We all know what day it is today – April Fools’ – but the news on the fishing front isn’t a joke and the only thing fooling anyone might be a case of spring fever keeping anglers from doing anything else but wetting a line. In the past two weeks, anglers from the eastern Strait […]
The process on setting sport salmon fishing seasons got underway on Feb. 27 as the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) revealed forecasts with the “silver” lining being a relatively strong coho return for Puget Sound and the Columbia River. “For (Puget Sound) coho we seem to be looking at another pretty decent year […]
An unusual frosty and snow-bound month of February has many anglers fighting a bout of “Cabin Fever” and since spring is officially a little more than a month away – March 20 to be exact – it’s time to start looking into the crystal ball to see what’s in store for 2019 salmon fisheries. While […]
Marine salmon anglers live in a new era where the amount of time on the water is dictated by going out sooner than later. As sport salmon fishery windows of opportunities in the winter and summer are now driven by fish encounters or quotas, I have always been one to sing the song of hitting […]
The big party isn’t happening on New Year’s Eve, but the following morning (Jan. 1) when three highly-popular marine salmon fishing areas reopen for hatchery-marked chinook. Northern and central Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands (Marine Catch Areas 7, 9 and 10) are the most hyped salmon fishing destinations in this region and anglers […]
We’re still a couple weeks away from getting our first look at what some early salmon forecasts have in store for our sport fisheries in 2019 but here’s early insight on what to expect as well as pink salmon that return during odd-numbered years. “We are just starting to get the spawning surveys and forecasts […]
Salmon anglers are eagerly waiting for this Saturday’s reopening of Marine Catch Area 8-1 and 8-2 for hatchery chinook, which covers the entire 58 miles of the eastern side of Whidbey Island. Many will be targeting hatchery blackmouth – a term used for chinook for their dark gumline – in Areas 8-1 and 8-2 at […]
Nasty, wet weather in the Puget Sound region equals exciting times for anglers who don’t mind donning some rain gear to reap the rewards. Millions of squid have finally arrived in Puget Sound, which is providing a bounty of fun and good catches along the many fishing piers from Des Moines north to Edmonds. A […]
The next and final wave of migratory salmon will garner the spotlight in the weeks ahead as more than 1.2-million fall chum are forecast for Puget Sound and Hood Canal. Chum, better known as a dog salmon for their gnarly-looking jaw-line at spawning time are one of the hardest-fighting salmon species and can weigh up […]
Just like clockwork the coho have started to arrive in very good numbers from the Strait of Juan de Fuca clear into Puget Sound right in front of the Seattle skyline, but hitting up a beach for shellfish gathering is right up there on the “must do” list as we head into autumn. WDFW announced […]
