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.
I don’t usually like to be the guy who sounds the alarm on a fishery to give it even more attention but…if you are thinking you can wait to get in on the incredible chinook fishing going on in Marine Area 11 right now, you may be disappointed
Lingcod fishing during our May 2022 Neah Bay fishing was incredible and I caught the biggest lingcod of my life weighing in at 38 lbs!
The above photo is from a recent trip out of Westport, WA in April 2022. We had incredible weather and easy limits of bottom fish such as black rockfish and ling cod within a few hours of fishing!
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.
Tracking all of the news and developments as the 2022 Washington Coast Salmon Season takes shape through the North of Falcon process and eventually becomes our season for fishing the Washington Coast (Marine Areas 1 -4) for Salmon.
The Washington Coast Salmon Forecast for 2022 has been released and we have some idea what to expect in terms of the season-setting process.
The 2022 Puget Sound Salmon Forecasts have been released! Here’s my coverage of what was shared via Zoom by WDFW.
