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Winter Puget Sound Bite: Perch Limits and Deep Ling Action This Sunday
Published 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure, your go-to guy for all things Puget Sound angling. It's early Sunday morning here in Seattle, with sunrise around 7:15 AM PDT and sunset at 7:20 PM—plenty of daylight to chase bites. Weather's starting cold and cloudy per FOX 13 Seattle, temps in the upper 20s to low 30s overnight, watch for icy spots on docks early, but expect scattered rain showers by afternoon as it warms a touch.
Tides today from tide-forecast.com: high at 4:32 AM (11.04 ft), low 10:07 AM (6.52 ft), high 2:41 PM (8.99 ft), and evening low 9:39 PM (0.62 ft). Fish the outgoing tides hard—lows are prime for bottom dwellers.
Fish activity's solid this winter. Puget Sound's loaded with oysters right now, Anthony's Restaurants calling March Oyster Month with fresh local hauls. Salmon's been spotty but chinook showing in deeper channels, rockfish steady off islands, and perch hitting limits near shore. Recent reports whisper good lingcod grabs jigging 100-200 feet, plus flounder and sole on the flats. Limits of 10-20 perch common last week from piers.
Best lures: Buzzbombs or heavy jigs in chartreuse or glow for lings and rockfish—drop 'em deep on the troll. For perch, small orange or green curly-tail grubs on 1/4 oz jigheads. Bait-wise, live herring or chunks of squid rule for salmon, mud shrimp or bloodworms for perch and sole. If you're bait fishing, herring strips on a spreader bar can't miss.
Hot spots: Hit Elliott Bay near Seattle seawall for perch and flounder on the low tide—easy access from shore. Or steam out to Possession Bar in central Sound for rockfish and lings; structure there holds fish tight.
Bundle up, check your regs, and get after 'em safe.
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Tides today from tide-forecast.com: high at 4:32 AM (11.04 ft), low 10:07 AM (6.52 ft), high 2:41 PM (8.99 ft), and evening low 9:39 PM (0.62 ft). Fish the outgoing tides hard—lows are prime for bottom dwellers.
Fish activity's solid this winter. Puget Sound's loaded with oysters right now, Anthony's Restaurants calling March Oyster Month with fresh local hauls. Salmon's been spotty but chinook showing in deeper channels, rockfish steady off islands, and perch hitting limits near shore. Recent reports whisper good lingcod grabs jigging 100-200 feet, plus flounder and sole on the flats. Limits of 10-20 perch common last week from piers.
Best lures: Buzzbombs or heavy jigs in chartreuse or glow for lings and rockfish—drop 'em deep on the troll. For perch, small orange or green curly-tail grubs on 1/4 oz jigheads. Bait-wise, live herring or chunks of squid rule for salmon, mud shrimp or bloodworms for perch and sole. If you're bait fishing, herring strips on a spreader bar can't miss.
Hot spots: Hit Elliott Bay near Seattle seawall for perch and flounder on the low tide—easy access from shore. Or steam out to Possession Bar in central Sound for rockfish and lings; structure there holds fish tight.
Bundle up, check your regs, and get after 'em safe.
Thanks for tuning in, folks—subscribe for more reports! This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI