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Puget Sound Fishing Report 06/01/2025: Salmon, Cutthroat, and Lingcod Action Heats Up
Good morning anglers, Artificial Lure here with your Puget Sound fishing report for June 1, 2025. Let's dive straight into the action!
We’ve got generous daylight with sunrise at 5:14 AM and sunset at 9:00 PM. Today brings partly cloudy skies and daytime highs near 67°F. Winds are light from the west, 5 to 10 knots, making it a picture-perfect day to hit the water. Tidal swings are dramatic this week, with a morning low around 6:50 AM rising sharply to a 10-foot high by 1:10 PM—prime time to chase baitfish as they stack up along rips and structure.
The Sound is coming alive: reports from Wind Knot Salmon Guides highlight that this season’s salmon outlook is excellent, with over 6 million fish expected in the region. While the main Chinook runs aren’t peaking until July, there’s already solid early season action on resident coho and the occasional migrating king in the mix.
Gig Harbor and the south Sound are fishing well for sea-run cutthroat, especially where chum fry are schooling near shore. The Avid Angler says small bait imitations—think 2" olive or pearl Clouser Minnows, herring, and sand lance patterns—are producing steady strikes. Carry a variety, as perch and juvenile herring are also thick around eelgrass beds.
If you’re targeting salmon in saltwater, try mooching cutplug herring or trolling Coho Killers and needlefish spoons in 40–80 feet of water during the strong outgoing tide. Possession Point at the southern tip of Whidbey Island is a classic early season bet, with bait stacking along the bar and salmon hot on their tails. Don’t overlook the Tacoma Narrows either—huge tide swings there force schools of herring and smelt into narrows, drawing salmon and lingcod right behind. Local guides are seeing good numbers of keeper lingcod this week, especially near rocky structure using white or rootbeer swimbaits and live herring.
For halibut hunters, Marine Areas 5 and 6 are still open through June 30, but you’ll want to check quotas and regs before you go. Pillar Point and Dallas Bank are producing halibut on herring and squid, with the occasional hefty fish falling to large jigs tipped with bait.
In summary, the hot spots for your week:
- Possession Bar for early coho and feeders
- Gig Harbor and Fox Island beaches for sea-run cutthroat
- Tacoma Narrows for both salmon and lingcod—just mind the tides!
That’s the scoop for June 1st. Thanks for tuning in to your Puget Sound fishing report. Don’t forget to subscribe for more tips and updates throughout the season. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
We’ve got generous daylight with sunrise at 5:14 AM and sunset at 9:00 PM. Today brings partly cloudy skies and daytime highs near 67°F. Winds are light from the west, 5 to 10 knots, making it a picture-perfect day to hit the water. Tidal swings are dramatic this week, with a morning low around 6:50 AM rising sharply to a 10-foot high by 1:10 PM—prime time to chase baitfish as they stack up along rips and structure.
The Sound is coming alive: reports from Wind Knot Salmon Guides highlight that this season’s salmon outlook is excellent, with over 6 million fish expected in the region. While the main Chinook runs aren’t peaking until July, there’s already solid early season action on resident coho and the occasional migrating king in the mix.
Gig Harbor and the south Sound are fishing well for sea-run cutthroat, especially where chum fry are schooling near shore. The Avid Angler says small bait imitations—think 2" olive or pearl Clouser Minnows, herring, and sand lance patterns—are producing steady strikes. Carry a variety, as perch and juvenile herring are also thick around eelgrass beds.
If you’re targeting salmon in saltwater, try mooching cutplug herring or trolling Coho Killers and needlefish spoons in 40–80 feet of water during the strong outgoing tide. Possession Point at the southern tip of Whidbey Island is a classic early season bet, with bait stacking along the bar and salmon hot on their tails. Don’t overlook the Tacoma Narrows either—huge tide swings there force schools of herring and smelt into narrows, drawing salmon and lingcod right behind. Local guides are seeing good numbers of keeper lingcod this week, especially near rocky structure using white or rootbeer swimbaits and live herring.
For halibut hunters, Marine Areas 5 and 6 are still open through June 30, but you’ll want to check quotas and regs before you go. Pillar Point and Dallas Bank are producing halibut on herring and squid, with the occasional hefty fish falling to large jigs tipped with bait.
In summary, the hot spots for your week:
- Possession Bar for early coho and feeders
- Gig Harbor and Fox Island beaches for sea-run cutthroat
- Tacoma Narrows for both salmon and lingcod—just mind the tides!
That’s the scoop for June 1st. Thanks for tuning in to your Puget Sound fishing report. Don’t forget to subscribe for more tips and updates throughout the season. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
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By Quiet. PleaseGood morning anglers, Artificial Lure here with your Puget Sound fishing report for June 1, 2025. Let's dive straight into the action!
We’ve got generous daylight with sunrise at 5:14 AM and sunset at 9:00 PM. Today brings partly cloudy skies and daytime highs near 67°F. Winds are light from the west, 5 to 10 knots, making it a picture-perfect day to hit the water. Tidal swings are dramatic this week, with a morning low around 6:50 AM rising sharply to a 10-foot high by 1:10 PM—prime time to chase baitfish as they stack up along rips and structure.
The Sound is coming alive: reports from Wind Knot Salmon Guides highlight that this season’s salmon outlook is excellent, with over 6 million fish expected in the region. While the main Chinook runs aren’t peaking until July, there’s already solid early season action on resident coho and the occasional migrating king in the mix.
Gig Harbor and the south Sound are fishing well for sea-run cutthroat, especially where chum fry are schooling near shore. The Avid Angler says small bait imitations—think 2" olive or pearl Clouser Minnows, herring, and sand lance patterns—are producing steady strikes. Carry a variety, as perch and juvenile herring are also thick around eelgrass beds.
If you’re targeting salmon in saltwater, try mooching cutplug herring or trolling Coho Killers and needlefish spoons in 40–80 feet of water during the strong outgoing tide. Possession Point at the southern tip of Whidbey Island is a classic early season bet, with bait stacking along the bar and salmon hot on their tails. Don’t overlook the Tacoma Narrows either—huge tide swings there force schools of herring and smelt into narrows, drawing salmon and lingcod right behind. Local guides are seeing good numbers of keeper lingcod this week, especially near rocky structure using white or rootbeer swimbaits and live herring.
For halibut hunters, Marine Areas 5 and 6 are still open through June 30, but you’ll want to check quotas and regs before you go. Pillar Point and Dallas Bank are producing halibut on herring and squid, with the occasional hefty fish falling to large jigs tipped with bait.
In summary, the hot spots for your week:
- Possession Bar for early coho and feeders
- Gig Harbor and Fox Island beaches for sea-run cutthroat
- Tacoma Narrows for both salmon and lingcod—just mind the tides!
That’s the scoop for June 1st. Thanks for tuning in to your Puget Sound fishing report. Don’t forget to subscribe for more tips and updates throughout the season. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
We’ve got generous daylight with sunrise at 5:14 AM and sunset at 9:00 PM. Today brings partly cloudy skies and daytime highs near 67°F. Winds are light from the west, 5 to 10 knots, making it a picture-perfect day to hit the water. Tidal swings are dramatic this week, with a morning low around 6:50 AM rising sharply to a 10-foot high by 1:10 PM—prime time to chase baitfish as they stack up along rips and structure.
The Sound is coming alive: reports from Wind Knot Salmon Guides highlight that this season’s salmon outlook is excellent, with over 6 million fish expected in the region. While the main Chinook runs aren’t peaking until July, there’s already solid early season action on resident coho and the occasional migrating king in the mix.
Gig Harbor and the south Sound are fishing well for sea-run cutthroat, especially where chum fry are schooling near shore. The Avid Angler says small bait imitations—think 2" olive or pearl Clouser Minnows, herring, and sand lance patterns—are producing steady strikes. Carry a variety, as perch and juvenile herring are also thick around eelgrass beds.
If you’re targeting salmon in saltwater, try mooching cutplug herring or trolling Coho Killers and needlefish spoons in 40–80 feet of water during the strong outgoing tide. Possession Point at the southern tip of Whidbey Island is a classic early season bet, with bait stacking along the bar and salmon hot on their tails. Don’t overlook the Tacoma Narrows either—huge tide swings there force schools of herring and smelt into narrows, drawing salmon and lingcod right behind. Local guides are seeing good numbers of keeper lingcod this week, especially near rocky structure using white or rootbeer swimbaits and live herring.
For halibut hunters, Marine Areas 5 and 6 are still open through June 30, but you’ll want to check quotas and regs before you go. Pillar Point and Dallas Bank are producing halibut on herring and squid, with the occasional hefty fish falling to large jigs tipped with bait.
In summary, the hot spots for your week:
- Possession Bar for early coho and feeders
- Gig Harbor and Fox Island beaches for sea-run cutthroat
- Tacoma Narrows for both salmon and lingcod—just mind the tides!
That’s the scoop for June 1st. Thanks for tuning in to your Puget Sound fishing report. Don’t forget to subscribe for more tips and updates throughout the season. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.