Marine Area 12

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Hood Canal

(All waters south of the Hood Canal Bridge)

Species	Season	Additional Rules
Trout	Year-round	Catch-and-release.
Steelhead	Year-round	Daily limit 2 hatchery steelhead.
Sturgeon	Year-round	Catch-and-release.
Mackerel	Year-round	CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
Herring, Anchovy, Sardine, Sand Lance, and Smelt	Year-round	CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
Pacific Halibut	CLOSED	CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
Other Food Fish	Year-round	CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
All Other Fish	CLOSED	CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.

Salmon
North of Ayock Point (see exception for Tarboo Bay below) (see A for Dosewalips River, B Duckabush River, and C Hamma Hamma River mouth closures)	July 1-July 10	CLOSED.
	July 11-July 31	No min. size. Daily limit 4 plus 2 additional pink may be retained. Release Chinook chum, sockeye, and wild coho. Bait prohibited and only 1 single-point barbless hook measuring 1/2" or less from point to shank is allowed.
	Aug. 1-Sept. 30	No min. size. Daily limit 4 plus 2 additional pink may be retained. Release Chinook chum, sockeye, and wild coho.
	Oct. 1-Oct. 15	CLOSED.
	Oct. 16-Oct. 31	No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release Chinook and wild coho.
Nov. 1-Nov. 30	No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release Chinook and coho.
Tarboo Bay (see 7 below for boundaries)	July 1-July 10	CLOSED.
	July 11-Sept. 15	No min. size. Daily limit 4 plus 2 additional pink may be retained. Release Chinook, chum, sockeye, and wild coho. Bait prohibited and only 1 single-point barbless hook measuring 1/2" or less from point to shank is allowed.
	Sept. 16-Nov. 30	CLOSED.
South of Ayock Point (see exception for Skokomish Mouth Area below) (see D for Skokomish River and E Dewatto River mouth closures)	July 1-Sept. 30	Chinook - min. size 20”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 4 plus 2 additional pink may be retained. Release chum, sockeye, wild Chinook, and wild coho. See Mouth Closures below. Anglers may fish with two poles with Two-Pole Endorsement.
	Oct. 1-Oct. 15	CLOSED.
	Oct. 16-Oct. 31	No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release Chinook and wild coho.
	Nov. 1-Nov. 30	No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release Chinook and coho.
Hoodsport Hatchery Zone (see below for boundaries)	July 1-Sept. 30	No min. size. Daily limit 4 plus 2 additional pink may be retained. Release chum, sockeye, wild Chinook, and wild coho. Night closure.
	Oct. 1-Oct. 15	CLOSED.
	Oct 16-Oct. 31	No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release Chinook and wild coho. Night closure.
	Nov. 1-Nov. 30	No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release Chinook and coho. Night closure.
Skokomish Mouth Area (see 9 below for boundaries)	July 1-Sept. 30	Chinook - min. size 20”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 4 plus 2 additional pink may be retained. Release chum, sockeye, wild Chinook, and wild coho. See Mouth Closures below. Anglers may fish with two poles with Two-Pole Endorsement. Fishing from a floating device only.
	Oct. 1-Oct. 15	CLOSED.
	Oct. 16-Oct. 31	No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release Chinook and wild coho.
	Nov. 1-Nov. 30	No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release Chinook and coho.
Bottomfish
	See Bottomfish definition in Definitions.
Flounders, Sole, and Sanddabs	Year-round	Open north of a true east line from the mouth of Turner Creek to the Toandos Peninsula in waters shallower than 120’ (20 fathoms). Daily limit is a total of 15. See 8 below. Descending device required onboard vessels.
Lingcod	CLOSED	CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
Surfperch	CLOSED	CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
Rockfish	CLOSED	CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
Pacific Cod, Pollock, Hake, and Wolf-Eel	CLOSED	CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
Sixgill, Sevengill, and Thresher Sharks	CLOSED	CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing. Sixgill shark may not be removed from the water.
Cabezon	CLOSED	CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.

Inset Map of Enetai Hatchery Outfall Closure Zone

1 Sund Rock Conservation Area: Waters, tidelands, and bedlands enclosed by a line originating at the shore of Hood Canal, at the mouth of Sund Creek (47°26.4’N, 123°7.1’W), then due east to 123°6.9’W, then due south to 47°26’N, then due west until it intersects the beach, then north along the ordinary high water line to the point of origin, including all of the underwater feature known as Sund Rock, CLOSED to fishing for, harvesting, and possession of fish and shellfish except tideland owners and their families may still harvest clams, oysters, and mussels from their property.

2 Enetai Hatchery Outfall Closure: Waters within 100 yards of the Enetai Hatchery outfall CLOSED year-round to fishing for food fish.

3 Big Beef Closure: Aug. 1-Nov. 30: Waters within 100’ of the Seabeck Hwy. NW Big Beef Creek Bridge CLOSED to fishing for food fish.

4 River Mouth Closures: July 1-Sept. 30: All waters within channels created by exposed tidelands are CLOSED to fishing for salmon.

A Dosewallips River

B Dukabush River

C Hamma Hamma River

D Dewatto River

E Skokomish River

5 Octopus Hole Conservation Area: Waters, tidelands, and bedlands of Hood Canal from ordinary highwater to 200 yards due east in an area starting at latitude 47°26.67’N (the first bulkhead south of the sign for Octopus Hole) and extending north 1⁄3 of a mile to 47°27.02’N are CLOSED to harvest, except tideland owners and their families may still harvest clams, oysters, and mussels from their property.

6 Waketickeh Creek Conservation Area: Waters and bedlands from Waketickeh Creek (located 1,000 yards NE of Cummings Pt.) out perpendicular to shore 500 yards, then parallel to shore northeast 1,700 yards, then back to shore along a line perpendicular to shore, excluding the area within 100’ of ordinary high water - CLOSED to fishing for, harvesting, and possession of fish and shellfish.

7 Tarboo Bay: Waters of Tarboo Bay north of Broad Spit (northern Dabob Bay).

8 Quilcene Bay: Waters north of a true east line from the mouth of Turner Creek to the Toandos Peninsula.

9 Skokomish Mouth Area: Waters north of the City of Tacoma overhead powerlines to an east/west line from the south end of Potlatch State Park day use area (47.359988, -123.157103) to the Union boat launch (47.357698, -123.100571).

Hoodsport Hatchery Zone: Waters within a 2,000' arc seaward of the yellow marker buoys at the mouth of Finch Creek. Visitors, please be aware that walking or wading onto private property or tidelands adjacent to the hatchery without permission is considered criminal trespass and will be enforced. Please stay within the state-owned tidelands in front of the hatchery complex. The north and south boundaries are clearly marked by signs and floating buoys for your benefit. Closure of these waters may occur if trespassing continues.

Hoodsport Hatchery ADA Access Site: All waters between 2 yellow buoys at the mouth of Finch Creek and the hatchery weir (walkway); and all waters within the channel created by Finch Creek on exposed tidelands, and fishing from any part of the Hoodsport Hatchery structure, CLOSED to fishing yearround, except persons with disabilities who permanently use a wheelchair AND who have a designated harvester companion card may fish from the ADA-accessible site at the Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery, provided such persons follow all applicable rules and regulations of the adjoining waters of Marine Area 12.