Our favorite time of the year is at hand! The opportunity to harvest the delicious, the delectable, the delightful: Spot Shrimp of Puget Sound.
This blog post has all the basic information you need to know about the seasons in 2024 and a few helpful resources to refresh your shrimping knowledge since it has been about a year since we were last out there hauling up our pots.
We are only a few weeks away from the 2023 Puget Sound Shrimping season! Now is the time to review season details, and take inventory of your pots, your riggings, and of course your bait.
Do you remember where you left off last year? Do you remember the valuable lessons you learned? Now is the time to review, head to the store if you need to, and come up with a plan to make your 2023 season a big success.
If you have been used to catching your limit of spot shrimp in depths of 250+ in recent years, then 2022 has been a serious curve ball.
We typically shrimp in Hood Canal and we have a spot we hit where we routinely pull up 100+ shrimp per pot in 45-60 minute soaks. So on the first mid-week opener in May when we were pulling up 20-40 shrimp per pot in the exact same spot, it was a bit of a head scratcher.
Shrimpers, it’s time to plan your next pot drop! That’s right, the 2022 spot shrimp season in Puget Sound has been announced by WDFW and we have all the details, links, and how-to information right here on this there blog.
Shrimpers…Drop…Your…Pots! (read like “start your engines!”). We have another awesome spot shrimp season in Puget Sound. Check out this blog post for all of the shrimpy details you need to put the best tasting critter in Puget Sound on your boat this year.
There are so many reasons to camp near Hood Canal. The scenery is pretty awesome for one. We camped at “Scenic Beach State Park”, it is aptly named as the view across the canal to the Olympic Mountains is just incredible.
I’ve been spending way too much idle time glancing at Facebook posts of all the salmon being caught out in Sekiu. Ahhh! It’s killing me to not be back out there. We had an epic time though on the opener and it sounds like it has been absolutely packed with people since then. This report is about what’s going on closer to home though, so let’s dig in!
Last summer on a trip to Puerto Vallarta my friend and I stayed with her aunt and uncle. This is basically his recipe. He served it on tostadas in a way I had never had, but was delicious. We spread mayo on the tostada before adding the ceviche and toppings. I swear it is incredible. Everyone I have ever served has said so.
A recent trip report from our shrimping trip in the Strait of Juan de Fuca on June 1st, 2020. Read about where to catch spot shrimp a short run from John Wayne Marina.
What is it about shrimping that captures so much of the passion and energy of the Puget Sound outdoor enthusiast?
Is it that these are the best-tasting critters in our local waters? Or is it the “closet deadliest catch persona” we all have buried deep within us somewhere?
Whatever it is, it is clear, that we love our spot shrimp and the process of catching them. The much anticipated 2020 Puget Sound Spot Shrimp Season has been announced, let’s get to the details!