2020 Puget Sound Salmon Seasons

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.

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Puget Sound Coho Fishing update – September 2019

Salmon for Soldiers 2019
Salmon for Soldiers 2019

Salmon for Soldiers is an amazing event where the recreational boating and sport fishing community get an opportunity to give back to the veterans who have proudly served our country. I highly recommend it for anyone with a boat and a desire to give back.

I also highly recommend it for any active duty, returning from deployment, or retired military. Words on a blog post and a few pictures do not adequately describe the range of emotions and the amount of positivity generated at this gathering.

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Puget Sound Fishing Update 2 September, 2019

Nice area 7 Coho
Returning ocean coho caught in Area 7 last year

As I write this blog post, I’m getting ready to head up north to fish for coho out of the Port of Everett for 3 straight days culminating with the Salmon for Soldiers Day of Honor fishing event on Saturday, Sep 14th.

After an early push of some ocean coho, things have been quite slow in Areas 9 and 8-2. There are still good numbers of coho being caught in Area 10, and there is a pile of coho out at Sekiu.

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Puget Sound Fishing Update for September, 2019

Nice late king on the carbon
Nice late king on the carbon

Did summer ever actually happen? Technically, September is still summer, but it sure feels like we are now in the fall. It doesn’t help that all the stores have Halloween stuff out, the autumn beers are on the shelves and the salmon are in the rivers! Let’s cover what the options are in September to get into some salmon.

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South Puget Sound Salmon Fishing August 2019

MA13 King cuts really nice

I’ve missed a good chunk of August already due to fishing in Port Hardy for a week and trying to play catch-up on my return.

The peak fishing in the South Puget Sound has occurred over the past few weeks and should continue into this week. This post is more of a summary and run down of the opportunity in this coming week.

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