SESKStuff Everyone Should Know
SESK: Stuff Everyone Should Know · sesk.info/fish-crab-record-card

Puget Sound crabbers hold a crab catch record card. When must they report?

Always, even if no crab were caught.

Start playing free

  1. Only if they kept crab
  2. Only if they caught over the limit
  3. After the season, even if they caught no crab ✔

Why: Washington requires the card to be reported after the season regardless of whether any crab were caught. Missing the report adds a $10 penalty on next year's license.

Huh, didn't know that: Summer cards can be reported online from the day after Labor Day through Oct. 1.

The dad joke
How does the ocean get its news? By following current events.
Like this card?
Play the game

References

Answer: After the season, even if they caught no crab. Washington requires the card to be reported after the season regardless of whether any crab were caught. Missing the report adds a $10 penalty on next year's license.

  1. WDFW Crab seasons and areas wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/shellfishing-regulations/crab
    they will be assessed a $10 penalty with the following year's license purchase.
    Checked 2026-10-10.
  2. WDFW Crab seasons and areas wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/shellfishing-regulations/crab
    Winter Catch Record Cards can only be entered online from Jan. 1 through Feb. 1 of each year.
    Checked 2026-10-10.

Think this answer is wrong? Tap "Challenge this answer" on the card in the game and tell us why.

Test yourself in the game

FishingIn Puget Sound, who needs a Dungeness crab endorsement and catch record card?FishingIs a crab catch record card required on Washington's coast?FishingIn Puget Sound, what must you do with a female Dungeness crab you catch?

That's stuff everyone should know.