Early season Chinook always draw a crowd to Sekiu, and if you’re interested in fishing for salmon along the rugged coastline of the Olympic Peninsula, you’ve got your first chance of the year starting on April 14!
Salmon
The waters of the Pacific Coast host great fishing for Salmon. This includes Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Pink Salmon, Sockeye Salmon and Chum Salmon. This page showcases great How To articles, blog posts, fishing reports, fishing seasons, tips and techniques on catching Salmon in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, British Columbia and California. We focus on fishing in Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, Strait of Juan De Fuca, Neah Bay, Westport, La Push, Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands, SE Alaska, Prince William Sound and many other locations on the Pacific Coast.

Marine Area 10 & 11 Blackmouth Season Announced!
Puget Sound will open for Blackmouth fishing on April 2nd in Marine Area 10 and 11.

2024 Puget Sound Winter Blackmouth season begins March 1
2024 Winter Blackmouth Season begins on March 1 in Marine Areas 10 and 11.
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My Favorite Saltwater Coho Salmon Lures & Rigs
My favorite fishing lures for catching Coho Salmon in saltwater areas. Check out these awesome lures that can be used for trolling, casting or jigging.

My Favorite Lures for Puget Sound Pink Salmon Fishing
Like many regions of the Pacific Northwest, Washington’s Puget Sound is home to a large return of Pink Salmon. Washington State’s Pink Salmon return every other year (2023, 2025, 2027) by the millions, and are one of the most popular fisheries of the year! To help you catch Pink Salmon in Washington as well as …
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Tacoma’s 2023 Salmon Season begins June 1 with a Chinook Opener
Salmon fishing around Tacoma and Vashon Island is back starting June 1, 2023 and anglers all over the South Puget Sound area are ready to get back out on the water!
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12 Great Fishing Lures for Chinook Salmon Fishing in Saltwater
I’ve put together a list of what I think are the best Chinook Salmon lures for fishing in saltwater areas, hoping that it will help you land your next trophy
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Seattle’s 2023 Salmon Season kicks off on June 1
Seattle’s Marine Area 10 portion of Puget Sound opens for salmon fishing on June 1 this year! We should start catching Resident Coho, followed by Chinook, Pinks and Ocean-range Coho.

Your Guide to the Washington 2023 Salmon Fishing Seasons – Marine Areas
Easy to use guide to Washington’s 2023 Saltwater Salmon Fishing Seasons.
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That time we went Blackmouth Fishing in Sekiu – March 2023
Our annual March Blackmouth fishing trip to Sekiu, Washington was a big success!
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Seattle Salmon Fishing Report – August 2022
If you can’t tell from all my recent posts and reports, I absolutely live for salmon fishing in Puget Sound during the summer months. The early alarm clock wake-up is welcomed on every day I get to push out of the slip or boat ramp and cruise out to the fishing grounds. If you are …

Seattle Salmon and Crab with Messing Around Charters
Sunday was a day I will always remember, fishing with my good friend Mathew Messing of Messing Around Fishing Charters. I’ve had the pleasure of fishing with Mat before, and working with him during my own charters, sharing information to ensure that all of our guests had the best experience. Mat is one of my …
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Salmon Fishing Trip to South Puget Sound
I have been eagerly anticipating my first salmon charter of the 2022 season this weekend with Best Seattle Fishing. Our favorite local salmon spots near the Shilshole Marina slip are still a couple weeks from opening, the plan was to make the long run down to Marine Area 11 and fish around Tacoma and Gig …

Puget Sound Summer Salmon Chat – Wednesday May 25th at South King County Puget Sound Anglers
I am very excited to be invited to speak at the monthly meetup of South King County Puget Sound Anglers on Wednesday May 25th in Kent, Washington. I’ll be covering our 2022 Puget Sound Salmon fishing opportunities, and will have a presentation ready to roll! Kent Commons Community Center525 4th Ave NKent WA 98030Wednesday May …

Washington’s 2022 Saltwater Salmon Fishing Seasons
Washington’s 2022 Saltwater Salmon Fishing Seasons by Marine Area

Marine Area 10 Reopens Daily for Blackmouth Fishing through March 2022!
Winter Blackmouth fishing has been pretty decent this year, and although our openers have only been a couple 3-day periods in early January and again starting back up in late February, Puget Sound’s Marine Area 10 will now be open to salmon fishing 7 days a week until the end of March! WDFW gave us …
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Seattle Winter Blackmouth Report – February 27, 2022
Well, we anxiously watched the marine weather forecast build and build, but decided to go out anyways and had a hell of a day on Puget Sound. My buddy Jake invited me, Jerome and Dan out for our first stab at the Marine Area 10 Winter Blackmouth season. After a couple reviews of the weather, …
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Seattle and Washington State Fishing Report – January 2022
Frigid winter weather isn’t going to keep us off the water here in Washington State! For those of us that are eager to get out, we have some great Salmon, Steelhead and Trout fisheries, coastal Razor Clams to dig, and Puget Sound squid to catch. All the fisheries mentioned are bright spots so far, and …
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Puget Sound Pink Salmon Report – August 29th
This season’s returning Pink Salmon are in big-time and fishing was great this weekend! We started at Richmond Beach this morning, and had a little action but not phenomenal, so we ran north to Marine Area 9 and fished in the deep water between Possession and Picnic Point. As we approached, we could see Pinks …

Puget Sound Coho Salmon Clinic – August 24th in Woodinville
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 …
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