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Crab Creek

The rule for this water, with the receipt.

Specific sections have their own rules, listed below

Adams/Grant/Lincoln County · River · WA

Has its own special rules
How to read this page:Official text quoted regulationParsed fields from the ruleDerived calculated from rulesContext conditions, not a ruleAdvice our suggestion

The rules for this water, verbatimOfficial text

Straight from WA's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.

The reach you are on
from mouth to Morgan Lake Rd. in Sec. 36
    Rules for other dates
    • All game fishSat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 30 - does not apply today
      Statewide min. size/daily limit.
    Other reaches in this official entry
    from Morgan Lake Rd. in Sec. 36 to O’Sullivan Dam (including Marsh Units I and II impoundments)
    • All species
      CLOSED WATERS.
    from the confluence of the Moses Lake outlets to Sand Dunes Rd. including tributaries
    • BluegillYear-round
      No min. size. Combined limit of bluegill and crappie is 25.
    • CrappieYear-round
      Min. size 9”. Combined limit of bluegill and crappie is 25.
    • Yellow perchYear-round
      No min. size. Daily limit 25.
    • Other game fishYear-round
      Statewide min. size/daily limit for lakes, ponds, and reservoirs apply.
    from the fountain buoy and shoreline markers of 150’ down stream of the Alder Street fill to Grant County Rd. 7 NE
    • BluegillYear-round
      Min. size 8”. Daily limit 5.
    • CrappieYear-round
      Min. size 9”. Daily limit 10.
    • Yellow perchYear-round
      No min. size. Daily limit 25.
    • Other game fishYear-round
      Statewide min. size/daily limit for lakes, ponds, and reservoirs apply.
    above Grant County Rd. 7 and all tributaries except Goose Creek in the city of Wilbur
    • All game fishYear-round
      Statewide min. size/daily limit.

    Statewide base layerParsed

    These defaults apply where the rules above do not modify them.

    Season
    Saturday before Memorial Day through Oct. 31Statewide
    Gear
    One line, up to 3 hooks; barbed or barbless; single, double, or treble hooks allowedStatewide
    Bait
    Allowed. Chumming prohibited unless a water's special rules permit itStatewide
    Poles
    1 pole. A two-pole endorsement covers lakes and ponds only.Statewide

    Where the verbatim rules above name a species, season, or limit, they replace the rows below. Each row is tagged with the layer it comes from.

    SpeciesDaily limitSize
    Trout
    		2min. 8"Statewide
    Steelhead
    Release all wild steelhead.
    		2min. 20"Statewide
    Whitefish
    		15-Statewide
    Bass (largemouth and smallmouth)
    No size restriction or daily limit in rivers, streams, and beaver ponds.
    		No limit-Statewide
    Walleye
    No size restriction in rivers and streams.
    		No limit-Statewide
    Channel catfish
    No min. size in rivers and streams.
    		No limit-Statewide

    How this answer was assembled

    1. StatewideStatewide river rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
    2. This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
    3. Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.

    Where this section begins and ends

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    The drawn shape is the named water, matched from the official list against OpenStreetMap and accepted only because the name resolved to a single feature in this water's county.

    • mouth(mouth terminus (adjacent named water))
    • Morgan Lake Rd. in Sec. 36(lake: not found near line)
    • O’Sullivan Dam(dam: not found near line)
    • the confluence of the Moses Lake outlets(lake: not found near line)
    • Sand Dunes Rd. including tributaries(road: not found near line)
    • the fountain buoy and shoreline markers of 150’ down stream of the Alder Street fill(road: not found near line)
    • Grant County Rd. 7 NE(road: not found near line)

    0 of 5 stretch boundaries resolved to points on the line. Landmark pins are approximate where the law names a landmark; confirm posted boundaries at the water. Unresolved ends stay open rather than guessed.

    Season at a glanceDerived

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    Sampled mid-month from the dated rows; short windows can slip between samples. The rows above are authoritative.

    At the water nowContext

    Overnight
    31°F
    Widespread Frost
    Wind 5 mph · 2% precip
    Tuesday
    62°F
    Widespread Frost then Sunny
    Wind 5 to 8 mph · 3% precip
    Tuesday Night
    33°F
    Partly Cloudy then Areas Of Frost
    Wind 5 mph · 3% precip

    Streamflow: 1.49 cfs at crab creek at irby, wa (2026-10-13 05:30)

    Forecast: National Weather Service. Flow: nearest active USGS gauge in this water's area, which may sit on a different reach. Conditions are context, not rules.

    What are you fishing for here?Advice

    Pick from the species named in Crab Creek's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.

    You also need (Washington)

    • Fishing license. Everyone age 16 and older needs a fishing license. Under 16 fishes license-free.
    • Catch record card. Required for salmon, steelhead, sturgeon, and halibut, at every age including under 16. Electronic catch record cards are available in the MyWDFW and Fish Washington apps. Where a water's pamphlet entry shows a CRC code, record your catch against it.
    • Two-pole endorsement. Lets you fish a second pole on most lakes, but only where the water's rules honor it. Lake Washington, for example, does not.
    • Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement. Required for salmon and steelhead fishing on listed Columbia basin waters (ages 15 and older). The pamphlet entry says so where it applies, for example the lower Yakima River.

    Checked against WDFW fishing licenses and catch record cards on July 2, 2026.

    Receipts

    Statewide rules
    Statewide
    2026-27 WA Sport Fishing Rules - statewide freshwater rules & species rules (rivers)
    Checked against this official source on July 2, 2026.
    Special rules - Crab Creek
    This water
    2026-27 WA Sport Fishing Rules - columbia basin rivers special rules, a c
    Checked against this official source on July 7, 2026.
    These rules matched the official source when we last checked (July 3, 2026). If a future check ever disagrees, this page gets flagged automatically. How we check our data

    Local services near Crab Creek

    Tackle shops, guides, and boat launches that serve this water will appear here - a separate lane below the rules, so a local business can reach you without ever getting between you and the regulation.

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