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Westport Bottom Fishing March 2020

March 27, 2024March 26, 2020 by Kyle

Things seem to be changing quickly in terms of recreational opportunities as the state shuts down.

The city of Westport recently shut down all hotels, vacation rentals, and ways for non-residents to stay in an effort to keep people away and stop the spread.

This whole virus mess will pass. When it does, making a trip to Westport for bottom fishing is something you should strongly consider. This whole virus mess will pass. When it does, making a trip to Westport for bottom fishing is something you should strongly consider.

Orting Foothills Trail Biking

March 27, 2024February 24, 2020 by Kyle

The Foothills Trail runs parallel to the Carbon River for a stretch near the town of Orting

Okay, so maybe you can’t quite convince your family to join you on an epic quest for winter steelhead or blackmouth, but recreating outside together is an essential part of experiencing the PNW Best Life.

Last week, we were finally rewarded with a nice stretch of sun, and that pattern looks to repeat for most of this week as well. All bets are off after that! So why not dust off the ole bike and get the family out riding (or walking) on the awesome Foothills Trail near Orting, WA?

Marine Area 9 Blackmouth Fishing February, 2020

March 27, 2024February 13, 2020 by Kyle

blackmouth release of sub legal — Release of sub legal blackmouth

Marine Area 9 opened up on February 1st for fishing for and retention of a single hatchery chinook 22″ and larger (blackmouth). There were some initial positive reports and lots of “shaker city” kind of reports.

I couldn’t help myself for too long before I had to go out and check things out.

Hood Canal Crabbing January 2020

March 27, 2024January 29, 2020 by Kyle

Hood canal crabbing red rocks and dungies — Hood canal crabbing for Red rocks and Dungies

I’ve wanted to get this post up about our Hood Canal Crabbing trip quickly since winter crabbing is closing at the end of this week, but I’ve been waylaid by a virus (probably corona?) that knocked me out the last 3-4 days.

We were only on the water for about 4-5 hours but experienced decent success with keeper crabs. Most of them were Red Rock, but we still got some nice big Dungeness crab sprinkled in the mix.

Marine Area 10 Blackmouth Fishing January, 2020

March 27, 2024January 24, 2020 by Kyle

blackmouth keeper netted — Blackmouth keeper in the net

After all the snow, ice, and wind events we’ve had in the Puget Sound area lately, I finally made it out to fish for Blackmouth in Puget Sound. I had heard some recent good reports in Marine Area 10, so we decided to target fishing near Kingston. Marine Area 10 has been open since the start of the year and has just started to produce Blackmouth.

Steelhead Float Fishing Washington coast, January 2020

March 25, 2024January 19, 2020 by Kyle

I finally made it out for a fishing trip after a dry spell of almost 5 weeks! The goal of this trip? Float fishing for steelhead on the Washington coast! In this post, I describe all the details that made this a successful steelhead fishing trip.

2020 Puget Sound Salmon Seasons

March 25, 2024December 23, 2019 by Kyle

Sekiu caught king — King caught off of Sekiu

2020 Salmon seasons have been released as the North of Falcon process concludes. While the biggest headline and disappointment is the loss of most of the winter blackmouth season in 2020-2021, it may only be a one year setback. Summer chinook seasons have a slightly higher quota. Everything kicks off on June 1st with the opening of the Marine Area 10 coho season.

My final update to this post is a link to the 2021 Puget sound salmon season post just released.

2019 Puget Sound Crab Season Extended into 2020

March 25, 2024December 13, 2019 by Kyle

Puget Sound Crab season extended into 2020. We also recently crabbed Marine Area 8-2 looking for big winter Dungeness crab.

Marine Area 13 Chum Fishing, November 2019

March 25, 2024November 13, 2019 by Kyle

Puget Sound salmon fishing has tailored off significantly as coho runs are fully in the rivers (some runs like the Puyallup are basically over). Chum are now making their way through Puget Sound, but there is some bad news on that front we will dive into.

RV Camping near Aberdeen WA

March 25, 2024November 4, 2019 by Kyle

Hoquiam river from RV Park — Hoquiam river from the RV Park

With several consecutive outstanding razor clam tides on the coast, we wanted to stay a few nights at an RV Park near Aberdeen WA. We ended up finding Hoquiam River RV Park after a brief search.