River · Clallam, Washington
Elwha River
At a glance
Who lives here
- Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytschaStocked · 2026 · Fish stocking: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fish Plants (data.wa.gov)
- Coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutchStocked · 2025 · Fish stocking: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fish Plants (data.wa.gov)
Not listed doesn't mean no fish.
Stocking
| Year | Species | Stage | Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2026 | Chinook Salmon | Yearling | 98,000 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Chinook Salmon | Yearling | 97,000 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | Chinook Salmon | Zero | 996,947 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | Chinook Salmon | Zero | 96,035 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | Chinook Salmon | Zero | 102,018 |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Coho Salmon | Fry | 1,059 |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Chinook Salmon | Yearling | 94,000 |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Chinook Salmon | Yearling | 99,000 |
| Jun 3, 2024 | Chinook Salmon | Zero | 194,903 |
| Jun 3, 2024 | Chinook Salmon | Zero | 924,697 |
| Apr 1, 2024 | Chinook Salmon | Yearling | 87,500 |
| Apr 1, 2024 | Chinook Salmon | Yearling | 95,500 |
| Jun 5, 2023 | Chinook Salmon | Zero | 1,600,510 |
| Jun 5, 2023 | Chinook Salmon | Zero | 201,490 |
| Apr 3, 2023 | Chinook Salmon | Yearling | 91,899 |
| Apr 3, 2023 | Chinook Salmon | Yearling | 101,101 |
| Jun 6, 2022 | Chinook Salmon | Zero | 1,141,200 |
| Jun 6, 2022 | Chinook Salmon | Zero | 251,120 |
| Jun 6, 2022 | Chinook Salmon | Zero | 9,680 |
| Jun 1, 2022 | Chinook Salmon | Zero | 1,004 |
As the agency publishes it. Newest first: 20 of 86.
Getting on the water
- Elwha RiverShore access · Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Listed by public agencies. A listed site doesn't make the water or its shore open to fishing: when in doubt, it's unknown. Check signs and local rules.
The rules
Summary, not the law. Check the official regulations before you fish.
HuntGrid has no rules for this water yet.
Official regulations: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
What's biting
Not enough anglers have shared catches here lately. A species shows for a week once at least 5 anglers share catches of it.
From anglers who chose to share their catches in HuntGrid Fishing, each counted once, counts rounded to the nearest 5, published 3 days after the week ends and never changed. Never a spot, time or name.
About this page
Sources and licences:
- U.S. Geological Survey, National Hydrography Dataset Plus High Resolution (NHDPlus HR); U.S. Census Bureau, TIGER/Line® Shapefiles 2025: counties and states · Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. §105)
- Fish stocking: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fish Plants (data.wa.gov) · No licence stated (US government data; owner approved 2026-10-17): data.wa.gov dataset 6fex-3r7d (WDFW-Fish Plants, read 2026-10-19) states no licence, and the portal's terms links are dead; wdfw.wa.gov's footer "All rights reserved" is the website's own (owner ruling 2026-10-17). Credit the agency; remove if asked.
- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife · No licence stated (US government data; owner approved 2026-10-17)
- GEBCO Compilation Group (2026) GEBCO 2026 Grid (approximate ocean depth) · Public domain (GEBCO terms of use: "The GEBCO Grid is placed in the public domain and may be used free of charge"; copy, publish, adapt and commercially exploit, acknowledging the source)
The outline is drawn from the official water data credited above, without a basemap. These pages show no angler's catches, spots or tracks.