Marine Area 1 - Ilwaco

BOTTOMFISH

Check the WDFW website at wdfw.wa.gov or call (360) 902-2700 in January 2017 for potential updates.

Year-round season. Daily limit is 12 BOTTOMFISH (see definition) regardless of species, subject to individual limits and seasons shown below. No BOTTOMFISH (except SABLEFISH, PACIFIC COD, and all flatfish species) may be landed in Marine Area 1 if a HALIBUT is onboard from May 1-Sept. 30 except during the Nearshore HALIBUT Fishery (see below).

Control Zone 1: An area at the Columbia River mouth bounded on the west by a line running northeast/southwest between the red lighted Buoy #4 (46°13.58'N/124°06.83'W) and the green lighted Buoy #7 (46°15.15'N/124°06.27'W); on the east by the Buoy #10 line which bears north/south at 357° true from the south jetty at 46°14'N/124°03.12'W to its intersection with the north jetty; on the north by a line running northeast/southwest between the green lighted Buoy #7 to the tip of the north jetty (46°14.8'N/124°05.33'W), and then along the north jetty to the point of intersection with the Buoy #10 line; and on the south by a line running northeast/south- west between the red lighted Buoy #4 and the tip of the south jetty 46°14.05'N/124°04.08'W), and then along the south jetty to the point of intersection with the Buoy #10 line, is CLOSED to fishing for SALMON at all times except open to fishing from the north jetty when adjacent waters north of the Control Zone are open to fishing for SALMON or the Buoy 10 fishery is open.

Buoy 10 season: See Columbia River listing in Eastside Rivers-Special Rules section.

Buoy 10 Line: Defined as a true north and south line projected through Buoy 10, which marks the channel leading into the Columbia River at its mouth (a line from the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center atop Cape Disappointment Rock through Buoy 10 to the south jetty).

Columbia River North Jetty: fishing for SALMON and STEELHEAD is open 7 days a week when Marine Area 1 or Buoy 10 areas are open for SALMON. The daily limit and minimum size restrictions follow the most liberal regulations of either of these areas. Single-point barbless hooks required for SALMON and STEELHEAD. A saltwater or combination license is required to fish the north jetty.

Reciprocity Rules: When angling from a boat in the concurrent waters of the Columbia River or the Pacific Ocean within 3 miles of shore between Cape Falcon, Oregon, and Leadbetter Point, Washington, either a Washington or an Oregon fishing license is valid.

Nearshore HALIBUT Fishery: BOTTOMFISH may be retained with HALIBUT on board in the Nearshore HALIBUT Fishery ONLY. The nearshore area is defined as waters shoreward of 46°38.17'N. latitude 124°15.88'W. Lon., to the WA/OR border at 46°16.00'N Lat., 124°15.88'W Lon., then connecting to the 40 fathom depth contour in Oregon.

Check the WDFW website at: wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/creel/halibut or call (360) 902-2700 for information on PACIFIC HALIBUT seasons and regulations.