These updates reflect changes to the Sportfishing Pamphlet in effect for the date range listed. To see only rules currently in effect, visit the Emergency fishing and shellfishing rules page.
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- Retention of canary rockfish now prohibited in all marine areas - Mar 4, 2004 to
- Lingcod season to open on March 13, 2004 in most coastal waters - Mar 3, 2004 to
- Methow, Chewuch and Wenatchee rivers close to all fishing - Mar 3, 2004 to
- Sport clam season modified at Point Whitney Tidelands and Lagoon - Feb 26, 2004 to
- Pamphlet error misstates Humptulips River fishing seasons - Feb 24, 2004 to
- Lingcod season to open on March 12 in most coastal waters - Feb 17, 2004 to
- Puyallup River system closed to all fishing - Feb 13, 2004 to
- Hood Canal remains closed to most fishing - Feb 13, 2004 to
- Fishing closure on Skagit River system - Feb 13, 2004 to
- Skykomish River closed to fishing - Feb 13, 2004 to
- Spring chinook seasons set - Feb 11, 2004 to
- Sport oyster season modified at Hope Island state park - Feb 6, 2004 to
- Sport oyster season modified at Sequim Bay state park - Feb 6, 2004 to
- Sport clam season closed at West Dewatto (DNR 44-A) - Feb 6, 2004 to
- Green (Duwamish) River closes to Fishing - Feb 6, 2004 to
- Sport oyster season modified at Potlatch DNR Tidelands - Feb 6, 2004 to
- Sturgeon retention days reduced below Bonneville Dam - Feb 1, 2004 to
- Oyster season modified at South Indian Island County Park - Jan 8, 2004 to
- Columbia River smelt seasons to open - Dec 30, 2003 to
- Upper Columbia mainstem closes to steelhead fishing - Dec 19, 2003 to
- Fishing for smelt, herring and anchovy reopened in Hood Canal - Dec 17, 2003 to
- Recreational crab fishery to close in Puget Sound December 14 - Dec 12, 2003 to
- Selective fishing rules apply on lower Methow, Similkameen rivers - Dec 1, 2003 to