Section 220-352-245 - Reporting required of licensed food fish, game fish and combination fishing guides(1) Licensed food fish, game fish and combination fishing guides shall maintain a daily logbook of guiding activity to include:(a) Guide name and license No. for the guide leading the trip;(b) Date that fishing took place. For multiday trips, each day is considered a separate trip;(c) Specific name of river, stream, or lake fished;(d) Site code of site fished as referenced within a list provided to each guide. If multiple sites are fished on the same day, each site is considered a separate trip;(e) Client, "comped angler" and crew current fishing license number (wild ID No.) for each person on board if required to have a license or catch record card. A comped angler is an angler that fishes without charge;(f) Indicate if person was a crew member or if angler was "comped";(g) Species kept or released. For salmon and steelhead specify origin (hatchery, wild) and life stage (adult, jack).(2) Every daily logbook entry must be started before fishing activity begins by entering guide name, license number, date, and waterbody the trip initiated from.(3) Report of daily guiding activity shall be made using the department's paper logbook or mobile reporting application. Trips reported using the paper logbook for activity that occurred between the first day of the calendar month and the 15th day of the calendar month must be postmarked and mailed to the department by the 28th day of the same calendar month. Trips reported using the paper logbook for activity that occurred between the 16th day of the calendar month and the last day of the calendar month must be postmarked and mailed to the department by the 14th day of the calendar month immediately following. Reports logged using the mobile application must be finalized or submitted at the end of the guided trip before leaving the site.(4) Each day of fishing will be required to be recorded in the logbook. This includes any personal use or nonguided fishing trips that occur. Only guide name, license number, and date are required for nonguided fishing trips.(5) Information collected under this section may be exempt from public disclosure to the extent provided under RCW 42.56.430.(6) Failure to report any guiding activity listed in subsections (1) through (4) of this section is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160.(7) A fishing guide, or person under the control or direction of a fishing guide, that submits false information is guilty of a gross misdemeanor, punishable under RCW 77.15.270.Wash. Admin. Code § 220-352-245
Adopted by WSR 19-17-010, Filed 8/9/2019, effective 1/1/2020Amended by WSR 23-07-055, Filed 3/9/2023, effective 4/9/2023