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Nothing new — the 2025 run is done here.
It finished at 96 chum on Nov 12, 2025, and none have been counted since. The chart below shows how that run went next to a typical year.
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Currently
63°
Clear · feels like 64°
Mon
Good
69°/56°
wind 8 kt · 5% rain
Tue
Good
75°/54°
wind 7 kt · 1% rain
Wed
Good
79°/54°
wind 7 kt · 0% rain
Thu
Fair
66°/52°
wind 11 kt · 1% rain
Fri
Good
67°/51°
wind 6 kt · 15% rain
Sat
Good
66°/52°
wind 7 kt · 31% rain
Sun
Good
73°/51°
wind 6 kt · 11% rain
from the mouth (Hwy. 101 Bridge in Aberdeen) to Hwy. 107 bridge in Montesano including all channels, sloughs, and interconnected waterways CRC (316)
All species — Aug. 1-Dec. 31
2-Pole allowed.
from the mouth (Hwy. 101 Bridge in Aberdeen) to Hwy. 107 bridge in Montesano including all channels, sloughs, and interconnected waterways CRC (316)
All species — Aug. 1-Nov. 30
Single-point barbless hooks required. Night closure.
from the mouth (Hwy. 101 Bridge in Aberdeen) to Hwy. 107 bridge in Montesano including all channels, sloughs, and interconnected waterways CRC (316)
Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 15
Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Release adults.
from Hwy. 107 bridge in Montesano to Fuller Bridge (Keys Rd.) including all channels, sloughs, and interconnected waterways CRC (317)
All species — Aug. 1-Nov. 30
Single-point barbless hooks required. Night closure.
from Hwy. 107 bridge in Montesano to Fuller Bridge (Keys Rd.) including all channels, sloughs, and interconnected waterways CRC (317)
All species — Aug. 1-Dec. 31
2-Pole allowed.
from Hwy. 107 bridge in Montesano to Fuller Bridge (Keys Rd.) including all channels, sloughs, and interconnected waterways CRC (317)
Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 15
Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Release adults.
from Fuller Bridge (Keys Rd.) to South Elma Bridge (Wakefield Rd.) including all channels, sloughs, and interconnected waterways CRC (317)
All species — Aug. 1-Sept. 15
Bait prohibited.
from Fuller Bridge (Keys Rd.) to South Elma Bridge (Wakefield Rd.) including all channels, sloughs, and interconnected waterways CRC (317)
All species — Aug. 1-Dec. 31
2-Pole allowed.
from Fuller Bridge (Keys Rd.) to South Elma Bridge (Wakefield Rd.) including all channels, sloughs, and interconnected waterways CRC (317)
All species — Aug. 1-Nov. 30
Single-point barbless hooks required.
from Fuller Bridge (Keys Rd.) to South Elma Bridge (Wakefield Rd.) including all channels, sloughs, and interconnected waterways CRC (317)
Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 15
Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Release adults.
from South Elma Bridge (Wakefield Rd.) to the Black River CRC (317)
All species — Aug. 1-Nov. 30
Single-point barbless hooks required.
from Black River to Crim Creek CRC (315)
All species — Aug. 16-Nov. 30
Single-point barbless hooks required.
from the mouth (Hwy. 101 Bridge in Aberdeen) to Hwy. 107 bridge in Montesano including all channels, sloughs, and interconnected waterways CRC (316)
▸ All species — Jan. 1-Mar. 31: Selective gear rules.
▸ All species — Aug. 1-Dec. 31: 2-Pole allowed.
▸ All species — Aug. 1-Nov. 30: Single-point barbless hooks required. Night closure.
▸ Trout — Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Trout — Nov. 1-Mar. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
▸ Other game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 15: Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Release adults.
▸ Salmon — Sept. 16-Oct. 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release adult Chinook.
▸ — Nov. 1-Dec. 31:
There is no tide here, so the windows are first and last light — the hour either side of sunrise and sunset, when river fish move and feed. Wind, the chance of rain during the window, and how much rain fell in the previous day separate one morning from the next; the river's flow and what the hatchery is counting apply to the whole period.
Only legal hours are considered — one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset — so a turn in the middle of the night is left out entirely, and a window running past the boundary is trimmed to the part you may fish.
Times come from NOAA and Open-Meteo, counts from WDFW. The ranking is ours — it is a read on conditions, not a promise of fish, and it does not account for regulations. Check the rules for the section you are fishing before you go.
USGS publishes what the river is doing now, not what it will do — so flow is read as a condition on the whole period, and a heavy rain day can change it.
from Hwy. 107 bridge in Montesano to Fuller Bridge (Keys Rd.) including all channels, sloughs, and interconnected waterways CRC (317)
▸ All species — Jan. 1-Mar. 31: Selective gear rules.
▸ All species — Aug. 1-Nov. 30: Single-point barbless hooks required. Night closure.
▸ All species — Aug. 1-Dec. 31: 2-Pole allowed.
▸ Trout — Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Trout — Nov. 1-Mar. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
▸ Other game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 15: Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Release adults.
▸ Salmon — Sept. 16-Oct. 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release adult Chinook.
▸ Salmon — Nov. 1-Dec. 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release Chinook.
from Fuller Bridge (Keys Rd.) to South Elma Bridge (Wakefield Rd.) including all channels, sloughs, and interconnected waterways CRC (317)
▸ All species — Jan. 1-Mar. 31: Selective gear rules.
▸ All species — Aug. 1-Sept. 15: Bait prohibited.
▸ All species — Aug. 1-Dec. 31: 2-Pole allowed.
▸ All species — Aug. 1-Nov. 30: Single-point barbless hooks required.
▸ Trout — Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Trout — Nov. 1-Mar. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
▸ Other game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 15: Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Release adults.
▸ Salmon — Sept. 16-Sept. 30: Closed.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-Oct. 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release adult Chinook.
▸ Salmon — Nov. 1-Dec. 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release Chinook.
from South Elma Bridge (Wakefield Rd.) to the Black River CRC (317)
▸ All species — Jan. 1-Mar. 31: Selective gear rules.
▸ All species — Aug. 1-Nov. 30: Single-point barbless hooks required.
▸ Trout — Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Trout — Nov. 1-Mar. 31: Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
▸ Other game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-Oct. 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release adult Chinook.
▸ Salmon — Nov. 1-Dec. 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release Chinook.
from Black River to Crim Creek CRC (315)
▸ All species — Jan. 1-Mar. 31: Selective gear rules.
▸ All species — Aug. 16-Nov. 30: Single-point barbless hooks required.
▸ Trout — Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
▸ Other game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-Oct. 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release adult Chinook.
▸ Salmon — Nov. 1-Dec. 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release Chinook.
from Crim Creek upstream including all forks CRC (315)
▸ All species: Selective gear rules.
▸ Trout — Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
▸ Other game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.