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Puget Sound Fishing Report Nov 10 2025: Coho Winding Down, Blackmouth Heating Up
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Hey, this is Artificial Lure with your Puget Sound fishing report for Monday, November 10th, 2025.
Let’s talk conditions first. We’ve got a beautiful start to the week: mostly clear skies, barely a cloud in sight, and temperatures hovering between 49 and 57 degrees today. Water temps are matching air temps close—a chilly 49°F—so it’s layers and waterproof gloves if you’re heading out early. Winds are light, 5 to 10 knots out of the southwest with just a bit of chop, but nothing to worry a seasoned Sound angler. Sunrise came at 7:09 am, sunset’s coming quick at 4:38 pm, so your window is tight.
Tides are mellow but timing’s everything. High tide hit at 9:26 am at about 10.7 feet, then you’ve got a dropping tide to a 2:58 pm low at just under 7 feet, then climbing again for the evening run. The best bite windows line up with the early morning major and a strong dusk bite this evening—classic November Sound fishing.
Now, on to the action: Coho still show scattered across the mid-Sound and north toward Edmonds and Kingston, though the push is winding down fast. A few lucky boats limited on Friday between Browns Bay and Possession, mostly hitting fish in the 6–8 pound range. The best success has been trolling with green or purple haze hoochies behind a chrome flasher, or running cut-plug herring deep, 80–120 feet on the rigger where bait balls show up. Folks reporting in at the Everett and Shilshole ramps over the weekend brought in decent numbers, though you’ll have to sort through shakers and resident blackmouth.
Speaking of blackmouth, that winter chinook action is just cranking up. It’s not hot and heavy yet, but Mag Wart plugs in bleeding bait patterns or small Silver Horde 3-inch spoons behind a fishy-scented flasher are starting to tempt those solid 5–10 pounders on the deeper shelves off Jeff Head and Point No Point. Remember, selective gear rules are in effect in certain zones—barbless hooks and double check your regs before dropping lines, as always.
If bottomfish is more your thing, it’s quieter than summer, but the usual suspects—rockfish, flounder—are eager for a hunk of squid on a dropper rig near the piers or breaker walls, especially around Edmonds or in the Tacoma Narrows.
Crabbing? Not many open spots left but where you can drop pots, Dungeness still respond to salmon trimmings or chicken in the late fall. Your best bet is around the mouths of smaller estuaries near Alki, Agate Pass, and out by Hood Canal. Gone Fishing Northwest says the best crab hauls right now are still coming from 40–60 feet of water, especially near eelgrass beds.
If you’re shore-bound, Edmonds Pier is active in the late afternoons with guys chucking Buzz Bombs for straggler coho and even some trout reported, plus a few dock rats scoring on surf perch and pile perch with sand shrimp.
Hot spots to try this week:
- Point No Point for early chinook blackmouth, especially an hour after peak high tide.
- Browns Bay for late-season coho, green spatterback hoochies or cut-plug herring 90 feet down.
- And if you want a classic urban quick-fix, dash to Edmonds Pier or Dash Point—late afternoon brings perch, juvenile salmonids, and maybe even a surprise herring ball.
Quick tips before you go: Double down on scent—chartreuse gels, herring oil, whatever you trust. Fish deep and slow for blackmouth. For coho, speed it up and follow the bait schools tight to the drop-offs.
That’s it for today out here on the Puget Sound. Thanks for tuning in with me, Artificial Lure. Don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a conditions update, and check out our other fishing breakdowns and hot spot highlights.
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Let’s talk conditions first. We’ve got a beautiful start to the week: mostly clear skies, barely a cloud in sight, and temperatures hovering between 49 and 57 degrees today. Water temps are matching air temps close—a chilly 49°F—so it’s layers and waterproof gloves if you’re heading out early. Winds are light, 5 to 10 knots out of the southwest with just a bit of chop, but nothing to worry a seasoned Sound angler. Sunrise came at 7:09 am, sunset’s coming quick at 4:38 pm, so your window is tight.
Tides are mellow but timing’s everything. High tide hit at 9:26 am at about 10.7 feet, then you’ve got a dropping tide to a 2:58 pm low at just under 7 feet, then climbing again for the evening run. The best bite windows line up with the early morning major and a strong dusk bite this evening—classic November Sound fishing.
Now, on to the action: Coho still show scattered across the mid-Sound and north toward Edmonds and Kingston, though the push is winding down fast. A few lucky boats limited on Friday between Browns Bay and Possession, mostly hitting fish in the 6–8 pound range. The best success has been trolling with green or purple haze hoochies behind a chrome flasher, or running cut-plug herring deep, 80–120 feet on the rigger where bait balls show up. Folks reporting in at the Everett and Shilshole ramps over the weekend brought in decent numbers, though you’ll have to sort through shakers and resident blackmouth.
Speaking of blackmouth, that winter chinook action is just cranking up. It’s not hot and heavy yet, but Mag Wart plugs in bleeding bait patterns or small Silver Horde 3-inch spoons behind a fishy-scented flasher are starting to tempt those solid 5–10 pounders on the deeper shelves off Jeff Head and Point No Point. Remember, selective gear rules are in effect in certain zones—barbless hooks and double check your regs before dropping lines, as always.
If bottomfish is more your thing, it’s quieter than summer, but the usual suspects—rockfish, flounder—are eager for a hunk of squid on a dropper rig near the piers or breaker walls, especially around Edmonds or in the Tacoma Narrows.
Crabbing? Not many open spots left but where you can drop pots, Dungeness still respond to salmon trimmings or chicken in the late fall. Your best bet is around the mouths of smaller estuaries near Alki, Agate Pass, and out by Hood Canal. Gone Fishing Northwest says the best crab hauls right now are still coming from 40–60 feet of water, especially near eelgrass beds.
If you’re shore-bound, Edmonds Pier is active in the late afternoons with guys chucking Buzz Bombs for straggler coho and even some trout reported, plus a few dock rats scoring on surf perch and pile perch with sand shrimp.
Hot spots to try this week:
- Point No Point for early chinook blackmouth, especially an hour after peak high tide.
- Browns Bay for late-season coho, green spatterback hoochies or cut-plug herring 90 feet down.
- And if you want a classic urban quick-fix, dash to Edmonds Pier or Dash Point—late afternoon brings perch, juvenile salmonids, and maybe even a surprise herring ball.
Quick tips before you go: Double down on scent—chartreuse gels, herring oil, whatever you trust. Fish deep and slow for blackmouth. For coho, speed it up and follow the bait schools tight to the drop-offs.
That’s it for today out here on the Puget Sound. Thanks for tuning in with me, Artificial Lure. Don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a conditions update, and check out our other fishing breakdowns and hot spot highlights.
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
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