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Coho Crush: Puget Sound Salmon Fishing Report for September 24, 2025
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Morning, anglers – Artificial Lure here, bringing you the boots-on-deck report for the heart of salmon country in and around Seattle’s Puget Sound, this Wednesday, September 24, 2025.
Tide’s the first word on everybody’s lips, and today it plays right into our hands. For much of the central Sound, we’re seeing an early morning high at 7:21 am around 8.6 feet, a solid midday low at 12:46 pm dropping to just over 4 feet, then another strong flood peaking around 6:29 pm at 9.4 feet according to Tideschart. These swings will set up shifty rips and feeding lanes as the baitfish stack up, ideal for pulling some aggressive coho close to the surface.
September on Puget Sound has gone absolutely coho-crazy, especially with the Salmon for Soldiers event bringing hundreds out to the Everett area the last couple days, and plenty of limits hit before noon. Anglers Unlimited recaps it best: “Coho fishing is on fire—solid 5–7 pounders, with 30% or so being plump hatchery fish, and the largest in years.” Pink salmon are done—no recent catches up north or south, so dial your setup for the silver torpedoes[Anglers Unlimited]. Washington Fish Reports backs this up with “got into a great coho bite this morning, done before noon,” and, “the bite continues to be strong” just about everywhere, especially early and late in the tide[Washington Fish Reports].
If you’re running gear today, the smart money’s on trolling white or chartreuse hoochies—Anglers Unlimited highlights white hoochies with a gold inlay, 25–30 inch leaders, and keep your spreads in the upper column, 70 feet and up. Silver spoons and smaller flashers are also knocking ‘em dead. For the meat and scent crew, herring plugs and anchovy strips behind a flasher will draw bites, especially as the tide builds. Don’t forget: running jigging setups deep, especially in Marine Area 11 or off Browns Point, has been the secret sauce for the few still picking up late Chinook, according to PNW BestLife.
Weather’s another gift: a cool, partly cloudy start, light north breeze at 5–10 knots in the afternoon, and waves under two feet. Layer up for the dawn run, then shed as it brightens—sunrise clocked in today at 7:00 am and you’ve got solid fishing light till just after 7:00 pm.
For hot spots:
- Possession Bar is producing “lights out” coho action, especially around the start of the outgoing.
- Eagle Point, up by Mukilteo, is still a late-season classic – look for surface boils and feeding birds.
- If you want to avoid the crowds, Open Bay and the waters around Browns Point in Tacoma are both putting up solid fish for those picking their tides.
- For beach anglers, try Edmonds pier during that flood, or Dash Point closer to Tacoma.
Bottom fishers and those after a mixed bag: Reports from charters still show limits on yellowtail rockfish and solid lingcod action on flounder down deep; try the steep drops around Alki and the north end of Vashon for a bonus tug.
In summary, September’s closing hard, bigger coho are everywhere, and hatcheries are producing some slabs. Whites and chartreuses are the ticket. Timing the tides is everything today – hit the incoming hard at sunrise, then take a shot at the late evening push if you can swing it.
Thanks for tuning in to the daily saltwater fix with Artificial Lure. Don’t forget to subscribe wherever you listen, and good luck out there!
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This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
This episode includes AI-generated content.
Tide’s the first word on everybody’s lips, and today it plays right into our hands. For much of the central Sound, we’re seeing an early morning high at 7:21 am around 8.6 feet, a solid midday low at 12:46 pm dropping to just over 4 feet, then another strong flood peaking around 6:29 pm at 9.4 feet according to Tideschart. These swings will set up shifty rips and feeding lanes as the baitfish stack up, ideal for pulling some aggressive coho close to the surface.
September on Puget Sound has gone absolutely coho-crazy, especially with the Salmon for Soldiers event bringing hundreds out to the Everett area the last couple days, and plenty of limits hit before noon. Anglers Unlimited recaps it best: “Coho fishing is on fire—solid 5–7 pounders, with 30% or so being plump hatchery fish, and the largest in years.” Pink salmon are done—no recent catches up north or south, so dial your setup for the silver torpedoes[Anglers Unlimited]. Washington Fish Reports backs this up with “got into a great coho bite this morning, done before noon,” and, “the bite continues to be strong” just about everywhere, especially early and late in the tide[Washington Fish Reports].
If you’re running gear today, the smart money’s on trolling white or chartreuse hoochies—Anglers Unlimited highlights white hoochies with a gold inlay, 25–30 inch leaders, and keep your spreads in the upper column, 70 feet and up. Silver spoons and smaller flashers are also knocking ‘em dead. For the meat and scent crew, herring plugs and anchovy strips behind a flasher will draw bites, especially as the tide builds. Don’t forget: running jigging setups deep, especially in Marine Area 11 or off Browns Point, has been the secret sauce for the few still picking up late Chinook, according to PNW BestLife.
Weather’s another gift: a cool, partly cloudy start, light north breeze at 5–10 knots in the afternoon, and waves under two feet. Layer up for the dawn run, then shed as it brightens—sunrise clocked in today at 7:00 am and you’ve got solid fishing light till just after 7:00 pm.
For hot spots:
- Possession Bar is producing “lights out” coho action, especially around the start of the outgoing.
- Eagle Point, up by Mukilteo, is still a late-season classic – look for surface boils and feeding birds.
- If you want to avoid the crowds, Open Bay and the waters around Browns Point in Tacoma are both putting up solid fish for those picking their tides.
- For beach anglers, try Edmonds pier during that flood, or Dash Point closer to Tacoma.
Bottom fishers and those after a mixed bag: Reports from charters still show limits on yellowtail rockfish and solid lingcod action on flounder down deep; try the steep drops around Alki and the north end of Vashon for a bonus tug.
In summary, September’s closing hard, bigger coho are everywhere, and hatcheries are producing some slabs. Whites and chartreuses are the ticket. Timing the tides is everything today – hit the incoming hard at sunrise, then take a shot at the late evening push if you can swing it.
Thanks for tuning in to the daily saltwater fix with Artificial Lure. Don’t forget to subscribe wherever you listen, and good luck out there!
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please 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.