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Puget Sound Prime: Chinook and Coho Active with Perfect Spring Tides and Solunar Peaks
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Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure, your go-to guy for all things Puget Sound angling. It's early morning on April 22, 2026, and the Sound's lookin' prime for a solid day on the water—clear skies mixin' with some patchy clouds, temps hoverin' around 52°F at dawn, climbin' to 62°F by afternoon with light northwest winds at 5-10 knots, per NOAA forecasts. Sunrise hits at 6:15 AM, sunset at 8:05 PM, givin' us a long window to chase bites.
Tides today? Low slack at 3:45 AM, floodin' strong till high at 10:15 AM around 11.2 feet at Seattle—perfect for current rips pullin' baitfish into the mix, accordin' to Tides.net charts. Moon's waxin' gibbous, so solunar peaks around 10 AM and 10 PM mean aggressive feeds.
Fish are active post-winter—WDFW reports solid chinook and coho showin' in the deeper channels, with limits of 8-12 lb springs off Possession Bar last week. Coho to 10 lbs and pinks stackin' up near the mouths, while rockfish and lings hittin' hard in 100-200 feet. Cutthroat and searun rainbows active on incoming tides from beaches, and folks are pullin' 5-10 fish days on herring.
Best lures right now? Buzz Bombs in chartreuse or glow for vertical jiggin' chinook, small diving plugs like Pixees in army green for coho trollin' at 2.5 knots. Top bait's fresh herring or candlefish chunks on a 4/0 Gamakatsu—deadly drifted in the tide. Switch to shrimp patterns if wind picks up.
Hit these hot spots: Jefferson Head for chinook on the flood—troll the 80-foot line. And Mukilteo Dock area for evening cutthroat; outgoing tide with buzz bombs under lights is lights out.
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Tides today? Low slack at 3:45 AM, floodin' strong till high at 10:15 AM around 11.2 feet at Seattle—perfect for current rips pullin' baitfish into the mix, accordin' to Tides.net charts. Moon's waxin' gibbous, so solunar peaks around 10 AM and 10 PM mean aggressive feeds.
Fish are active post-winter—WDFW reports solid chinook and coho showin' in the deeper channels, with limits of 8-12 lb springs off Possession Bar last week. Coho to 10 lbs and pinks stackin' up near the mouths, while rockfish and lings hittin' hard in 100-200 feet. Cutthroat and searun rainbows active on incoming tides from beaches, and folks are pullin' 5-10 fish days on herring.
Best lures right now? Buzz Bombs in chartreuse or glow for vertical jiggin' chinook, small diving plugs like Pixees in army green for coho trollin' at 2.5 knots. Top bait's fresh herring or candlefish chunks on a 4/0 Gamakatsu—deadly drifted in the tide. Switch to shrimp patterns if wind picks up.
Hit these hot spots: Jefferson Head for chinook on the flood—troll the 80-foot line. And Mukilteo Dock area for evening cutthroat; outgoing tide with buzz bombs under lights is lights out.
Thanks for tunin' in, folks—subscribe for more Sound secrets! 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