We changed a bunch of our lakes from Opening Day to year around, much to the happiness of anglers. We still see an influx at some of these waters on Opening Day and we still plant these year round waters with fish prior to Opening Day.

We also do creel checks. Most of our closures are due to fingerling waters or park closures.

I think it depends on the individual lakes.

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WDFW - Inland Fish Program
Region 5
Southwest Washington