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Washington Special Rules by Water

Every Washington lake and river with its own rule in the 2026-27 WDFW pamphlet: 4,541 Special Rules rows on 860 waters in four tables, with lake and river pages linked.

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How to read it

What a Washington Special Rule replaces

The pamphlet prints statewide rules first and then four Special Rules tables: Westside Lakes, Eastside Lakes, Puget Sound and Coastal Rivers, and Columbia Basin Rivers. A Special Rule for a water and species replaces the statewide line on that water, and a river entry can be split into reaches, each with its own catch record card code. 286 rows close a water or reach outright.

This guide matched 3,377 of the 4,541 rows to a lake or river record, and 486 waters with a page here carry at least one.

4,541rows
860waters
486linked pages
286closures

One row per water x segment x species x season as printed in Special Rules tables. "Statewide min. size/daily limit" means the statewide rows apply. segment = river reach as printed; crc_code = Catch Record Card area code printed with the segment.

Columbia Basin Rivers

Washington columbia basin rivers with Special Rules

1,838 rows on 213 waters in this table; waters with a page here are linked.

  • Abernathy Creek17 rows
  • Ahtanum Creek2 rows
  • American River8 rows
  • Amon Wasteway2 rows
  • Andrews Creek1 row
  • Asotin Creek3 rows
  • Bear Creek1 row
  • Beaver Creek2 rows
  • Black Canyon Creek1 row
  • Blue Creek6 rows
  • Blue Lake Creek2 rows
  • Bobcat Creek1 row
  • Bonaparte Creek1 row
  • Boulder Creek1 row
  • Box Canyon Creek1 row
  • Buckskin Creek And Tributaries1 row
  • Bumping River2 rows
  • Butter Creek2 rows
  • Buttermilk Creek And Tributaries2 rows
  • Calispell Creek2 rows
  • Camas Slough3 rows
  • Canyon Creek2 rows
  • Cedar Creek4 rows
  • Cedar Creek And Tributaries17 rows
  • Chelan Hatchery Creek1 row
  • Chelan River3 rows
  • Chewuch River4 rows
  • Chinook River3 rows
  • Chiwaukum Creek3 rows
  • Chiwawa River And Tributaries3 rows
  • Chumstick Creek1 row
  • Cispus River4 rows
  • Cle Elum River7 rows
  • Clear Fork Cowlitz River2 rows
  • Coal Creek9 rows
  • Coldwater Lake Inlet And Outlet Streams1 row
  • Columbia Basin Hatchery Creek2 rows
  • Columbia River628 rows
  • Colville River1 row
  • Cooper River2 rows
  • Corral Creek2 rows
  • Cougar Creek2 rows
  • Coweeman River And Tributaries6 rows
  • Cowiche Creek2 rows
  • Cowlitz River55 rows
  • Coyote Creek1 row
  • Crab Creek11 rows
  • Cub Creek1 row
  • De Roux Creek1 row
  • Deep Creek1 row
  • Deep River5 rows
  • Delameter Creek6 rows
  • Delaney Spring Creek1 row
  • Dog Creek1 row
  • Domerie Creek2 rows
  • Eagle Creek1 row
  • Early Winters Creek1 row
  • Early Winters Creek And Tributaries2 rows
  • East Fork Grays River5 rows
  • East Fork Lewis River24 rows
  • East Fork Tributaries Grays River3 rows
  • Eightmile Creek1 row
  • Elochoman River39 rows
  • Entiat River5 rows
  • Esquatzel Coulee1 row
  • Falls Creek1 row
  • Frenchman Hills Wasteways And Drains1 row
  • Germany Creek And Tributaries8 rows
  • Goat Creek1 row
  • Gobar Creek2 rows
  • Gold Creek2 rows
  • Gold Creek Outlet Channel1 row
  • Goose Creek1 row
  • Grande Ronde River12 rows
  • Grant And Adams Counties1 row
  • Grays River26 rows
  • Grays River Tributaries3 rows
  • Green River45 rows
  • Green River Tributaries3 rows
  • Hamilton Creek6 rows
  • Hays Creek1 row
  • Hog Canyon Creek1 row
  • Icicle River And Tributaries2 rows
  • Indian Creek1 row
  • Ingalls Creek1 row
  • Jasmine Creek3 rows
  • Johnson Creek2 rows
  • Kachess River4 rows
  • Kalama River48 rows
  • Kettle Creek1 row
  • Kettle River16 rows
  • Klickitat River27 rows
  • Lacamas Creek11 rows
  • Lake Creek2 rows
  • Lake River7 rows
  • Lake Tributaries Chelan2 rows
  • Lewis River50 rows
  • Libby Creek1 row
  • Little Bridge Creek2 rows
  • Little Klickitat River4 rows
  • Little Naches River And Tributaries2 rows
  • Little Pend Oreille River And Tributaries2 rows
  • Little Spokane River And Tributaries5 rows
  • Little Washougal River5 rows
  • Little Wenatchee River3 rows
  • Little White Salmon River3 rows
  • Lost River5 rows
  • Mad River3 rows
  • Manastash Creek2 rows
  • Mercer Creek2 rows
  • Methow River25 rows
  • Middle Fork Ahtanum Creek5 rows
  • Mill Creek22 rows
  • Mineral Creek1 row
  • Monument Creek And Tributaries2 rows
  • Muddy Fork Cowlitz River2 rows
  • Muddy River1 row
  • Naches River8 rows
  • Naneum Creek2 rows
  • Napeequa River1 row
  • Nason Creek3 rows
  • Nile Creek And Tributaries2 rows
  • North Creek1 row
  • North Fork Ahtanum Creek5 rows
  • North Fork Asotin Creek4 rows
  • North Fork Cispus River2 rows
  • North Fork Teanaway River4 rows
  • North Fork Tieton River8 rows
  • North Fork Toutle River14 rows
  • North Fork Tributaries Toutle River3 rows
  • North Fork Twisp River1 row
  • Nunnally Lake Outlet1 row
  • Oak Creek And Tributaries2 rows
  • Okanogan River15 rows
  • Okanogan River Tributaries4 rows
  • Olequa Creek6 rows
  • Ostrander Creek4 rows
  • Outlet Creek5 rows
  • Palouse River8 rows
  • Pataha Creek2 rows
  • Pend Oreille River3 rows
  • Peshastin Creek1 row
  • Rainey Creek2 rows
  • Rattlesnake Creek2 rows
  • Red Rock Creek1 row
  • Ringold Springs Hatchery Creek1 row
  • Roaring Creek1 row
  • Rock Creek10 rows
  • Rocky Ford Creek And Ponds2 rows
  • Roosevelt Lake Tributaries2 rows
  • Salmon Creek17 rows
  • Sand Hollow Creek1 row
  • Sanpoil River16 rows
  • Shellneck Creek1 row
  • Sherman Creek1 row
  • Silver Creek2 rows
  • Similkameen River7 rows
  • Sinlahekin Creek2 rows
  • Skamokawa Creek8 rows
  • Skate Creek2 rows
  • Snake River72 rows
  • Snake River Tributaries1 row
  • Snipes Creek2 rows
  • South Columbia Basin Irrigation Pe 16.4 Spillway1 row
  • South Fork Asotin Creek1 row
  • South Fork Grays River4 rows
  • South Fork Tieton River1 row
  • South Fork Toutle River14 rows
  • South Fork Tributaries Grays River3 rows
  • Spokane River3 rows
  • Spring Creek4 rows
  • Spruce Creek1 row
  • Stehekin River2 rows
  • Stillwater Creek5 rows
  • Sullivan Creek And Tributaries3 rows
  • Swauk Creek And Tributaries2 rows
  • Taneum Creek And Tributaries2 rows
  • Teanaway River2 rows
  • Thirtymile Creek1 row
  • Tieton River3 rows
  • Tillicum Creek2 rows
  • Tilton River5 rows
  • Tilton River Forks2 rows
  • Touchet River5 rows
  • Touchet River Forks2 rows
  • Touchet River Tributaries1 row
  • Toutle River4 rows
  • Toutle River Tributaries3 rows
  • Tucannon River9 rows
  • Tucannon River Tributaries1 row
  • Twentymile Creek1 row
  • Twisp River5 rows
  • Umtanum Creek2 rows
  • Union Creek1 row
  • Walla Walla River5 rows
  • Walla Walla River Tributaries1 row
  • Washougal River18 rows
  • Wenaha River Tributaries2 rows
  • Wenas Creek2 rows
  • Wenatchee River2 rows
  • West Fork Washougal River6 rows
  • West Branch Esquatzel Coulee1 row
  • West Fork Grays River5 rows
  • West Fork Tributaries Grays River3 rows
  • White River1 row
  • White Salmon River15 rows
  • Whitepine Creek1 row
  • Wilson Creek2 rows
  • Wind River33 rows
  • Wind River Tributaries1 row
  • Wolf Creek1 row
  • Yakima River54 rows
  • Yellowjacket Creek2 rows

Special Rules as printed in the 2026-2027 Washington Sport Fishing Rules (WDFW pamphlet, in effect July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027), pamphlet page 48 (pamphlet PDF), read on eRegulations October 31, 2026.

Eastside Lakes

Washington eastside lakes with Special Rules

470 rows on 223 waters in this table; waters with a page here are linked.

  • Aeneas Lake3 rows
  • Alta Lake1 row
  • Amber Lake3 rows
  • Aspen Lake1 row
  • Badger Lake1 row
  • Banks Lake4 rows
  • Bayley Lake3 rows
  • Bear Lake2 rows
  • Beda Lake3 rows
  • Beehive Reservoir1 row
  • Beth Lake1 row
  • Big Beaver Lake1 row
  • Big Meadow Lake2 rows
  • Big Twin Lake3 rows
  • Black Lake3 rows
  • Blackbird Island Pond2 rows
  • Blue Lake9 rows
  • Bobcat Creek Ponds1 row
  • Bonaparte Lake2 rows
  • Browns Lake2 rows
  • Bumping Lake3 rows
  • Burke Lake1 row
  • Buzzard Lake3 rows
  • Caldwell Lake1 row
  • Campbell Lake3 rows
  • Carl's Lake1 row
  • Cascade Lake1 row
  • Cattail Lake1 row
  • Cedar Lake1 row
  • Chain Lake1 row
  • Chapman Lake2 rows
  • Chopaka Lake3 rows
  • Cle Elum Lake2 rows
  • Clear Lake4 rows
  • Cliff Lake1 row
  • Coffeepot Lake4 rows
  • Columbia Park Pond2 rows
  • Conconully Lake1 row
  • Conconully Reservoir1 row
  • Conger Pond1 row
  • Conner Lake1 row
  • Coot Lake1 row
  • Cougar Lake5 rows
  • Coyote Creek Ponds1 row
  • Crawfish Lake2 rows
  • Crescent Lake1 row
  • Crystal Lake1 row
  • Cup Lake1 row
  • Curl Lake2 rows
  • Davis Lake4 rows
  • Dayton Pond2 rows
  • Deadman Lake1 row
  • Deep Lake2 rows
  • Deer Lake5 rows
  • Downs Lake2 rows
  • Dry Falls Lake3 rows
  • Dune Lake3 rows
  • Dusty Lake3 rows
  • Easton Lake3 rows
  • Elbow Lake1 row
  • Ell Lake2 rows
  • Eloika Lake2 rows
  • Empire Lakes1 row
  • Ephrata Lake1 row
  • Fan Lake2 rows
  • Ferry Lake2 rows
  • Fiorito Lakes2 rows
  • Fish Lake3 rows
  • Fishhook Pond2 rows
  • Fishtrap Lake1 row
  • Forde Lake1 row
  • Fourth Of July Lake2 rows
  • Frank's Pond2 rows
  • Frater Lake1 row
  • Gadwall Lake1 row
  • Garfield Juvenile Pond2 rows
  • Gold Creek Pond1 row
  • Grimes Lake3 rows
  • H & H Reservoir #11 row
  • Halfmoon Lake1 row
  • Hampton Lakes1 row
  • Harris Lake3 rows
  • Hatch Lake1 row
  • Hays Creek Ponds1 row
  • Hen Lake1 row
  • Hog Canyon Lake1 row
  • Homestead Lake3 rows
  • Horsethief Lake1 row
  • Hourglass Lake1 row
  • Hutchinson Lake1 row
  • I2 rows
  • Jameson Lake1 row
  • Jefferson Park Pond2 rows
  • Kachess Lake3 rows
  • Keechelus Lake3 rows
  • Kings Lake1 row
  • Kiwanis Pond2 rows
  • Lake Chelan3 rows
  • Lake Jolanda1 row
  • Lead King Lake1 row
  • Ledbetter Lake1 row
  • Leech Lake3 rows
  • Lemna Lake1 row
  • Lenice Lake3 rows
  • Lenore Lake5 rows
  • Liberty Lake1 row
  • Lilly Lake1 row
  • Lions Park Pond2 rows
  • Little Beaver Lake1 row
  • Little Falls Reservoir3 rows
  • Little Lost Lake1 row
  • Little Twin Lake4 rows
  • Long Lake5 rows
  • Loon Lake1 row
  • Lost Lake4 rows
  • Lower And Upper Green Lakes3 rows
  • Lower Goose Lake3 rows
  • Lyman Lake1 row
  • Marshall Lake1 row
  • Martha Lake1 row
  • Mary Ann Lake1 row
  • Mattoon Lake2 rows
  • Mccabe Pond2 rows
  • Mcdowell Lake2 rows
  • Mcmanaman Lake1 row
  • Medical Lake3 rows
  • Merry Lake3 rows
  • Molson Lake1 row
  • Morgan Lake1 row
  • Moses Lake5 rows
  • Mud Lake3 rows
  • Mudgett Lake1 row
  • Muskegon Lake3 rows
  • Myron Lake3 rows
  • Mystic Lake1 row
  • Naneum Pond2 rows
  • No Name Lake1 row
  • North & South Teal Lake1 row
  • North Elton Pond2 rows
  • North Potholes Reserve Ponds1 row
  • North Rowland Lake1 row
  • North Skookum Lake1 row
  • Nunnally Lake3 rows
  • Osoyoos Lake6 rows
  • Pampa Pond2 rows
  • Para2 rows
  • Park Lake1 row
  • Parker Lake1 row
  • Pearrygin Lake1 row
  • Perch Lake1 row
  • Petit Lake2 rows
  • Phalon Lake1 row
  • Phillips Lake1 row
  • Pierre Lake2 rows
  • Pillar Lake1 row
  • Ping Pond2 rows
  • Pit Lake2 rows
  • Poacher Lake1 row
  • Potholes Reservoir4 rows
  • Potter's Pond1 row
  • Powerline Lake2 rows
  • Quail Lake2 rows
  • Quarry Pond2 rows
  • Quincy Lake1 row
  • Rainbow Lake2 rows
  • Rat Lake3 rows
  • Reflection Pond1 row
  • Renner Lake1 row
  • Rigley Lake3 rows
  • Rimrock Lake2 rows
  • Rocky Lake1 row
  • Roosevelt Lake45 rows
  • Round Lake1 row
  • Royal Lake And Royal Slough1 row
  • Rufus Woods Lake5 rows
  • Sacheen Lake1 row
  • Saddle Mountain Lake1 row
  • Sago Lake1 row
  • Sarg Hubbard Park Pond2 rows
  • Schalow Pond1 row
  • Sedge Lake3 rows
  • Shiner Lake1 row
  • Shoveler Lake1 row
  • Silver Lake2 rows
  • Silver Nail Lake2 rows
  • Snipe Lake1 row
  • South Skookum Lake2 rows
  • South Warden Lake1 row
  • Spearfish Lake1 row
  • Spectacle Lake1 row
  • Sprague Lake8 rows
  • Spring Hill Reservoir3 rows
  • Spring Lake2 rows
  • Spring Lakes1 row
  • Springdale City Pond2 rows
  • Starvation Lake1 row
  • Starzman Lakes1 row
  • Stratford/Brook Lake1 row
  • Sugarloaf Lake1 row
  • Sullivan Lake2 rows
  • Summit Lake2 rows
  • Swan Lake2 rows
  • Tern Lake3 rows
  • Trout Lake1 row
  • Tucquala Lake2 rows
  • Twin Lakes1 row
  • Upper Caliche Lake1 row
  • Upper Wheeler Reservoir2 rows
  • Vic Meyers Lake1 row
  • Wannacut Lake1 row
  • Wapato Lake1 row
  • Ward Lake1 row
  • Warden Lake1 row
  • Washburn Island Pond2 rows
  • Washburn Lake3 rows
  • Watson Lake2 rows
  • Wenatchee Lake5 rows
  • West Medical Lake1 row
  • Widgeon Lake1 row
  • Williams Lake2 rows
  • Winchester Wasteway1 row
  • Yakima Sportsmen's Park Ponds2 rows
  • Yocum Lake2 rows

Special Rules as printed in the 2026-2027 Washington Sport Fishing Rules (WDFW pamphlet, in effect July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027), pamphlet page 92 (pamphlet PDF), read on eRegulations October 31, 2026.

Puget Sound and Coastal Rivers

Washington puget sound and coastal rivers with Special Rules

1,474 rows on 229 waters in this table; waters with a page here are linked.

  • Anderson Creek3 rows
  • Bainbridge Island Streams3 rows
  • Baker River1 row
  • Bear Creek6 rows
  • Bear River11 rows
  • Beaver Creek3 rows
  • Beaver Ponds4 rows
  • Big Beaver Creek3 rows
  • Big Beef Creek10 rows
  • Big Mission Creek3 rows
  • Big Quilcene River12 rows
  • Big River5 rows
  • Big River Tributaries1 row
  • Big Soos Creek2 rows
  • Black River5 rows
  • Blackjack Creek3 rows
  • Bogachiel River13 rows
  • Boise Creek1 row
  • Boulder River3 rows
  • Burley Creek3 rows
  • Calawah River13 rows
  • Campbell Creek3 rows
  • Canyon Creek4 rows
  • Canyon River1 row
  • Carbon River6 rows
  • Cascade Creek3 rows
  • Cascade River20 rows
  • Cascade Water Alliance Canal1 row
  • Cedar Creek3 rows
  • Cedar River4 rows
  • Chambers Creek8 rows
  • Channel Creek1 row
  • Chaplain Creek1 row
  • Chehalis River45 rows
  • Cherry Creek2 rows
  • Chico Creek3 rows
  • Chimacum Creek6 rows
  • Church Creek1 row
  • Clallam River4 rows
  • Clarks Creek1 row
  • Clear Creek3 rows
  • Clearwater River13 rows
  • Cloquallum Creek4 rows
  • Copalis River11 rows
  • Coulter Creek3 rows
  • Cranberry Creek3 rows
  • Crescent Creek3 rows
  • Crim Creek1 row
  • Dakota Creek2 rows
  • Deep Creek3 rows
  • Deer Creek3 rows
  • Deer Creek And Tributaries1 row
  • Deschutes River4 rows
  • Dewatto River6 rows
  • Dickey River9 rows
  • Dogfish Creek3 rows
  • Dosewallips River7 rows
  • Duckabush River6 rows
  • Dungeness River3 rows
  • East Fork And West Fork Dickey River4 rows
  • East Fork Hoquiam River11 rows
  • East Fork Humptulips River2 rows
  • East Twin River1 row
  • Eglon Creek3 rows
  • Elk Creek4 rows
  • Elk River11 rows
  • Elson Creek1 row
  • Elwha River And Tributaries1 row
  • Finney Creek1 row
  • Fisher Creek Slough2 rows
  • Fork Creek1 row
  • Fulton Creek3 rows
  • Goldsborough Creek And Tributaries3 rows
  • Goodman Creek4 rows
  • Gorst Creek3 rows
  • Gray Wolf River4 rows
  • Green River23 rows
  • Greenwater River1 row
  • Grovers Creek3 rows
  • Hamma Hamma River3 rows
  • Harvey Creek1 row
  • Hoh River33 rows
  • Hoko River12 rows
  • Hoquiam River Including West Fork11 rows
  • Humptulips River24 rows
  • Illahee Creek3 rows
  • Including South Fork Newaukum River12 rows
  • Issaquah Creek1 row
  • Jimmycomelately Creek1 row
  • Joe Creek6 rows
  • Johns Creek3 rows
  • Johns River6 rows
  • Kalaloch Creek4 rows
  • Kendall Creek1 row
  • Kennedy Creek5 rows
  • Kitsap Creek3 rows
  • Lake Tributaries Whatcom1 row
  • Lebar Creek1 row
  • Lilliwaup River3 rows
  • Little Hoko River3 rows
  • Little Quilcene River3 rows
  • Little Scandia Creek3 rows
  • Lyre River9 rows
  • Malaney Creek3 rows
  • Mashel River1 row
  • Matheny Creek3 rows
  • Mcallister Creek4 rows
  • Mcdonald Creek3 rows
  • Mclane Creek3 rows
  • Middle Fork Newaukum River4 rows
  • Middle Fork Nooksack River5 rows
  • Middle Fork Satsop River5 rows
  • Middle Fork Snoqualmie River1 row
  • Middle Nemah River9 rows
  • Mill Creek3 rows
  • Minter Creek7 rows
  • Moclips River8 rows
  • Morse Creek2 rows
  • Mosquito Creek4 rows
  • Naselle River59 rows
  • Niawiakum River2 rows
  • Nisqually River17 rows
  • Nooksack River17 rows
  • North Fork Calawah River3 rows
  • North Fork Newaukum River4 rows
  • North Fork Nooksack River13 rows
  • North Fork Skokomish River6 rows
  • North Fork Skykomish River4 rows
  • North Fork Stillaguamish River23 rows
  • North Fork Sultan River1 row
  • North Fork Tolt River3 rows
  • North Nemah River31 rows
  • North River9 rows
  • Olalla Creek3 rows
  • Ozette Lake Tributaries1 row
  • Palix River12 rows
  • Peabody Creek2 rows
  • Perry Creek3 rows
  • Pilchuck Creek6 rows
  • Pilchuck River4 rows
  • Pipers Creek1 row
  • Portage Creek1 row
  • Puyallup River14 rows
  • Pysht River5 rows
  • Queets River1 row
  • Quillayute River9 rows
  • Raging River3 rows
  • Rocky Brook1 row
  • Rocky Creek3 rows
  • Ross Lake Tributary Streams1 row
  • Ruby Creek1 row
  • Ruby Creek Tributaries1 row
  • Salmon Creek4 rows
  • Salmon Creek And All Forks1 row
  • Salmon River11 rows
  • Salmonberry Creek3 rows
  • Salt Creek5 rows
  • Samish River31 rows
  • Sammamish River3 rows
  • Satsop River And East Fork20 rows
  • Sauk River6 rows
  • Schneider Creek3 rows
  • Sekiu River5 rows
  • Shelton Creek3 rows
  • Sherwood Creek3 rows
  • Siebert Creek3 rows
  • Sitkum River3 rows
  • Skagit River72 rows
  • Skokomish River5 rows
  • Skookum Creek3 rows
  • Skookumchuck River7 rows
  • Skykomish River31 rows
  • Smith Creek9 rows
  • Snahapish River3 rows
  • Snohomish River13 rows
  • Snoqualmie River10 rows
  • Snow Creek1 row
  • Sol Duc River15 rows
  • Sol Duc River Tributaries3 rows
  • Solleks River3 rows
  • Sooes River1 row
  • South Fork Calawah River4 rows
  • South Fork Chehalis River3 rows
  • South Fork Hoh River8 rows
  • South Fork Nooksack River11 rows
  • South Fork Sauk River2 rows
  • South Fork Skokomish River5 rows
  • South Fork Skykomish River12 rows
  • South Fork Stillaguamish River6 rows
  • South Fork Sultan River1 row
  • South Fork Tolt River1 row
  • South Fork Willapa River18 rows
  • South Naselle River4 rows
  • South Nemah River6 rows
  • South Prairie Creek1 row
  • Spada Lake Tributaries1 row
  • Squire Creek3 rows
  • Stetattle Creek1 row
  • Stevens Creek13 rows
  • Stillaguamish River15 rows
  • Suiattle River4 rows
  • Sultan River3 rows
  • Tahuya River6 rows
  • Tarboo Creek3 rows
  • Thornton Creek2 rows
  • Thrash Creek1 row
  • Thunder Creek6 rows
  • Tokul Creek9 rows
  • Tolt River4 rows
  • Uncle John Creek3 rows
  • Union River6 rows
  • Upper Quinault River9 rows
  • Valley Creek2 rows
  • Van Winkle Creek6 rows
  • Voight Creek1 row
  • Wallace River17 rows
  • West Fork Humptulips River5 rows
  • West Fork Satsop River5 rows
  • West Twin River2 rows
  • Whatcom Creek9 rows
  • White River3 rows
  • White Chuck River3 rows
  • Wildcat Creek3 rows
  • Wilkeson Creek1 row
  • Willapa River37 rows
  • Wishkah River15 rows
  • Woodard Creek3 rows
  • Woodland Creek3 rows
  • Wynoochee River28 rows

Special Rules as printed in the 2026-2027 Washington Sport Fishing Rules (WDFW pamphlet, in effect July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027), pamphlet page 26 (pamphlet PDF), read on eRegulations October 31, 2026.

Westside Lakes

Washington westside lakes with Special Rules

759 rows on 216 waters in this table; waters with a page here are linked.

  • Aberdeen Lake1 row
  • Akl Pond5 rows
  • Aldrich Lake1 row
  • Alexander Lake1 row
  • American Lake4 rows
  • Armstrong Lake1 row
  • Baker Lake5 rows
  • Ballinger Lake5 rows
  • Beaver Lake7 rows
  • Benson Lake1 row
  • Big Lake6 rows
  • Black Lake2 rows
  • Blacksmith Pond5 rows
  • Blue Lake2 rows
  • Bogachiel Hatchery South Pond1 row
  • Bosworth Lake5 rows
  • Bowers Lake2 rows
  • Bradley Lake2 rows
  • Buck Lake1 row
  • Buffington Pond5 rows
  • Cady Lake2 rows
  • Cain Lake1 row
  • Calligan Lake2 rows
  • Campbell Lake2 rows
  • Capitol Lake1 row
  • Carlisle Lake2 rows
  • Carney Lake3 rows
  • Carpenter Lake5 rows
  • Cascade Lake1 row
  • Cases Pond2 rows
  • Cass Pond5 rows
  • Castle Lake2 rows
  • Cavanaugh Lake2 rows
  • Chain Lake7 rows
  • Chambers Lake7 rows
  • Clear Lake8 rows
  • Coldwater Lake3 rows
  • Cottage Creek South Pond5 rows
  • Cottage Lake5 rows
  • County Line Ponds1 row
  • Crabapple Lake1 row
  • Cranberry Lake5 rows
  • Crescent Lake1 row
  • Crocker Lake1 row
  • Cushman Lake7 rows
  • Damon Lake5 rows
  • De Coursey Pond2 rows
  • Deer Lake2 rows
  • Devereaux Lake1 row
  • Diablo Lake2 rows
  • Dickey Lake6 rows
  • Don Lake1 row
  • Drano Lake35 rows
  • Duck Lake3 rows
  • Echo Lake1 row
  • Elk Lake4 rows
  • Erdman Lake5 rows
  • Erickson Pond5 rows
  • Erickson Reservoir5 rows
  • Erie Lake1 row
  • Failor Lake1 row
  • Fawn Lake10 rows
  • Fazon Lake2 rows
  • Fortson Mill Pond11 rows
  • Franz Lake1 row
  • Geneva Lake1 row
  • Gibbs Lake7 rows
  • Goat Ranch Pond5 rows
  • Gorge Lake2 rows
  • Goss Lake1 row
  • Grandy Lake5 rows
  • Granite Lakes3 rows
  • Grass Lake1 row
  • Grizzly Lake1 row
  • Hancock Lake2 rows
  • Haven Lake5 rows
  • Heart Lake1 row
  • Heins Lake1 row
  • Hicks Lake1 row
  • Horseshoe Lake9 rows
  • Howard Lake1 row
  • Howell Lake1 row
  • Hozomeen Lake2 rows
  • Indian Heaven Wilderness Lakes2 rows
  • Isabella Lake5 rows
  • Jackson Lake1 row
  • Jennings Park Pond2 rows
  • Keefe Lake5 rows
  • Ki Lake1 row
  • Kings Lake Bog1 row
  • Kitsap Lake5 rows
  • Koeneman Lake2 rows
  • Lake Beecher5 rows
  • Lake Christine5 rows
  • Lake Goodwin2 rows
  • Lake Joy5 rows
  • Lake Kapowsin5 rows
  • Lake Limerick5 rows
  • Lake Pleasant7 rows
  • Lake Samish7 rows
  • Lake Sammamish11 rows
  • Lake Sawyer6 rows
  • Lake Scanewa8 rows
  • Lake Shannon3 rows
  • Lake Stevens6 rows
  • Lake Symington7 rows
  • Lake Tapps1 row
  • Lake Terrell3 rows
  • Lake Washington25 rows
  • Lake Washington Ship Canal24 rows
  • Lake Whatcom5 rows
  • Langlois Lake1 row
  • Larsen Lake5 rows
  • Lincoln Pond2 rows
  • Little Menzel Lake5 rows
  • Lois Lake5 rows
  • Lone Lake4 rows
  • Long Lake5 rows
  • Long's Pond2 rows
  • Loomis Lake1 row
  • Love Lake1 row
  • Lower Lena Lake2 rows
  • Lower Thornton Lake2 rows
  • Maggie Lake1 row
  • Margaret Lake1 row
  • Martha Lake4 rows
  • Mason Lake5 rows
  • Mayfield Lake9 rows
  • Mcmurray Lake6 rows
  • Melbourne Lake1 row
  • Merrill Lake2 rows
  • Merwin Lake2 rows
  • Mill Pond2 rows
  • Millers Pond5 rows
  • Mineral Lake1 row
  • Mission Lake5 rows
  • Mission Lower Pond6 rows
  • Monte Cristo Lake3 rows
  • Muck Lakes5 rows
  • Mud Lake1 row
  • Munn Lake2 rows
  • North Gissburg Pond2 rows
  • North Lake1 row
  • Northern State Hospital Pond2 rows
  • Ohop Lake6 rows
  • Old Fishing Hole Pond2 rows
  • Osborne Lake1 row
  • Packwood Lake2 rows
  • Padden Lake1 row
  • Panther Lake6 rows
  • Pass Lake2 rows
  • Phillips Lake1 row
  • Pine Lake1 row
  • Pioneer Ponds1 row
  • Prices Lake2 rows
  • Quigg Lake4 rows
  • Rapjohn Lake1 row
  • Rattlesnake Lake3 rows
  • Ravensdale Lake7 rows
  • Riffe Lake4 rows
  • Riley Lake1 row
  • Robbins Lake1 row
  • Roesiger Lake2 rows
  • Ross Lake4 rows
  • Sandyshore Lake2 rows
  • Serene Lake1 row
  • Shady Lake1 row
  • Sherwood Creek Mill Pond6 rows
  • Shoe Lake1 row
  • Silent Lake1 row
  • Silver Lake10 rows
  • Sixteen Lake1 row
  • South Bend Mill Pond2 rows
  • Spada Lake3 rows
  • Spanaway Lake And Outlet1 row
  • Spirit Lake1 row
  • Sprague Pond5 rows
  • Squalicum Lake3 rows
  • Steel Lake1 row
  • Steilacoom Lake5 rows
  • Steves Lake1 row
  • Stickney Lake1 row
  • Stitch Lake5 rows
  • Storm Lake1 row
  • Summit Lake1 row
  • Sunset Lake5 rows
  • Susan Lake2 rows
  • Sutherland Lake3 rows
  • Swan's Mill Pond2 rows
  • Swift Reservoir10 rows
  • Tahuya Lake5 rows
  • Tanwax Lake3 rows
  • Tarboo Lake2 rows
  • Teal Lake3 rows
  • Tenas Lake1 row
  • Tennant Lake2 rows
  • Thunder Lake5 rows
  • Tiger Lake1 row
  • Toad Lake1 row
  • U Lake1 row
  • Vancouver Lake9 rows
  • Vogler Lake2 rows
  • Wagner Lake1 row
  • Walker Lake1 row
  • Walsh Lake5 rows
  • Walupt Lake3 rows
  • Wapato Lake2 rows
  • Wildcat Lake1 row
  • Wilderness Lake2 rows
  • Willame Lake2 rows
  • Wirkkala Pond 15 rows
  • Wood Lake1 row
  • Woodland Farm Reservoir5 rows
  • Wooten Lake1 row
  • Wynoochee Reservoir6 rows
  • Yale Reservoir2 rows

Special Rules as printed in the 2026-2027 Washington Sport Fishing Rules (WDFW pamphlet, in effect July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027), pamphlet page 80 (pamphlet PDF), read on eRegulations October 31, 2026.

Errata

Corrections WDFW posted after printing

  • Smith Creek (Pacific Co.) (near North River) from mouth to Hwy. 101 Bridge CRC 384Salmon Oct. 1-Jan. 31. Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release wild Chinook.
  • Mineral Lake (Lewis Co.)Game fish. 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31. Statewide min. size/daily limit.

2026-27 pamphlet corrections sheet on eRegulations, read October 31, 2026.

Photos

Lakes and shoreline shown for Washington Special Rules by Water

Nisqually River, Washington
Nisqually River
Photo: pfly, CC BY-SA 2.0
Nooksack River, Washington
Nooksack River
Photo: Patrick McNally, CC BY 2.0
Palouse River, Washington
Palouse River
Photo: Ramanathan Kathiresan, CC BY 2.0
Queets River, Washington
Queets River
Photo: Sam Beebe, CC BY 2.0
Answers

How Washington Special Rules work, briefly

How many Washington waters carry Special Rules in 2026-27?

4,541 rows on 860 waters across the four 2026-27 tables.

Does a Special Rule override the statewide line?

Yes, for the species and reach it names; the statewide rules hold everywhere else.

How common is a selective gear rule?

446 of the rows print “Selective gear rules”, most of them on rivers and creeks; the pamphlet’s definitions page spells out the gear allowed.

Why is a river split into reaches?

Seasons often change at a bridge, a dam or a tributary mouth, and each reach carries its own catch record card code.

Which table has the most rows?

Columbia Basin Rivers – Special Rules, with 1,838.

Why are some waters printed without a link?

Many small creeks and ponds have no page here; the rule still applies on the water.

Were any rows corrected after printing?

Yes; WDFW posted 2 corrections, listed above.

Do lakes not in the tables have rules?

If a freshwater area is not listed in Special Rules, follow the Statewide Freshwater Rules.

Other topics

Washington rule pages beyond Special Rules