2022 Puget Sound Crab Season Announced! One of the great highlights during our Puget Sound summer is the Dungeness Crab feast. Whether you are dropping pots as a bonus catch on your way out to the fishing grounds, or spending the day with family to work crabbing gear, the haul of fresh crab is a …
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Washington’s 2022 Saltwater Salmon Fishing Seasons
Washington’s 2022 Saltwater Salmon Fishing Seasons by Marine Area
Washington’s 2022 Spot Shrimp Season begins May 25
Shrimping is a big deal here in Washington State. Our largest and most sought after is the Spot Shrimp draw quite a crowd when the season opens! Each marine area has specific dates and times we can soak pots, so be very educated on when those times are and get it on your calendar! We …
Spot Shrimping July Openings in Puget Sound, Strait and San Juan Islands
Extra Spot Shrimp dates are always a welcomed surprise this late in the season! Openers have been announced for San Juan Islands, Strait of Juan de Fuca and certain areas in Puget Sound. One of the unique caveats to the shrimping days in Marine Area 8-1 and 8-2 is that only two pots per boat …
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2021 Puget Sound Crabbing Gear Buying Guide
One of our greatest seafood bounties in Puget Sound is Dungeness Crab. Ever since I was a little kid, those days of pulling up crab pots, sorting and measuring Dungeness Crab, and of course… enjoying the bounty by way of a family crab feast, has been a great highlight to our Puget Sound summers. If …
2021 Puget Sound Dungeness Crabbing Season
Dungeness Crab are one of the signature shellfish in the Pacific Northwest, and in Puget Sound over a quarter million people head out to soak pots and reap the rewards! A fresh caught Dungeness Crab, caught in Puget Sound and cooked the same day is one of the highlights of our amazing summers. We now …
Spot Shrimp Re-Opening June 2 in Marine Areas 8-1, 8-2, and 9
Heads up! WDFW just announced that there will be a second opener for a few Central Puget Sound marine areas. Marine Area 8-1 (Saratoga Passage, Deception Pass), 8-2 (Everett, Port Gardiner, Port Susan) and 9 (Admiralty Inlet, Edmonds) will reopen on Wednesday June 2nd. This bonus day is great news! Hope you get to play …
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Puget Sound Spot Shrimp is a few days away!
Hopefully everyone is getting as excited as I am about Spot Shrimp! Washington’s inland marine areas open for Spot Shrimp on Wednesday, May 19th this year and it’s always a good time to be a boat owner, or have friends or family that give you that invite. I am very pleased to see that this …
Puget Sound Lingcod Fishing
Lingcod Fishing in Puget Sound Puget Sound’s underwater rockpiles, reefs, ledges and breakwaters become a big interest point for local anglers like myself around early May each year, I’d say right about the time that fishing for Lingcod opens up. The Lingcod is a large bottom-dwelling fish that are found throughout Puget Sound and thrive …
