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Spokane River

The rule for this water, with the receipt.

Regulated stretches: see the pamphlet rules below

Spokane 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.

from Nine Mile Dam upstream to the Idaho/Washington state line
  • All species
    Selective gear rules.
  • TroutSat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
    No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release all trout other than hatchery rainbow trout.
  • Other game fishSat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 15
    Catch-and-release.

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 stretch 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.

  • Nine Mile Dam(dam: nine mile dam)
  • the Idaho/Washington state line(no geocodable landmark class)

0 of 1 stretch boundaries resolved to points on the line (failed). 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
55°F
Areas Of Smoke
Wind 3 mph · 0% precip
Wednesday
90°F
Haze then Sunny
Wind 2 to 6 mph · 0% precip
Wednesday Night
56°F
Mostly Clear
Wind 0 to 5 mph · 0% precip

Streamflow: 932 cfs at spokane river below n greene st at spokane, wa (2026-07-29 01:00)

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 Spokane River'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 - Spokane River
This water
2026-27 WA Sport Fishing Rules - columbia basin rivers special rules, o s
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 Spokane River

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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