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- Next razor clam dig set for Dec. 30, 2005 - Dec 22, 2005 to
- Sport clam season opened at Rendsland Creek - Dec 19, 2005 to
- Additional area opens for steelhead fishing in the Upper Columbia - Dec 12, 2005 to
- Elochoman River re-opens to coho retention - Nov 10, 2005 to
- Razor clam dig starts Nov. 12 on coast - Nov 8, 2005 to
- Anglers allowed to retain hatchery coho salmon caught in Washougal River - Oct 21, 2005 to
- Anglers allowed to retain hatchery coho caught in Kalama River - Oct 21, 2005 to
- Fishing closure lifted near Naselle hatchery - Oct 14, 2005 to
- Elochoman River to close to salmon fishing - Oct 12, 2005 to
- Razor clam dig starts Saturday on coast - Oct 11, 2005 to
- All Puget Sound shrimp fishing closing for the season - Oct 11, 2005 to
- Most areas of Puget Sound will reopen to recreational crabbing - Oct 7, 2005 to
- Upper Columbia, Okanogan, Methow rivers open for steelhead fishing - Oct 5, 2005 to
- Chinook salmon limits modified in Marine Area 3 - Sep 29, 2005 to
- Rules change for eastern lakes scheduled for rehabilitatioin - Sep 16, 2005 to
- Marine Area 1 (Ilwaco) reopens to retention of chinook salmon - Sep 14, 2005 to
- Recreational halibut fishing reopens in Ilwaco - Sep 13, 2005 to
- Ocean Area 1 closes to retention of chinook - Sep 8, 2005 to
- Fishing closures on Chewuch and Twisp rivers - Sep 2, 2005 to
- Wild coho release required on White Salmon River - Aug 31, 2005 to
- Wild coho release required on Wind River - Aug 31, 2005 to