Marine Area 9

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Marine Area 9 - Admiralty Inlet

(All waters inside and south of the Partridge Point – Point Wilson line, south and west of a line from Possession Point 110° true to shipwreck, north of the Hood Canal Bridge, and north of the Apple Cove Point-Edwards Point line.)

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	Year-round	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.
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
Entire Area (see exceptions for Edmonds Public Fishing Pier and Hood Canal Fishery below and Admiralty Head Marine Preserve and Keystone Conservation Area)	July 14-July 27	Open Thursdays through Saturdays only. Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2. Up to 1 hatchery Chinook may be retained. Release chum, wild coho, and wild Chinook.
	July 28-Aug. 15	Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2. Up to 1 hatchery Chinook may be retained. Release chum, wild coho, and wild Chinook.
	Aug. 16-Sept. 25	No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook, chum, and wild coho.
Edmonds Public Fishing Pier (see 5 and 6 on previous page for boundaries)	Oct. 1-July 31	Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2. Up to 1 Chinook may be retained.
	Aug. 1-Sept. 30	Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2. Up to 1 Chinook may be retained. Release chum.
Northern Hood Canal Fishery (see 7 on previous page for boundaries)	July 14-Aug. 15	CLOSED.
	Aug. 16-Sept. 30	No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook, chum, and wild coho.
Admiralty Head Marine Preserve and Keystone Conservation Area (see 8 and 9 on previous page for boundaries)	Year-round	CLOSED.
Bottomfish
	Year-round season. Daily limit is a total of 15 bottomfish (see Definitions) subject to individual limits and seasons shown below. See closures on previous page. Fishing for bottomfish prohibited in waters deeper than 120’. Descending device required onboard vessels.
Lingcod	May 1-June 15	Hook and line season. Min. size 26”. Max. size 36”. Daily limit 1.
Lingcod	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, and 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.
Cabezon	May 1-Nov. 30	Min. size 18”. Daily limit 1.