Current Salmon Regulations

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

Open 7 days a week

CLOSE: 4:00pm Tuesday, October 28, 2025

 

7C (Samish Bay)

CLOSED

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

 

Nooksack River (77B)

Open weekly from 12:00 pm (noon) Sunday to 11:59 pm Saturday

CLOSE: 4:00pm Tuesday, October 28, 2025

 

7A (Neptune Beach)

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

CLOSE: 4:00pm Wednesday, October 8, 2025

 

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. Fishing in the on-reservation portion of 7A, off Neptune Beach south of Slater Road, is by permit only.
4. The on reservation fishery must have one end of the net on the beach.
5. If a marine mammal is harmed in order to protect gear or catch, activity must be reported to LNR enforcement at 815-4175
6. All take home fish must be reported on a fish ticket. 
7. 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. 
8. All provisions of Title 10 apply.