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Chums Abound in the Sound: Late Fall Fishing Report
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This is Artificial Lure with your Puget Sound fishing report for November 13th, 2025.
We’re rolling into a classic brisk fall morning here in Seattle, and anglers are starting the day with cloudy skies and a chance of patchy showers—a typical November pattern. Winds are light out of the south, with daytime highs steady in the upper 40s. Sunrise hit at 7:13 am and sunset’s coming right around 4:32 pm, so remember you’re working with a pretty tight window for that after-work bite.
Checking in on the tide charts from NOAA for Seattle, we’ve got a low tide this morning at 7:46 am at 0.8 feet, rolling into a decent high at 2:28 pm at just over 10 feet. That swing is prime for moving bait and firing up predatory fish, especially around points and structure along West Seattle, Bainbridge, and up towards Edmonds.
Fishing reports this week in the Sound have been all about the late-run **chum salmon** and a very few holdover **coho**, with some bright fish still being pulled from the Green and Puyallup River mouths. Most of the saltwater chrome right now is chum, pushing in with every good tide. The trick has been fresh cut herring or anchovy—rig ‘em under a float or drift ‘em near the surface. Spinners tipped with a bit of scent are dynamite and folks using chartreuse, pink, or purple Vibrax are picking off the most fish.
Folks working jetties and local piers from Elliott Bay down to Dash Point continue to see steady action on pile perch and shiner perch, with a few nice **blackmouth chinook** being reported by early trollers working three-inch spoons or hootchies trolled low and slow behind a flasher. Best bets are the classic green/glow or white/UV combinations. Artificial sandworms on light tackle have also produced solid catches for shore-bound anglers, and some dock bonuses in the form of squid—so don’t forget your jig if you’re sticking around after sunset.
The **hot spots** right now:
- **Edmonds Pier**: Chum pushing through, blackmouth caught early on, and plenty of squid in the lights after dark.
- **Alki Beach to Duwamish Head**: Trollers are working bait schools for feeder chinook.
If you’re looking to target deepwater species like lingcod or rockfish, remember these fisheries are generally closed now for conservation, but there’s still plenty of fun picking through flounder and greenling in 30-60 feet with small jigs.
A quick heads-up: always check your WDFW regs for last-minute changes and closures as we wrap up the fall salmon season.
Wrapping it up, your best action is timed around those changing tides and working the colored water where bait gathers. Pack that rain shell and grab some extra squid jigs for dusk—those little cephalopods are making nights lively all across the Sound.
Thanks for tuning in to your Puget Sound fishing fix with Artificial Lure—don’t forget to subscribe, and tight lines 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.
We’re rolling into a classic brisk fall morning here in Seattle, and anglers are starting the day with cloudy skies and a chance of patchy showers—a typical November pattern. Winds are light out of the south, with daytime highs steady in the upper 40s. Sunrise hit at 7:13 am and sunset’s coming right around 4:32 pm, so remember you’re working with a pretty tight window for that after-work bite.
Checking in on the tide charts from NOAA for Seattle, we’ve got a low tide this morning at 7:46 am at 0.8 feet, rolling into a decent high at 2:28 pm at just over 10 feet. That swing is prime for moving bait and firing up predatory fish, especially around points and structure along West Seattle, Bainbridge, and up towards Edmonds.
Fishing reports this week in the Sound have been all about the late-run **chum salmon** and a very few holdover **coho**, with some bright fish still being pulled from the Green and Puyallup River mouths. Most of the saltwater chrome right now is chum, pushing in with every good tide. The trick has been fresh cut herring or anchovy—rig ‘em under a float or drift ‘em near the surface. Spinners tipped with a bit of scent are dynamite and folks using chartreuse, pink, or purple Vibrax are picking off the most fish.
Folks working jetties and local piers from Elliott Bay down to Dash Point continue to see steady action on pile perch and shiner perch, with a few nice **blackmouth chinook** being reported by early trollers working three-inch spoons or hootchies trolled low and slow behind a flasher. Best bets are the classic green/glow or white/UV combinations. Artificial sandworms on light tackle have also produced solid catches for shore-bound anglers, and some dock bonuses in the form of squid—so don’t forget your jig if you’re sticking around after sunset.
The **hot spots** right now:
- **Edmonds Pier**: Chum pushing through, blackmouth caught early on, and plenty of squid in the lights after dark.
- **Alki Beach to Duwamish Head**: Trollers are working bait schools for feeder chinook.
If you’re looking to target deepwater species like lingcod or rockfish, remember these fisheries are generally closed now for conservation, but there’s still plenty of fun picking through flounder and greenling in 30-60 feet with small jigs.
A quick heads-up: always check your WDFW regs for last-minute changes and closures as we wrap up the fall salmon season.
Wrapping it up, your best action is timed around those changing tides and working the colored water where bait gathers. Pack that rain shell and grab some extra squid jigs for dusk—those little cephalopods are making nights lively all across the Sound.
Thanks for tuning in to your Puget Sound fishing fix with Artificial Lure—don’t forget to subscribe, and tight lines 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.