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Fishing

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.

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.

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

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.

Freshwater Bay
(See 7 on previous page)

Year-round

CLOSED.

Port Angeles Harbor, Sequim Bay, and Discovery Bay
(See 8, 11 and 12 on previous page)

July 1-Aug. 15

CLOSED.

Aug. 16-Sept. 30

No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook, chum, and wild coho. .

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
(See 10 on previous page)

July 1-Sept. 30

CLOSED.

Oct. 1-Oct. 31

No min. size. Daily limit 2 hatchery coho only. Release wild coho.

Bottomfish

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.

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.

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.