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Puget Sound Fishing Report: Pinks, Cohos, and Chinook Abound - Tackle Tips and Hotspot Highlights
Published 8 months ago
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This is Artificial Lure with your Sunday Puget Sound fishing report for Seattle and surrounding waters. The sun came up at 6:27 this morning and we’re heading for a sunset at 7:50 tonight. Light winds and partly cloudy skies mean a prime day to be out on the salt and the lakes, with mild temps and barely any chop to worry about. The tides today are running low at 5:19 a.m. at 1.74 feet, high at 1:01 p.m. at just over 9 feet, a moderate low at 5:27 p.m., then topping out again around 10:30 tonight, so you’ll want to adjust your search zones according to the swings; early and late will find fish on the move.
According to Fish Hunt Northwest and the Outdoor Line crew, *pink salmon* fishing is “absolutely bonkers” right now—August is prime for the pinks, and they’re being found in big numbers throughout the main Sound from Everett down to Tacoma. Coho are showing up strong, with recent catches pushing double digits for weight, especially as the morning high slack gives way and the tide starts moving. Chinook action has been best around Marine Areas 11 and 13—commonly 25-to-50 feet on the downrigger—so get down and cover ground. In terms of numbers: boats are limiting on pinks, seeing plenty of coho, and some solid chinook up to 15 pounds have come over the rails since Friday.
For lures, folks are finding top marks on *Brads Skinny Mini’s matched with mini hoochies* in pink, chartreuse, and purple—these are devastating for both pinks and silvers. Mack’s Lure Wiggle Hoochies or standard Ace High flies in the classic pink UV work best. Trollers should run *cut-plug herring, anchovy, or herring strips* behind moon-jelly or green flashers. Spin anglers from shore are slaying pinks with pink Buzz Bombs or small pearl Rotators—switch to blue over silver to up your coho odds as the light rises.
If you’re targeting trout in the lakes, remember the WDFW 10th annual Statewide Trout Derby runs until Halloween—look for yellow-tagged rainbows in the local stocker lakes and bring in a prize with any tagged catch. PowerBait in chartreuse and orange or a simple worm on a slip sinker is getting bit.
Hot spots today:
- **Edmonds Oil Docks**: Pink salmon are piled up, especially right at high tide. The area’s been producing coho for troll and jig anglers alike.
- **Lincoln Park Beach (West Seattle)**: Morning bite for pinks and coho, shore jiggers are landing fish before the crowds kick up.
- **Tacoma Narrows Bridge**: Deeper water, higher tide, best for chinook and rockfish.
Crabbers are also seeing solid hauls—pots packed with Dungeness from Browns Point to Point Defiance on the ebb, but check your regs as season changes are coming fast.
With the solunar forecast calling for strong fish activity all day, this is a “can’t-miss” weekend. Best advice: bounce around with the changing tides, work the midwater columns on the high, stay mobile, and don’t sleep on it when the bite pops.
Thanks for tuning in—don’t forget to subscribe for more daily fishing intelligence. This has been a Quiet Please production. For more, check out quietplease dot ai.
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This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
This episode includes AI-generated content.
According to Fish Hunt Northwest and the Outdoor Line crew, *pink salmon* fishing is “absolutely bonkers” right now—August is prime for the pinks, and they’re being found in big numbers throughout the main Sound from Everett down to Tacoma. Coho are showing up strong, with recent catches pushing double digits for weight, especially as the morning high slack gives way and the tide starts moving. Chinook action has been best around Marine Areas 11 and 13—commonly 25-to-50 feet on the downrigger—so get down and cover ground. In terms of numbers: boats are limiting on pinks, seeing plenty of coho, and some solid chinook up to 15 pounds have come over the rails since Friday.
For lures, folks are finding top marks on *Brads Skinny Mini’s matched with mini hoochies* in pink, chartreuse, and purple—these are devastating for both pinks and silvers. Mack’s Lure Wiggle Hoochies or standard Ace High flies in the classic pink UV work best. Trollers should run *cut-plug herring, anchovy, or herring strips* behind moon-jelly or green flashers. Spin anglers from shore are slaying pinks with pink Buzz Bombs or small pearl Rotators—switch to blue over silver to up your coho odds as the light rises.
If you’re targeting trout in the lakes, remember the WDFW 10th annual Statewide Trout Derby runs until Halloween—look for yellow-tagged rainbows in the local stocker lakes and bring in a prize with any tagged catch. PowerBait in chartreuse and orange or a simple worm on a slip sinker is getting bit.
Hot spots today:
- **Edmonds Oil Docks**: Pink salmon are piled up, especially right at high tide. The area’s been producing coho for troll and jig anglers alike.
- **Lincoln Park Beach (West Seattle)**: Morning bite for pinks and coho, shore jiggers are landing fish before the crowds kick up.
- **Tacoma Narrows Bridge**: Deeper water, higher tide, best for chinook and rockfish.
Crabbers are also seeing solid hauls—pots packed with Dungeness from Browns Point to Point Defiance on the ebb, but check your regs as season changes are coming fast.
With the solunar forecast calling for strong fish activity all day, this is a “can’t-miss” weekend. Best advice: bounce around with the changing tides, work the midwater columns on the high, stay mobile, and don’t sleep on it when the bite pops.
Thanks for tuning in—don’t forget to subscribe for more daily fishing intelligence. This has been a Quiet Please production. For more, check out quietplease dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
This episode includes AI-generated content.