Puget Sound Salmon Forecasts 2023

Nice chinook salmon caught around Sekiu

This is the big forecast news dump we’ve been waiting for! There’s so much information on what we can expect with regards to salmon fishing in Puget Sound revealed at the beginning of North of Falcon with these forecasts now released.

There was also some framing of the kind of salmon seasons we can expect. I will unpack all of it for you in this blog post, including details about the nearly 4 million pinks (humpies) expected to return to Puget Sound in 2023!

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2022 Puget Sound Salmon Seasons

A nice pair of coho caught in MA10

Tracking all of the news and developments as the 2022 Puget Sound Salmon Season takes shape through the North of Falcon process and eventually becomes our season for fishing the Puget Sound for Salmon.

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2021 Draft / Proposed Puget Sound Salmon Seasons

Wild king caught and released from green buoy area around Sekiu
Wild king caught and released from green buoy area around Sekiu in 2020

We are now within a week or so from getting the final 2021 Puget Sound Salmon Seasons, and based on what’s in the proposed / draft version, it’s mostly good news for the summer salmon season, though 2022 Blackmouth is still a problem.

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2021 Puget Sound Salmon Seasons

Fishing for king salmon in Sekiu WA is one of the absolute best salmon fishing opportunities!
Fishing for king salmon in Sekiu and Neah Bay WA is one of the absolute best salmon fishing opportunities!

2021 Salmon seasons are now finalized as the North of Falcon process which determines the sport fishing seasons working with the tribes, concludes.

Marine Area 5 (Sekiu) is currently open until April 30th for hatchery chinook. Marine Area 13 is the only place to fish for hatchery chinook in May. Starting in June and into July, the opportunity expands considerably, see the details below.

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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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