Marine Area 5 (Sekiu)

▸ Trout — Year-round: Catch-and-release.

▸ Steelhead — Year-round: Daily limit 2 hatchery steelhead.

▸ Sturgeon — Year-round: Catch-and-release.

▸ Tuna and Mackerel — Year-round: No min. size. No daily limit except Northern bluefin, skipjack, and yellowfin tuna daily limit of 2 each.

▸ 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 wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/halibut or call (360) 902-2700 in March for information on Pacific halibut seasons and regulations. No min. size. Daily limit 1. Annual limit 6. Descending device required onboard vessels.

▸ Other Food Fish — Year-round: No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species. See definition.

▸ All Other Fish — CLOSED: CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.

▸ Salmon — July 1-July 31: Open on odd days of the month (July 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31 only). Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum, sockeye, wild coho, and wild Chinook.

▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 24: No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook, chum, sockeye, and wild coho.

▸ Salmon — Sept. 25-Oct. 15: No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook, chum, and sockeye.

▸ Salmon — Oct. 16-Apr. 8: CLOSED

▸ Salmon — Apr. 9-Apr. 30: Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2. Release chum, sockeye, coho, and wild Chinook.

▸ Salmon — July 1-Aug. 15: CLOSED.

▸ Salmon — Aug. 16-Sept. 24: No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook, chum, sockeye, and wild coho.

▸ Salmon — Sept. 25-Oct. 15: No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook, chum, and sockeye.

▸ Salmon — Oct. 16-Apr. 8: CLOSED.

▸ Salmon — Apr. 9-Apr. 30: Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2. Release chum, sockeye, coho, and wild Chinook.

▸ : Year-round season. Daily limit is a total of 15 bottomfish (see definition) subject to individual limits and seasons shown below. Fishing for or possession of bottomfish is prohibited in waters seaward of the Bottomfish Closure, except sablefish and Pacific cod on days open to halibut. Lingcod retention is permitted seaward of the Bottomfish Closure on days open to both lingcod and halibut (see Bottomfish Closure below). Descending device required onboard vessels.

▸ Lingcod — May 1-June 15: Hook and line season. Min. size 26”. Max. size 36”. Daily limit 1. See Bottomfish Closure below.

▸ 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.

▸ West of Slip Point — May 1-Sept. 30: No min. size. Daily limit is the first 3 black or blue/deacon rockfish caught. See Bottomfish Closure below

▸ West of Slip Point — May 1-June 15: Spearfishing season. No min. size. Daily limit is the first 3 black or blue/deacon rockfish caught. See Bottomfish Closure below.

▸ East of Slip Point — May 1-Sept. 30: No min. size. Daily limit is the first black or blue/deacon rockfish caught. See Bottomfish Closure below

▸ East of Slip Point — May 1-June 15: Spearfishing season. No min. size. Daily limit is the first black or blue/deacon rockfish caught. See Bottomfish Closure below.

▸ Pacific Cod, Pollock, Hake — Year-round: No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species. See Bottomfish Closure below.

▸ Cabezon — May 1-Nov. 30: Min. size 18”. Daily limit 1. See Bottomfish Closure below.

▸ 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.