effect in waters of Budd Inlet south of a
line projected true west from the KGY Radio Station Tower to the western shore of the inlet and
north of a line from the northwest corner of the Thriftway Market building to a point 100 yards
north of the railroad bridge located on the western side of the inlet.
SEASON ADDITIONAL RULES
SALMON - ENTIRE AREA May 1-June 30 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Release wild CHINOOK.
July 1-Sept. 30 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Release wild CHINOOK and wild COHO.
Oct. 1-Oct. 31 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Release wild COHO.
Nov. 1-Dec. 31 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Only 1 CHINOOK may be retained.
Jan. 1-Apr. 30 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 1. See
Fox Island Public Fishing Pier Year-round CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Only 1 CHINOOK may be retained. July 1-Oct. 31: release wild COHO.
TROUT Year-round Catch-and-release except up to 2 hatchery STEELHEAD may be retained.
STURGEON Year-round
June 1-June 30
Sept. 1-Oct. 15
Catch-and-release.
Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Daily limit 1. Release GREEN
STURGEON.
MACKEREL Year-round No min. size. No daily limit.
HERRING, SMELT, ANCHOVY,
SARDINE, and SAND LANCE
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10 lbs., all species combined. All SMELT caught must be kept
and count toward the daily limit except LOSED to Columbia River SMELT (eulachon).
Jig gear may be used 7 days a week. Dipnets may be used 8:00 a.m.
Fridays through 8:00 a.m. Wednesdays.
PACIFIC HALIBUT CLOSED
Year-round season. Daily limit is a total of 15 BOTTOMFISH (see denition page 10) regardless of species,
subject to individual limits and seasons shown below.
Fishing for BOTTOMFISH prohibited in waters deeper than 120 feet.
LINGCOD May 1-June 15
May 21-June 15
Min. size 26". Max. size 36". Daily limit 1.
Max. size 36". Daily limit 1.
SURFPERCH Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10. Except SHINER PERCH daily limit 15: not included in
BOTTOMFISH limit.
ROCKFISH CLOSED
PACIFIC COD, POLLOCK, HAKE,
WOLF-EEL, SIXGILL SHARK
CLOSED SIXGILL SHARK may not be removed from the water.
CABEZON May 1-Nov. 30 No min. size. Daily limit 2.
Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species.
Year-round CLOSED
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As part of a collaborative study to determine the costs and
benets of lingcod stock enhancement, a small number
of hatchery-reared lingcod were released in South Puget
Sound. A small or large acoustic telemetry tag (see
picture) was implanted internally near the stomach.
If you encounter one of these lingcod, please save the
tag and contact Jon Lee at 360-871-8321, or email him at
.
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Marine Area 13 - South Puget Sound
