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- Sport clam season to open April 1 at Dosewallips State Park - Mar 11, 2008 to
- Sport lingcod season opens March 15 in Marine Areas 1-3 - Mar 6, 2008 to
- Six-day razor clam dig starts Friday - Mar 4, 2008 to
- Deep River recreational fisheries modified during spring Chinook season - Feb 28, 2008 to
- Recreational smelt and sturgeon fishing to close on Tuesdays - Feb 22, 2008 to
- Steelhead fishing closures in upper Columbia - Feb 22, 2008 to
- Spring chinook sport seasons above Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River - Feb 21, 2008 to
- Fishing will open March 1 on Downs, Liberty and Medical lakes - Feb 21, 2008 to
- Spring chinook sport seasons below Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River - Feb 21, 2008 to
- Skagit River system steelhead rules change - Feb 13, 2008 to
- Razor clam dig approved for Feb. 6-9 - Feb 5, 2008 to
- Harvest closed for tagged wild Kokanee - Jan 30, 2008 to
- Cascade River reopens to fishing - Jan 30, 2008 to
- Razor clam dig approved for Jan. 18-21 - Jan 15, 2008 to
- Closure of the Cascade River to fishing - Jan 14, 2008 to
- North Fork Nooksack River re-opens to fishing - Jan 14, 2008 to
- Open winter fishery on Patterson Lake - Dec 27, 2007 to
- Electric motors allowed on a portion of the Kalama River - Dec 24, 2007 to
- Sport Oyster season opened year-round at Cushman (Saltwater) Park - Dec 21, 2007 to
- Razor clam dig on 4 ocean beaches approved during Christmas week - Dec 18, 2007 to
- 2008 Smelt seasons set for SW Washington - Dec 14, 2007 to
- North Fork Nooksack River closes Dec. 15 - Dec 13, 2007 to
- Razor clam dig on 4 ocean beaches approved for Thanksgiving holiday - Nov 20, 2007 to