Seattle Washington Fishing Blog
The month of May is so jam packed with fishing options in Washington State it’s tough to not go overboard with a report, but I did it anyways. Every corner of the state is boiling with fishing opportunity. Well enough of an intro, I want to give a huge thanks for all the guides, charter …
Seattle and Washington State Fishing Report – May 2022Read More
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 …
Marine Area 10 Reopens Daily for Blackmouth Fishing through March 2022!Read More
It’s becoming a little tough to focus on work with all these awesome March fishing options in front of us, the age old struggle of a fisherman! Saltwater fishing around Seattle and the Washington Coast is going to be great, we have Blackmouth fishing in Seattle, South Puget Sound and Sekiu. Lingcod and Rockfish season …
Seattle and Washington State Fishing Report – March 2022Read More
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, …
Seattle Winter Blackmouth Report – February 27, 2022Read More
Blue bird skies kept me outside most of today, but I buckled down and decided to finish up the February fishing report! Lots going on already, and February has some great fishing options for just about everyone! Salmon Fishing Report Puget Sound Winter Chinook is the main focus for February Salmon fishing. Some of my …
Seattle and Washington State Fishing Report – February 2022Read More
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 …
Seattle and Washington State Fishing Report – January 2022Read More
Twitching jigs for salmon was once unheard of, now it has become one of the most mainstream techniques on the rivers of the Pacific Northwest. If you have tried this technique and want to give tying your own jigs a shot, this post is for you. While most of the guys that tie their own …
Beginner’s Guide to Tying a Simple Marabou Salmon Twitching JigRead More
Salmon anglers on rivers large and small love fishing with plugs! I use the back trolling and anchor fishing plug techniques out of my drift boat all season long. My personal favorites are the Luhr Jensen Kwikfish and Yakima Baits Maglip plugs. Although fishing with plugs can be fairly straightforward, I have a few key …
Quick Guide to Rigging and Wrapping Kwikfish and Maglip PlugsRead More
Keith Robbins of Spot Tail Salmon Guides with a great YouTube video. Even though I have focused on mooching for salmon for the past four summer seasons, I still watch it in awe, Keith captures all of the integral aspects of mooching in a video that spans several minutes. Learn the basics of mooching. You …
Learn How to Mooch for Salmon with Capt. Keith RobbinsRead More
Every once in a great while, we are blessed to spend a day fishing with our friends in a beautiful place. I had that very experience last week on the Queets River in Washington’s Olympic National Park. My friends were Ian, David and Chance. They work every day all summer long running charters out of …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Perfectly Grilled Salmon on a Cedar Plank – Delicious Recipe!Read More
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 …
Chinook Salmon are the king of our rivers. They are the largest salmon we catch on the Pacific Coast. And once they travel out of the ocean feeding grounds back to the river to spawn, can offer one of the most exciting fishing experiences in the Pacific Northwest. Whether you have a boat or want …
7 Deadly Techniques to Catch Chinook Salmon in RiversRead More
I have fished for salmon a bunch out of Port Townsend over the years. But it has always been the trolling drill at Mid Channel Bank. But yesterday morning we tried something new. We found a really cool pocket of old school moochers and joined them for a new experience. My 18′ boat was a …
Mooching is Puget Sound’s Original Salmon Fishing Method Mooching has stood the test of time here in Puget Sound. It is one of the oldest salmon fishing techniques that still brings in impressive catches. I prefer mooching over trolling every time I fish Puget Sound. It is super fun and interactive. You get to hold …
We had a great couple days of fishing this weekend! Neah Bay is one of those special places. And the rugged beauty of the North Coast of Washington is the perfect backdrop for reeling in Salmon, along with everything else we caught during this epic trip. Fishing Neah Bay from Sekiu Because of the Neah …
Here’s a quick Port Townsend fishing report for you. The tides were perfect for the long run to Mid Channel Bank today. My buddy Kent invited me out and I couldn’t say no! We ran out and fished through the first half of the outgoing tide and found a few really nice Chinook. We fished …
Throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, summer months are a time to harvest salmon and put them away for the lean times of winter. We recently made a trip to Sekiu, Washington and salmon fishing was good! I returned home with a couple really nice Chinook fillets and decided to put them up in jars …
