Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet) fishing report & data

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Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet) fishing report & data · WA Fish Forecast

Regulations

No Rockfish rows for Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet) are in effect on today's date. Read the full printed rules below and verify with WDFW before fishing.

all printed rules for this location (26 rows, verbatim) ▸

▸ 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 — 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.

Entire Area(see exceptions for Edmonds Public Fishing Pier and Hood Canal Fishery below and Admiralty Head Marine Preserve and Keystone Conservation Area)

▸ Salmon — July 16-July 18: Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum, wild coho, and wild Chinook. Additional Chinook openings may occur based on available quota. Check the WDFW website at wdfw.wa.gov.

▸ Salmon — July 19-July 31: CLOSED.

▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 18: No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook, chum, and wild coho.

▸ Salmon — Sept. 19-Sept. 30: No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook and chum.

Edmonds Public Fishing Pier

▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-July 31: Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook.

▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 30: Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum.

Northern Hood Canal Fishery

▸ Salmon — July 16-July 31: CLOSED.

▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 18: No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook, chum, and wild coho.

▸ Salmon — Sept. 19-Sept. 30: No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook and chum.

Admiralty Head Marine Preserve and Keystone Conservation Area

▸ Salmon — Year-round: CLOSED.

▸ : Year-round season. Daily limit is a total of 15 bottomfish (See definition) subject to individual limits and seasons shown below. Fishing for bottomfish prohibited in waters deeper than 120’. 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, and 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.

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

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REGULATION UPDATE — Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet), Marine Area 12 (Hood Canal) shellfish beaches update

Action: Rescinds biotoxin-related closure of public shellfish beaches in Dabob and Quilcene bays and at Belfair State Park; and opens oyster harvest

published Sep 3 · read the full rule ↗

source checked Sep 7, 2026 · rules are shown exactly as published and cover every species at this location — they can change at any time, so always confirm with WDFW before fishing

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