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Free Fishing Weekend (OR & WA) Anglers can fish for free in Oregon and Washington one weekend each year. Since the late 1980s, thousands of Washingtonians have gone fishing – legally – without a license. How? By taking advantage of Free Fishing Weekend, typically scheduled for one weekend in May or early June. Contact your state fish and wildlife office for more information. During those two days, no license is required to fish or gather shellfish in any waters open to fishing in Washington state. Also, no vehicle use permit will be required during Free Fishing Weekend to park at any of the 500 water-access sites maintained by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). Free Fishing Weekend is a great time to revive an old hobby or to introduce friends and family to fishing, and adults can introduce kids to fishing on a wide variety of waters around the state. While no licenses are required on Free Fishing Weekend in Oregon or Washington other rules such as size limits, bag limits and closures will still be in effect. Anglers are required to complete a catch record card for any salmon, steelhead, sturgeon, halibut and Dungeness crab they catch. Catch record cards are available free (during free fishing weekend) at hundreds sporting goods store and other license dealers throughout Washington. In Oregon anglers are are not required to get a catch record card, but if they already have one they must record their catch. See http://wdfw.wa.gov/lic/vendors/vendors.htm on the WDFW website to locate a license dealer near you. Trout is the biggest attraction for those who take advantage of the two-day license waiver. But those who participate each year has a number of other options including: · Bass, crappie, perch and other warmwater fish biting in lakes · Shad, sturgeon and hatchery steelhead on the Columbia River · Chinook salmon in several Columbia River tributaries and inland streams · Halibut in Puget Sound and any areas remaining open off the coast · Lingcod and rockfish off the Oregon and Washington coasts and in areas of Puget Sound · Crab and other shellfish in a number of bays and in the ocean For more information on these and other fishing options, check the WDFW’s Fishing in Washington rules pamphlet, available online (https://fortress.wa.gov/dfw/erules/efishrules/index.jsp). Updates on fishing seasons are also available by calling the WDFW Fishing Hotline (360-902-2500) and the Shellfish Hotline (866-880-5431). In Oregon visit http://www.dfw.state.or.us/free_fishing/
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