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Puget Sound Spring Salmon Heat Up: Chinook to 15 Pounds, Perfect Tides and Weather
Published 2 weeks, 5 days ago
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Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure, your go-to guy for all things Puget Sound angling on this fine April 11, 2026. Dawn's breaking over the Sound right now at around 6:15 AM, with sunset hitting about 8 PM—plenty of daylight to chase the bite.
Tides today are classic spring swings: low at 4 AM, high around 10:30 AM, then dropping to low at 5 PM per NOAA charts, so fish that outgoing tide hard for current sweeping bait into ambush spots. Weather's cooperating with partly cloudy skies, highs in the mid-50s, light northerlies at 5-10 knots—chilly start but warming up, water temps hovering 48-52°F, perfect for staging fish.
Action's heating up after a slow winter. Locals report solid catches of Chinook salmon up to 15 pounds in the shipping lanes, coho hitting 8-10, plus limits of blackmouth on Possession Bar. Bottom bouncers pulling in lingcod to 25 pounds and rockfish stacks around 20 per rod near Jefferson Head. Cutthroat trout cruising shallows, and sea-run cutts slamming beaches at dawn. Halibut opener's close, with keepers showing in 200 feet off Point Wells.
Best lures? Jigs tipped with herring for salmon—chartreuse or glow 4-6 inch ones bouncing 60-100 feet down. For lings, big bucktails or octopus skirts in pink or green. Spoons like Krocodile in army truck for cutts from shore. Live bait kings: herring strips or whole sand shrimp under a bobber for everything—can't beat 'em when tides move.
Hot spots: Hit Mid Channel Bank for salmon on the troll, or drop lines at Redondo Canyon for rockfish and lings. Beach casters, try Dash Point on the outgoing for cutthroat.
Stay safe, check regs, and tight lines!
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Tides today are classic spring swings: low at 4 AM, high around 10:30 AM, then dropping to low at 5 PM per NOAA charts, so fish that outgoing tide hard for current sweeping bait into ambush spots. Weather's cooperating with partly cloudy skies, highs in the mid-50s, light northerlies at 5-10 knots—chilly start but warming up, water temps hovering 48-52°F, perfect for staging fish.
Action's heating up after a slow winter. Locals report solid catches of Chinook salmon up to 15 pounds in the shipping lanes, coho hitting 8-10, plus limits of blackmouth on Possession Bar. Bottom bouncers pulling in lingcod to 25 pounds and rockfish stacks around 20 per rod near Jefferson Head. Cutthroat trout cruising shallows, and sea-run cutts slamming beaches at dawn. Halibut opener's close, with keepers showing in 200 feet off Point Wells.
Best lures? Jigs tipped with herring for salmon—chartreuse or glow 4-6 inch ones bouncing 60-100 feet down. For lings, big bucktails or octopus skirts in pink or green. Spoons like Krocodile in army truck for cutts from shore. Live bait kings: herring strips or whole sand shrimp under a bobber for everything—can't beat 'em when tides move.
Hot spots: Hit Mid Channel Bank for salmon on the troll, or drop lines at Redondo Canyon for rockfish and lings. Beach casters, try Dash Point on the outgoing for cutthroat.
Stay safe, check regs, and tight lines!
Thanks for tuning in—subscribe for weekly updates. 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