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Puget Sound Spring Salmon and Rockfish Bite Heats Up This Sunday
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Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure comin' at ya with your Puget Sound fishin' report for Sunday, April 26th, 2026, right here around Seattle. Weather's lookin' mild today—partly cloudy skies, temps hoverin' in the low 50s by noon, light northwest winds at 5-10 knots keepin' things calm on the water. Sunrise hits at 6:05 AM, sunset around 8:10 PM, givin' ya a solid 14 hours of daylight to chase 'em.
Tides are prime: low at 3:45 AM (-1.2 ft), floodin' strong till high at 10:15 AM (+11.8 ft), then slackin' before the evenin' ebb kicks in at 4:30 PM. Fish the incomin' tide hard—currents stir up baitfish, and that's when the action peaks.
Fish activity's rampin' up spring-style. Chinook and coho salmon are showin' in 80-120 ft off West Point and Jefferson Head, with recent reports of limits on 8-15 lb kings trolled at 2.5 knots. Coho to 10 lbs hittin' off Shilshole. Cutthroat and black rockfish stackin' on structure, and lingcod open season means 20-30 pounders on the bite in 100-200 ft. Bottom anglers pullin' limits of rockfish (10-15 per rod) and a few halibut showin' early near Mukilteo. Pink salmon ain't here yet, but chums linger in the Sound.
Best lures? For salmon, green glow hoochies behind flashers on 4-6 oz divers—moochin' or trollin' spoons like Coyote in chartreuse. Cut-plug herring in green label shines. Rockfish and lings love buzz bombs in pink or sardine wrap, or whole herring on spreader bars. Bait-wise, live herring or candlefish if ya can net 'em; frozen works too.
Hot spots: Hit Possession Bar for incoming tide salmon stacks, or drop lines at Mid Channel Bank south of Blake Island for rockfish bonanza—watch your quotas.
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Tides are prime: low at 3:45 AM (-1.2 ft), floodin' strong till high at 10:15 AM (+11.8 ft), then slackin' before the evenin' ebb kicks in at 4:30 PM. Fish the incomin' tide hard—currents stir up baitfish, and that's when the action peaks.
Fish activity's rampin' up spring-style. Chinook and coho salmon are showin' in 80-120 ft off West Point and Jefferson Head, with recent reports of limits on 8-15 lb kings trolled at 2.5 knots. Coho to 10 lbs hittin' off Shilshole. Cutthroat and black rockfish stackin' on structure, and lingcod open season means 20-30 pounders on the bite in 100-200 ft. Bottom anglers pullin' limits of rockfish (10-15 per rod) and a few halibut showin' early near Mukilteo. Pink salmon ain't here yet, but chums linger in the Sound.
Best lures? For salmon, green glow hoochies behind flashers on 4-6 oz divers—moochin' or trollin' spoons like Coyote in chartreuse. Cut-plug herring in green label shines. Rockfish and lings love buzz bombs in pink or sardine wrap, or whole herring on spreader bars. Bait-wise, live herring or candlefish if ya can net 'em; frozen works too.
Hot spots: Hit Possession Bar for incoming tide salmon stacks, or drop lines at Mid Channel Bank south of Blake Island for rockfish bonanza—watch your quotas.
Thanks for tunin' in, folks—subscribe for more reports! This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai. Tight lines!
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI