Next week will begin a series of season openers for the 2019 salmon season for the Strait and interior of Puget Sound. For the last several years, I’ve attended the opener out in Port Angeles and had excellent results. This year may be even better, for a number of reasons we will discuss in this post.
Just the trip through the San Juan Islands by boat on the way to Jones Island Marine State Park fills your cup for adventure and serene beauty.
The islands have always held a magical quality to me, in that I get really excited just being there. We camped on Jones Island for three nights and in this blog post, hope to cover enough to convince you that this is a must do camping experience, and how to do it successfully.
Opening week of trout fishing is a great opportunity to get your kids into fishing. We decided to hold off fishing the busy weekend of the lowland lake trout opener, but we instead got on the lake first thing the following Monday. As it usually does each year for us, Mineral Lake provided exceptional trout fishing as we had a great time helping our kids catch fish.
Are you repelling fish with your downrigger wire? Just switch to braid right? You don’t have this concern of repelling fish with braid, but you also don’t have the advantage of attracting fish with the electrical charge being put out by your downrigger wire either.
If you had a bad season of fishing with wire, are you worried that a mystery electrical issue is the root cause?
Unfortunately, almost all the news on setting the 2019 Salmon Seasons is bad. Yes, there are more coho this year than in previous years. Yes, we need to do our part for conservation purposes and the SRKW situation, but some of the season cuts don’t quite make sense to me.
This years run of spring kings on the Columbia River had me seriously questioning whether it was worth the time and effort to drive 2.5 hours, fish a new part of the river and chase a run predicted to be worse than most recent previous years. Here’s the deal though: One, just one Columbia River Springer is enough to make it worth the effort. The meat quality is better than any other salmon or steelhead (fish?) you can angle for in the Pacific Northwest.
It was an absolutely fantastic day fishing for Lingcod and Bottomfish on The Slammer charter boat out of Westport. I’m a little late in getting this post out, since the actual trip was on March 27th as things have been busy!
Anyone who has fished for Puget Sound salmon has no doubt heard of (or experienced) the “good old days”. We’ve all heard the many theories about what has happened to the great abundance of fish.
I just recently finished reading a fantastic book on the history of Puget Sound salmon runs that is a must read for anyone interested in what has happened to these great runs of fish that once made Puget Sound the center of all salmon fishing and more importantly to glean insights about where we are going.
NWSportsmanmag.com covered the North of Falcon Salmon forecast reveal with a great article outlining what to expect. You never know exactly what to expect, but based on some of the macro trends we’ve been following, the forecast isn’t a huge surprise. I’m personally excited about a few of these forecasts
The Salmon for Soldiers fishing event is a can’t miss event on the fishing calendar for me. As boat owners we are so blessed, why not take this opportunity to give back to the service men and women who have put it all on the line?
As they say at SFS: Thank you for your service and welcome home!