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Puget Sound Fishing Report: Coho, Blackmouth, and Chum Highlight Late Fall Action
Published 5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Good morning Puget Sound anglers, it’s Artificial Lure with your November 13th, 2025, fishing report, bringing you the scoop from our home waters as the fall salmon runs tail off and winter starts to take hold.
If you got out early, you saw a decent break before the rain, with southeast winds running steady at 5–10 knots—nothing too nasty but enough chop to keep you paying attention around the points. According to the NOAA forecast, we’re expecting those SE winds to ramp up to 10–15 knots as the day develops, with persistent on-and-off rain and calm seas staying around two feet or less. The temp is mild for November, hovering in the high 40s to low 50s. Sunrise popped just before 7:10 AM, and you’ve got daylight until 4:34 PM, so plan your trip accordingly.
Tide movement is always crucial for Puget Sound success, and today you’ll see a low tide right around 5:28 AM at Sandy Point near Anderson Island at 2 feet, and a solid high at 12:35 PM peaking close to 11–12 feet. That mid-day high tide is your best bet for active fish in the salt, especially if you can work the tide transitions during the rising water.
The story for November in the Sound is the late coho, blackmouth (resident chinook), and some good opportunities for chum. Coho are still being picked up, especially by folks trolling in 80–120 feet using silver or chartreuse spoons and hootchies tipped with a strip of herring. If you’re bank fishing, twitching 3/8 oz purple and pink jigs or casting spinners in #3–#4 size remains reliable, particularly around estuaries where the last stragglers are stacking. According to Gone Fishing Northwest, coho are still aggressive biters this late, and they’ll smash those flashy presentations if you work them right.
Blackmouth opened up recently and have been fair to good near Point Defiance, the Clay Banks, and south toward Fox Island. Anglers trolling deep—120–150 feet down with 3–4 inch spoons or flasher/hoochie combos trailing green or UV patterns—are hooking legal keepers, with a few pushing double digits. Drop those lines right in the bait clouds near bottom and keep a sharp eye on your sonar.
Chum (kings of the rivers now, later than most years) are being taken in stronger numbers than we’ve seen the past couple Novembers. Drifting cured roe under float or on a sliding sinker rig at mouths like Kennedy Creek and Chico is bringing in limits—remember, though, gently lob your bait and use an egg loop to keep roe on the hook, as Lost Roe means Lost Fish! Twitching jigs in chartreuse and pink also producing, especially after this week’s rain colored up the water.
As far as hot spots, the usual suspects are firing:
- **Edmonds Oil Docks:** Still putting up mixed bags of blackmouth and a few late silvers, best during the incoming tide.
- **Point Dalco (Southwest tip of Vashon):** Reliable action for blackmouth on the outflow, especially after the tide swing.
- **Narrows Bridge and Clay Banks:** Trollers reporting steady blackmouth action, with bait balls stacked deep.
- **Kennedy Creek Mouth:** Chum are thick and will bite both drifted roe and twitching jigs.
Best lures this week are 3.0–3.5 inch Coho Killers and Needlefish spoons behind green-glow flashers, with anchovy teasers hot for picky blackmouth. Salmon Roe remains the go-to bait for river and estuary salmon, especially for those targeting chums, with Gone Fishing Northwest reminding us to attach it well using an egg loop.
Recent reports from local guides and anglers say boats hitting limits of blackmouth in Marine Area 13, with Chinook mostly in the 6–10 pound range, and shorecasters still catching daily handfuls of coho and chum at creek mouths from Kitsap to Skagit.
That’s the lay of the Sound for this Thursday—watch the tide, keep your presentation tight, and don’t be afraid to switch it up if the bite goes cold. Thanks for tuning in to your trusted
If you got out early, you saw a decent break before the rain, with southeast winds running steady at 5–10 knots—nothing too nasty but enough chop to keep you paying attention around the points. According to the NOAA forecast, we’re expecting those SE winds to ramp up to 10–15 knots as the day develops, with persistent on-and-off rain and calm seas staying around two feet or less. The temp is mild for November, hovering in the high 40s to low 50s. Sunrise popped just before 7:10 AM, and you’ve got daylight until 4:34 PM, so plan your trip accordingly.
Tide movement is always crucial for Puget Sound success, and today you’ll see a low tide right around 5:28 AM at Sandy Point near Anderson Island at 2 feet, and a solid high at 12:35 PM peaking close to 11–12 feet. That mid-day high tide is your best bet for active fish in the salt, especially if you can work the tide transitions during the rising water.
The story for November in the Sound is the late coho, blackmouth (resident chinook), and some good opportunities for chum. Coho are still being picked up, especially by folks trolling in 80–120 feet using silver or chartreuse spoons and hootchies tipped with a strip of herring. If you’re bank fishing, twitching 3/8 oz purple and pink jigs or casting spinners in #3–#4 size remains reliable, particularly around estuaries where the last stragglers are stacking. According to Gone Fishing Northwest, coho are still aggressive biters this late, and they’ll smash those flashy presentations if you work them right.
Blackmouth opened up recently and have been fair to good near Point Defiance, the Clay Banks, and south toward Fox Island. Anglers trolling deep—120–150 feet down with 3–4 inch spoons or flasher/hoochie combos trailing green or UV patterns—are hooking legal keepers, with a few pushing double digits. Drop those lines right in the bait clouds near bottom and keep a sharp eye on your sonar.
Chum (kings of the rivers now, later than most years) are being taken in stronger numbers than we’ve seen the past couple Novembers. Drifting cured roe under float or on a sliding sinker rig at mouths like Kennedy Creek and Chico is bringing in limits—remember, though, gently lob your bait and use an egg loop to keep roe on the hook, as Lost Roe means Lost Fish! Twitching jigs in chartreuse and pink also producing, especially after this week’s rain colored up the water.
As far as hot spots, the usual suspects are firing:
- **Edmonds Oil Docks:** Still putting up mixed bags of blackmouth and a few late silvers, best during the incoming tide.
- **Point Dalco (Southwest tip of Vashon):** Reliable action for blackmouth on the outflow, especially after the tide swing.
- **Narrows Bridge and Clay Banks:** Trollers reporting steady blackmouth action, with bait balls stacked deep.
- **Kennedy Creek Mouth:** Chum are thick and will bite both drifted roe and twitching jigs.
Best lures this week are 3.0–3.5 inch Coho Killers and Needlefish spoons behind green-glow flashers, with anchovy teasers hot for picky blackmouth. Salmon Roe remains the go-to bait for river and estuary salmon, especially for those targeting chums, with Gone Fishing Northwest reminding us to attach it well using an egg loop.
Recent reports from local guides and anglers say boats hitting limits of blackmouth in Marine Area 13, with Chinook mostly in the 6–10 pound range, and shorecasters still catching daily handfuls of coho and chum at creek mouths from Kitsap to Skagit.
That’s the lay of the Sound for this Thursday—watch the tide, keep your presentation tight, and don’t be afraid to switch it up if the bite goes cold. Thanks for tuning in to your trusted