Auburn is one of the state’s best salmon and steelhead fishing areas. Children can have fun fishing too at Mill Pond and everyone will find the tours of Soos Creek Salmon Hatchery fascinating.

Public access along the Green and White Rivers

Mill Pond (fishing for children), 600 Oravetz Road

Soos Creek Salmon Hatchery, Auburn-Black Diamond Road, 253-931-3950, see www.wa.gov/wdfw/hat/hat-main.htm
The Soos Creek State Fish Hatchery (SFH) has been in continuous operation since 1901. Adult chinook and coho are captured for on and off-season releases. The SFH produces approximately 3.2 million fall chinook sub-yearlings and 6000,000 coho yearlings (Kerwin and Nelson 2000). The hatchery is open daily from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Auburn Fish and Marine’s, 810 Auburn Way N., Auburn, 98002, www.auburnsportsmarineinc.com 253-833-1440