Fish Washington3.5.0 - App Store

Sport Fishing Regulations

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is excited to announce a new sport fishing regulations mobile application for Washington state!

Use this mobile app to access current Washington Sport Fishing Rules and emergency fishing rule changes. This free app is designed to convey up-to-the-minute fishing regulations for every lake, river, stream and marine area in the state.

New features for 2026 include: 

Log your catches-even off the grid
Track your salmon, steelhead, halibut, sturgeon, and crab catches-online or offline.

Check and display your license privileges
Secure your licenses and know exactly what you're eligible for-anytime, anywhere.

Fish Washington also now includes:

Emergency regulation delivery.

Map upgrades:

New iconography for restrictions and water body features.

New base maps to improve the user experience.

Interactive mapping to help anglers find fishing opportunities near them.

Location-enabled United States Geological Service (USGS) river gauges.

Full water body name and description or portion to emergency regulation cards.

NOAA tidal predictions for marine water bodies and lower Columbia River.

Details on harvest limits and allowable gear for fishable species in each body of water.

Access to the WDFW website and instructional videos designed to convey when, where, and how to fish in Washington.

Locations of boat launches and other fishing access points.

Ability to add waypoints on maps, and report poaching in progress.

Downloadable updates and offline capacity designed for those who may not have cell service in remote areas or on the water.

Washington state offers anglers some of the most diverse fishing opportunities available anywhere in the world. In a single weekend, you can dig for clams, troll for salmon, drop a pot for Dungeness crab, fly fish for steelhead, trout or bass, jig for halibut or rockfish, and bait fish for catfish, tuna, lingcod, or sturgeon. Maintaining this variety of fishing opportunities necessitates correspondingly diverse ― and sometimes complex ― fishing regulations.

To make these regulations easier to understand, WDFW developed the Fish Washington mobile app. Refer to our website for more information.

Version History iOS 27 support
Bug fixes 3.5.0 Sep 25 Waypoint updates
Map layer UI updates
Adds fishing opportunity filter
Adds Canadian Trip Reporting
Bug fixes 3.4.0 Sep 14 Bug Fixes 3.3.0 Aug 27 Updates to USGS API
Bug fixes 3.2.0 Aug 20 Updates to map library
Performance and stability enhancements
Fixes issue with map not loading on slow connections
Fixes blank screen issue on sync
Fixes eCRC sign in race condition
Enhancements to tides feature, adding current data
Adds Weather and Solunar tools
Adds local logging feature
Adds numerous error, warning and information analytics 3.1.0 Jul 29 Bug fixes 3.0.2 Jan 30 Adds support for Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement
Bug-fixes 3.0.1 Jan 28 Adds electronic license and catch reporting feature
Bug-fixes 3.0.0 12/03/2025 * Fixes rules display related to 2-pole fishing. 2.0.9 10/14/2025 Fix for updating trout derby and other layers
Updated dependencies 2.0.8 05/02/2025 Adds marine layer selection to regulations map bottom drawer
Fix for regulation sync failure caused by hidden metadata files in zip files. 2.0.6 04/17/2025 Performance improvements. Adds fuzzy search for water bodies. 2.0.5 02/19/2025 Adds 2024 Trout Derby information! 2.0.2 06/05/2024 A complete rewrite of the Fish Washington app!
* Improved performance and smaller data downloads.
* New base maps & iconography to improve user experience.
* Adds NOAA tidal predictions for marine waters and a portion of the Columbia River; requires a data connection.
* Adds river gauges from multiple data providers; data varies by gauge and requires a data connection. 2.0.1 04/22/2024 A complete rewrite of the Fish Washington app!
* Improved performance and smaller data downloads.
* New base maps & iconography to improve user experience.
* Adds NOAA tidal predictions for marine waters and a portion of the Columbia River; requires a data connection.
* Adds river gauges from multiple data providers; data varies by gauge and requires a data connection. 2.0.0 04/09/2024 Fix for corrupted map database file 1.0.58 05/18/2022 Fix for emergency regulation expiration date display/visibility 1.0.57 05/06/2022 Bug fix for search file not updating properly 1.0.56 04/02/2022 Bug fix for feature search 1.0.55 03/26/2022 - Fix for water body search
- Fix for unintended clipboard access by third-party library
- Stability and performance enhancements 1.0.54 03/23/2022 Fix for crab layers not showing for mouth of Columbia River 1.0.52 05/14/2021 Fix for orphaned downloads causing sync to never finish 1.0.51 02/05/2021 Fix for feedback submission
Emphasized trespassing warning for statewide lakes 1.0.50 09/30/2020 Gets COVID-19 message dynamically, for updating by WDFW staff
Support for re-opening fisheries after Stay Home order lifted, without further releases 1.0.49 04/18/2020 Fix for urgent message pop-up not showing at launch 1.0.48 03/28/2020