SPECIES
All species
The fish and shellfish Washington guides target.
Albacore Tuna
Offshore.
Bass
Smallmouth and largemouth.
Bull Trout / Dolly Varden
ESA-threatened in most places. They cannot be targeted or kept except in specific reaches named in the pamphlet, and must be released…
Halibut
Kokanee
Roosevelt, Chelan, Rimrock and other landlocked sockeye waters.
Lingcod
Perch / Crappie / Panfish
Yellow perch, crappie and bluegill.
Rockfish / Bottomfish
Salmon
Chinook (king), coho (silver), sockeye, pink and chum.
Shad
American shad. Columbia below Bonneville, typically mid-May to early August.
Shellfish
Crab, shrimp and spot prawn, clams and oysters.
Squid
Jigged from piers and boats in Puget Sound.
Steelhead
Winter and summer runs.
Sturgeon
White sturgeon, mostly catch-and-release.
Trout
Rainbow and redband, cutthroat, Lahontan cutthroat, brown and brook.
Walleye
Columbia, Snake and the basin lakes.