Can’t fish for pinks area 8-2?

[Kumacub]

I used to fish as a kid and I just got a license and regs. Isn’t this a pink year? Am I reading this wrong? Area 8-2 near mukilteo you have to release pinks?

[CP]

That's how it reads, release all pinks.

[metlhead]

I think your new license allows you to watch them swim past in the millions. Stay back 400yds and no flash photography I believe

[carlyoungs]

 

[OltHunter]

I always put the app ahead of anything else. I don't see the mention of pinks in there.

That would make zero sense for a near record run.

[Jake Dogfish]

The paper regs + emergency rules.  The app often wrong.

[Stein]

I think your new license allows you to watch them swim past in the millions. Stay back 400yds and no flash photography I believe

Don't forget to shut your motor off and for good measure tilt it up out of the water.   

I imagine the app will be updated before Aug 1 although WDFW advertises it is updated realtime.  They also advertise e-catch cards in 2024 or early 2025, so unfortunately to be safe you need to check multiple sources to be 100% sure.

[OltHunter]

The paper regs + emergency rules.  The app often wrong.

How can the paper regs be the source of truth with so many changes they push every other week?

https://www.eregulations.com/washington/fishing/marine-area-8

Even here, no mention of pink release.

Wouldn't this website hold up if a warden questions you?

[Jake Dogfish]

“Marine area 8-2 is open Aug 1st through Sept. 24 for non-selective coho only. There will be no pink salmon retention in Marine Area 8–2 due to a low forecasted pink salmon return to the Stillaguamish River.”
-Wdfw Medium

[spin05]

The App is a little off sometimes. Its getting updated on July 1st. So everything in there should be good after that