{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-77.08.020","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 77.08.020","heading":"\"Game fish\" defined.","body":"(1) As used in this title or rules of the commission, \"game fish\" means those species of the class Osteichthyes that shall not be fished for except as authorized by rule of the commission and includes:\nScientific Name\nCommon Name\nAmbloplites rupestris\nrock bass\nCoregonus clupeaformis\nlake white fish\nIctalurus furcatus\nblue catfish\nIctalurus melas\nblack bullhead\nIctalurus natalis\nyellow bullhead\nIctalurus nebulosus\nbrown bullhead\nIctalurus punctatus\nchannel catfish\nLepomis cyanellus\ngreen sunfish\nLepomis gibbosus\npumpkinseed\nLepomis gulosus\nwarmouth\nLepomis macrochirus\nbluegill\nLota lota\nburbot or freshwater ling\nMicropterus dolomieui\nsmallmouth bass\nMicropterus salmoides\nlargemouth bass\nOncorhynchus nerka (in its landlocked form)\nkokanee or silver trout\nPerca flavescens\nyellow perch\nPomixis annularis\nwhite crappie\nPomixis nigromaculatus\nblack crappie\nProsopium williamsoni\nmountain white fish\nOncorhynchus aquabonita\ngolden trout\nOncorhynchus clarkii\ncutthroat trout\nOncorhynchus mykiss\nrainbow or steelhead trout\nSalmo salar (in its landlocked form)\nAtlantic salmon\nSalmo trutta\nbrown trout\nSalvelinus fontinalis\neastern brook trout\nSalvelinus malma\nDolly Varden trout\nSalvelinus namaycush\nlake trout\nStizostedion vitreum\nWalleye\nThymallus articus\narctic grayling\n(2) Private sector cultured aquatic products as defined in RCW 15.85.020 are not game fish.","path":["Title 77","Chapter 77.08"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=77.08.020","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T04:14:45Z","sha256":"9caa7a4e7c32583ba110678ea9a85cfc57c32e9eb0df9590fefa1ebda5a4846f","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-77.08.010","next":"us-wa/rcw-77.08.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}