Marine Area 6
Marine Area 6 - East Juan de Fuca Strait
(From Low Point east to the Partridge Point – Point Wilson line north to the line from Trial Island (near Victoria B.C.) – Vessel Traffic Separation Buoy “R” – Smith Island to the Lawson Reef Buoy to Northwest Island to the Initiative 77 marker on Fidalgo Island and west of the line from Reservation Head to West Point)
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 |
No min. size. No daily limit. |
Herring, Anchovy, Sardine, Sand Lance, and Smelt |
Apr. 16-Jan. 15 |
No min. size. Daily limit 10 lbs., all species combined. All smelt caught must be kept and count toward the daily limit except Closed to eulachon (Columbia River smelt). For smelt: Jig gear may be used 7 days a week. Dipnets may be used from 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. Fridays through Tuesdays. |
Jan. 16-Apr. 15 |
No min. size. Daily limit 10 lbs., all species combined. All smelt caught must be kept and count toward the daily limit except Closed to eulachon (Columbia River smelt). Herring - CLOSED south of a line from Ediz Hook to Partridge Point. (See 
on previous page for boundaries) For smelt: Jig gear may be used 7 days a week. Dipnets may be used from 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. Fridays through Tuesdays. |
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Pacific Halibut |
Check the WDFW website at https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/halibut or call (360) 902-2700 in April 2023 for information on Pacific halibut seasons and regulations. No min. size. Daily limit 1. Annual limit 4. Descending device required onboard vessels. |
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Other Food Fish |
Year-round |
No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species. See Definitions. |
All Other Fish |
CLOSED |
CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing. |
Salmon |
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Chinook Selective Fishery West of a true north/south line through the #2 Buoy immediately east of Ediz Hook (See 6 on previous page) (See exception for Freshwater Bay below) |
July 1-Aug. 15 |
Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2. Up to 1 Chinook may be retained. Release chum, wild coho, and wild Chinook. |
Aug. 16-Sept. 28 |
No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook, chum, and wild coho. |
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Freshwater Bay |
Year-round |
CLOSED. |
Port Angeles Harbor, Sequim Bay, and Discovery Bay |
July 1-Aug. 15 |
CLOSED. |
Aug. 16-Sept. 30 |
No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook, chum, and wild coho. . |
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Chinook Release Area East of a true north/south line through the #2 Buoy immediately east of Ediz Hook (See 9 on previous page) |
July 1-Sept. 28 |
No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook, chum, and wild coho. |
Dungeness Bay Fishery |
July 1-Sept. 30 |
CLOSED. |
Oct. 1-Oct. 31 |
No min. size. Daily limit 2 hatchery coho only. Release wild coho. |
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Bottomfish |
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Year-round season. Daily limit is a total of 15 bottomfish (see Definitions) subject to individual limits and seasons shown below. See Freshwater Bay Closure on previous page. Fishing for bottomfish prohibited in waters deeper than 120’ east of the easternmost point of Dungeness Spit, and prohibited in waters deeper than 120’ west of the easternmost point of Dungeness Spit as defined by the coordinates of the Bottomfish Closure on previous page. Exception: Retention of Pacific cod allowed on days when halibut is open. Descending device required onboard vessels. |
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Lingcod |
May 1-June 15 |
Hook and line season. Min. size 26”. Max. size 36”. Daily limit 1. |
May 21-June 15 |
Spearfishing season. Max. size 36”. Daily limit 1. |
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Surfperch |
Year-round |
No min. size. Daily limit 10. Except shiner perch daily limit 15: not included in bottomfish limit. |
Rockfish |
CLOSED |
CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing. |
Pacific Cod, Pollock, Hake |
Year-round |
No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species. |
Cabezon |
May 1-Nov. 30 |
Min. size 18”. Daily limit 1. |
Wolf-Eel |
Year-round |
CLOSED to retention. |
Sixgill, Sevengill, and Thresher Sharks |
CLOSED |
CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing. Sixgill shark may not be removed from the water. |
