Wynoochee River

The rule for this water, with the receipt.

Specific sections have their own rules, listed below

Grays Harbor County · River · WA

Has its own special rules

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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 337from mouth to WDFW White Bridge access site

All speciesOct. 1-Nov. 30
Anti-snagging rule. Single-point barbless hooks required. Night closure.
TroutSat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
Other game fishSat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31
Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SalmonOct. 1-Oct. 31
Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 2 adults. Release adult Chinook.

Rules for other dates

All speciesJan. 1-Mar. 31 - does not apply today
Selective gear rules.
All speciesSept. 1-Sept. 30 - does not apply today
Selective gear rules.
TroutNov. 1-Mar. 31 - does not apply today
Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.
SalmonNov. 1-Dec. 31 - does not apply today
Min. size 12". Daily limit 6 including no more than 1 adult. Release Chinook.

Other reaches in this official entry

CRC 337from WDFW White Bridge access site to 7400 Line Bridge

All speciesSept. 16-Nov. 30
Bait prohibited. Single-point barbless hooks required.
TroutSat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
Other game fishSat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31
Statewide min. size/daily limit.

Rules for other dates

All speciesJan. 1-Mar. 31 - does not apply today
Selective gear rules.
All speciesAug. 16-Sept. 15 - does not apply today
Single-point barbless hooks required.
TroutNov. 1-Mar. 31 - does not apply today
Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.

CRC 337from 7400 Line Bridge to 400' downstream of barrier dam near Grisdale

All species
Selective gear rules.
TroutSat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
Other game fishSat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31
Statewide min. size/daily limit.

Rules for other dates

TroutNov. 1-Mar. 31 - does not apply today
Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.

400' downstream from barrier dam near Grisdale to the barrier dam

All species
CLOSED WATERS.

CRC 337from barrier dam near Grisdale to 400' downstream of Wynoochee Dam

All species
Selective gear rules.
TroutSat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
Other game fishSat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31
Statewide min. size/daily limit.

Rules for other dates

TroutNov. 1-Mar. 31 - does not apply today
Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.

from 400' downstream of Wynoochee Dam to Wynoochee dam

All species
CLOSED WATERS.

CRC 337upstream of Wynoochee reservoir to Wynoochee Falls

All species
Selective gear rules.
TroutSat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout: min. size 14".
Other game fishSat. before Memorial Day-Mar. 31
Statewide min. size/daily limit.

Rules for other dates

TroutNov. 1-Mar. 31 - does not apply today
Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Release cutthroat trout and wild rainbow trout.

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.

Species	Daily limit	Size
Trout	2	min. 8"	Statewide
Steelhead Release all wild steelhead.	2	min. 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

StatewideStatewide river rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
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))
WDFW White Bridge access site(road via register: unnamed)
7400 Line Bridge(road via register: unnamed)
400' downstream of barrier dam near Grisdale(dam: not found near line)
400' downstream from barrier dam near Grisdale(dam: not found near line)
the barrier dam(dam: not found near line)
barrier dam near Grisdale(dam: not found near line)
400' downstream of Wynoochee Dam(dam: wynoochee dam)
Wynoochee dam(dam: wynoochee dam)
upstream of Wynoochee reservoir(lake: not found near line)
Wynoochee Falls(falls: wynoochee falls)

1 of 7 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

42°F

Mostly Cloudy

Wind 0 mph · 7% precip

Tuesday

59°F

Partly Sunny

Wind 1 mph · 10% precip

Tuesday Night

48°F

Mostly Cloudy then Chance Light Rain

Wind 0 mph · 25% precip

Streamflow: 197 cfs at wynoochee river near grisdale, wa (2026-10-13 05:45)

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 Wynoochee 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.
On this water: record salmon and steelhead on your catch record card under code 337.

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 - Wynoochee River

This water

2026-27 WA Sport Fishing Rules - puget sound coastal rivers special rules, s 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

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