Originally Posted By: Sebastes
Cheapskate,

Thanks for the note, I did not know they were no longer legal as bait. Where is it in the regs?

Things have changed so much in the 46 years I've lived in Washington, the regs have become so complicated it has taken some of the joy out of fishing.


yeah, its a bummer not being legal to harvest those worms for bait anymore. Plus, we need to wait 2 years until the next rule change cycle, if we want to try to remove/modify the prohibition

Here's the snippets from the 2010 regs:

"New for 2010: ... No Harvest of unclassifi ed Marine Invertebrates - We are
committed to conserving all marine life including species such as
sea stars, shore crab, and Pacifi c graceful crab. To protect these
resources, harvest is no longer permitted. You can still continue to
collect and remove relic shells, but you cannot remove oyster shells
from the beach."

See also page 132 of the regs that identifies some of the unclassified marine invertebrates that are illegal for harvest, including marine worms