Seattle Washington Fishing Blog
I am pleased to announce that I was invited to be the guest speaker at the Eastside Puget Sound Anglers first in-person meeting for 2021! All are welcomed to attend this event, big meeting space with plenty of room, please feel free to join us! I will cover Coho Salmon fishing on Puget Sound, which …
Puget Sound Coho Salmon Clinic – August 24th in WoodinvilleRead More
Well, I have been waiting for it! Yesterday we caught our first Pink Salmon of the 2021 Puget Sound Season! Trolling on Jeff Head near Seattle at 60′ on the downrigger… it shouldn’t be too long before we start to see these as part of our daily catch! Usually the Pink Salmon start flooding into …
Extra Spot Shrimp dates are always a welcomed surprise this late in the season! Openers have been announced for San Juan Islands, Strait of Juan de Fuca and certain areas in Puget Sound. One of the unique caveats to the shrimping days in Marine Area 8-1 and 8-2 is that only two pots per boat …
Spot Shrimping July Openings in Puget Sound, Strait and San Juan IslandsRead More
I woke up this morning with an open schedule and a big need to get out and do something fishy. It has been years since I made my way to any of the beaches on Hood Canal to find steamer clams or oysters, and the realization came into my mind that today might just be …
Clam Digging and Oyster Shucking at Eagle Creek on Hood CanalRead More
When Pink Salmon migrate back to Puget Sound, they bring a special buzz to our already exciting local marine waters. Every summer, we all do our best to get out and chase Chinook and Coho Salmon, but on odd numbered years (2021, 2023, 2025), Pink Salmon swarm back to the Sound by the hundreds of …
Puget Sound Pink Salmon Fishing – The Ultimate GuideRead More
One of our greatest seafood bounties in Puget Sound is Dungeness Crab. Ever since I was a little kid, those days of pulling up crab pots, sorting and measuring Dungeness Crab, and of course… enjoying the bounty by way of a family crab feast, has been a great highlight to our Puget Sound summers. If …
Dungeness Crab are one of the signature shellfish in the Pacific Northwest, and in Puget Sound over a quarter million people head out to soak pots and reap the rewards! A fresh caught Dungeness Crab, caught in Puget Sound and cooked the same day is one of the highlights of our amazing summers. We now …
As I was sitting at home on a break from yardwork, I checked my phone and my friends from Westport sent me a bunch of photos of their after-work culinary escapades. Captain Mitch Coleman of Anglers Edge Sportfishing was busy preparing a really delicious looking take on Yellowtail Rockfish. It all started when Mitch went …
Heads up! WDFW just announced that there will be a second opener for a few Central Puget Sound marine areas. Marine Area 8-1 (Saratoga Passage, Deception Pass), 8-2 (Everett, Port Gardiner, Port Susan) and 9 (Admiralty Inlet, Edmonds) will reopen on Wednesday June 2nd. This bonus day is great news! Hope you get to play …
Spot Shrimp Re-Opening June 2 in Marine Areas 8-1, 8-2, and 9Read More
Opening day for Puget Sound Spot Prawns was a busy one. We joined the fleet in Marine Area 9 for our shot at bringing home a haul of my favorite local shellfish, the Spot Prawn! I was joined by my folks, as well as my buddy Sean and his girlfriend Claire, we were a motivated …
Hopefully everyone is getting as excited as I am about Spot Shrimp! Washington’s inland marine areas open for Spot Shrimp on Wednesday, May 19th this year and it’s always a good time to be a boat owner, or have friends or family that give you that invite. I am very pleased to see that this …
While the excitement for our Washington Coast Halibut season can’t be contained, it really is up to mother nature to give the charter and recreational fleet the green light to head offshore and harvest up nature’s bounty. The greatly anticipated opener, last Thursday, was a big downer for many of us, as the weather didn’t …
Westport, Washington: Halibut Fishing Report May 13, 2021Read More
Well, we have been waiting on the sidelines for quite a while now… waiting for the perfect low tides and favorable and healthy levels of marine biotoxins to match up! WDFW has announced a two day opener for Razor Clam harvest on the Washington Coast! It has been so long my taste buds have all …
May is a BIG month for us Washington anglers. Although we are only a few days into the month, Lingcod fishing has already started strong, lake fishing has started to bust out of its shell, and we have some popular fisheries all around the state that are going to premier this month. This is a …
Seattle and Washington State Fishing Report – May 2021Read More
The day that gets me pumped to start prepping the boat for the season is always the day that the Puget Sound Spot Shrimp season is announced. We have all eagerly awaited the announcement, and this year we get back to soaking prawn traps on May 19th. I consider the Spot Shrimp opener one of …
Puget Sound and Hood Canal Spot Shrimp Season starts May 19, 2021Read More
Fishing in Washington State is busting out this spring! Coastal marine areas are drawing anglers with epic fishing for Lingcod and Rockfish. Lakes around the Seattle area and the rest of Western Washington are warming up, and fishing for Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Bass and Panfish is as good as it gets! We get …
Seattle and Washington State Fishing Report – April 2021Read More
Many lakes and reservoirs across the West offer great Kokanee fishing. These land-locked salmon have the biggest appetites, however they only eat the tiniest forage in the lake, plankton. Being a plankton feeder, they put anglers in the unique position of trying to fish for a species that feeds on forage so small that there …
Puget Sound Spot Shrimp season is still at least a month away, but I’m so eager for opening day, that I can’t help but start preparation. Opening day is thrilling, jovial and productive, and nothing makes me feel better during that first shot at Spot Shrimp than being prepared and ready to go! As I …
Lots of great fishing opportunities around Seattle and the rest of Washington State this month! We get some great opportunities locally for trout and perch. With a little bit of a drive to the coast, there are some openers for Chinook Salmon, Lingcod and Rockfish. Head southbound to the Columbia River for the revered Spring …
Seattle and Washington State Fishing Report – March 2021Read More
Whenever I go to a restaurant and they have Calamari on the menu, I am the first one to order it up for an appetizer. In the last few years I have started to catch my own squid in Puget Sound, and have gathered up a nice stockpile in the freezer. This year we had …
Salt and Pepper Calamari – Puget Sound Squid RecipeRead More
