Fishing by Washington County
Fishing in all 39 Washington counties: lakes, rivers, marine water, WDFW ramps and shore sites, trout plants, tackle shops and guides.
Photo of Sprague Lake: Chris Phan, CC BY 2.0
Pick for troutPiscifun Carbon X ultralight spinning reel28% OFFSale $57.99 A
- Adams County
- Asotin County
B
- Benton County
C
- Chelan County
- Clallam County
- Clark County
- Columbia County
- Cowlitz County
D
- Douglas County
F
- Ferry County
- Franklin County
G
- Garfield County
- Grant County
- Grays Harbor County
I
- Island County
J
- Jefferson County
K
- King County
- Kitsap County
- Kittitas County
- Klickitat County
L
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
M
- Mason County
O
- Okanogan County
P
- Pacific County
- Pend Oreille County
- Pierce County
S
- San Juan County
- Skagit County
- Skamania County
- Snohomish County
- Spokane County
- Stevens County
T
- Thurston County
W
- Wahkiakum County
- Walla Walla County
- Whatcom County
- Whitman County
Y
- Yakima County
Photographs that go with Fishing by Washington County
Photo: Richard Probst – Shot in a Frame, CC BY 2.0
Photo: Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington, CC BY 2.0
Photo: designatednaphour, CC BY 2.0
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0
Using the Washington counties index
Does every Washington county have a page?
Yes, all 39, from Whatcom on the Canadian line to Asotin in the southeast corner.
Are WDFW ramps sorted by county?
Every ramp in the WDFW and State Parks layers appears on the page of the county that holds it.
Which counties touch salt water?
The Puget Sound, Strait and outer coast counties list their marine areas, piers and marine ramps.
Which pamphlet rows land on a Washington county page?
Pamphlet Special Rules printed for a lake or river inside that county.
Is the county seat shown?
Yes, with the 2020 Census count for the seat and the county.
Do county pages show stocking?
Lakes in the county with a 2026 WDFW trout plant are listed with the most recent plant.
What does an unlinked county mean?
That county page is still in the release queue and links up once it is live.
Are guides listed by county?
Guide and charter businesses whose listing gives a city in the county appear with their phone numbers.
For the trout herePiscifun Carbon XT ultralight spinning reel25% OFFSale $59.99 WDFW rules, records and directories that go with the Washington counties index
- All Washington waters, A to Zlakes, marine water, rivers, counties, towns and fish
- Washington licenses and rulesfees, endorsements, catch record cards, the freshwater table
- Marine area rulessalmon and bottomfish by marine area, 1 through 13
- Special Rules by waterevery lake and river with rules of its own
- Columbia River rulesthe Oregon line, CRC areas and the CRSSE
- Free Fishing Weekendtwo June days without a license for most fish
- WDFW state recordsthe heaviest fish of each species, fresh and salt
- Trout plantsrainbows, cutthroat, browns and tigers planted in 2026
- Water levelsUSGS gauges, Corps forebays and NOAA tide stations
- Marine waterPuget Sound, the Strait, Hood Canal and the outer coast
- High lakesWDFW mountain lakes in the Cascades and Olympics
- Boat rampsWDFW and State Parks launches by county
- Shore fishing and piersdocks, piers and bank sites
- Tackle shopsbait counters, fly shops and marinas by WDFW region
- Guides and charterscharter boats and river guides by county
- Tournamentsbass, walleye and salmon derby dates and winners
- Protected speciesyelloweye, green sturgeon, sixgill and the rest