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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- 2024 sport fishing halibut season update - Jul 19, 2024 to
- Upper Columbia River salmon fishery update - Jul 17, 2024 to
- Lake Wenatchee opens for sockeye - Jul 15, 2024 to
- Skagit River sockeye fishery extension - Jul 11, 2024 to
- Marine Area 3 (La Push) recreational salmon season update - Jul 11, 2024 to
- Marine Area 4 (Neah Bay) recreational salmon season update - Jul 11, 2024 to
- Updated Puget Sound shrimping seasons - Jul 5, 2024 to
- A portion of the lower Skagit River will close to fishing July 8-10 - Jul 3, 2024 to
- Cowlitz River salmon fisheries return to permanent rules - Jul 3, 2024 to
- Entiat River summer Chinook fishery update - Jul 1, 2024 to
- Lower Columbia River salmon and steelhead fishery update - Jun 27, 2024 to
- Lower Skagit River fishing updates - Jun 26, 2024 to
- Drano Lake fisheries return to permanent rule - Jun 26, 2024 to
- Wind River fisheries return to permanent rule - Jun 26, 2024 to
- Cascade River to open seven days per week for hatchery spring Chinook - Jun 26, 2024 to
- Updated Puget Sound shrimping seasons - Jun 24, 2024 to
- Marine Area 11 salmon season opens 7 days per week in June - Jun 20, 2024 to
- Selective gear rules in effect in Reiter Ponds area of Skykomish River - Jun 17, 2024 to
- Most Puget Sound areas opening for recreational crabbing this summer - Jun 12, 2024 to
- Kalama River fisheries return to permanent rule - Jun 12, 2024 to
- May Creek closed to all fishing - Jun 10, 2024 to
- Updated Puget Sound shrimping seasons - Jun 10, 2024 to