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Washington's largest Puget Sound river system — summer/fall Chinook, coho, odd-year pinks, and a storied steelhead history.
New sockeye since Aug 25, 2026
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counted Aug 31, 2026 · 6 days since the previous report
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9,574
the 2026 run
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Currently
61°
Clear · feels like 61°
Mon
Good
67°/57°
wind 7 kt · 25% rain
Tue
Good
71°/51°
wind 7 kt · 1% rain
Wed
Favorable
75°/54°
wind 5 kt · 1% rain
Thu
Good
68°/51°
wind 6 kt · 5% rain
Fri
Favorable
67°/50°
wind 5 kt · 17% rain
Sat
Favorable
70°/52°
wind 5 kt · 30% rain
Sun
Favorable
73°/51°
wind 5 kt · 9% rain
from the mouth (a line projected from the terminus of the jetty with McGlinn Island to the white monument on the easterly end of Ika Island, then to a white monument on the westerly end of Craft Island, then to a white monument near the corner of the levee on the westerly side of Dry Slough, and then to a white monument on the easterly side of Tom Moore Slough) to Hwy. 536 at Mt. Vernon (Memorial Hwy. Bridge) CRC (830)
All species — Aug. 16-Oct. 31
Night closure.
from the mouth (a line projected from the terminus of the jetty with McGlinn Island to the white monument on the easterly end of Ika Island, then to a white monument on the westerly end of Craft Island, then to a white monument near the corner of the levee on the westerly side of Dry Slough, and then to a white monument on the easterly side of Tom Moore Slough) to Hwy. 536 at Mt. Vernon (Memorial Hwy. Bridge) CRC (830)
Salmon — Aug. 16-Sept. 30
Min. size 12". Daily limit 4 including no more than 2 wild coho. Release all salmon other than coho.
from Hwy. 536 at Mt. Vernon (Memorial Hwy. Bridge) to mouth of Gilligan Creek CRC (830)
All species — Aug. 16-Oct. 31
Night closure.
from Hwy. 536 at Mt. Vernon (Memorial Hwy. Bridge) to mouth of Gilligan Creek CRC (830)
Salmon — Aug. 16-Sept. 30
Min. size 12". Daily limit 4 including no more than 2 wild coho. Release all salmon other than coho.
from mouth of Gilligan Creek to the Dalles Bridge at Concrete CRC (830)
All species — Sept. 1-Sept. 30
Single-point barbless hooks required. Night closure.
from mouth of Gilligan Creek to the Dalles Bridge at Concrete CRC (830)
Salmon — Sept. 1-Sept. 30
Min. size 12". Daily limit 4 including no more than 2 wild. Release all salmon other than coho.
from the Dalles Bridge at Concrete to 200' below the mouth of Baker River CRC (830)
All species — June 1-Sept. 15
Night closure. Selective gear rules, except only one single-point barbless hook measuring 1/2 inch or less from point to shank allowed.
from a point 200' upstream of the mouth of the Baker River to the Hwy. 530 Bridge at Rockport CRC (830)
All species — June 1-Sept. 15
Selective gear rules, except only one single-point barbless hook measuring 1/2 inch or less from point to shank allowed. Night closure.
from Hwy. 530 Bridge at Rockport to Cascade River Rd. (Marblemount Bridge) CRC (830)
All species — July 16-Sept. 15
Night closure. Selective gear rules, except only one single-point barbless hook measuring 1/2 inch or less from point to shank allowed.
from the mouth (a line projected from the terminus of the jetty with McGlinn Island to the white monument on the easterly end of Ika Island, then to a white monument on the westerly end of Craft Island, then to a white monument near the corner of the levee on the westerly side of Dry Slough, and then to a white monument on the easterly side of Tom Moore Slough) to Hwy. 536 at Mt. Vernon (Memorial Hwy. Bridge) CRC (830)
▸ All species — Mar. 1-Aug. 15: Selective gear rules. Except: Anglers fishing for sturgeon must use bait. Anglers may not use hooks that measure greater than 1/2 inch from point to shank, except anglers fishing for sturgeon may use single-point barbless hooks of any size.
▸ All species — Aug. 16-Oct. 31: Night closure.
▸ Dolly varden/bull trout — Mar. 1-Aug. 15: Min. size 20". May be retained as part of trout daily limit.
▸ Dolly varden/bull trout — Aug. 16-Oct. 31: Closed to retention.
▸ Dolly varden/bull trout — Nov. 1-Jan. 31: Min. size 20". May be retained as part of trout daily limit.
▸ Other trout — Mar. 1-Jan. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Other game fish — Mar. 1-Jan. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
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.
6,360 cfs
steady →
-27% vs the normal for this date (8,770 cfs)
gage height 10.4 ft
▸ Salmon — Aug. 16-Sept. 30: Min. size 12". Daily limit 4 including no more than 2 wild coho. Release all salmon other than coho.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-Oct. 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 2. Release all salmon other than coho.
from Hwy. 536 at Mt. Vernon (Memorial Hwy. Bridge) to mouth of Gilligan Creek CRC (830)
▸ All species — June 1-June 30: Selective gear rules except only barbless hooks measuring 1/2 inch or less from point to shank allowed; anglers fishing for sturgeon must use bait and must use only one single-point barbless hook of any size.
▸ All species — July 1-July 31: Night closure.
▸ All species — Aug. 16-Oct. 31: Night closure.
▸ Dolly varden/bull trout — June 1-June 30: Min. size 20". May be retained as part of trout daily limit.
▸ Dolly varden/bull trout — July 1-July 31: Closed to retention.
▸ Dolly varden/bull trout — Aug. 1-Aug. 15: Min. size 20". May be retained as part of the trout daily limit.
▸ Dolly varden/bull trout — Aug. 16-Oct. 31: Closed to retention.
▸ Dolly varden/bull trout — Nov. 1-Jan. 31: Min. size 20". May be retained as part of trout daily limit.
▸ Other trout — June 1-Jan. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Other game fish — June 1-Jan. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — July 1-July 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 4. Release all salmon other than sockeye.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 16-Sept. 30: Min. size 12". Daily limit 4 including no more than 2 wild coho. Release all salmon other than coho.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-Oct. 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 2. Release all salmon other than coho.
from mouth of Gilligan Creek to the Dalles Bridge at Concrete CRC (830)
▸ All species — June 1-June 30: Night closure. Selective gear rules, except only one single-point barbless hook measuring 1/2 inch or less from point to shank allowed.
▸ All species — July 1-Aug. 31: Night closure.
▸ All species — Sept. 1-Sept. 30: Single-point barbless hooks required. Night closure.
▸ All species — Oct. 1-Oct. 31: Night closure.
▸ Dolly varden/bull trout — June 1-June 30: Min. size 20". May be retained as part of trout daily limit.
▸ Dolly varden/bull trout — July 1-July 31: Closed to retention.
▸ Dolly varden/bull trout — Aug. 1-Aug. 31: Min. size 20". May be retained as part of trout daily limit.
▸ Dolly varden/bull trout — Sept. 1-Oct. 31: Closed to retention.
▸ Dolly varden/bull trout — Nov. 1-Jan. 31: Min. size 20". May be retained as part of trout daily limit.
▸ Other trout — June 1-Jan. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Other game fish — June 1-Jan. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — July 1-July 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 4. Release all salmon other than sockeye.
▸ Salmon — Sept. 1-Sept. 30: Min. size 12". Daily limit 4 including no more than 2 wild. Release all salmon other than coho.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-Oct. 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 2. Release all salmon other than coho.
from the Dalles Bridge at Concrete to 200' below the mouth of Baker River CRC (830)
▸ All species — June 1-Sept. 15: Night closure. Selective gear rules, except only one single-point barbless hook measuring 1/2 inch or less from point to shank allowed.
▸ All species — Sept. 16-Sept. 30: Night closure. Single-point barbless hooks required.
▸ All species — Oct. 1-Oct. 31: Night closure.
▸ Dolly varden/bull trout — June 1-Sept. 15: Min. size 20". May be retained as part of trout daily limit.
▸ Dolly varden/bull trout — Sept. 16-Oct. 31: Closed to retention.
▸ Dolly varden/bull trout — Nov. 1-Jan. 31: Min. size 20". May be retained as part of the trout daily limit.
▸ Other game fish — June 1-Jan. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Sept. 16-Sept. 30: Min. size 12". Daily limit 4 including no more than 2 wild coho. Release all salmon other than coho.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-Oct. 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 2. Release all salmon other than coho.
between a line projected across the thread of the river 200' above the east bank of the Baker River and a line projected across the thread of the river 200' below the west bank of the Baker River CRC (830)
▸ All species — June 1-Sept. 15: CLOSED WATERS.
▸ All species — Sept. 16-Sept. 30: Single-point barbless hooks required. Night closure.
▸ All species — Oct. 1-Oct. 31: Night closure.
▸ Dolly varden/bull trout — Sept. 16-Oct. 31: Closed to retention.
▸ Dolly varden/bull trout — Nov. 1-Jan. 31: Min. size 20". May be retained as part of trout daily limit.
▸ Other trout — Sept. 16-Jan. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
▸ Other game fish — Sept. 16-Jan. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Sept. 16-Sept. 30: Min. size 12". Daily limit 4 including no more than 2 wild coho. Release all salmon other than coho.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-Oct. 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 2. Release all salmon other than coho.
from a point 200' upstream of the mouth of the Baker River to the Hwy. 530 Bridge at Rockport CRC (830)
▸ All species — June 1-Sept. 15: Selective gear rules, except only one single-point barbless hook measuring 1/2 inch or less from point to shank allowed. Night closure.
▸ All species — Sept. 16-Sept. 30: Single-point barbless hooks required. Night closure.
▸ All species — Oct. 1-Oct. 31: Night closure.
▸ Dolly varden/bull trout — June 1-Sept. 15: Min. size 20". May be retained as part of trout daily limit.
▸ Dolly varden/bull trout — Sept. 16-Oct. 31: Closed to retention.
▸ Dolly varden/bull trout — Nov. 1-Jan. 31: Min. size 20". May be retained as part of the trout daily limit.
▸ Other game fish — June 1-Jan. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — Sept. 16-Sept. 30: Min. size 12". Daily limit 4 including no more than 2 wild coho. Release all salmon other than coho.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-Oct. 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 2. Release all salmon other than coho.
from Hwy. 530 Bridge at Rockport to Cascade River Rd. (Marblemount Bridge) CRC (830)
▸ All species — June 1-July 15: Anti-snagging rule. Night closure.
▸ All species — July 16-Sept. 15: Night closure. Selective gear rules, except only one single-point barbless hook measuring 1/2 inch or less from point to shank allowed.
▸ All species — Sept. 16-Sept. 30: Night closure. Single-point barbless hooks required.
▸ All species — Oct. 1-Oct. 31: Night closure.
▸ All game fish — June 1-Jan. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Salmon — July 1-July 15: Min. size 12". Daily limit 4 including no more than 2 adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook.
▸ Salmon — Sept. 16-Oct. 31: Min. size 12". Daily limit 4 including no more than 2 wild coho. Release all salmon other than coho.
from Cascade River Rd. (Marblemount Bridge) to Gorge powerhouse at Newhalem CRC (830)
▸ All species: Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
▸ All game fish — June 1-Jan. 31: Catch and Release. Except: 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained.