Welcome to Fishing in Seattle, Washington!
I think you are going to like it here. I started my fishing blog Riptidefish.com to share with you everything interesting and exciting there is about fishing near Seattle, Washington.
We are blessed with great fishing and so much water near Seattle. We have Puget Sound, the Pacific Coast, serene alpine lakes in the Cascades and remote river valleys on the Olympic Peninsula. We can fish for Steelhead, Salmon, Halibut, Lingcod, Rockfish, Trout, Dungeness Crab, Spot Shrimp and go Clam digging and find Oysters on the beach! With so many of great fishing experiences just waiting for you… It’s time for you to get into discovery mode!
Andrew Moravec, Riptidefish.com
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Lake Stevens Kokanee Fishing
Folks in North Puget Sound have such a wide array of fishing opportunities, from our saltwater fisheries to our local rivers, but Lake Stevens up in Snohomish County is a true gem with great fishing for most of the year. The city of Lake Stevens sprawls out around its namesake lake, and the entire community …
Fly Fishing for Puget Sound Coho Report July 18th
Area 10 has been fishing well for those targeting resident coho with fly rods. Big tidal days are producing the best fly fishing, with lots of moving water concentrating food. Cruise the biggest rip lines you can find and look for signs of feeding fish. This can be very obvious as fish aggressively crash bait, …
Westport Salmon Fishing Report July 17th
Westport, Washington has been the self proclaimed salmon fishing capital of the world for quite some time, and this week has really shown that the claim is warranted. Salmon fishing has been completely off the charts recently! My friends at All Rivers & Saltwater Charters have four boats based in Westport and have seen phenomenal …
Seattle Salmon Fishing Report July 13th
Saturday offered us the perfect tides and weather to share a little salmon fishing action. I invited a few of my favorite coworkers, who rarely get out on the salt, and we had a great day fishing in Marine Area 10. After dropping a few crab pots, we raced over to Kingston to do a …
Marine Area 10 Salmon Fishing Report July 7
Took a couple really cool clients out on Sunday and the chew was on! Mooching is a great way to really connect with Puget Sound’s salmon, and once you feel your first mooching bite, with the rod in your hand and get to battle a beautiful salmon on light tackle, it is difficult to transition …
Seattle Salmon Fishing Report June 23
Marine Area 10 – Great Fishing! We made it out for another exciting weekend on Puget Sound. There is no shortage of great salmon fishing action going on right now and plenty of other folks have keyed in on this! We fished Marine Area 10, Seattle’s backyard, and found a healthy mix of Coho and …
Seattle Salmon Fishing June 16
Puget Sound Salmon Fishing Report This is the beginning of our favorite time of year, summer salmon season on beautiful Puget Sound! It’s a time when the salmon start to come home. Shoals of herring can be found around the edges of our large underwater banks that surround Seattle’s marine environs, and draw in Chinook …
Puget Sound Spot Shrimping and Lingcod Report
This morning was thrilling, productive, bitter sweet and full of milestones all at the same time. I spent the day with two good friends (three… sorry boat dog Miles). We experienced the best Puget Sound shrimping with the fastest limits I’ve seen in my life. Beautiful weather. The very first day of shrimping that we …
Kingston Chinook Salmon Fishing
Salmon Fishing near Kingston, Washington Kingston was named after one of its founding fathers, but it most certainly could have been named after the Chinook, or King Salmon that congregate in great numbers in front of the harbor. This is one of my all time favorite places on the planet to salmon fish, and it …
The 12 Best Lures for Pink Salmon Fishing in Rivers
Best Pink Salmon Lures for River Fishing I live near a few great Pink Salmon fishing rivers, where these easy-to-catch fish arrive en masse every other year. When they make their way through Puget Sound and into our rivers, they become a crowd favorite with everyone; from the seasoned angler to the novice. Pink Salmon …
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