When I stand on the shores of Puget Sound, I feel like a lucky man to live in a place so filled with natural beauty and great fishing. Salmon flood into Puget Sound throughout our summer months. Before I bought my boat, I spent many a day shorebound. Casting towards that dream of landing a fresh Chinook, Coho, Pink or whatever would bite. Some …
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Blackened Grilled Salmon Recipe
Blackened Salmon is one of my favorite ways of grilling Chinook and Coho lately. Our friend Chris from Brookings, Oregon sent me a few really great photos that really get me motivated to make it again! The trick with any salmon recipe cooked on a grill is the temperature and timing. I prefer a hot cast iron, same as Chris. Cast iron is slow to …
Coho Salmon – Fast-Action Salmon of the Pacific
Coho Salmon are the abundant, quick-to-feed, quick-to-grow, quick-to-snap-at-your-lure fish that everyone loves to catch. They spend their adolescence in the open ocean waters closest to their natal river, giving everyone on the Pacific Coast a great fishery. Known in much of their range by their aptly appointed nickname, Silver Salmon. They are …
Washington Razor Clam Season 2020
Washington State shellfish managers have been busy on our coastal beaches counting Razor Clam populations. And based on record breaking clam densities, 2020 is shaping up to give us the best digging and most openers in anyone's memory! How Washington State's Razor Clam Seasons are Determined Surveys are done throughout the summer months to …
Puget Sound Coho Salmon – Guide to Fishing Success
The robust fishery for Coho Salmon in Washington's Puget Sound has captured my attention for many years. As I write this, I fondly think back to my very first saltwater fishing trip. One early September morning, I joined a coworker and his family on his boat to target Coho out of Shilshole Bay near Seattle. We launched before the first glimpse of …
Labor Day Coho Salmon Fishing – Seattle’s West Point
Apparently, everyone in the Seattle metro area decided to go out salmon fishing this weekend. I was a little hesitant to go out fishing on Puget Sound this weekend, but when a good friend asks if you can take him and his father-in-law out fishing, you can't turn that down. Coho Salmon fishing is just starting to peak in Puget Sound. I knew that …
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Jeff Head Coho Morning Mooching Session
I wanted to send out a quick report from our morning. We headed out of Shilshole at 6 am this morning. I was thinking about starting close at Meadow Point, but something in my gut told me to run across and fish Jeff Head. As we got close, I noticed that the main weekend fleet was fishing at North Jeff, so we decided to avoid the crowd and start …
Quick Coho Salmon Limit at Jeff Head
Well, the boat was already hooked up to the truck so I figured I'd head out for an hour or two. I headed out to Jeff Head on a solo mission. These summer days are getting a little shorter each day, so getting in on the tail end of the salmon season seemed like a good idea. Make hay while the sun is shining, as the farmers say. I launched at …
Perfectly Grilled Salmon on a Cedar Plank – Delicious Recipe!
Nothing pairs better with the rich flavor of fresh caught salmon as grilling it on a cedar plank. Some of the best salmon feasts I've ever had were prepared by friends that place salmon on a soaked cedar plank on a hot grill. It's a simple concept, but the best grill masters spend years to get all the little details just right. One of our …
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Smoking & Preserving Salmon – The Alaskan Way
Alaskan's are resourceful folks, and one way they make it through the long winters of the Last Frontier by putting away some of their summer salmon harvest. Catching, processing and preserving a healthy winter pack keeps them well fed with some of the best protein on the planet. Also, it is a reminder of the wondrous bounty that Alaskan summers …
Last Minute Puget Sound Spot Shrimp Opener
Puget Sound Spot Shrimpers always get eager for the May openers, and this year was a little weird. We got the green light in June, which was the latest Spot Shrimp opener in memory. It was good, and I personally didn't expect another opportunity for 2020. I think I can say that everyone was pleasantly surprised that we had another day in central …
Black Rockfish – A Favorite Catch Coastwide
One of the most widely caught bottomfish in the North Pacific is the Black Rockfish. They are a real crowd pleaser in rocky inshore areas. They are usually an easy catch, and their fillets are great for the table. Black Rockfish Basics Scientific Name: Sebastes MelanopsGeographic Range: Alaska to CaliforniaTypical Depth: 20' to 200'Typical …
Seattle Tyee Salmon! 30 Pound Hatchery Chinook
Today was one for the record books for Spot Tail Salmon Guides! One of my favorite Seattle fishing charters had a banner day on Puget Sound out of Seattle. It isn't often that we get a chance to see a Chinook of this caliper so close to the Emerald City on Puget Sound, but the fact that it was a hatchery fish that could be kept was even more …
Cabezon – Big Headed Crab Eater of the Reef
The Cabezon is somewhat of an under loved reef fish. They are typically just bycatch for people out targeting more thrilling bottom fish. But they have a unique body, bizarre color patterns, and pretty tasty fillets. Catching a Cabezon really builds on the variety of fish you can catch in rocky inshore areas. Cabezon Basics Scientific Name: …
Jeff Head Salmon Fishing & Bainbridge Crabbing
Family fishing days are the best fishing days. My mom and dad joined me for a morning on Puget Sound for a little salmon fishing and crab pot soaking! We launched the boat at Seattle's Eddie Vine Boat Launch near Shilshole. Salmon fishing has been pretty good. Crabbing for us has been hit and miss. But we wanted to get the full experience so …