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Nothing new — the 2025 run is done here.
It finished at 10,716 chinook on Oct 28, 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
60°
Clear · feels like 61°
Mon
Good
67°/56°
wind 6 kt · 28% rain
Tue
Good
71°/52°
wind 8 kt · 1% rain
Wed
Good
74°/54°
wind 6 kt · 1% rain
Thu
Good
68°/51°
wind 6 kt · 6% rain
Fri
Favorable
66°/50°
wind 5 kt · 16% rain
Sat
Good
70°/50°
wind 6 kt · 23% rain
Sun
Favorable
71°/50°
wind 5 kt · 9% rain
from the mouth (Bayview-Edison Rd. Bridge) to the yellow marker at the wing wall approx. 1,000' upstream CRC (816)
All species — Aug. 1-Sept. 30
Stationary gear restriction. Night closure. Angler's must only use fish eggs (roe) for bait and may only use one single-point hook; the hook may not measure more than 1/2" from point to shank (hook gap) and may not have any weight attached or molded directly to the hook such as twitching jigs, swim jigs, or lead headed casting jigs. Other than a swivel, anglers may not add any weight to their line. Anglers may only retain fish hooked inside the mouth.
from the mouth (Bayview-Edison Rd. Bridge) to the yellow marker at the wing wall approx. 1,000' upstream CRC (816)
Salmon — Sept. 7-Sept. 30
Min. size 12". Daily limit 2. Release chum and wild coho.
from the yellow marker at the wing wall approx. 1,000' upstream of the mouth to the Thomas Rd. Bridge CRC (816)
All species — Aug. 1-Sept. 30
Night closure. Stationary gear restriction. Angler's must only use fish eggs (roe) for bait and may only use one single-point hook; the hook may not measure more than 1/2" from point to shank (hook gap) and may not have any weight attached or molded directly to the hook such as twitching jigs, swim jigs, or lead headed casting jigs. Other than a swivel, anglers may not add any weight to their line. Anglers may only retain fish hooked inside the mouth.
from the yellow marker at the wing wall approx. 1,000' upstream of the mouth to the Thomas Rd. Bridge CRC (816)
Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 30
Min. size 12". Daily limit 2. Release chum and wild coho.
from the mouth (Bayview-Edison Rd. Bridge) to the yellow marker at the wing wall approx. 1,000' upstream CRC (816)
▸ All species — Aug. 1-Sept. 30: Stationary gear restriction. Night closure. Angler's must only use fish eggs (roe) for bait and may only use one single-point hook; the hook may not measure more than 1/2" from point to shank (hook gap) and may not have any weight attached or molded directly to the hook such as twitching jigs, swim jigs, or lead headed casting jigs. Other than a swivel, anglers may not add any weight to their line. Anglers may only retain fish hooked inside the mouth.
▸ All species — Nov. 1-Nov. 30: Only 1 single-point barbless hook allowed. Night closure.
▸ All game fish — Oct. 1-Oct. 31: Closed.
▸ Trout — Sat. before Memorial Day-Nov. 30: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Trout — Nov. 1-Nov. 30: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Other game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 30: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Other game fish — Nov. 1-Nov. 30: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
— Aug. 1-Sept. 4:
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.
▸ Salmon — Sept. 5-Sept. 5: Min. size 12". Daily limit 2. Release chum and wild coho. Open the day of Sept. 5 for active and veteran military personnel only.
▸ Salmon — Sept. 6-Sept. 6: Min. size 12". Daily limit 2. Release chum, and wild coho. Open the day of Sept. 6 for juvenile anglers (under 15 years of age) only.
▸ Salmon — Sept. 7-Sept. 30: Min. size 12". Daily limit 2. Release chum and wild coho.
from the yellow marker at the wing wall approx. 1,000' upstream of the mouth to the Thomas Rd. Bridge CRC (816)
▸ All species — Aug. 1-Sept. 30: Night closure. Stationary gear restriction. Angler's must only use fish eggs (roe) for bait and may only use one single-point hook; the hook may not measure more than 1/2" from point to shank (hook gap) and may not have any weight attached or molded directly to the hook such as twitching jigs, swim jigs, or lead headed casting jigs. Other than a swivel, anglers may not add any weight to their line. Anglers may only retain fish hooked inside the mouth.
▸ All species — Nov. 1-Nov. 30: Night closure. Only 1 single-point hook allowed.
▸ All game fish — Oct. 1-Oct. 31: Closed.
▸ Trout — Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 30: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Trout — Nov. 1-Nov. 30: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Other game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 13: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Other game fish — Nov. 1-Nov. 30: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 30: Min. size 12". Daily limit 2. Release chum and wild coho.
from the Thomas Rd. Bridge to I-5 Bridge CRC (816)
▸ All species — Oct. 1-Nov. 30: Night closure. Only 1 single-point hook allowed.
▸ Trout — Sat. before Memorial Day-July 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Trout — Oct. 1-Nov. 30: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Other game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-July 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Other game fish — Oct. 1-Nov. 30: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from I-5 Bridge to Old Hwy. 99 Bridge CRC (816)
▸ All species: Selective gear rules.
▸ Trout — Sat. before Memorial Day-July 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Other game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-July 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Old Hwy. 99 Bridge to WDFW Samish hatchery rack
▸ All species: CLOSED WATERS.
from WDFW hatchery rack to Hickson Bridge CRC (816)
▸ All species: Selective gear rules.
▸ Trout — Sat. before Memorial Day-Nov. 30: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Other game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-Nov. 30: Statewide min. size/daily limit.