YAKIMA RIVER AT MABTON, WA
YAKIMA RIVER WA USGS
YAKIMA RIVER AT MABTON, WA (12508990) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the YAKIMA RIVER in WA, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 21 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 12508990
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- WA
- Coordinates
- 46.2312, -119.9995
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Fishing regulations
WA state-wide default defaultDefault area rules for fish in the public records above. A grey row means the release has no canonical regulation match for that species.
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Game fish Open · Harvest status unknown May 23 – Oct 31 Details
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May 23 – Oct 31
- Notes
- Statewide rule: rivers, streams and beaver ponds
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Bass No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Daily limit
- no limit
- Notes
- Statewide default — Rivers, streams and beaver ponds
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Bull trout / Dolly Varden No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Notes
- Closed statewide (all freshwater areas)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Bullfrogs No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Notes
- Statewide default
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Burbot (Freshwater Ling) No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Daily limit
- 5
- Notes
- Statewide default
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Channel Catfish No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Notes
- Statewide default — Rivers, streams and beaver ponds
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Char No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Notes
- Statewide default
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Common Carp No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Notes
- Statewide default
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Crappie, Northern Pikeminnow, Peamouth Chub, Perch, Suckers, Sunfish, Catfish (Except Channel), Rock Bass, Striped Bass No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Notes
- Statewide default
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Forage Fish No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Notes
- Statewide default
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Grass carp No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Notes
- Closed statewide (all freshwater areas)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Period not confirmed
- Notes
- Statewide default
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Green Sturgeon No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Notes
- Statewide default
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Kokanee No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Daily limit
- 10
- Notes
- Statewide default
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Lamprey No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Notes
- Statewide default
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Period not confirmed
- Notes
- Closed statewide (all freshwater areas)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Northern Pike No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Notes
- Statewide default
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Other Fish Not Classified as Game Fish or Food Fish No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Notes
- Statewide default
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Salmon No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Notes
- Closed statewide (all freshwater areas)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Period not confirmed
- Notes
- Statewide default
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Shad No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Notes
- Statewide default
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Steelhead No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Daily limit
- 2
- Size rule
- 20" minimum
- Notes
- Statewide default
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Tiger Muskellunge (Tiger Muskie) No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Daily limit
- 1
- Size rule
- 50" minimum
- Notes
- Statewide default
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Trout No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Daily limit
- 2
- Size rule
- 8" minimum
- Notes
- Statewide default — Rivers, streams and beaver ponds
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Walleye No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Daily limit
- no limit
- Notes
- Statewide default — Rivers, streams and beaver ponds
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Whitefish No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Daily limit
- 15
- Notes
- Statewide default
Official rule · retrieved Aug 3, 2026
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Effective Jan 1, 2026 – Sep 14, 2027 · evaluated for 2026-09-10 in America/Los_Angeles
Regulations shown are for reference only and may not reflect in-season changes. Always verify current regulations with the Washington State Recreational Fishing Regulations before fishing.
Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedYakima River At Mabton, WA has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 17030003 containing this station. The dataset includes 21 species with recorded observations.
Species include: chiselmouth (Acrocheilus alutaceus), longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus), bridgelip sucker (Catostomus columbianus), largescale sucker (Catostomus macrocheilus), mountain sucker (Catostomus platyrhynchus), and 16 others.
- Chiselmouth Acrocheilus alutaceus
- Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus
- Bridgelip Sucker Catostomus columbianus
- Largescale Sucker Catostomus macrocheilus
- Mountain Sucker Catostomus platyrhynchus
- Prickly Sculpin Cottus asper
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Paiute Sculpin Cottus beldingii
- Slimy Sculpin Cottus cognatus
- Torrent Sculpin Cottus rhotheus
- Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
- Mountain Whitefish Prosopium williamsoni
- Northern Pikeminnow Ptychocheilus oregonensis
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Speckled Dace Rhinichthys osculus
- Redside Shiner Richardsonius balteatus
- Bull Trout Salvelinus confluentus
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Sampled in this watershed
- Fish were sampled elsewhere in the same watershed — a provincial or federal survey nearby, not at the gauge itself.
- Records
- 21 species
- from 21 individual records
- Observed
- May 18, 1994 – Aug 16, 2011
- 8 dated records
Sources
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