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Puget Sound Fishing Forecast: Summer Sizzle and Epic Salmon Runs
Artificial Lure here with your Puget Sound fishing report for Saturday, June 21, 2025.
It’s officially summer, with sunrise at 5:10 am and sunset pushing out to 9:10 pm, giving anglers a big window to chase some of the best fishing we’ve seen in years. Weather is prime for a day on the water—partly cloudy skies, light winds, and high temps in the mid-70s make for comfortable casting all day. The tide chart calls for a strong morning flood, peaking around 9:30 am, followed by a solid afternoon ebb. Plan your salmon drifts and bottom drops around those swinging tides for best success.
Recent Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife creel reports out of Everett Ramp and Port Angeles confirm it: Chinook and coho catches are robust, and the pink salmon forecasts are off the charts. This year, over 7.7 million pinks are forecasted to return—one of the strongest runs in decades, with the Green and Nisqually Rivers expecting especially good numbers. Hold tight; the pinks will stack in big by July, but early scouts could hit the beaches any day now.
Right now, Chinook are showing in solid numbers, with anglers at Area 9 and 10 ramps tallying up to 26 salmon checked recently. Lingcod action is still decent, with reports of fish up to 10.5 pounds coming aboard on live bait and hefty soft plastics bounced near structure. Sea-run cutthroat are chowing down around estuaries and beaches from Edmonds to the Kitsap Peninsula—use smaller baitfish patterns or spinning lures for best results.
Best baits and lures this week:
- For salmon: Troll green/white or chartreuse flashers paired with hoochies, spoons like the Coho Killer, or a plug-cut herring.
- For pinks and early coho: Try pink buzz bombs, small pink hoochies, or twitching jigs as the run builds.
- For bottomfish and lingcod: Heavy lead-heads rigged with large curly-tail grubs, swimbaits, or live sanddabs near rocky structure are best.
- Fly anglers: Clouser minnows and small, chartreuse-over-white streamers have been top producers for sea-run cutthroat and early salmon along the beaches.
Hot spots today:
- Possession Bar off the southern tip of Whidbey remains a classic—salmon are piling in with the tides, and there’s steady bait.
- Tacoma Narrows is providing some exciting mult-species action: salmon passes, hungry lingcod, and fair weather for boaters.
- Elliott Bay offers hot July salmon action, but check WDFW openings since the area is tightly regulated to protect returning spawners.
The action across Puget Sound is shaping up for one of the best summers in recent memory. With tides, temps, and fish all lining up, this weekend’s the time to hit the water, whether you’re trolling for kings or casting from the beach for cutthroat.
Thanks for tuning in to your Puget Sound fishing insider. Don’t forget to subscribe for more updates and pro tips. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
It’s officially summer, with sunrise at 5:10 am and sunset pushing out to 9:10 pm, giving anglers a big window to chase some of the best fishing we’ve seen in years. Weather is prime for a day on the water—partly cloudy skies, light winds, and high temps in the mid-70s make for comfortable casting all day. The tide chart calls for a strong morning flood, peaking around 9:30 am, followed by a solid afternoon ebb. Plan your salmon drifts and bottom drops around those swinging tides for best success.
Recent Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife creel reports out of Everett Ramp and Port Angeles confirm it: Chinook and coho catches are robust, and the pink salmon forecasts are off the charts. This year, over 7.7 million pinks are forecasted to return—one of the strongest runs in decades, with the Green and Nisqually Rivers expecting especially good numbers. Hold tight; the pinks will stack in big by July, but early scouts could hit the beaches any day now.
Right now, Chinook are showing in solid numbers, with anglers at Area 9 and 10 ramps tallying up to 26 salmon checked recently. Lingcod action is still decent, with reports of fish up to 10.5 pounds coming aboard on live bait and hefty soft plastics bounced near structure. Sea-run cutthroat are chowing down around estuaries and beaches from Edmonds to the Kitsap Peninsula—use smaller baitfish patterns or spinning lures for best results.
Best baits and lures this week:
- For salmon: Troll green/white or chartreuse flashers paired with hoochies, spoons like the Coho Killer, or a plug-cut herring.
- For pinks and early coho: Try pink buzz bombs, small pink hoochies, or twitching jigs as the run builds.
- For bottomfish and lingcod: Heavy lead-heads rigged with large curly-tail grubs, swimbaits, or live sanddabs near rocky structure are best.
- Fly anglers: Clouser minnows and small, chartreuse-over-white streamers have been top producers for sea-run cutthroat and early salmon along the beaches.
Hot spots today:
- Possession Bar off the southern tip of Whidbey remains a classic—salmon are piling in with the tides, and there’s steady bait.
- Tacoma Narrows is providing some exciting mult-species action: salmon passes, hungry lingcod, and fair weather for boaters.
- Elliott Bay offers hot July salmon action, but check WDFW openings since the area is tightly regulated to protect returning spawners.
The action across Puget Sound is shaping up for one of the best summers in recent memory. With tides, temps, and fish all lining up, this weekend’s the time to hit the water, whether you’re trolling for kings or casting from the beach for cutthroat.
Thanks for tuning in to your Puget Sound fishing insider. Don’t forget to subscribe for more updates and pro tips. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
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By Quiet. PleaseArtificial Lure here with your Puget Sound fishing report for Saturday, June 21, 2025.
It’s officially summer, with sunrise at 5:10 am and sunset pushing out to 9:10 pm, giving anglers a big window to chase some of the best fishing we’ve seen in years. Weather is prime for a day on the water—partly cloudy skies, light winds, and high temps in the mid-70s make for comfortable casting all day. The tide chart calls for a strong morning flood, peaking around 9:30 am, followed by a solid afternoon ebb. Plan your salmon drifts and bottom drops around those swinging tides for best success.
Recent Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife creel reports out of Everett Ramp and Port Angeles confirm it: Chinook and coho catches are robust, and the pink salmon forecasts are off the charts. This year, over 7.7 million pinks are forecasted to return—one of the strongest runs in decades, with the Green and Nisqually Rivers expecting especially good numbers. Hold tight; the pinks will stack in big by July, but early scouts could hit the beaches any day now.
Right now, Chinook are showing in solid numbers, with anglers at Area 9 and 10 ramps tallying up to 26 salmon checked recently. Lingcod action is still decent, with reports of fish up to 10.5 pounds coming aboard on live bait and hefty soft plastics bounced near structure. Sea-run cutthroat are chowing down around estuaries and beaches from Edmonds to the Kitsap Peninsula—use smaller baitfish patterns or spinning lures for best results.
Best baits and lures this week:
- For salmon: Troll green/white or chartreuse flashers paired with hoochies, spoons like the Coho Killer, or a plug-cut herring.
- For pinks and early coho: Try pink buzz bombs, small pink hoochies, or twitching jigs as the run builds.
- For bottomfish and lingcod: Heavy lead-heads rigged with large curly-tail grubs, swimbaits, or live sanddabs near rocky structure are best.
- Fly anglers: Clouser minnows and small, chartreuse-over-white streamers have been top producers for sea-run cutthroat and early salmon along the beaches.
Hot spots today:
- Possession Bar off the southern tip of Whidbey remains a classic—salmon are piling in with the tides, and there’s steady bait.
- Tacoma Narrows is providing some exciting mult-species action: salmon passes, hungry lingcod, and fair weather for boaters.
- Elliott Bay offers hot July salmon action, but check WDFW openings since the area is tightly regulated to protect returning spawners.
The action across Puget Sound is shaping up for one of the best summers in recent memory. With tides, temps, and fish all lining up, this weekend’s the time to hit the water, whether you’re trolling for kings or casting from the beach for cutthroat.
Thanks for tuning in to your Puget Sound fishing insider. Don’t forget to subscribe for more updates and pro tips. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
It’s officially summer, with sunrise at 5:10 am and sunset pushing out to 9:10 pm, giving anglers a big window to chase some of the best fishing we’ve seen in years. Weather is prime for a day on the water—partly cloudy skies, light winds, and high temps in the mid-70s make for comfortable casting all day. The tide chart calls for a strong morning flood, peaking around 9:30 am, followed by a solid afternoon ebb. Plan your salmon drifts and bottom drops around those swinging tides for best success.
Recent Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife creel reports out of Everett Ramp and Port Angeles confirm it: Chinook and coho catches are robust, and the pink salmon forecasts are off the charts. This year, over 7.7 million pinks are forecasted to return—one of the strongest runs in decades, with the Green and Nisqually Rivers expecting especially good numbers. Hold tight; the pinks will stack in big by July, but early scouts could hit the beaches any day now.
Right now, Chinook are showing in solid numbers, with anglers at Area 9 and 10 ramps tallying up to 26 salmon checked recently. Lingcod action is still decent, with reports of fish up to 10.5 pounds coming aboard on live bait and hefty soft plastics bounced near structure. Sea-run cutthroat are chowing down around estuaries and beaches from Edmonds to the Kitsap Peninsula—use smaller baitfish patterns or spinning lures for best results.
Best baits and lures this week:
- For salmon: Troll green/white or chartreuse flashers paired with hoochies, spoons like the Coho Killer, or a plug-cut herring.
- For pinks and early coho: Try pink buzz bombs, small pink hoochies, or twitching jigs as the run builds.
- For bottomfish and lingcod: Heavy lead-heads rigged with large curly-tail grubs, swimbaits, or live sanddabs near rocky structure are best.
- Fly anglers: Clouser minnows and small, chartreuse-over-white streamers have been top producers for sea-run cutthroat and early salmon along the beaches.
Hot spots today:
- Possession Bar off the southern tip of Whidbey remains a classic—salmon are piling in with the tides, and there’s steady bait.
- Tacoma Narrows is providing some exciting mult-species action: salmon passes, hungry lingcod, and fair weather for boaters.
- Elliott Bay offers hot July salmon action, but check WDFW openings since the area is tightly regulated to protect returning spawners.
The action across Puget Sound is shaping up for one of the best summers in recent memory. With tides, temps, and fish all lining up, this weekend’s the time to hit the water, whether you’re trolling for kings or casting from the beach for cutthroat.
Thanks for tuning in to your Puget Sound fishing insider. Don’t forget to subscribe for more updates and pro tips. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.