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Puget Sound April Peak: Chinook Limits, Coho Stacking, Rockfish Hot
Published 5 days, 9 hours 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 25, 2026. Dawn's breaking over the water at about 6:05 AM, sunset around 8:00 PM, giving us a solid 14 hours of light to chase the bite. Weather's looking mild—partly cloudy, temps in the low 50s, light winds from the northwest per local forecasts, perfect for getting out without freezing your fingers off.
Tides today? Low slack around 3 AM, high at 9 AM, then dropping through the afternoon—NOAA charts show a decent outgoing flow by noon, which'll stir things up for salmon and bottom dwellers. Fish are active with spring warming; water temps hovering mid-50s, pushing chinook and coho into the sound early.
Recent reports from WDFW and local charter logs: Limits of hatchery chinook coming off Jefferson Head and Point Defiance—anglers pulling 10-20 pounders on the troll. Coho stacking up near Bainbridge, with pinks starting to show in shallower bays. Rockfish and lingcod hot on the rebounds from Marine Area 7 and 9; folks boating 15-30 fish days. Flounder gigging good in the shallows, and sea run cutthroat hitting beaches at dusk.
Best lures right now? Flashers with hoochies in chartreuse or glow—troll 'em 50 feet down at 2.5 knots for kings. For coho, spoon off the downriggers or cast buzz bombs from shore. Bait-wise, live herring or candlefish on the hook can't be beat; cut bait for bottom rigs targeting fluke and perch.
Hot spots: Hit Midchannel Bank for kings on the incoming, or Possession Bar for mixed bags—anchor up and drop jigs. Elliott Bay's firing for urban anglers casting from piers.
Get out there safe, check regs, and release the wild ones.
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Tides today? Low slack around 3 AM, high at 9 AM, then dropping through the afternoon—NOAA charts show a decent outgoing flow by noon, which'll stir things up for salmon and bottom dwellers. Fish are active with spring warming; water temps hovering mid-50s, pushing chinook and coho into the sound early.
Recent reports from WDFW and local charter logs: Limits of hatchery chinook coming off Jefferson Head and Point Defiance—anglers pulling 10-20 pounders on the troll. Coho stacking up near Bainbridge, with pinks starting to show in shallower bays. Rockfish and lingcod hot on the rebounds from Marine Area 7 and 9; folks boating 15-30 fish days. Flounder gigging good in the shallows, and sea run cutthroat hitting beaches at dusk.
Best lures right now? Flashers with hoochies in chartreuse or glow—troll 'em 50 feet down at 2.5 knots for kings. For coho, spoon off the downriggers or cast buzz bombs from shore. Bait-wise, live herring or candlefish on the hook can't be beat; cut bait for bottom rigs targeting fluke and perch.
Hot spots: Hit Midchannel Bank for kings on the incoming, or Possession Bar for mixed bags—anchor up and drop jigs. Elliott Bay's firing for urban anglers casting from piers.
Get out there safe, check regs, and release the wild ones.
Thanks for tuning in—subscribe for more reports! 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