Marine Area 6 (East Juan de Fuca)

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

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

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

▸ Mackerel — Year-round: No min. size. No daily limit.

▸ Herring, Anchovy, Sardine, Sand Lance, and Smelt — Apr. 16-Jan. 15: 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.

▸ Herring, Anchovy, Sardine, Sand Lance, and Smelt — Jan. 16-Apr. 15: 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). Herring - CLOSED south of a line from Ediz Hook to Partridge Point. 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-Aug. 15: Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2. Release chum, sockeye, wild coho, and wild Chinook.

▸ 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, sockeye, and chum.

▸ Salmon — Year-round: CLOSED.

▸ 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, sockeye, and chum.

▸ Salmon — Year-round: CLOSED.

▸ Salmon — July 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, sockeye, and chum.

▸ Salmon — July 1-Sept. 30: CLOSED.

▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-Oct. 31: No min. size. Daily limit 2 hatchery coho only. Release all other salmon.

▸ : Year-round season. Daily limit is a total of 15 bottomfish (See definition) subject to individual limits and seasons shown below. See Bottomfish Closure: west of the easternmost point of Dungeness Spit (48°11.45'N, 123°06.02'W) fishing for bottomfish prohibited seaward as defined by the coordinates of the Bottomfish Closure, and fishing for bottomfish prohibited in waters deeper than 120’ east of the easternmost point of Dungeness Spit (48°11.45'N, 123°06.02'W). Descending device required onboard vessels.

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

▸ 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.

▸ Rockfish — CLOSED: CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.

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

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

▸ 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.