Chinook Salmon (2025)

Bellingham Bay (7B) and Lummi Bay (7D)

OPEN: 12:01am Friday, August 1, 2025

CLOSE: 4:00pm Friday, September 5, 2025

Open weekly from 4:00pm Sunday to 4:00pm Friday

 

77H Outside (Whatcom Waterway to Roeder Ave. bridge; CLICK TO SEE MAP)

OPEN: 12:01am Friday, August 1, 2025

CLOSE: 4:00pm Friday, October 3, 2025

Open weekly from 4:00pm Sunday to 4:00pm Friday

 

77H Inside (Roeder Ave. bridge to footbridge crossing downstream of Dupont St.; CLICK TO SEE MAP)

OPEN: 12:01am Friday, August 1, 2025

CLOSE: 4:00pm Friday, October 3, 2025

Open weekly from 12:01am Monday to 4:00pm Friday

 

7C (Samish Bay)

OPEN: 12:01am Friday, August 1, 2025

CLOSE: 4:00pm Saturday, September 27, 2025

Open weekly from 4:00pm Sunday to 4:00pm Saturday

(see restrictions below)

 

Nooksack River (77B)

OPEN: 12:01am Friday, August 1, 2025

CLOSE: 4:00pm Saturday, September 6, 2025

Open weekly from 4:00pm Sunday to 4:00pm Saturday

 

Restrictions

1. Nooksack River is closed above the Slater Road Bridge.
2. Samish Bay and River are closed south and east of a line from Oyster Creek to the fish management marker on Samish Island, except that hand pull gill nets may fish north of a line from Oyster Creek to Scott's Point on Samish Island. Additionally, Samish Bay is open south of a line from Scott’s Point to a point east of themouth of Edison Slough north of the end of Key Ave. Fishing is closedbeyond a line across the Samish River where the river first significantlynarrows, approximately 1,000 ft. upriver of the mouth, and is closed to fishingbeyond the mouth of Edison Slough.
3. If a marine mammal is harmed in order to protect gear or catch, activity must be reported to LNR enforcement at 815-4175
4. All take home fish must be reported on a fish ticket. 
5. Fishers must cooperate with Lummi catch samplers to provide access to fish for CWT, tissue, adipose fin and otolith sampling as requested. Fisher must contract LNR at312-2321 to have their fish sampled. 
6. All provisions of Title 10 apply.

For more information click the regulation below.

2025 Samish Bay Hand-pull Fishing Area Map

Expanded 7C Open Area

Samish Bay and River are closed south and east of a line from Oyster Creek to the fish management marker on Samish Island, except that hand pull gill nets may fish north of a line from Oyster Creek to Scott's Point on Samish Island. Additionally, Samish Bay is open south of a line from Scott’s Point to a point east of the mouth of Edison Slough north of the end of Key Ave. Fishing is closed beyond a line across the Samish River where the river first significantly narrows, approximately 1,000 ft. upriver of the mouth, and is closed to fishing beyond the mouth of Edison Slough.