Curing Salmon Eggs For River Fishing If you want to fish our rivers, you need to get your egg curing program dialed in! Cured salmon eggs are effective baits used to catch Salmon, Steelhead and Trout. You might be heaving a fist sized ball of eggs for Chinook Salmon in the tidewater, stalking Trout in the high mountains with a single egg on an …
Humptulips River ~ First Drift Boat Trip of 2018!
I have been dreaming of that first fall drift boat float for at least a month now! The drift boat has been doing nothing but collecting dust all summer, but now it's time to rally some river fishing trips. Summer was a dream, full of salmon fishing on Puget Sound, but switching gears has been long overdue. I scrubbed the drift boat on …
Jeff Head and Presidents Point Chinook Salmon Fishing
Jeff Head and Presidents Point Salmon Fishing near Seattle, Washington Jeff Head and President's Point are as close to Seattle's salmon fishing backyard as you can get. It is one of my personal favorite spots throughout the salmon fishing season. It is the Central Puget Sound's largest underwater landmass and is comparable to Mid Channel Bank and …
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Puget Sound Orca Survival: Don’t Scapegoat Sportfishing
Protecting Puget Sound Orca Whales and Preserving Sportfishing is a Win-Win This piece originally appeared as a Letter to the Editor published in the Seattle Times on August 9 under the headline: Orcas’ survival: Don’t scapegoat fishing. I’m disappointed to see out-of-context calls to “stop chinook fishing” in orca coverage. I’m even more …
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Hiking For Mountain Trout in the Pacific Nortwest
Alpine Lake Fishing In Washington It is no secret that Washington's hiking trails are popular in the summer. I enjoy hiking and backpacking as much as anyone, but for me, it's often a means to an end. And that end is fishing for spectacularly-colored alpine trout! Washington's Cascade and Olympic Mountains offer thousands of miles of trails and …
14 Awesome Fishing Lakes in the Snoqualmie Valley
Snoqualmie Valley's Best Fishing Lakes The Snoqualmie Valley has shifted from a sleepy rural area into Seattle's outdoor playground. There is so much to do out here in the country! Some of the best trout and bass fishing lakes in the Seattle area are in the Snoqualmie Valley. The valley is a popular destination for everything from summertime …
12 Great Lures for Chinook Salmon Fishing in Puget Sound
Best Fishing Lures For Catching Puget Sound Chinook Salmon Fishing for Chinook Salmon is one of the most popular things to do on Puget Sound. Every summer, every fisherman in the Puget Sound area waits impatiently for the Chinook Salmon to return and the fishing season to start. There are great fishing spots all over Puget Sound! If you are …
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Quick Salmon Mooching Trip Seattle
I got the ultimate last-minute invite today from the Seattle mooching legend himself, Captain Keith Robbins, the big kahuna over at Spot Tail Guides, an exclusive mooching salmon fishing and fly fishing charter based out of Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. We headed out for a couple hours of fun-fishing, there was a pretty inviting midday tide …
Easy Breezy Resident Coho Salmon Fishing in Puget Sound Report
Resident Coho Salmon Fishing at Jeff Head I figured I would share another Seattle fishing report with you all. The Resident Coho Salmon may not be monsters right now, but they are biting and there are plenty of them out there. If you are looking to have fresh salmon for your next summer bbq, I would go fishing in Seattle's Marine Area 10 for …
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Epic Resident Coho Salmon Fishing Report For Seattle
Seattle Summer Salmon Fishing Season Shakedown Run. Now that our inaugural salmon fishing shakedown trip just wrapped up, I feel like summer has finally started! The boat is in the Edmonds Marina for all of salmon season. And you know what? I am so excited to get in on great salmon fishing so close to my home. Chinook Salmon won't open anywhere …
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Snohomish River Salmon Fishing
Snohomish River Offers Great Salmon Fishing! Just beyond the rolling suburban hills of Seattle lies the Snohomish River, which hosts some of the best salmon fishing anywhere in Washington State. Snohomish River salmon fishing is a passtime that anyone in the Everett and Seattle areas to get into fishing in their backyard. The Snohomish River sees …
How to Cook Dungeness Crab
Freshly caught Dungeness Crab is classic Pacific Northwest cuisine. Are you ready to learn how to cook Dungeness Crab? During the Seattle summer, my favorite ways to spend a day is crabbing on Puget Sound in the morning and inviting over friends and family for a crab boil in the evening. Those calm summer days on the water make crabbing here …
Skykomish River Fishing Spots
The Skykomish River is Seattle's favorite Salmon and Steelhead River. The Skykomish River is one of Washington's most famous Salmon and Steelhead fishing rivers. Summer Steelhead, Dolly Varden, Pink Salmon, Coho Salmon, Chum Salmon, Chinook Salmon and Trout inhabit the river. If you are yearning to learn more about exploring the Skykomish River, …
Puget Sound Dungeness Crabbing
Summer wouldn't be the same in Puget Sound without going crabbing for Dungeness! Puget Sound is a summer paradise and Dungeness Crab are arguably the most sought after bounty. Small boats work the nearshore waters, the baiting and setting and pulling of pots all for a payout of big hard shell crab. Dungeness Crab are one of the tastiest shellfish …
How to Catch Summer Steelhead
Summer wouldn't be the same without river fishing for Steelhead! Summer Steelhead are one of the most prized catches that swim in our Pacific Northwest rivers. If you are a fisher who just recently moved to the Pacific Northwest, or are simply interested in trying out a new fishery, then you are exactly the person I wrote this for. I hope you …