Hello all,

I will be moving from Wisconsin to beautiful Washington State in May of this year and I am trying to do my homework so that I can jump right into the fishing. I am interested in fishing some of the salmon that are running up the rivers as well as steelhead. I have been to the WDFW's homepage and downloaded the whole rules book. However, I am still confused on how to determine if a water is open and legal to fish for salmon. If you could tell me about trout too that would be great. I realize I have to keep an eye on the ever changing special rules waters section of WDFW page but I am unsure on how to tell if I can legally fish a stream. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks