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- Snohomish, Skykomish and Wallace rivers to open for coho salmon fishing - Oct 10, 2016 to
- Most areas opening in Oct. for recreational crabbing in Puget Sound - Oct 4, 2016 to
- Snohomish River opens for coho salmon fishing - Sep 28, 2016 to
- Anglers can retain wild coho jack salmon on Satsop River - Sep 27, 2016 to
- Anglers can retain wild jack salmon on Chehalis River - Sep 27, 2016 to
- Opens a portion of the upper Skykomish for hatchery steelhead fishing - Sep 23, 2016 to
- Columbia River sport fishery for fall chinook remains open - Sep 22, 2016 to
- South Fork Nooksack River opening to fishing - Sep 21, 2016 to
- Fishing for coho, game fish to open Sept, 16 on section of Green River - Sep 15, 2016 to
- Columbia River sport fishery remains open for fall chinook - Sep 14, 2016 to
- Hatchery coho can be retained in Tulalip Bubble fishery - Sep 14, 2016 to
- Steelhead daily limit reduced to one fish upstream of McNary Dam - Sep 13, 2016 to
- Extends trout fishing in South Pond at Bogachiel Hatchery - Sep 13, 2016 to
- Lake Washington will open to fishing for coho salmon - Sep 8, 2016 to
- Size and daily limits suspended on two eastern Washington lakes - Sep 7, 2016 to
- Nisqually River closes to recreational angling - Sep 2, 2016 to
- Columbia River - Buoy 10 chinook retention allowed after Labor Day - Sep 1, 2016 to
- Lake Wenatchee sockeye fishery to close - Aug 31, 2016 to
- Small sanctuary created around the fish release site on the Tilton River - Aug 30, 2016 to