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2024 Winter Chinook Blackmouth Fishery to open 4 days a week

February 21, 2024 by Kyle

For many Puget Sound anglers, this announcement of our winter chinook fishery beginning on March 1st, 2024 is absolutely exciting. March is often the beginning of the recreational fishing calendar for those with a boat. This announcement is also a reminder of the challenge and difficulty of fishing seasons in Puget Sound the last few years with the restriction of being only open for 4 days a week.

We cover all the details of this WDFW news and provide links to helpful resources in this blog post.

Reviewing 2023 Puget Sound Salmon Seasons and Preparing for 2024

February 1, 2024 by Kyle

marine area 10 chinook king salmon near seattle aug 2023

I recently attended the Puget Sound Salmon Town Hall earlier this week where we reviewed the 2023 Puget Sound Salmon Seasons, examined the weather and environmental conditions, introduced the 2024 North of Falcon schedule and WDFW attempted to answer questions from a frustrated public.

In this blog post I highlight the parts I think you should be aware of.

Explaining the Marine Area 10 closure, re-opening in August 2023

December 6, 2023December 5, 2023 by Kyle

The summer salmon season in 2023 was one of the absolute best in quite some time!

The abundance of coho and chinook results in many wonderful fish-catching adventures throughout the Puget Sound, Strait, and Ocean.

However, many anglers will best remember 2023 for the two very confusing, confounding, and anger-inducing closures that occurred in Marine Area 10 and Marine Area 11.

This blog article attempts to explain the Marine Area 10 closure in much greater detail than how most of us have previously understood it.

Puget Sound Squid Fishing Trip November 2023

November 18, 2023 by Kyle

I was recently invited to a squid fishing trip (squid party!) on a boat out of Edmunds, WA and the experience was phenomenal! I’m far from an expert on squidding in Puget Sound, but as always I will share what I learned and what I think are the keys to success.

Puget Sound Catching is at its peak! Sep 2023

March 30, 2024September 3, 2023 by Kyle

Marine Area 10 limits of pink and coho Aug 2023

“That’s why they call it fishing” a statement often issued after a difficult fishing trip, or maybe during chinook season when things don’t always line up to put fish in the box.

What’s going on right now in Puget Sound though is called catching!

Why you should fish Buoy 10 and our lessons learned

March 30, 2024August 22, 2023 by Kyle

Every year I have a friend who has fished with me from Arizona for the past 14 years. We’ve done many fisheries all over Western Washington and this year we decided to take on the mother of them all: Buoy 10.

Keep reading to learn why we chose Buoy 10, why you should consider it, and a few lessons we learned as Buoy 10 newbs.

Pink Salmon Beach Fishing August 2023

March 30, 2024August 14, 2023 by Kyle

Fishing for Pink Salmon from the beach can be an incredibly exciting experience! We get to fish for pinks once every two years because of the odd-year return pattern they exhibit.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been fishing from my boat with downriggers for salmon for almost 2 months now, and though I didn’t have much choice this trip with my boat in the shop getting the autopilot repaired, I was really excited to put my waders on and head down to the local beach.

Chinook salmon retention closed in Marine Area 10 (Seattle/Bremerton Area)

March 30, 2024August 4, 2023 by Kyle

Ash holds king chinook from marine area 10

Sad news and a sad day for Puget Sound chinook anglers who now have all the interior middle Puget Sound marine areas closed for chinook harvest.

Marine Area 9 Fishing Trip July 2023

March 30, 2024July 31, 2023 by Kyle

MA9 chinook unmarked wild king released july 2023

I took my Dad out fishing for chinook and coho in Marine Area 9 on the final set of openings in the limited season for chinook in 2023 and wanted to share our trip experience, and lessons learned and write a little bit about what’s next for Puget Sound chinook anglers.

Should we lie to WDFW about the fish we caught?

March 30, 2024July 1, 2023 by Kyle

You might be thinking this is a ridiculous blog post just from the title, but it’s actually a really important question to think through with a full understanding of how our fishing and catching data is used by WDFW. By attempting to apply logic and reason to this question we will hopefully illuminate some things we may not fully understand.