Calm seas and great fishing in Westport! It was a great day on the high seas near Westport, Washington! We booked a charter trip with All Rivers & Saltwater Charters and filled the boat with friends. It was cloudy all day so the risk of sunburn would be small. The ocean swells were small and spread apart, making for a relaxing ride out to the …
Rigging and Setup for Dungeness Crab
How to Rig and Setup Crab Pots. Dungeness Crabs are abundant in every bay and inlet along the Pacific Coast and are considered a summertime delicacy. The beauty of living near the saltwater and being able to head out in even a small boat and catch these tasty shellfish is not lost on thousands of people who go out crabbing every summer. I wrote …
Green Lake Trout Fishing in Seattle
Best Lake Fishing in Seattle Seattle’s best kept fishing secret is its beloved Green Lake. North Seattle’s Green Lake is planted with trout by the tens of thousands. While most people think that Seattle’s best fishing is found off a boat in the Puget Sound, Green Lake offers everyone in the city an easy place to catch trout from the lake's …
Edmonds Spot Shrimp Adventure May 9 2018
Shrimping on the Puget Sound near Edmonds! On Wednesday we went on the hunt for Spot Shrimp in Puget Sound near Edmonds. I have been shrimping in Puget Sound since I was a kid, but today was my first time playing the role of captain on a busy shrimping opener in the Sound. I had my good buddies Chris and Mitch along, and the real excitement was …
Salmon Fishing at Deception Pass State Park
Exploring Deception Pass State Park With A Fishing Rod! Washington state is blessed with some of America's most beautiful public lands. Deception Pass State Park has to be near the top of that list. Deception Pass is a narrow waterway in the Puget Sound that connects the vast expanses of the Strait of Juan De Fuca with Skagit Bay. The narrow …
Puget Sound Lingcod Fishing
Lingcod Fishing in Puget Sound I spend most of the month of May fishing for Lingcod in Puget Sound. Lingcod fishing is the Puget Sound's most popular bottom fish fishery. They are strong fighters and very aggressive. Plus their fillets make for a mean fish and chips! Lingcod can grow to impressive size and with Puget Sound's conservative …
Lilliwaup Spot Shrimp Haul
We cruised across Puget Sound headed towards Hood Canal's Spot Shrimp! My favorite four hour fishery opened on Saturday: Hood Canal Spot Shrimp! Hoodsport to Lilliwaup area was our choice for day one. A friend of a friend opened up their beach house near Lilliwaup and we cruised from Edmonds to Lilliwaup in my little Boston Whaler. The journey …
Helpful Tips For Brining Herring
Herring is one of the best baits you can use to catch salmon. Trolling and mooching with herring are simple and traditional methods used across the entire Pacific Coast. I love running herring because there is nothing complicated about it. All you need to do is find good quality bait and if you put it in a brine beforehand it will stay on your hook …
Puget Sound Lingcod Opener Success!
Possession Bar Lingcod Lingcod fishing in Puget Sound opened Tuesday May 1 and we decided to try our luck! I can't recall the last time I was out on opening day for Lingcod. But with four willing friends and a decent weather forecast we made an appearance on Possession Bar. I took out my good friends Chris, Mike, Jackson and Jacob. I can't say …
Puget Sound Spot Shrimp
Puget Sound Spot Shrimp Puget Sound Spot Shrimp are incredibly abundant and the season is almost underway! May is shrimping month but there are usually only a few days that we can harvest Spot Shrimp. So it is critical to clear your schedule, prep your gear and mix your bait. Spot Shrimp are a local favorite and very popular. Spot Shrimp are …
How to Catch Spot Shrimp
How to Catch Spot Shrimp Spot Shrimp are the most sought after shrimp on our coast because they are huge an oh so tasty! Spot Shrimp will congregate by the thousands in small areas that provide enough junk on the bottom for them to graze on. When they are spawning they can form into swarms as high as ten feet off the bottom, and if you happen to …
Fly Fishing with South Sound Skiffs
Fly Fishing For Cutthroat Trout and Resident Coho in Puget Sound Puget Sound has a great fishery that is unknown to most people and that is fly fishing for Sea Run Cutthroat Trout, Chinook and Coho Salmon next to its beaches. The Puget Sound has almost 2,500 miles of shoreline. That is a lot of gravel beaches and oyster beds. Most of it is prime …
Puget Sound Spot Shrimp Season 2018
Puget Sound Spot Shrimp Season 2018 Puget Sound, Hood Canal and the San Juan Islands 2018 Spot Shrimp season has been announced! The Spot Shrimp is the largest shrimp specie in our region. These tasty deep water shrimp are a North Pacific delicacy and there is no question in my mind that there will be more than a couple boatloads of us out trying …
Fly Fishing at Lake Lenice
Lake Lenice Fly Fishing Trip This weekend we made a trip to Lake Lenice to do a little fly fishing and escape the never ending rainy grayness of Seattle's spring season. Seattle's winters are dreary, cold and wet. It takes a sense of optimism (at times forced) to remind ourselves that, "Yes, It will get better and we will see the sun …
How to Catch Lingcod
How to Catch Lingcod Lingcod fishing is one of my favorite things to do! They live in interesting places, are easy enough to catch and I love to cook them. They thrive in areas of complex structure like reefs, rock piles, ledges, jetties, sea mounts and almost anywhere that has a rock hard bottom structure. The Lingcod is a mean fish, its …