SPORT CATCH RECORD CARD INSTRUCTIONS

Washington Administrative Code (WAC 220-310-020, WAC 220-310-010)

requires all kept sturgeon, steelhead, salmon, halibut, and Puget Sound
Dungeness crab to be recorded on your Catch Record Card, and requires all
anglers to return their Catch Record Card by April 30, or for Dungeness crab by
the date indicated on the card, even if nothing is caught or you did not fish.
Please return Catch Record Card (even if nothing is caught) to:
WDFW CRC Unit
PO Box 43142
Olympia, WA 98504-3142

For all species, use catch area codes on reverse side.

Immediately record retained catch in ink. Use examples below to help
complete card correctly. (Do not record released fish or crab.)

STEELHEAD
Do not keep wild steelhead.
A hatchery steelhead kept from the Skagit River on Dec. 2 would be
entered as:
CATCH AREA MO DAY
CODE (1-12) (1-31)

830 12 2
Hatchery (adipose or ventral fin clipped)
Wild (adipose and ventral fins intact)
Adipose Fin

Ventral Fin

SALMON
A 19" chinook
salmon kept from Check One Box Per Line For Species Kept

the Cowlitz River CATCH CHIN COHO CHUM PINK SOCK CHIN COHO
AREA MO DAY CLIP
below Mayfield Dam CODE (1-12) (1-31)
JACK JACK
TYPE
on Sept. 15 with
clipped adipose fin
would be entered as:
561 9 15 √ H W

H = Hatchery (adipose fin clipped)

W = Wild (adipose fin intact)
Jacks in Freshwater, Willapa Bay (area 2-1) and Grays Harbor (area 2-2).
CHIN JACK = King jacks or chinook jacks (12 to less than 24 inches)
COHO JACK = Silver jacks or coho jacks (12 to less than 20 inches)
Salmon caught under landlocked salmon rules should not be recorded.

STURGEON
A 50" white sturgeon kept from CATCH AREA MO DAY SPECIES TOTAL
Snake River below Ice Harbor CODE (1-12) (1-31) CODE LENGTH

Dam on June 15 with a vent 640 6 15 W 50

behind pelvic fins, would be
entered as:
Species Codes:
W = White Sturgeon (barbels near snout tip, vent behind pelvic fins)
GREEN STURGEON MAY NOT BE RETAINED
Green Sturgeon (barbels near mouth, vent between pelvic fins)

Location
White of vent Green

DUNGENESS CRAB
Three male Dungeness MARINE MONTH DAY CHECK (√) ONE CRAB
KEPT
crab kept from Hood AREA BOX FOR EACH
CRAB KEPT per day
Canal on July 18 would be
entered as: 12 7 18 √ √ √

HALIBUT
A halibut kept from Area 5 on CATCH AREA MO DAY CHARTER
May 4 caught from a private CODE (1-12) (1-31) PRIVATE*

boat would be entered as: 5 5 4 C P

Circle boat type: C= Charter P= Private

Theseinstructionsdonotsupercedethecurrentsportfishingrulespamphlet
For further fishing instructions, visit the WDFW website at:
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/regs/fishregs.htm
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 River Codes
PUGET SOUND REGION COLUMBIA RIVER REGION COASTAL REGION
824 Baker River 501 Abernathy Creek 305 Bear River (Pacific Co.)
825 Baker Lake 508 Big White Salmon River 386 Big River (Clallam Co.)
784 Berry Creek 507 Blue Creek (Lewis Co.) 706 Black River (Thurston Co.)
708 Burley Creek (Kitsap Co.) 609 Cedar Creek (Clark Co.) 398 Bogachiel River
710 California Creek 552 Chelan River 400 Calawah River
866 Canyon Creek (Stillaguamish 515 Chinook River 308 Cedar Creek (Grays Harbor Co.)
Sys.) 555 Cispus River 311 Cedar Creek (Jefferson Co.)
517 Coal Creek (Cowlitz Co.)
727 Capitol Lake 312 Cedar River (Pacific Co.)
519 Columbia R. Buoy 10 to Rocky Pt.-
802 Carbon River Tongue Pt. line 317 Chehalis R. below Black R.
826 Cascade River 521 Columbia R. Rocky Pt.-Tongue Pt. line to 315 Chehalis R. above Black R.
714 Chambers Creek Longview Br. 319 Chehalis River, South Fork
718 Clallam River 523 Columbia R. Longview Br. to I-5 Br. 392 Clearwater River
722 Curley Creek (Kitsap Co.) 525 Columbia R. I-5 Br. to Bonneville Dam 321 Cloquallam Creek
724 Dakota Creek (Whatcom Co.) 527 Columbia R. Bonneville to The Dalles Dam 408 Cook Creek
726 Deep Creek (Clallam Co.) 529 Columbia R. The Dalles to John Day Dam 339 Copalis River
728 Deschutes River 531 Columbia R. John Day to McNary Dam 402 Dickey River (Clallam Co.)
732 Dewatto River 533 Columbia R. McNary Dam to Hwy. 395 Br. 342 Elk River (Grays Harbor Co.)
at Pasco 345 Goodman Creek (Jefferson Co.)
734 Dosewallips River
534 Columbia R. Hwy. 395 Br. at Pasco to
736 Duckabush River 350 Hoh River below below Oxbow
I-182 Br.
738 Dungeness River 535 Columbia R. I-182 Br. to Old Hanford Campground boat launch
742 Elwha River townsite towers 348 Hoh River above Oxbow
746 Green/Duwamish River (King Co.) 536 Columbia R. Old Hanford townsite towers Campground boat launch
752 Hoko River to Priest Rapids 352 Hoh River, South Fork
754 Kennedy Creek 537 Columbia R. Priest Rapids to Wanapum Dam 355 Hoquiam River
763 Lake Sammamish 539 Columbia R. Wanapum to Rock Island Dam 358 Humptulips River (below forks)
762 Lake Washington 541 Columbia R. Rock Island to Rocky Reach 361 Humptulips River, East Fork
766 Little Quilcene River Dam 362 Humptulips River, West Fork
543 Columbia R. Rocky Reach to Wells Dam 323 Joe Creek
768 Lyre River
545 Columbia R. Wells to Chief Joseph Dam 367 Johns River
770 McAllister Creek (Thurston Co.)
557 Coweeman River
778 Minter Creek (Pierce/Kitsap Co.) 369 Kalaloch Creek
561 Cowlitz R. below Mayfield Dam
782 Morse Creek (Clallam Co.) 371 Moclips River
559 Cowlitz R. above Cowlitz Falls Dam and
786 Nisqually River Lake Scanewa (Reservoir) 373 Mosquito Creek (Jefferson Co.)
794 Nooksack River (below North 580 Deep River (Wahkiakum Co.) 375 Naselle River
Fork) 566 Delemeter Creek 378 Nemah River, North (above
790 Nooksack River, North Fork 618 Drano Lake Nemah Hatchery)
788 Nooksack River, Middle Fork 583 Elochoman River mouth to Foster Rd. 379 Nemah River, North (below
792 Nooksack River, South Fork Bridge Nemah Hatchery), Middle, and
870 Pilchuck Creek (Stillaguamish 584 Elochoman River Foster Rd. Bridge to South
Sys.) West Fork 325 Newaukum River
586 Entiat River 389 Niawiakum River
840 Pilchuck River (Snohomish Sys.)
589 Germany Creek 382 North River
804 Puyallup River
556 Goble Creek 388 Ozette River
810 Pysht River 592 Grande Ronde River
812 Quilcene River 390 Palix River
594 Grays River moutht to Barr Rd. Bridge
842 Raging River 595 Grays River Barr Rd. Bridge to South Fork 394 Queets River
814 Salt Creek (Clallam Co.) 596 Grays River, West Fork 370 Quigg Lake (Grays Harbor Co.)
816 Samish River 597 Grays River, East Fork 404 Quillayute River
828 Sauk River 565 Green River (Cowlitz Co.) mouth to 327 Quinault Lake
818 Sekiu River Toutle Hatchery 410 Quinault R, Lower (below L.
830 Skagit River 566 Green River (Cowlitz Co.) Toutle Quinault, not Cook Cr.)
834 Skokomish River (Mason Co.) Hatchery upstream 412 Quinault R, Upper (above L.
844 Skykomish River (below forks) 598 Hamilton Creek Quinault)
672 Icicle River (Creek) 414 Raft River
846 Skykomish River, North Fork
604 Kalama River mouth to Modrow Bridge 377 Salmon Creek (Pacific Co.)
848 Skykomish River, South Fork 603 Kalama River Modrow Bridge to upper
850 Snohomish River 396 Salmon River (Jefferson Co.)
salmon hatchery
852 Snoqualmie River 329 Satsop River, below forks and
602 Kalama River upper salmon hatchery
748 Soos Creek upstream East Fork
876 Stillaguamish River (below forks)
607 Klickitat River below #5 fishway 331 Satsop River, Middle and
872 608
Stillaguamish River, North Fork Klickitat River above #5 fishway West Forks
874 567
Stillaguamish River, South Fork Lacamas Creek (Lewis Co.) 333 Skookumchuck River
832 Suiattle River 559 Lake Scanewa (Reservoir) 384 Smith Creek (Pacific Co.)
854 Sultan River 670 Lake Wenatchee 406 Sol Duc River
878 Tahuya River 611 Lewis River (below East Fork) 418 Sooes River (Clallam Co.)
613 Lewis River, East Fork 364 Stevens Creek
856 Tokul Creek
615 Lewis River, North Fork 419 Van Winkle Creek (Grays Harbor
858 Tolt River
661 Little Washougal River Co.)
880 Union River 618 Little White Salmon River and Drano Lake
860 Wallace River 420 Waatch River
563 Mayfield Lake (Reservoir) 424 Willapa River
884 Whatcom Creek 621 Methow River
808 White (Stuck) River 422 Willapa River, South Fork
624 Mill Creek (Cowlitz Co.)
862 Woods Creek 380 Williams Creek
625 Mill Creek (Lewis Co.)
627 Okanogan River 335 Wishkah River
900 Sturgeon caught in lakes or 569 Olequa Creek (Lewis Co.) 337 Wynoochee River
streams without a Catch Record Code 652 Palouse River (Whitman Co.)
632 Rock Creek (Skamania Co.)
549 Roosevelt Lake (Lake Roosevelt)
635 Salmon Creek (Clark Co.)
629 Similkameen River
638 Skamokawa Creek
640 Snake R. below Ice Harbor Dam
642 Snake R. Ice Harbor to Lower Monumental Dam
644 Snake R. Lower Monumental to Little Goose Dam
646 Snake R. Little Goose to Lower Granite Dam
648 Snake R. Lower Granite to WA/ID state line, Clarkston
650 Snake R. upstream of the WA/ID state line, Clarkston
571 Tilton River
657 Touchet River
573 Toutle River (below forks)
575 Toutle River, No. Fork
577 Toutle River, So. Fork
653 Tucannon River
659 Walla Walla River
667 Washougal River mouth to WDFW Co. Line Access Site
668 Washougal River WDFW Co. Line Access Site upstream
665 Washougal River, North and West Forks
674 Wenatchee River
680 Wind River below Shipherd Falls
677 Wind River above Shipherd Falls
690 Yakima River
Marine Area Codes
1 Ilwaco - West of Buoy 10, north of Cape Falcon, Oregon to Leadbetter Point.
2 Westport/Ocean Shores - Leadbetter Point north to Queets River, excluding Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor.
2-1 Willapa Bay - East of line from Leadbetter Point to Buoy 8 and then to Cape Shoalwater.
2-2 Grays Harbor - East of a line from the tip of the north jetty to the exposed end of the south jetty.
3 Lapush - From the Queets River north to Cape Alava.
4 Neah Bay - From Cape Alava north to the US/Canada border and inside Juan de Fuca Strait to the Sekiu River.
5 Sekiu/Pillar Point - From the mouth of Sekiu River east to Low Point at the mouth of the Lyre River.
6 East Juan de Fuca Strait - From Low Point east to the Partridge Point-Point Wilson line north to the line from Trial Island
(near Victoria, B.C.)-Navigation Buoy YB "R"-Smith Island-to Lawson Reef Buoy-Northwest Island-Initiative 77 marker on
Fidalgo Island.
7 San Juan Islands - All marine waters north of the Trial Island Line described under Area 6 to the U.S.-Canada boundary.
8-1 Deception Pass, Hope Island, Skagit Bay - From West Point to Reservation Head, eastward through Deception Pass,
including waters of Swinomish Slough and Skagit Bay, and the portion of Saratoga Passage north and west of a line from
East Point light on Whidbey Island to the Saratoga Passage Light #4 on Camano Island (FL Red 4 Sec.).
8-2 Port Susan/Port Gardner - East of East Point Light-Saratoga Passage Light #4 line (described in 8-1 above) and north of
the Possession Point-Shipwreck line (described in 9 below).
9 Admiralty Inlet - All waters inside and south of the Partridge Point-Point Wilson line, south and west of a line from Possession
Point 110 degrees true to a shipwreck, north of Hood Canal Bridge, and north of the Apple Cove Point-Edwards Point line.
10 Seattle/Bremerton - From Apple Cove Point/Edwards Point line to a true east-west line through the north tip of Vashon Island.
11 Tacoma/Vashon Island - From the north tip of Vashon Island to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
12 Hood Canal - All waters south of the Hood Canal Bridge.
13 South Puget Sound - All waters south of Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Revised 12-2017