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Roosevelt Lake

The rule for this water, with the receipt.

Regulated waters: see the pamphlet rules below

Stevens County · Lake · 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
CRC 549Little Dalles power line crossing upstream 1.7 miles to marked rock point
  • All speciesMar. 1-Fri. before Memorial Day (dates as written)
    CLOSED WATERS.
  • KokaneeSat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
    No min. size. Daily limit 6. Up to 2 with intact adipose fins may be retained.
  • TroutSat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
    Min. size 18". Daily limit 2.
  • WalleyeSat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
    Daily limit 16. No size restriction.
  • Other game fishSat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
    Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • SalmonSat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
    Salmon count toward trout daily limit. No catch record card required.
  • SturgeonDec. 1-Sept. 15
    Closed.
Out of season today
  • SturgeonSept. 16-Nov. 30 (out of season today)
    Daily limit 1. Min. size fork length 55". Max. size fork length 63". Anglers must cease fishing for the day after obtaining a daily limit and for the season after the annual limit has been taken.
Other reaches in this official entry
CRC 549from marked rock point 1.7 miles upstream of Little Dalles power line crossing to Northport power line crossing
  • KokaneeYear-round
    No min. size. Daily limit 6. Up to 2 with intact adipose fins may be retained.
  • TroutYear-round
    Min. size 18". Daily limit 2.
  • WalleyeYear-round
    Daily limit 16. No size restriction.
  • Other game fishYear-round
    Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • SalmonYear-round
    Salmon count toward trout daily limit. No catch record card required.
  • SturgeonDec. 1-Sept. 15
    Closed.
Out of season today
  • SturgeonSept. 16-Nov. 30 (out of season today)
    Daily limit 1. Min. size fork length 55". Max. size fork length 63". Anglers must cease fishing for the day after obtaining a daily limit and for the season after the annual limit has been taken.
CRC 549Northport power line crossing to most upstream point of Steamboat Rock
  • All speciesMar. 1-Fri. before Memorial Day (dates as written)
    CLOSED WATERS.
  • KokaneeSat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
    No min. size. Daily limit 6. Up to 2 with intact adipose fins may be retained.
  • TroutSat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
    Min. size 18". Daily limit 2.
  • WalleyeSat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
    Daily limit 16. No size restriction.
  • Other game fishSat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
    Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • SalmonSat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
    Salmon count toward trout daily limit. No catch record card required.
  • SturgeonDec. 1-Sept. 15
    Closed.
Out of season today
  • SturgeonSept. 16-Nov. 30 (out of season today)
    Daily limit 1. Min. size fork length 55". Max. size fork length 63". Anglers must cease fishing for the day after obtaining a daily limit and for the season after the annual limit has been taken.
CRC 549from most upstream point of Steamboat Rock to U.S. Canadian Border
  • KokaneeYear-round
    No min. size. Daily limit 6. No more than 2 with intact adipose fins may be retained.
  • TroutYear-round
    Min. size 18". Daily limit 2.
  • WalleyeYear-round
    Daily limit 16. No size restriction.
  • Other game fishYear-round
    Statewide min. size/daily limit.
  • SalmonYear-round
    Salmon count toward trout daily limit. No catch record card required.
  • SturgeonDec. 1-Sept. 15
    Closed.
Out of season today
  • SturgeonSept. 16-Nov. 30 (out of season today)
    Daily limit 1. Min. size fork length 55". Max. size fork length 63". Anglers must cease fishing for the day after obtaining a daily limit and for the season after the annual limit has been taken.

Statewide base layerParsed

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

Season
Open year-round (game fish; excludes Dolly Varden/bull trout and grass carp)Statewide
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, or 2 with a two-pole endorsement.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
No min. size (brown, cutthroat, rainbow, golden, tiger; grayling).
5-Statewide
Kokanee
No min. size.
10-Statewide
Steelhead
Release all wild steelhead.
2min. 20"Statewide
Largemouth bass
Only bass under 12" may be retained, except 1 over 17".
5-Statewide
Smallmouth bass
No min. size. Only 1 over 14" may be retained.
10-Statewide
Walleye
Only 1 over 22" may be retained.
8min. 12"Statewide
Channel catfish
No min. size.
5-Statewide
Yellow perch
No limit-Statewide
Crappie
No limit-Statewide
Whitefish
15-Statewide

How this answer was assembled

  1. StatewideStatewide lake 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 rule applies

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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.

Different sections of this water can have different rules. The exact section boundaries are not marked on the map yet; each rule above describes in plain words where it starts and ends, and that written description is the authoritative boundary. Map boundaries come water by water, never as a guess.

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
52°F
Areas Of Smoke
Wind 3 mph · 0% precip
Wednesday
74°F
Areas Of Smoke
Wind 1 to 7 mph · 0% precip
Wednesday Night
56°F
Patchy Smoke then Haze
Wind 2 to 6 mph · 0% precip

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 Roosevelt Lake'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.
  • On this water: record salmon and steelhead on your catch record card under code 549.

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 (lakes)
Checked against this official source on July 2, 2026.
Two-pole endorsement exception list
Statewide
WDFW Two-Pole Endorsement Exception list
Checked against this official source on July 20, 2026.
Special rules - Roosevelt Lake
This water
2026-27 WA Sport Fishing Rules - eastside lakes special rules, q z
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 Roosevelt Lake

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