Puget Sound Salmon fishing seasons for 2005-2006

All Star Fishing Charters

Season are from May 1, 2005 to April 30, 2006

We concentrate our fishing in These marine areas

The 2005 Puget Sound salmon fishing package includes some expanded fishing opportunities.

• A new selective hatchery winter blackmouth fishery in marine areas 8-1 and 8-2 (Deception Pass to Port Gardner)
• an expanded sport fishing season for Chinook salmon in Elliott Bay.
• A larger, "bonus bag limit" for pink salmon in several marine and freshwater salmon fisheries.

Marine Area 8-1 (Deception Pass, Hope Island, and Skagit Bay):

May 1-July 31: Closed to salmon angling.

Aug. 1-Sept. 30: Two fish limit, release Chinook, plus two additional pink.

Oct. 1-April 30: Two fish limit, Chinook 22-inch minimum size, release wild Chinook.

Marine Area 8-2 (Port Susan and Port Gardner):

May 1-July 31: Closed to salmon angling.

Aug. 1-Sept. 30: Two fish limit, plus two additional pink, release Chinook. Area north of a line from Camano Head to the boundary marker approximately 1.4 miles northwest of Hermosa Point; closed to all salmon fishing Aug. 1-Aug. 31 and release pink Sept. 1-Sept. 30.

Oct. 1-April 30: Two fish limit, Chinook 22-inch minimum size, release wild Chinook.

Tulalip Special Area Recreational Fishery:

Same as Area 8-2, except during the period June 3 through Sept. 26. Open 12:01 a.m. Friday - 11:59 a.m. Monday of each week. Open within Tulalip Special Area boundaries only. Closed east of the line from Mission Point to Hermosa Point. Two fish daily limit. Minimum size for Chinook is 22 inches.

Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet):

May 1-July 31: Closed

Aug. 1-Sept. 30: Two fish daily limit, plus two additional pink, Chinook and chum release.

Oct. 1-Oct. 31: Two fish daily limit, release Chinook.

Nov. 1-30: Two fish daily limit, only one of which may be a Chinook. Minimum size for Chinook is 22 inches.

Dec. 1-Jan. 31: Closed.

Edmonds Pier: Open year-round with a two fish daily limit, only one of which one may be a Chinook. Minimum size for Chinook is 22 inches. Chum must be released Aug. 1-Sept. 30.

Marine Area 10 (Seattle-Bremerton):

May 1-June 15: Closed

June 16-June 30: Catch and release in waters north of Meadow Point / Point Monroe line.

July 1-Sept. 30: Two fish daily limit, plus two additional pink, Chinook release, chum release Aug. 1 to Sept. 15; Shilshole Bay (east of Meadow Point/West Point line) closed July 1- Aug. 31; Outer Elliott Bay (east of West Point to Alki Point line to Pier 91/Duwamish Head line) closed to salmon angling July 1-Aug. 23. Inner Elliott Bay (east of Pier 91/Duwamish Head line) closed to salmon angling July 1-Aug. 23 except for indicated openings identified in "Inner Elliott Bay" section below. Elliott Bay fishing piers open; see below.

Special gear restrictions in Duwamish Waterways area when open.

See Sinclair Inlet Recreational section below for Chinook retention fishery.

Oct. 1-Oct. 15: Two fish daily limit, release Chinook.

Oct. 16-Nov. 30: Two fish daily limit, only one of which may be a Chinook. Minimum size for Chinook is 22 inches.

Dec. 1-Jan. 31: One fish daily limit. Minimum size for Chinook is 22 inches; Agate Pass closure beginning Jan. 1.

Feb. 1-April 30: Closed.

Inner Elliott Bay: July 8-Aug. 22: Open east of Pier 91/Duwamish Head line, weekly, 12:01 a.m. Friday to 11:59 p.m. Monday, 7/8-8/22, except closed after 11:59 a.m. on 8/22. Two fish daily limit, plus two additional pink. Minimum size for Chinook is 22 inches. Release chum Aug. 1-Sept. 22. Special gear restrictions in Duwamish waterways area when open. Aug. 24-April 30: Same regulations as Marine Area 10.

Sinclair Inlet: May 1-June 30: Same regulations as Marine Area 10. July 1-Sept. 30: Open south of Manette Bridge, south of line drawn true west from Battle Point and west of line south from Point White, two fish limit. Minimum size for Chinook is 22 inches. Release chum Aug. 1-Sept. 15. Same regulations as Area 10 from Oct. 1 to April 30.

Area 10 Piers: Seacrest Pier, Pier 86, Waterman Pier, Bremerton Boardwalk, Illahee State Park Pier: Open year-round with a two-fish daily limit, only one of which may be a Chinook. Minimum size for Chinook is 22 inches. Release all chum Aug. 1-Sept. 15.